OBJECTIVE To evaluate Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) program in terms of infrastructure of Anganwadi centers, inputs, process, coverage and utilization of services, and issues related to program operation in twelve districts of Gujarat, India. DESIGN Facility (Anganwadi) based study. SETTING Twelve districts of Gujarat, India (April 1, 2012 to March 31, 2013). PARTICIPANTS I...

Throughout the United States, the growth of managed care is forcing pediatric providers (physicians and hospitals) to reconstruct and integrate the health care delivery system with a focus away from the academic center and toward the community. Managed care also is forcing new financing approaches geared toward the assumption of economic risk for patient management and utilization of services. ...

PURPOSE We aimed to assess the preparedness of junior doctors to use vancomycin, and to determine whether attending an educational session and being provided pocket guidelines were associated with self-reported confidence and objective knowledge. METHODS This was a 2-component cross-sectional study. A 60-minute educational session was implemented and pocket guidelines were provided. Preparedn...

OBJECTIVE The integration of scientific research into medical education is a widely discussed topic. Most research training programs are offered on a voluntary basis. In Germany, it is mandatory to complete a doctoral thesis to obtain the academic title "doctor". The reasons why students start a dissertation project and the influence of this project on their undergraduate studies and later care...

background: educational evaluation is a process which deals with data collection and assessment of academic activities’ progress. in this research, educational evaluation of dentistry school of tehran university of medical sciences, which trains students in undergraduate and residency courses, was studied. methods: this descriptive study was done with a model of educational evaluation in ten st...

There have been momentous changes in graduate medical education in China in the past few years. While the standardization of residency training programs has been a topic of national conversation for decades, the Chinese Medical Association under the commission of the Ministry of Health released mandatory residency training standards in 2012.1 The training standards were divided into four sectio...