In 2001, following the development of International Standards in basic medical education, WFME appointed an international Task Force for development of International Guidelines for Postgraduate Specialist Training. Reports of this Task Force were published in September 2001. These Guidelines has been structured in 9 areas and 37 sub-areas. The areas of these guidelines are mission & outcomes, t...

The cost of this wall of codes is clear for managers: They must fill out endless forms—repeatedly explaining their safety procedures, overtime rules, and so forth. In addition, they must host endless visits from compliance auditors. Less obviously, the wall of codes is costly for consumers and other stakeholders who care about the social performance of businesses. Not only must they pay the (pa...

In October 2021, twenty-one OECD countries and partner economies participated in an online product safety sweep to identify the degree which products were available for sale despite (i) being banned or recalled, (ii) having inadequate labelling (iii) not meeting voluntary mandatory standards. Results reveal that large volumes of unsafe are readily traded across borders a 79% average rate non-co...

Risk evaluation and mitigation strategies (REMS) required by the Food and Drug Administration are implemented to manage known or potential risks associated with medications and to ensure ongoing safe use throughout the life of a pharmaceutical agent. Healthcare organizations have begun to adopt information technologies with clinical decision support (CDS) to ensure safe use of medications. Syst...

SETTING Private medical practitioners in Visakhapatnam district, Andhra Pradesh, India. OBJECTIVES To evaluate self-reported TB diagnostic and treatment practices amongst private medical practitioners against benchmark practices articulated in the International Standards of Tuberculosis Care (ISTC), and factors associated with compliance with ISTC. DESIGN Cross- sectional survey using semi-...