OBJECTIVE To examine how deeply foreign cigarette advertising had penetrated the Chinese market when a new ban on cigarette advertising was enacted in February 1995. DESIGN A survey using self-completion questionnaires administered in college classrooms from November 1994 to March 1995. SETTINGS Eight universities and four medical schools in three Chinese cities: Beijing, Wenzhou, and Hangz...

Introduction Embryology forms a valuable part of the medical school curriculum. However, medical students traditionally struggle with revising embryology and appreciating its relevance. Condensing the teaching content, implementing peer-teaching methods, and increasing clinical focus in curricula have been suggested as methods to improve student engagement. Methods Medical students at two uni...

A critical perspective is presented in regard to the 2000 regional rankings of Canadian health care indices by Maclean's magazine, June 5, 2000. This perspective is related in format to previous analyses of the Maclean's rankings of Canadian universities. Several pitfalls in the health care ranking procedures are summarized. The Maclean's data and general criteria appear conceptually reasonable...

BACKGROUND Academic couples constitute 36% of the US professoriate. Universities are in the midst of a major transition in hiring practices to support these and other faculty with working partners. However, less is known about academic couples among medical school faculty and surgical specialties specifically. This study was designed to address this gap. STUDY DESIGN In 2006-2007, the Michell...

OBJECTIVES Differential attainment in school examinations is one of the barriers to increasing student diversity in medicine. However, studies on the predictive validity of prior academic achievement and educational performance at medical school are contradictory, possibly due to single-site studies or studies which focus only on early years' performance. To address these gaps, we examined the ...

OBJECTIVES The number of places available in Ireland for graduate entry to medical school has steadily increased since 2006. Few studies have, however, characterized the motivational factors underlying decision to study medicine via this route. We compared the factors motivating graduate entrants versus undergraduate entry (UGE) students to choose medicine as a course of study. DESIGN The pre...

Research has consistently shown that high rates of abortion reflect high levels of unintended pregnancy, and that is certainly the case in Nigeria. Of the estimated 6.8 million pregnancies that occur annually in Nigeria, one in five are unplanned, and half of these end in an induced abortion (Figure 1, page 2). This issue brief highlights the latest scientific evidence on the causes and consequ...