From the Office of Graduate Medical Education and Student Affairs, and Department of Pediatrics, Winthrop University Hospital, Mineola, NY (Dr Guralnick); Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa (Dr Ludwig); and Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC (Dr Englander) The views expressed in this report are...

background and objectives: stress among students of the health sciences can lead to reduced performance of future healthcare human resources. to address this threat there is a need to develop a robust understanding of the nature and intensity of stress in these professionals. to help approaching this goal, the present study assessed stress-induced life change in students of tehran university of...

evaluation of urmia dentists knowledge attitude practes a bout oral cancer in 2010     ala aghbali a [1] * , vosough hossani s [2] , mahmoudifar f [3] , mahmoudi sm [4] , janani m [5] ,fattahi s 4 , parvisnia r [6]     received: 3july, 2011 accepted: 23september, 2011     abstract   background & aims: most oral cancers are diagnosed in the late stages. since dentists can play a critical role in...

1DDS, MSc, PhD, Graduate Student, Department of Operative Dentistry, Bauru Dental School, University of São Paulo, Brazil. 2DDS, MSc, Graduate Student, Department of Operative Dentistry, Bauru Dental School, University of São Paulo, Brazil. 3Undergraduate Student of Bauru Dental School, University of São Paulo, Brazil. 4Associate Professor of Operative Dentistry, Dean of Bauru Dental School, Un...

BACKGROUND Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) is a core unit delivered across many medical schools. Few studies have investigated the most effective method of teaching a course in EBM to medical students. The objective of this study was to identify whether a blended-learning approach to teaching EBM is more effective a didactic-based approach at increasing medical student competency in EBM. METHOD...

nursing students quality of sleep in dormitories of urmia university of medical sciences     ghanei r [1] , hemmati maslakpak m [2] *, rezaei k [3] , baghi v [4] , makki b [5]    received: 31 jan, 2011 accepted: 10 june, 2011   abstract  background & aims: sleep is a physiological and reversible phenomenon. one of its primary functions is to help organisms conserve their energy resources and it...

Osteopathic principles and practice (OPP) are considered the core, distinguishing elements of the osteopathic medical profession. As such, the American Osteopathic Association introduced Osteopathic Postdoctoral Training Institutions (OPTIs) in 1995 to further incorporate OPP into osteopathic graduate medical education. The current study describes the evolution of the OPP teaching programs at t...

THE Queen's University received a benefaction from Mrs. Carnwath and her family in 1955 to provide prizes in social and preventive medicine in memory of her husband, the late Dr. Thomas Carnwath. These awards originally took the form of a medal and book prize for the student gaining the highest place in the final part one examination in social and preventive medicine, a book prize for the stude...

OBJECTIVE Given the need for continuing education in medical informatics for mid-career professionals, the authors aimed to implement and evaluate distance learning courses in this area. DESIGN The authors performed a needs assessment, content and technology planning, implementation, and student evaluation. MEASUREMENTS The needs assessment and student evaluations were assessed using a comb...