background and objectives: active presence of hospitals on the internet is becoming a hallmark of hospitals’ commitment to quality healthcare services delivery. for insightful planning towards a strong internet-based information delivery and communication, there is a need for continuous monitoring of hospital website’s status. built on this need, this paper provides, for the first time, a ranki...

CONSIDERABLE attention is beinig given at the present time to the medical curriculum and the question as to how the medical student can to best advantage occupy his undergraduate years. In this connection it is of interest to compare our own system of medical education with that used in other countries, and I propose, therefore, to give some account of the training of the medical student in Ger...

In answering the call of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1990) that “science should be taught as science is practiced at is best,” science faculty across the country have systematically begun to infuse their skills, perspectives, and experiences as scientists into the instructional approaches they select for their undergraduate classrooms. Problem-based learning (PBL), ...

BACKGROUND Abortion is a serious public health issue, and it poses high risks to the health and life of women. Yet safe abortion services are not readily available because few doctors are trained to provide such services. Many doctors are unaware of laws pertaining to abortion. This article reports survey findings on Malaysian medical students' attitudes toward abortion education and presents a...

During the 20th century, surgery programs were gradually established in all universities and hospitals, and other surgical specialties were developed in response to the inertia of a division of surgery according to organ-specific systems or specific surgical techniques. Today, at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the Graduate Division has 78 different medical and surgical spe...

Over the past decade there has been a remarkable increase in ethnic diversity among Australian medical students. This phenomenon has been driven by two forces: the disproportionate school-level academic success achieved by first-generation migrant and refugee-origin youth, and the rapid globalization of Australia's tertiary education system, in a context where reduced government funding has acc...

INTRODUCTION The majority of countries have brought the quality of higher education into focus in the past few years. They have tried to improve the quality of their own higher education. The studies show that Iranian Universities are not at an accepted level in terms of quality. They have encountered several problems which have diminished their quality level. This study aimed at assessing the ...

BACKGROUND It is increasingly becoming evident that a strong primary health care system is more likely to provide better population health, more equity in health throughout the population, and better use of economic resources, compared to systems that are oriented towards specialty care. Developing and maintaining a strong and sustainable primary health care requires that a substantial part of ...