as eyal et al put forth in their piece, non-physician clinicians in sub-saharan africa and the evolving role of physicians, task-shifting across sub-saharan africa through non-physician clinicians (npcs) has led to an improvement in access to health services in the context of physician-shortages. here, we offer a commentary to the piece by eyal et al, concurring that physician’s roles should ev...

introduction. the aim of medical education is to produce competent , caring physicians. self-confidence is another attribute often considered desirable for physicians. confidence is a key to developing the sense of quantity that has been long recognized as a desirable characteristics of physicians, and confidence has a subjective marker of competence, an analytic descriptive survey was carried ...

the effect of active learning model on cognitive and clinical skills among icu nursing students     baghaei r [1] , mohammadpour y [2] *, naderi a [3] , rasouli d [4] , sheikhi n [5]     received: 4 sep, 2011 accepted: 15 nov, 2011     abstract   background & aims : the clinical education and evaluation of nursing education is a fundamental pillar. this study aimed to assess the achievement of ...

Clinical skills units offer exciting and innovative ways of learning about clinical skills. Links between theoretical knowledge and clinical practice are appropriate for both undergraduate and postgraduate training. Students and doctors can practice and acquire technical and examination skills in a standardised and protected environment without being concerned about the distress such learning m...

Despite the high prevalence of psychiatric and behavioral problems in primary care, many physicians receive little training in psychiatry. A model curriculum has been developed for the Federated Council for Internal Medicine Task Force on the Internal Medicine Residency Curriculum. A detailed description of the curriculum was outlined by Steven A. Cole and colleagues (General Hospital Psychiatr...

There is a great British tradition in handbooks of clinical methods for adult medicine. Both Hutchison's Clinical Methods and Macleod's Clinical Examination now have a chapter on the special techniques for children. However, this pioneering Canadian work is written with the child in mind throughout. The impressive thoughts and feelings in the foreword could alleviate much of the current low mor...