BACKGROUND Despite the highly selective admission processes utilised by medical schools, a significant cohort of medical students still face academic difficulties and are at a higher risk of delayed graduation or outright dismissal. METHODS This study used survival analysis to identify the non-academic and academic risk factors (and their relative risks) associated with academic difficulty at...

The problem of tuberculosis among college students has been given careful study at many universities and colleges during recent years. The Tuberculosis Committee of the American Student Health Association has reported each year since 1932 on the tuberculosis activities of a large number of institutions located in all sections of the country. Through assistance rendered by the National Tuberculo...

Medical apps have featured in popular websites and mainstream news media in recent months. However, there has been almost no mention of these tools in journals focusing on relevant ethical or social issues, including conflict of interest, the role of politics in science, and technological oversight. This essay examines the role that these philosophical issues might play in answering both public...

Biomedical Engineering & Physics, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Laboratory Experimental Clinical Chemistry, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Vesicle Observation Centre, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Institute of Inflammation and Ageing, University of B...

this article is the report of an action research carried out in a medical university aimed at developing the teaching staff's professional skills and revising the curriculum of medical education. the academic members were reoriented towards active methods in teaching and learning basic sciences with a view to upgrading the quality of medical education and improving the curriculum. the action re...

The Standards Committee of the Veterinary Medical Libraries Section was appointed in May 2000 and charged to create standards for the ideal academic veterinary medical library, written from the perspective of veterinary medical librarians. The resulting Standards for the Academic Veterinary Medical Library were approved by members of the Veterinary Medical Libraries Section during MLA '03 in Sa...

www.thelancet.com Published Online July 27, 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(17)32093-7 1 3 12 peace declaration signatory academics discharged from Dokus Elül University. Bianet (Istanbul). June 29, 2017/. http://bianet.org/ english/human-rights/187848-12-peacedeclaration-signatory-academics-dischargedfrom-dokuz-eylul-university (accessed July 23, 2017). 4 Vatansever K, Tanık FA, Göka...

OBJECTIVE To determine the relationship of stress and academic performance in first year medical students and to identify sources of stress, levels of stress and relevant coping strategies. STUDY DESIGN Mixed method sequential. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY Allama Iqbal Medical College, Lahore, from March to December 2010. METHODOLOGY Survey questionnaire and in-depth interviews were carrie...

Postgraduate medical education in the UK has gone through a maelstrom of change in the last 20 years; many components have disadvantaged clinical academic training in particular. In this article we summarise some of the changes and describe the advantages of the creation of a dedicated clinical academic graduate school as a response to these changes.