90232 Implementing the innovative academic Learning Health System Scholars (aLHSS) Postdoctoral Training Program (TL1) at Wake Forest University Health Sciences (WFUHS)

Prediction of the Academic Buoyancy and Academic Performance of Health Students at Semnan University of Medical Sciences Based on Their Perception of the Learning Environment

Introduction and purpose: Students’ perceptions of the learning environment play a vital role in the process of education, buoyancy, and academic performance. This study aimed to investigate the capability of explaining the academic buoyancy and academic performance of health students of Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran, based on their perception of learning environment. Met...

Behavioural Sciences at University of Health Sciences: the Way Forward.

BACKGROUND The association of medical ethics with teaching and training and health profession has been informal, largely dependent on role modelling and the social contract of the physicians with the community that they abide by. This study was conducted to examine the effect, if any, of introducing the subject of Behavioural Sciences on students' performance in the clinical years' 'viva voce' ...

Health Informatics Master Program at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this paper is to describe the Health Informatics Master Program at King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences (KSAU-HS), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. METHODS We have reviewed health informatics master programs worldwide with more emphasis on the recommendations of the International Medical Informatics Association on education in health informatics, research, and ...

Training medical students in the social determinants of health: the Health Scholars Program at Puentes de Salud

PURPOSE Given the large influence of social conditions on health, physicians may be more effective if they are trained to identify and address social factors that impact health. Despite increasing interest in teaching the social determinants of health in undergraduate medical education, few models exist. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS We present a 9-month pilot course on the social determinants of ...

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