Vocational education in Hungary has seen significant changes over the past 20 years. However, the adaptivity of the system is largely aggravated by certain problems of content, compensation and selection. As a result, the success of Hungarian public education, as shown by PISA research, lags far behind its possibilities. In our present paper the adaptive model of vocational education is outline...

The German graduate medical education system is going through an important phase of changes. Besides the ongoing reform of the national guidelines for graduate medical education (Musterweiterbildungsordnung), other factors like societal and demographic changes, health and research policy reforms also play a central role for the future and competitiveness of graduate medical education. With this...

BACKGROUND By using web-based tools in medical education, there are opportunities to innovatively teach important principles from the general competencies of graduate medical education. OBJECTIVES Postulating that faculty transparency in learning from uncertainties in clinical work could help residents to incorporate the principles of practice-based learning and improvement (PBLI) in their pr...

The challenges and benefits of a formal mentoring program are considered within the context of learning organizations: specifically, graduate medical education and professional development. While no single definition addresses every aspect of mentoring, this process is a distinct one with established traditions and expectations. The core requirements of attraction, action and affect remain and ...

There is a growing realization that graduate education in the biomedical sciences is successful at teaching students how to conduct research but falls short in preparing them for a diverse job market, communicating with the public, and remaining versatile scientists throughout their careers. Major problems with graduate level education today include overspecialization in a narrow area of scienc...

The existence of pediatricians in the armed forces, let alone pediatric graduatemedical education programs, may come as a surprise tomany in theciviliancommunity, andperhaps tosome in themilitary community aswell. Yet the history of military pediatric residency training goes back well over 60 years, following and closelymirroring the broader evolution of pediatric graduate medical education in ...

BACKGROUND Although medical school typically lasts 4 years, little attention has been devoted to the structure of the educational experience that takes place during the final year of medical school. SUMMARY In this perspectives paper, we outline goals for the 4th year of medical school to facilitate a transition from undergraduate to graduate medical education. We provide recommendations for ...

Bangladesh shares many socio-cultural, financial, and health issues typical of developing countries. Despite some encouraging developments in health measures at grass-roots level, medical education in Bangladesh faces many challenges. This article provides a snapshot of the current situation of undergraduate and post-graduate medical education with particular emphasis on pedagogical issues, hig...

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Participants of the second colloquium of the Residency Review and Redesign in Pediatrics (R(3)P) Project considered 3 primary questions: What is a "good doctor"? How do we make one? and How do we know when we have made one? Experts from other countries and other medical specialties helped participants wrestle with these most basic questions. Participants emerged with a better feeling of the uti...