BACKGROUND Clinical images and tests are considered useful tools to enhance the memorisation of facts and information in medical education. Therefore, we initiated a weekly medical quiz for our department of Internal Medicine. METHODS Every week, a new case on a single slide with relevant information and a representative image, is sent by e-mail to staff, residents and others. All are request...

BACKGROUND Botswana's medical school graduated its first class in 2014. Given the importance of attracting doctors to rural areas the school incorporated rural exposure throughout its curriculum. AIM This study explored the impact of rural training on students' attitudes towards rural practice. SETTING The University of Botswana family medicine rural training sites, Maun and Mahalapye. ME...

Editor’s Note: In this column, teachers who are currently using literary and artistic materials as part of their curricula will briefly summarize specific works, delineate their purposes and goals in using these media, describe their audience and teaching strategies, discuss their methods of evaluation, and speculate about the impact of these teaching tools on learners (and teachers). Submissio...

Medical professionalism has become a core topic in medical education. As it has been considered mostly from a Western perspective, there is a need to examine how the same or similar concepts are reflected in a wider range of cultural contexts. To gain insights into medical professionalism concepts in Japanese culture, the authors compare the tenets of a frequently referenced Western guide to pr...

Dr. Bailit is Professor Emeritus, Department of Community Medicine, University of Connecticut Health Center and a Research Associate, Department of Community Dentistry, Columbia University. He received his D.M.D. degree from Tufts University and his Ph.D. degree (Anthropology) from Harvard University. Prior to his current position, he was Chair of the Department of Health Administration and Pol...

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 ...

In 2003, the University of Hawai 'i Department of Family Medicine and Community Health entered a four-year cooperative agreement with the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration to establish the "Pacific Association for Clinical Training" (PACT). PACT's goal is to develop effective distance education methods to improve the education and skills of healthcare professionals in the U.S.- ...

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...