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...

Social Comparison is important as it can be either encouraging or discouraging for the person who makes it. Although studies concerning social comparison in the classroom context abound, few deal with the relationship between the role of social comparison orientation and tendencies in academic achievement in a competition based educational context. Adopting a non- experimental ex-post facto des...