BACKGROUND In Thailand, the inequitable distribution of doctors between rural and urban areas has a major impact on access to care for those living in rural communities. The rural medical education programme 'Collaborative Project to Increase Rural Doctors (CPIRD)' was implemented in 1994 with the aim of attracting and retaining rural doctors. This study examined the impact of CPIRD in relation...

world action in medical education, notably the global programs of the world federation for medical education, the edinburgh declaration of 1988 and the 1993 world summit, has led to major curricular change in medical schools. for educational reform to result in improved health services of nations, an essential requirement is integration between the medical education system and the health care d...

BACKGROUND High quality clinical learning environments (CLE) are critical to postgraduate medical education (PGME). The understaffed and overcrowded environments in which many residents work present a significant challenge to learning. The purpose of this study was to develop a national expert group consensus amongst stakeholders in PGME to; (i) identify important barriers and facilitators of l...

EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENTS Abolghasem Amini, Jafar Sadegh Tabrizi, Sahar Farahsa. Associate Professor of medical education, Department of medical education, Education Development Center (EDC), Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Tabriz, Iran; Associate Professor of health services management, Health Services Management Research Center, Department of health services management, School of Manageme...

MEDICC Review: WHO defi nes social accountability of medical schools as the obligation to orient teaching, research and service activities to addressing the priority health needs of the communities they have a mandate to serve, defi ning those needs in collaboration with government, health service organizations, health professionals and the public.[1] How does this contribute to making universa...

INTRODUCTION This survey aimed to investigate German ambulatory physicians' opinions about mandatory continuing medical education (CME) and CME resources shortly before the introduction of mandatory CME in 2004. METHODS A structured national telephone survey of general practitioners and specialists was conducted. Main outcome measures were opinions about mandatory CME, preferred CME media, an...

The development of learning, teaching and assessment of medical ethics and law over the last 40 years is reflected upon with particular reference to the roles of the London Medical Group, the Society for the Study of Medical Ethics, its successor Institute of Medical Ethics; the Journal of Medical Ethics and the General Medical Council. Several current issues are addressed. Although the situati...

BACKGROUND Telehealth, as other information and communication technologies (ICTs) introduced to support the delivery of health care services, is considered as a means to answer many of the imperatives currently challenging health care systems. In Canada, many telehealth projects are taking place, mostly targeting rural, remote or isolated populations. So far, various telehealth applications hav...

Ensuring access to high quality health care in remote and rural settings is particularly challenging. Remote and rural communities require health service models that are designed in and for these settings, and care provided by health practitioners with the requisite knowledge and skills responsive to people's health needs. Studies in many countries have shown that the three factors most strongl...

a better understanding of factors influencing quality of medical service can pinpoint better strategies for quality assurance in medical services. this study aimed to identify factors affecting the quality of medical services provided by iranian physicians.exploratory in-depth individual interviews were conducted with sixty-four physicians working in various medical institutions in iran.individ...