This is the 22nd report prepared by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) on the percentage of each US medical school's graduates entering family practice residency programs. Approximately 10.3% of the 15,810 graduates of US medical schools between July 2001 and June 2002 were first-year family practice residents in 2002, compared with 10.9% in 2001 and 12.8% in 2000. Medical school ...

This is the 26th report prepared by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) on the percentage of each US medical school's graduates entering family medicine residency programs. Approximately 8.5% of the 16,110 graduates of US medical schools between July 2005 and June 2006 were first-year family medicine residents in 2006, compared with 8.4% in 2005 and 9.2% in 2004. Medical school gra...

Online open high-quality courses, also known as MU are not only an important exploration and practice of information-based teaching in higher vocational colleges, but measure to innovate the mode resources improve quality. Taking medical laboratory specialty colleges a research case, this article expounds necessity creating online courses analyzes principles constructing colleges. In addition, ...

BACKGROUND Several studies from other countries have shown that bullying, harassment, abuse or belittlement are a regular phenomenon faced not only by medical students, but also junior doctors, doctors undertaking research and other healthcare professionals. While research has been carried out on bullying experienced by psychiatrists and psychiatry trainees in Pakistan no such research has been...

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Lotte N. Dyrbye, MD, MHPE, Mayo Clinic; Tait D. Shanafelt, MD, Mayo Clinic; Christine A. Sinsky, MD, American Medical Association; Pamela F. Cipriano, PhD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, American Nurses Association; Jay Bhatt, DO, MPH, MPA, American Hospital Association; Alexander Ommaya, DSc, Association of American Medical Colleges; Colin P. West, MD, PhD, Mayo Clinic; David Meyers, MD, Agency for Healthc...

The study attempts to evaluate the existing status of Veterinary College Libraries in India by applying the prevailing standards of the Academic Veterinary Medical Library, USA have been applied to the results of this study for inference and discussion, as no such standards are available in Indian context from the perspective of Veterinary College Libraries especially from Veterinary Council of...

BACKGROUND This paper describes a pioneering effort to introduce tobacco cessation into India's undergraduate medical college curriculum. This is the first ever attempt to fully integrate tobacco control across all years of medical college in any low and middle income country. The development, pretesting, and piloting of an innovative modular tobacco curriculum are discussed as well as challeng...

INTRODUCTION India has the highest number of medical colleges in the world and subsequently the higher number of medical teachers. There is a dire need of adopting a systematic approach to faculty development to enhance quality education to meet health challenges for 21st Century. This manuscript provides a landscape of faculty development programs in India, identifying gaps and opportunities f...