Surgeons' training requires professionalism, continuing medical education, and appropriate environment to ensure the desirable success. However, generally, this goal is pursued in an inefficient way, based upon intensive training skills founded in the age-old philosophy of "the way I have learned it". There is, usually, a lack of patient outcome evaluation, especially of long-term follow-up of ...

education for consultants In March 2002 we ran the first of hopefully many courses aimed at the continuing educational needs of A&E consultants. The motivation for setting up such a course came from an acute awareness of our own educational needs which were not being fulfilled by courses we had attended around the country purporting to keep us up-to-date. Sue Mason, Alan Fletcher, and I attempt...

Infantile pyloric stenosis is the most frequently encountered infant gastrointestinal obstruction in most general hospitals. Although the primary therapy for pyloric stenosis is surgical, it is essential to realize that pyloric stenosis is a medical and not a surgical emergency. Preoperative preparation is the primary factor contributing to the low perioperative complication rates and the neces...

I am writing on behalf of the continuing medical education and continuing professional development offices at the 17 Canadian medical schools. For many years, we have had the same concerns as those expressed by Paul Hébert and the Editorial-Writing Team in a recent CMAJ editorial, and we have worked diligently to provide high-quality continuing education programs with minimal bias. We are activ...

The continuing medical education (CME) needs of anaesthetists within Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore have been largely unknown. The aim of this study was to undertake a comprehensive survey of the attitude to CME, learning preferences, attitudes and abilities relating to self-paced material, literature and information searching, preferred content and preferred approach...

Medicine is constantly changing due to new information and technology. As medical practitioners we need to keep abreast with these changes in order to deliver the best possible management to our patients. Traditionally, this was by Continuing Medical Education (CME) in the form of formal lectures or seminars with time based credits points awarded. Such methods have been used for over 20 years. ...

BACKGROUND Although legislation has been introduced in Saskatchewan for mandatory reporting by physicians of patients considered medically unfit to drive, little is known about physicians' attitudes, knowledge or resources with regard to evaluating medical fitness to drive. METHODS The objective of this study was to determine Saskatchewan physicians' attitudes, knowledge, training, resources ...

Divisions of General Practice have been established to alleviate the professional isolation which general practitioners face by being excluded from involvement in other parts of the health care system. Divisions facilitate the development of local communication networks and cooperative activities which improve the integration of general practice with other elements of the health system. Coordin...