the present article reviews the significance of accreditation standards while emphasizing the necessity of implementation of such standards by basic medical science council, with an eye on such international standards as those published by wfme. this review article had to decide on the key words and expressions, data bases, to review relevant literature, review higher and medical education jour...

world action in medical education, notably the global programs of the world federation for medical education, the edinburgh declaration of 1988 and the 1993 world summit, has led to major curricular change in medical schools. for educational reform to result in improved health services of nations, an essential requirement is integration between the medical education system and the health care d...

World action in medical education, notably the global programs of the World Federation for Medical Education, the Edinburgh Declaration of 1988 and the 1993 World Summit, has led to major curricular change in medical schools. For educational reform to result in improved health services of nations, an essential requirement is integration between the medical education system and the health care d...

INTRODUCTION At the present time, higher education institutions dealing with education for public health in Europe and beyond are faced with a complex and comprehensive task of responding to global health challenges. REVIEW Literature reviews in public health and global health and exploration of internet presentations of regional and global organisations dealing with education for public heal...

in 2000, an evaluation of iranian elementary education revealed that it did not successfully prepare students for the future. the failure was attributed to the teacher centered, content-oriented education system. in 2001, the iranian ministry of education began a pilot project that introduced an alternative curriculum, known as “global education,” with unicef’s participation. global education, ...

aim and background: schizophrenia is a chronic psychiatric disease that has an important effect on patients’ quality of life and their function. the goal of this study was to evaluate the effect of compliance therapy on quality of life and global function of schizophrenic patient. methods and materials: in this randomized controlled trial 76 remission patients with schizophrenia were recruited ...

The Dalla Lana School of Public Health uses an "add-on" or concentration model of global health education. Records of masters' graduate cohorts across five disciplinary fields from 2006 to 2009 were classified as to prior experience at application and completion of global health concentration requirements. Alumni from the first two cohorts (2006-08 and 2007-09) were interviewed using a semi-str...

Current computing methods impede determining the real cost of graduate medical education. However, a more accurate estimate could be obtained if policy makers would allow for the application of basic cost-accounting principles, including consideration of department-level costs, unbundling of joint costs, and other factors.