BACKGROUND Problem-based learning (PBL) as an approach to the instruction of medical students has attracted much attention in recent years. However, its effect on the performance of its graduates is the subject of considerable debate. This article presents data from a large-scale study among graduates of a problem-based medical school and those of a conventional medical school to contribute to ...

INTRODUCTION There is major maldistribution of physicians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). While 70% of Congolese live in rural areas, relatively few doctors practice there. Of the 25 medical schools in the DRC (14 public and 11 private) only one private medical school is located in a rural area. The purpose of this article was to analyse and compare the graduates of an urban- and...

Community colleges are controversial educational institutions, often said to simultaneously expand college opportunities and diminish baccalaureate attainment. We assess the seemingly contradictory functions of community colleges by attending to effect heterogeneity and to alternative counterfactual conditions. Using data on postsecondary outcomes of high school graduates of Chicago Public Scho...

BACKGROUND Doctors of osteopathic medicine (DO) are one of the fastest growing segments of health care professionals in the United States. Although Canada has taken significant leaps in the acknowledgment of US trained DOs, there continues to be a lack of understanding of the profession by Canadian trained physicians. In this article, we provide a brief overview of osteopathic medical education...

One of the problems in Batu Beriga Village is problem education. From educational statistics for village community, highest number graduates 517 was elementary school graduates, then 342 junior high and 280 graduates. And also data on dropouts were 10 dropouts, 15 people dropped out school. The twelve-year compulsory education program with policies programs Student Operational Assistance (BOS) ...

The introduction of the new immigration rules will considerably reduce the number of overseas doctors available for junior hospital appointments over the next five years. To offset this sponsorship schemes should be offered by universities and colleges comprising training courses, entry to examinations, and hospital appointments, and training programmes should be adapted to make objectives atta...

On October 1, 1891, more than 500 enthusiastic young men and women were on hand for opening day ceremonies at Leland Stanford Junior University. They came from all over: many from California, some who followed professors hired from other colleges and universities, and some simply seeking adventure in the West. They came to seize a special opportunity, to be part of the pioneer class in a brand ...

J ust over a year ago, the Association for Computing Machinery and the IEEE Computer Society jointly published the Computer Science Curricula 2013 (CS2013) (www.acm.org/education/CS2013-final-report.pdf), an update to the undergraduate computing programs guidelines they've been publishing about once every decade since 1968. If you're like most people, undergraduate computer science curricula gu...