In the wake of controversy over allegations of espionage by Wen Ho Lee, a nuclear scientist at the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory, the department ordered that polygraph tests be given to scientists working in similar positions. Soon thereafter, at the request of Congress, the department asked the National Research Council (NRC) to conduct a thorough study of polygraph tes...

As we leave the 20th century, continuing medical education faces many challenges in relation to its effectiveness, efficiency and quality. The young and promising Saudi Council for Health Specialties produces a document on accreditation of continuing medical education, which indicates its interest in this vital subject. This paper aims to enrich the approach to continuing medical education in S...

confirmed. The Secretary announced that, as a result of a memorandum submitted by the medical members of council, the Council of the Society had sanctioned the expenditure during the next two years of a sum of Rs. 3,000 on the purchase of standard medical works as a basis of a medical reference library. With the large number of medical journals already received this will go far towards supplyin...

3 This guidance complements the joint statement from the healthcare regulators and gives more information about how to follow the principles set out in Good medical practice2 and The Code: Professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses and midwives.3 Appendix 1 sets out relevant extracts from General Medical Council (GMC) and Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) guidance. This guida...