PURPOSE The purpose of our study was to determine the prevalence, focus, time commitment, graduation requirements and programme evaluation methods of medical education fellowships throughout the United States. Medical education fellowships are defined as a single cohort of medical teaching faculty who participate in an extended faculty development programme. METHODS A 26-item online questionn...

In electing me an honorary member of the Manchester Medical Society and inviting me to address you on the occasion of the Centenary you have paid me a very great compliment for which I give you my warmest thanks. I believe there is a three-fold reason for my being thus honoured. The first and strongest is the personal friendship between your President and myself, the second was a desire to ackn...

ISSUE There has been much recent discussion on the funding of medical education. There has also been much discussion about the funding of higher education more generally. EVIDENCE The topics of discussion have included the rising costs of education; who should pay; the various potential models of funding; and how best to ensure maximum returns from investment. IMPLICATIONS Medical education...

This section looks back to some ground-breaking contributions to public health, reproducing them in their original form and adding a commentary on their significance from a modern-day perspective. This month, Charles Boelen reviews Abraham Flexner’s 1910 report to the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching on medical education in the United States of America and Canada. Selected se...

OBJECTIVES The principal aim of this study is to provide an account of variation in UK undergraduate medical assessment styles and corresponding standard setting approaches with a view to highlighting the importance of a UK national licensing exam in recognizing a common standard. METHODS Using a secure online survey system, response data were collected during the period 13 - 30 January 2014 ...

Sir,?We trust you will give the hospitality of your columns to call the attention of the former students of the Royapuram Medical School, and the Medical College, Madras, to the Memorial we are endeavouring to raise to the old students who fell in the Great War. Till now we have received ten names, including those of the Medical College, and a sum of Rs. 1,000 has been collected. It is suggeste...