The number of colleges of osteopathic medicine (COMs), osteopathic medical students, and osteopathic physicians in practice has been consistently growing since the 1960s. In recent years, the growth of the profession has been exponential. Despite this growth, graduates of COMs are increasingly choosing allopathic residencies. The authors believe that this trend may stem from a lack of focus on ...

Resumen A needs assessment among the migrant farm workers on the US/Mexico border of El Paso, Texas was conducted as part of the Migrant Border Health Initiative. Based on the survey results, recommendations for potential health education programs were provided to the undergraduate community health students at The University of Texas at El Paso. These students directly applied the principles th...

background and objective: evaluation is one of the major aspects in process of educational activities. evaluation provides the possibility to assess strengthens and weaknesses. the present study has been conducted under the goal to assess approach of students evaluation by basic sciences and clinical sciences educational groups at medical school of shiraz university of medical sciences. methods...

OBJECTIVE Consumption of water may help promote health and prevent obesity in children by decreasing consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages. This study used evidence-based strategies to increase water consumption in Mexican-American and Mexican children. MATERIALS AND METHODS In 2012, two schools in San Diego, USA and two other in Tlaltizapan, Mexico were recruited to Agua para Niños (Water...

OBJECTIVE To develop a proposal for metrics for patents to be applied in assessing the postgraduate programs of Medicine III - Capes. METHODS From the reading and analysis of the 2013 area documents of all the 48 areas of Capes, a proposal for metrics for patents was developed to be applied in Medicine III programs. RESULTS Except for the areas Biotechnology, Food Science, Biological Scienc...

1Department of Cardiac Anesthesiology, Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 2Department of Cardiac Surgery, Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 3Rajaie Cardiovascular Medical and Research Center, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran 4Shahid Behes...

1. You state that you will ‘explore the potential impact of school based sex education..’ however, given the design of your study this was not possible nor discussed in the paper itself. I suggest that you remove mention of ‘potential impact’ of such education from the abstract as this is misleading. Mention of ‘potential impact was removed from abstract’. Background 2. Para 3, last sentence: Y...

OBJECTIVE To stimulate and awakening the interest of students of high school or elementary public schools in research and science through scientific initiation stages in the Postgraduate Program in Translational Surgery. To stimulate and awakening the interest of students of high school or elementary public schools in research and science through scientific initiation stages in the Postgraduate...

The number of underrepresented minorities (URMs; black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, American Indian or Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander) among US medical school faculty is markedly low when compared with their respective percent representation of the US population. Women URMs are doubly underrepresented, particularly as the academic rank advances from the ins...