background: except in emergency cases, all patients should be seen first by a primary healthcare physician who decides whether a referral to secondary care is necessary. the present study examined the reasons for patient self-referral to specialists. methods: a random sample of 1036 individuals was selected from people attending public outpatient clinics and specialists’ offices in the private ...

Introduction: Over the past few decades, two revolutionaryapproaches have emerged as a new form of medical education:Electronic Medical Education and Web-based Medical Education.A number of well-known medical institutions, such as Harvardand Johns Hopkins used a wide range of cyberspace capabilitiesto increase their competitiveness. Researchers have expressed thatcyberspace will change health s...

while the right to health is increasingly referenced in sustainable development goal (sdg) discussions, its contribution to global health and development remains subject to considerable debate. this hypothesis explores the potential influence of the right to health on the formulation of health goals in 4 major sdg reports. we analyse these reports through a social constructivist lens which view...

conclusions development of the job and task analysis to ensure providing the right training needs, applying more evidences through different studies for reforms, more decentralized equipped system with decision-making tools have been proposed for development. results the results showed the specific method of student selection and clear objectives and standards of training related to the health ...

The advances in the diagnosis and management of diseases, especially chronic conditions, necessitates the development of health care systems and are time-consuming. The introduction of e-health system as an efficient tool for the management and care of patients in the recent decades has resulted in a significant success in this regard. However, the implementation of this system accompanies with...

the world has made a great deal of progress through the millennium development goals (mdgs) to improve the health and well-being of people around the globe, but there remains a long way to go. here we provide reflections on rwanda’s experience in working to meet the health-related targets of the mdgs. this experience has informed our proposal of five guiding principles that may be useful for co...