Growing up in an era of video games and Web-based applications has primed current medical students to expect rapid, interactive feedback. To address this need, the A.T. Still University-School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (Mesa) has developed and integrated a variety of approaches using technology-enhanced active learning for medical education (TEAL-MEd) into its curriculum. Over the cour...

PROBLEM ADDRESSED Postgraduate medical education programs will need to be restructured in order to respond to curriculum initiatives promoted by the College of Family Physicians of Canada. OBJECTIVE OF PROGRAM To develop a framework for the Triple C Competency-based Curriculum that will help provide residents with quality family medicine (FM) education programs. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION The Fami...

The careers of male and female physicians indicate gender differences, whereas in medical education a feminization is occurring. Our review aims to specify gender-related speciality preferences during medical education. A literature search on gender differences in medical students' speciality preferences was conducted in PubMed, Eric, Embase and Social Abstracts, and reference lists from Januar...

'One World, One Health' is a foundation concept in veterinary medicine, much like comparative medicine. However, teachers of veterinary medicine often fail to identify it or speak of its importance within the veterinary curriculum. The resurgence of interest in the 'One World, One Health' concept aligns well with the underlying principles on which the University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary...

BACKGROUND In the USA, the Accreditation Council of Graduate Medical Education, Educational Innovations Project is a partner in reshaping residency training to meet increasingly complex systems of health care delivery. AIM We describe the creation and implementation of milestones as a vehicle for translating educational theory into practice in preparing residents to provide safe, autonomous p...

With the continuing shortage of physicians in Germany, healthcare is increasingly being sustained by foreign physicians. The present paper addresses the comparability of medical education curricula in Germany and Poland and the qualification of physicians having Polish exams and specialist medical training for clinics and practices in Germany. The Medical Licensing Act and the Model Specialty T...

Iam honored to be included among the recipients of this award, although I find this a bit awkward. I can think of a number of individuals more worthy. In 1993 I accepted a position as a nursing home physician within the VA Palo Alto Health Care System, which included work as the physician for a seven-bed inpatient hospice unit. This unit, established in 1979 was one of the earliest of its kind ...

DEAR EDITOR, The member countries of the World Health Organization recognize the health for all as a national goal and contemplate that medical education will produce competent physicians toward meeting this goal. However, the medical education and health‐care in most of the developing nations are facing the serious challenges both in content and in competencies. The burden of diseases across t...

Course Description “Complementary and Alternative Medicine” is an online continuing education course for occupational therapists and occupational therapist assistants. This course presents updated information about Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) including sections on statistical usage, alternative medical systems, mind body medicine, biologically based practices, energy therapies,...

BACKGROUND In Germany, like many other countries, general practice clerkships have only recently become mandatory during medical education. The biggest challenges for the organisation of such clerkships are achieving a minimum level of standardisation, and developing and maintaining a system of quality assurance. The aim of this study is to assess the instructional quality in teaching practices...