Continuing Education Module Transforming Maternity Care: Implementing the Blueprint for Action

Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education, and Research.

The fifth column on Evidence-Based Behavioral Medicine is focused on the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) report entitled "Relieving Pain in America: A Blueprint for Transforming Prevention, Care, Education, and Research." The IOM has reported that chronic pain affects 116 million American adults, which is greater than the total of heart disease, cancer, and diabetes combined. It is recommended th...

Blueprint for Voluntary Action

sultant psychiatrist, questioned the whole concept of psychiatry as a method of dealing with many of the patients currently under psychiatric care. Dr. Ferguson was unhappy about the growing readiness among doctors to diagnose nervous illness. The psychological revolution has gone too far, the time for a dash of reaction is at hand,' he said. A great many cases now being treated might be the re...

Ian Anderson Continuing Education Program in End - of - Life Care Module 9 CONFLICT RESOLUTION

Ian Anderson Continuing Education Program in End - of - Life Care Module 8 CULTURE

A blueprint for improving undergraduate education in intensive care medicine

According to the World Federation of Medical Schools, medical students should have “sufficient knowledge and clinical and professional skills to assume appropriate responsibility after graduation” [1]. Some medical schools fall short of this goal, notably in preparing graduate doctors in their role as first-responders for managing patients with acute illness [2]. In this letter, we propose stra...