conclusions considering the recent advances in medical curriculum it seems that teaching anatomy should be improved by shifting to new methods in teaching and evaluation. results our findings showed that 82% of iranian anatomists use lecture and 83.5% of them believe dissection is the best method for teaching anatomy. according to our study, anatomists in iran agree that clinical points and app...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none ar-sa microsoftinternetexplorer4 introduction: use of the internet to retrieve health information is increasingly common . the present study aimed to determine the ratio of attitude, skill and performance of faculty members in using computer and internet in research and educational affairs at mazandaran university of medical sciences . methods: in this cr...

Concerns about the influence of the pharmaceutical and medical device industries on continuing medical education (CME) have been voiced frequently over the past decade.1 Reliance on industry funding increases the potential for bias. Industry-supported CME often emphasizes conditions that can be treated with newer drugs or devices rather than those with the greatest public health impact, and ris...

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There is now a context for teaching humanities in undergraduate medical education via special study modules (SSMs). This paper discusses the instrumental and non-instrumental role of the humanities in the education of doctors. Three courses are then described and compared. The most successful of the three is a SSM which had the following characteristics: it was voluntary, it was an integral par...

The American Society of Anesthesiologists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The American Society of Anesthesiologists designates this journal-based CME activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Cre d it(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their partici...