Curriculum integration is the "process of experiencing and understanding connections and, because of this, seeing things as a whole". In the domain of medicine it involves combining basic and clinical sciences to provide a holistic rather than a fragmented or segregated approach to learning. Problem-based learning, on the other hand is a student centered pedagogical technique used in integrated...

Problem-based learning (PBL) is a proven method to learn medicine during the first years of studies. In the clinical phase the active, self-directive student may experience difficulties in adapting to the life of professionals in health care units, where students usually have to attend and work according to preplanned timetables. Task-based learning (TBL) can serve as an intermediary in the mee...

Although there is some published literature regarding choice of Pre-Registration House Officer posts and North American Residency programmes, there is a paucity of research relating to choice of FP. This study aims to ascertain the factors influencing final year medical students’ choice of FP. This has significance, not only for students, but for those co-ordinating both undergraduate medical e...

converges if for «2:2, anE V„. The problem that is raised in this paper, and to which the following theorems contribute a partial solution, is the problem of finding all admissible sequences for (1.1). The collection of all admissible sequences is denoted by AS. Before stating the theorems, it is convenient to have some additional notation and definitions. The continued fraction (1.1) is consid...

We study the problem of covariant separation between first and second class constraints for the D = 10 Brink-Schwarz superparticle. Opposite to the supersymmetric light-cone frame separation, we show here that there is a Lorentz covariant way to identify the second class constraints such that, however, supersymmetry is broken. Consequences for the D = 10 superstring are briefly discussed.

Integrated learning is the need of the hour. We at Shifa College of Medicine switched to an integrated modular curriculum last year. In the present article, we describe our experience with the renal module in year 2 of a 5-yr undergraduate medical curriculum. A multidisciplinary renal modular team developed the relevant objectives, themes, and clinical cases. The learning strategies used were l...

Medical education has changed in focus and methodologies since its early beginnings and more recently has become more professionalized and community oriented. This article considers some of the current international trends in undergraduate medical education in program design, curriculum structure and student selection, exploring their relevance to the South Pacific

INTRODUCTION In mastering competencies, it is a challenge to create training sessions which acknowledge individual students' needs and are logistically feasible in the medical master's program. METHODS Symposia were implemented in the medical master's program to provide knowledge and training of skills in a number of topics, providing a positive contribution to students' competencies and pers...

We investigate two classes of transformations of cosine similarity and Pearson and Spearman correlations into metric distances, utilising the simple tool of metric-preserving functions. The first class puts anti-correlated objects maximally far apart. Previously known transforms fall within this class. The second class collates correlated and anti-correlated objects. An example of such a transf...