In many countries, notably Sweden, Norway and Argentina, followed by Switzerland, Germany and the United States, schemes, dealing more or less effectively with the complex problem of school hygiene have gradually been evolved, generally springing from local municipal effort, later becoming centralised ; but in England there were few centres in which any serious attention had been given to the m...

This article gives a general overview of the evolution and present state of the undergraduate medical education system, programs, evaluation methods and conferred degrees in contemporary China. The publication is based on the information collected from on-site visits to the eight (8) leading medical universities, medical education conferences, visits to Ministries of Health and Education and th...

since about four years ago, total quality management (tqm) has been informally introduced into our integrated healthcare and medical education system. with the aim of getting feedback/ learning from the experiences of the universities/schools of medical sciences in setting the ground for tqm implementation, an assessment was done. the survey results show that out of 31 universities/ schools of ...

Table 1. Faculty Salaries for Fiscal Year 2003 Median % Change From Previous Survey Minimum Maximum No. of Faculty Chairperson All Schools Medical Public Medical Private Other Female Professor All Schools Medical Public Medical Private Other Female Associate Professor All Schools Medical Public Medical Private Other Female Assistant Professor All Schools Medical Public Medical Private Other Fem...

OBJECTIVE This study surveyed all Iraqi medical schools and a cross-section of Iraqi medical students regarding their institutional and student experiences of medical education amidst ongoing conflict. The objective was to better understand the current resources and challenges facing medical schools, and the impacts of conflict on the training landscape and student experience, to provide eviden...

received: november 2005 accepted: feburary 2006 corresponding author: dr aeen mohammadi, is a researcher in , the secretariat for education and student affairs of ministry of health and medical education,tehran, iran . 13 th floor, secretariat for education and student affairs, ministry of health and medical education, simaye iran st., falamak jonoobi ave, shahrake ghods, tehran email: aeenmoha...

when the japanese government adopted western medicine in the late nineteenth century, it left intact the infrastructure of primary care by giving licenses to the existing practitioners and by initially setting the hurdle for entry into medical school low. public financing of hospitals was kept minimal so that almost all of their revenue came from patient charges. when social health insurance (s...