The Chinese state system of medical education has been undergoing reform since the turn of the millennium, with greater impetus since 2008.1,2 These reforms impinge on pluralistic health care institutions. Medical pluralism has thrived over the past 60 years in China within state-run hospitals, universities, and clinics in which biomedicine and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) are practiced i...

Alternative medicine is increasingly popular especially in German‐speaking areas of Europe. In the beginning, Ayurveda played a leading role within a trend of deeply relaxing wellness therapies. Today, even in medical circles, Ayurveda is widely recognized as a complementary system of medicine and has reached the threshold of entering into the realm of evidence‐based science. In several Europea...

http://www.bmj.com/content/341/bmj.c6979.full?sid=0c9ee36b-72ab-409a-b94b4e7ba1a7c408 Cite this as: BMJ 2010; 341:c6979 Integrative medicine and the point of credulity 1. John C McLachlan, professor of medical education + Author Affiliations 1. School of Medicine and Health, Durham University, Stockton-on-Tees TS17 6BH, UK 1. [email protected] So called integrative medicine should not ...

BACKGROUND Disaster Medicine training is not included in medical education curriculum in China, even though the country has suffered various disasters annually. We intended to assess the need for continual education regarding disaster management for health professionals in China. METHODS A survey was conducted among 324 health professionals who participated in the response to the Wenchuan ear...

OBJECTIVE To identify the production, distribution and problems experienced with health education (HE) materials in two districts of Mashonaland East (Mash East) province of Zimbabwe. DESIGN A descriptive survey conducted in the rural districts of Mutoko and Murewa within the Province. METHODS The researcher interviewed four doctors, 30 nurses and 10 allied health workers who had been conve...

I had the good fortune to be appointed in 1973 to the first Wolfson Foundation Visiting Professorship in General Practice. The appointment entitles the holder, who must be a Fellow or Member of the Royal College of General Practitioners in active practice in the United Kingdom or Eire, to spend four to six weeks in any part of the world. The terms of reference are wide and include consideration...

Internationally medical student debt is a cause of concern. A survey of medical students in UCC (response rate of 191 representing 35% of the EU student cohort) reveals that 34 (26%) of direct entry medicine (DEM) students and 36 (61%) graduate entrants (GEM) have a loan with an anticipated average debt of Euro17,300 and Euro80,000 on graduation respectively. Fifty-three (90%) graduate entrants...

BACKGROUND Experts have historically recommended better integration of public health content into medical education. Whether this adoption is associated with physician practice location has not been studied. PURPOSE To examine the association between medical student perception of their public health and community medicine instruction and practice location in a Health Professional Shortage Are...

BACKGROUND Global health rotations are increasingly popular amongst medical students. The training abroad is highly variable and there is a recognized need for global health curriculum development. We sought to create and evaluate a curriculum, applicable to any global health rotation, that requires students to take an active role in their education and promotes engagement. METHODS Prospectiv...