Developing medical education.

Addressing the physicians’ shortage in developing countries by accelerating and reforming the medical education: Is it possible?

Introduction: Doctors’ shortage has remained a concernworldwide. The developed countries started aids to recruitinternational medical graduates (IMG) to cope with the defectsthat the health care system suffers from; however, this solution maynot work in developing countries that have a limited resource andpoor budget to spend on the health care system. This study aimsto present an alternative w...

Addressing the physicians’ shortage in developing countries by accelerating and reforming the medical education: Is it possible?

INTRODUCTION Doctors' shortage has remained a concern worldwide. The developed countries started aids to recruit international medical graduates (IMG) to cope with the defects that the health care system suffers from; however, this solution may not work in developing countries that have a limited resource and poor budget to spend on the health care system. This study aims to present an alternat...

Modernizing medical education: perspective from a developing country.

An innovative approach to developing the reflective skills of medical students

BACKGROUND Development of the reflective skills of medical students is an acknowledged objective of medical education. DESCRIPTION Description of an educational exercise which uses an email-based process for developing the reflective skills of undergraduate medical students. Student quotations illustrate learning outcomes qualitatively. DISCUSSION The process described is immediate, direct,...

Medical education in Bangladesh.

Bangladesh shares many socio-cultural, financial, and health issues typical of developing countries. Despite some encouraging developments in health measures at grass-roots level, medical education in Bangladesh faces many challenges. This article provides a snapshot of the current situation of undergraduate and post-graduate medical education with particular emphasis on pedagogical issues, hig...