Changes in Medical Education Programs to Meet Community Needs

Tailoring medical education to meet speciality needs

We read Borges et al. [1] and Goodin et al. [2] articles with interest in the context of considering the factors that effect speciality choice. Goodin et al. conclude that enriching a student’s calling in relation to speciality choice is vital to those who struggle with choosing a speciality. With certain specialities currently facing shortages, such as psychiatry, care of the elderly and emerg...

Changes in medical education to help physicians meet future health care needs.

ealth care needs are changing due to the rapidly ageing population and the increasing number of Hpatients with long term conditions and comorbidities. This has occurred at a time of continuing maldistribution of the medical workforce in Australia and increased specialisation and subspecialisation within the medical profession and the medical education system. As the next generation of doctors w...

needs assessment in continuing medical education (cme) programs for community pharmacists in isfahan university of medical sciences

Views of General Practitioners and Clinical Medical School Faculty to Adapt the Educational needs of Continuing Medical Education programs

Introduction: Continuing education is a necessity in the world. To develop educational programs in the first step, educational needs must be properly identified. To train general practitioners (GPs), the present study was conducted at Golestan University of Medical Sciences in order to assess the needs of continuing education programs in view of general practitioners participating in the progra...

President's page: ACC's continuing education programs: setting up systems to meet members' changing needs.

t i R r o t o t H i P S c E w t a The times, they are a-changin’ ”—a familiar vocal rerain—is a sentiment that applies to the field of continuing edical education (CME). The provision of high quality ME to improve the care of patients with cardiovascular isease remains the core mission of the American College of ardiology (ACC). Fundamental changes across the landcape of CME, however, have crea...

Financing Graduate Medical Education to Meet the Needs of Children and the Future Pediatrician Workforce.

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) believes that an appropriately financed graduate medical education (GME) system is critical to ensuring that sufficient numbers of trained pediatricians are available to provide optimal health care to all children. A shortage of pediatric medical subspecialists and pediatric surgical specialists currently exists in the United States, and this shortage is...