Objective Preclinical medical student electives are prevalent at medical schools across the United States, but the range of electives available and their impact on medical student education are not well described in the literature. The objective of this article is to review the literature relating to preclinical medical student electives and their impact on medical student educational outcomes....

Leili Yeke-Fallah, Zahra Eskandari, Akram Shahrokhi, Amir Javadi. PhD student of nursing, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Faculty member of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Nursing and Midwifery School, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran; M.Sc. student of intensive care nursing, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences, Qazvin, Iran; Faculty member, Nursing a...

Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine Medical Student Research Day September 2, 2016 Sponsored by: Medical Student Research Club and Medical Student Research Council Funds provided by University of Iowa Student Government Free to University of Iowa Students LJA5: A Novel Population of Neurons in the Brainstem Lindsay Agostinelli, BA & Alexander Bassuk, MD, PhD Department of Pediatrics

Based on the survey data of 364 peasant households in Yibin, Sichuan, this paper analyzes the farmer’s willingness to small forest tenure mortgage loans. The result indicates a high willingness up to 74.2%, i.e. the farmers are willing to invest forest tenure mortgage loans into forestry and agricultural production. The influential factors on farmer’s willingness to small forest tenure mortgage...

One-third of medical students complete medical school without significant exposure to research. This gap in their medical education is significant: research not only exposes medical students to scientific methodology and academic writing, but also encourages them to multi-task, communicate, and critically analyze the scientific literature - valuable skills that will serve them well in their fut...