introduction: student admission indicators typically depend on either student fields or community current career needs. in addition, specific fields have particular needs. the main aim was to determine student admission indicators in medical records field in different degrees in isfahan medical sciences university in iran in 2007. methods: this study was analytical in which data were collected ...

the effect of hand care education on hand's functional disorders in burn patients  sadat manzari z [1] , mohaddes ardebili f [2] *, bozorgnejad m [3]   received: 24 aug , 2013 accepted: 5 dec , 2013    abstract   background & aims : hand burn is the common and considerable cause of chronic disabilities, because it mostly causes functional disorders as abnormal movements in the hands. the a...

BACKGROUND Valid and reliable (dependable) assessment of resident clinical skills is essential for learning, promotion, and remediation. Competency is defined as what a physician can do, whereas performance is what a physician does in everyday practice. There is an ongoing need for valid and reliable measures of resident clinical performance. METHODS Anesthesia residents were evaluated confid...

CONTEXT Besides the generic "basic" vs "applied" labels, little information is known about the types of life-science research conducted within academic medical centers (AMCs). OBJECTIVE To determine the relative proportion, characteristics, funding, and productivity of AMC faculty by the type of research they conduct. DESIGN Mailed survey conducted in 2007 of 3080 life-science faculty at th...

The terms of the award state that it will be given annually to the member of the faculty of the Yale University School of Medicine designated by the graduating class as the most outstanding teacher of the medical sciences. The first recipient is Dr. Gerald Klatskin, Associate Professor of Medicine, who was trained by Dr. Blake and, since the war, had been one of his associates in the Department...

Philip J. Bergman*, Jedd D. Wolchok 1 Bright Heart Veterinary Centers Ludwig Center for Cancer Immunotherapy, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center __________________________________________________________________________________ *Correspondence: Philip J. Bergman DVM, MS, PhD, Diplomate ACVIM-Oncology, Chief Medical Officer, Bright Heart Veterinary Centers, 80 Business Park Drive, Suite 110,...

James J. Collins is an Investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and a William F. Warren Distinguished Professor, University Professor, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Professor of Medicine and CoDirector of the Center for BioDynamics at Boston University. He is also a core founding faculty member of the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University....

DOI: 10.4103/0975-9476.96515 Sir, We at the Department of Clinical Pharmacology, TNMC and BYL Nair Ch. Hospital have recently conducted a Continued Medical Education programme in “Research Methodology for Ayurvedic faculty members” (supported by Rashtriya Ayurved Vidyapeeth [RAV], Department of AYUSH). This programme was attended by 30 participants from different states of the country. As a fac...

Purpose: Medical education is moving away from the traditional lecture and incorporating more active learning strategies, such as problem-based learning. This study presents 2 novel ways in which a single faculty member can incorporate active learning into the classroom. Methods: Two approaches were implemented. The first approach utilizes small groups working simultaneously in the lecture hall...