Griffin and Sweet • Medical Education T article presents basic data regarding the 20 accredited colleges of osteopathic medicine (COM) for the 2004–2005 academic year. Information in this article has been adapted from the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM)/American Osteopathic Association (AOA) Annual Osteopathic Medical School Questionnaire for the 2004–2005 acade...

Over the last few years more and more and more emphasis is being given on the mental health tart services and efforts arc being made to improve these. However, education regarding mental health has been in the background. For better mental health services it is imperative that psychiatric education should also receive its due attention. Various aspects of psychiatric education need to be unders...

A College of Paediatrics and Child Health 'With your letter of 16th June 1994, you submitted a Petition for the grant of a Royal Charter incorporating a College of Paediatrics and Child Health. I am now writing to say that the Privy Council having considered the Petition are minded, without prejudice, to recommend to Her Majesty that a Charter be granted'. (Extract from a letter from NH Nicholl...

Mcdical Gazette, 84, No. 9, September 1949 issue, page 229, I agree with the view that experienced and expert Licentiates should be allowed to sit for MJ3JB.S. Examination after a Clinical Training and College Attendance for six months only. Medical Correspondence Colleges may be opened at Calcutta, Madras, Bombay, etc., to train up Licentiates of more than five years' standing by experienced p...

BACKGROUND Improving the quality of medical education is a key goal of government policy in Taiwan. The aim of this study was to reflect the responses of medical education from the perspective of graduating medical students in Taiwan. This is the first survey study of medical education in Taiwan. METHODS Using the Medical School Graduation Questionnaire from the Association of American Medica...

OBJECTIVE To study students' perceptions of the usefulness of small group interactive sessions in medical colleges using conventional or problem based learning (PBL) teaching. METHODS A cross sectional descriptive study was carried out from January 2010 to December 2010. Student's perception of the usefulness of small group interactive sessions (SGIS) was evaluated through a questionnaire fil...