OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and content of existing or developing policies and guidelines of medical associations and colleges regarding after-hours care by family physicians and general practitioners, especially legal requirements. DESIGN Telephone survey in fall 2002, updated in fall 2004. SETTING Canada. PARTICIPANTS All national and provincial medical associations, Colleges ...

Weinberg • Special communication M educational debt can be a daunting task for a young physician in the United States. Tuition continues to rise at public and private schools across the country. Higher tuition typically necessitates increased borrowing. In the 2002 Medical School Graduation Questionnaire: All School[s] Report, the Association of American Medical Colleges reports that the mean d...

In 1991, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) launched a national campaign to enroll 3,000 underrepresented minority students in medical school by the year 2000. (The AAMC defined underrepresented minorities as blacks, Mexican Americans, mainland Puerto Ricans, and Native Americans, which includes American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians.*) The initiative, named Pro...

BACKGROUND In the original contract for the Family Medicine Curricular Resource Project (FMCRP), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Division of Medicine and Dentistry, charged the FMCRP executive committee with reviewing recent medical education reform proposals and relevant recent curricula to develop an analytical framework for the project. METHODS The FMCRP executive ...

Concerning many, is the contention that graduates from Nigeria medical colleges trained under the traditional curriculum may lack necessary skill and aptitudes necessary for success in the changing practice environment of the 21 st century. In response, several attempts have been made nationally to review the curriculum of medical colleges and improve the quality of medical and dental training ...

In India, medical education has remained more or less static, and research is in a very poor state. Against this backdrop, the idea of promoting research culture at the undergraduate level may look very unrealistic. Yet, as discussed below, there is a silver lining. Students seeking admission to medical colleges are extraordinarily bright. A fair number of them have also shown research aptitude...

From 1910 to 1945, doctors in Singapore received postgraduate training through apprenticeship. During the early post-war period, some doctors in the public service were given scholarships to study in Britain and to obtain higher professional qualifications from the British Royal Colleges. The events that most influenced subsequent development of postgraduate education in Singapore occurred betw...