student-based medical education: challenge for third millennium

Student centered medical education.

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Third-Year Medical Student Clerkship in Anesthesiology

The goal of this rotation is to enable students to better understand the risks and hazards of anesthesia, so that they can learn to safely prepare a patient physically and emotionally for the operating room. Students will also become familiar with problems specific to anesthesia, so that they will be able to consult with the anesthesiologist regarding medical problems that may affect the patien...

The ultrasound challenge 2.0: introducing interinstitutional competition in medical student ultrasound education.

The Ultrasound Challenge was developed at The Ohio State University College of Medicine to introduce focused ultrasound to medical students. The goal was to develop experience in ultrasound through practice and competition. Initially this competition was held between Ohio State University College of Medicine students from years 1 through 4. The Ultrasound Challenge 2.0 was held in 2013. The eve...

Viewpoint paper: The Clinical Data Repository: A Challenge to Medical Student Education

The implementation of comprehensive clinical data repositories carries implications for the medical informatics curriculum for pre-MD medical students. There is the risk that electronic health records will detract from students' acquisition of basic skills in inquiry and information management. It is possible, however, to create an application within the data repositories that will provide stud...

Reprogenetics: third millennium speculation

On July 25 1978, Louise Joy Brown, the first baby to be conceived outside the human body, was born. Her birth made headlines as it showed that in vitro fertilisation techniques could provide a cure for infertility, helping couples who otherwise could not conceive. But Louise Joy Brown’s birthday represents a singular moment in the history of humankind for another reason: science had brought the...

The renewal of medical education in Iran: progress and challenge