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Medical schools in the twenty first century, have undergone drastic changes in their teaching methodologies worldwide, more specifically in the teaching of anatomy. The main goal of any educational institution is the transfer of knowledge from educator to student in an effective manner. This review attempts to bring together the different teaching methodologies used in medical schools in this n...

As scholars become more aware of the importance of religion in world affairs, several have begun to ask whether specific religious traditions are compatible with the institutions and values of liberal democracy. With approximately 350 million Orthodox Christians in the world, and given the great political and economic importance of the many countries they call home, an understanding of Orthodox...

IN T R O D U C T IO N Within the next decade, more than $30 billion will be spent at the federal, state and local levels for the construction of new roadways in the United States. Additional billions will be allocated for the operation and maintenance of existing facilities. Toward what end is this huge expenditure being made? Most highway officials would agree that it is to promote the efficie...

1:00pm 1:04pm Single Perforator Harvest of the Deep Inferior Epigastric Artery Perforator Flap Results in Tissue Hyperperfusion Chrisovalantis Lakhiani, MD; Angela Cheng, MD; Michael Mangum; Karel Zuzak; Sumeet Teotia, MD; Michel Saint-Cyr, MD; (1)University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, (2)UT Southwestern Medical Center, (3)Mayo Institution where the work was prepared: University of Te...

Mothers of 3-month-old babies (N = 1,298) were investigated, about 5% of whom reported depression. Of the women with depression, 7% visited a medical institution for their condition. The mothers with depression who did not seek medical support scored significantly higher in bonding failure than those who did so. Less frequent spontaneous medical support seeking among mothers with both depressio...

This study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of antimicrobial prescribing for acute upper respiratory tract infections (URI) among pediatric outpatients and to identify the national patterns of its use from 2009 to 2011 in Korea. Using National Patients Sample database from 2009 to 2011, we estimated the frequency of antibiotics prescribing for URI in pediatric outpatients with diagnoses...

Norms specifying constraints over institutions are stated in such a form that allows them to regulate a wide range of situations over time without need for modification. To guarantee this stability, the formulation of norms need to abstract from a variety of concrete aspects, which are instead relevant for the actual operationalization of institutions. If agent institutions are to be built, whi...

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BACKGROUND Rural regions of industrialized nations are experiencing a crisis in health care access, reflecting a high disease burden and a low physician supply. The maldistribution of physicians stems partly from the low rate of entry into medical school of applicants from rural backgrounds. METHODS We analyzed applicants to the University of Toronto medical school in 2005 (n = 2052) to test ...