According to the aim of the Treaty of Rome from 1957 which postulated the free movement of workers throughout the European Union, the European Board of Psychiatry in the UEMS (European Union of Medical Specialists) carried out a comprehensive survey of training in psychiatry, including all member countries in order to evaluate the present state of training in psychiatry in each. The survey shou...

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INTRODUCTION Typhoon Haiyan caused thousands of deaths and catastrophic destruction, leaving many homeless in Region 8 of the Philippines. A team from the Philippine Field Epidemiology Training Program conducted a rapid health assessment survey of evacuation centres severely affected by Haiyan. METHODS A descriptive study was conducted whereby a convenience sample of evacuation centres were a...

The above three P. G. training centres were started in 1956, 1962 and 1972 respectively. While the first two centres are still working, the third one is running into some difficulties. The degrees awarded from these centres are by the respective universities viz. Bangalore University, Ranchi University and Gujarat University. In addition, there are certain institutions and universities that awa...

Introduction: The K-means algorithm is used widely either as a stand-alone clustering method, or as a fast method for computing the optimal initial cluster centres for more expensive clustering methods. It employs a simple iterative scheme that performs hill climbing from initial centres, whose values are usually randomly picked from the training data. Although the algorithm is very efficient, ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate, in a developing country, the effect of a short training programme for general health care workers on the management of common skin diseases--a neglected component of primary health care in such regions. METHODS We provided a one-day training programme on the management of the skin diseases to 400 health care workers who worked in primary health care centres in the Bamak...

those who practise “less than” tertiary care medicine from our community is self-defeating. I believe that we will gain much more strength as a larger, more unified community. I would encourage CAEP and our EM community at large to engage in discussions about consolidated training, and wouldn’t argue against “fellowships” and other recognitions of distinction in training. I believe that our EM ...