PURPOSE To identify best practices in education related to the responsible conduct of clinical research (RCCR). METHOD American Society for Bioethics and Humanities (ASBH) members involved with teaching RCCR were asked to complete an online survey, followed by an in-depth telephone interview. The online survey asked about respondents' RCCR teaching, trainees, and institutional context. The ph...

Introduction: The German Council of Science and Humanities as well as a number of medical professional associations support the strengthening of scientific competences by developing longitudinal curricula for teaching scientific competences in the undergraduate medical education. The National Competence Based Catalogue of Learning Objectives for Undergraduate Medical Education (NKLM) has also d...

The Multispecialty Occupational Health Group (MSOHG), formed in 2005, is an informal coalition of societies representing professionals who work in or are concerned with interventional fluoroscopy. The group's long-term goals are to improve occupational health and operator and staff safety in the interventional laboratory while maintaining quality patient care and optimal use of the laboratory. ...

BACKGROUND The purpose of this study was to highlight concerns with the current pharmacy practice program and suggest aspects for improvement. A further aim of the study was to enhance the educational effects of the program, from the students' point of view. METHODS We surveyed 1,607 pharmacy students in Japan who had completed the pharmacy practice program in either 2010 or 2011. The student...

We read with interest the paper by Ekkelenkamp et al, who found that the early use of validated simulators during endoscopy training expedites the learning of procedural skills. Authors propose the structured employment of simulators within endoscopy training curricula. Endoscopic learning represents an essential component of gastroenterology training and would surely benefit from the applicati...

The National Health Service in England and Wales has recently adopted a policy aimed at embedding continuous quality improvement (CQI) at all levels and across all services. The key goal is to achieve changes in practice which improve patient outcomes. This paper describes the use of a training course for multiprofessional groups of participants tailored to offer them relevant knowledge, manage...

BACKGROUND Although several studies have outlined the need for and benefits of diversity in academia, the number of underrepresented minority (URM) faculty in academic health centers remains low, and minority faculty are primarily concentrated at the rank of assistant professor. In order to increase the diversity of the faculty of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicin...

BACKGROUND The standards and outcomes outlined in the General Medical Council's publication 'Tomorrow's Doctors' include proposals that medical professionalism be included in undergraduate curricula. Learning the values and attitudes necessary to become a 'doctor as a professional' has traditionally been left largely to the informal and hidden curricula. There remains no consensus or confirmed ...

1 Stephanie Farrell, Rowan University, Department of Chemical Engineering, 201 Mullica Hill Road, Glassboro, NJ 08028 [email protected] 2 James A. Newell, Rowan University, Department of Chemical Engineering, 201 Mullica Hill Road, Glassboro, NJ 08028 [email protected] 3 Robert P. Hesketh, Rowan University, Department of Chemical Engineering, 201 Mullica Hill Road, Glassboro, NJ 08028 hesketh@ro...

In 2005, the Finnish Government took a Decision in principle on the development of a national strategy. This Decision spurred the two main funding agencies – the Academy of Finland and the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation (Tekes) – to carry out FinnSight 2015, a joint foresight exercise that would provide inputs to this strategy, foster collaboration between these funding ag...