Methods We conducted an anonymous survey among all 215 residents of the 34 departments of all 11 German hospitals providing AM and IM and regular postgraduate medical education (PME), using an instrument with 71 scaled questions developed by the ETHZ for assessing QPME in CM hospitals, complemented by 22 additional questions for AM aspects of PME. Forty-two percent responded. Data were analyzed...

Interprofessional health education has received increased attention from educators and health care institutions over the past decades. In the Institute of Medicine's The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health report, the necessity of nursing professionals becoming full partners with other health care professionals is described. In 2011, a group of faculty members in northeast India...

In Brazil, nursing professionals are trained based on the perspective of professional competencies. The objective of this exploratory, descriptive study was to identify the critical-emancipator potential of the competency, as described by the Brazilian Ministries of Education and of Health. The sources used for data collection were the regulating documents of technical professional education of...

The economic pie has seen growth, despite the recessions of the past decade, and has resulted in an increase in the total income level. At the same time, increasing national healthcare spending due to the high costs of medical research and development paired with a growing and aging population has become prevalent in most nations. Healthcare costs (HCs) are a significant factor that influences ...

background and aims. recent progresses in preventive dentistry and their correct application in many developed countries have remarkably decreased the rate of oro-dental diseases in children and teenagers, while the rate of oro-dental diseases is on the rise among the children in developing countries. the aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of educating school health care instructors b...

True integration requires a shift in all levels of medical and allied health education; one that emphasizes team learning, practicing, and evaluating from the beginning of each students' educational experience whether that is as physician, nurse, psychologist, or any other health profession. Integration of healthcare services will not occur until medical education focuses, like the human body, ...

Continuing medical education's transition from an emphasis on dissemination to changing clinical practice has made it increasingly necessary for CME providers to develop effective interorganizational collaborations. Although interorganizational collaboration has become commonplace in most sectors of government, business, and academia, our review of the literature and experience as practitioners...

Care als Betreuung sowie Education Bildung und Erziehung nehmen in institutionellen Settings der frühen mittleren Kindheit einen zentralen Stellenwert ein. So sind sowohl elementare Bildungsein­rich­tungen auch ganztägige Schulen gefordert, das Spannungsfeld zwischen den beiden Begriffen auf­zulösen ein Sohwohl-als-auch zu etablieren. Führungspersonen kommt bei dieser Aufgabe eine zen­trale Rol...

RESULTS: Macedonian Medical Association was established on August 12, 1945, with science and health educational mission and program. Dr Boris Spirov was elected as the first president of the Association, one of the main initiators and facilitators of activities in health care sector, including the establishment of the Faculty of Medicine in Skopje in March 1947. Over the past 70 years, the Asso...