the farmers of the future (fof) initiative implemented a programme of integrating natural resources management in the basic education curriculum. the purpose of the study was to document activities and determine the effects of fof programme on primary school learners’ perceptions towards natural resources management by comparing learners involved in the fof programme and those not involved. fur...

In Japan, the ‘course of study,’ namely the course objectives, approach and content of the school curriculum, is determined by the standard national curriculum set by the Ministry of Education. It is legally compulsory for schools to abide by the national curriculum standard, so that uniformity and standardization of the school curriculum may be attained throughout the country. The course of st...

The purpose of this article is to give international readers an overview of the organisation, structure and curriculum, together with important advances and problems, of undergraduate medical education in Germany. Interest in medical education in Germany has been relatively low but has gained momentum with the new "Regulation of the Licensing of Doctors" which came into effect in 2003. Medical ...

Evolutionary medicine is the application of evolution theory to understanding health and disease. It provides a complementary scientific approach to the present mechanistic explanations that dominate medical science, and particularly medical education. The chronic multifactorial disease of atherosclerosis clearly illustrates the Darwinian paradigm. Recent research, combining the effects of gene...

Postgraduate medical education has seen changes in the recent years, the world over. In Singapore, postgraduate medical education underwent a major transition in 2010 from the Basic and Advanced Specialist Training system overseen by the Joint Committee on Specialist Training by the Specialist Accreditation Board to the new Residency system modeled on the American Residency Programme. This new ...

IN its technical aspects medical education in the United Kingdom is traditionally amateur. Curricula conform only within the widest of guidelines; teaching methods and performances are rarely assessed; examinations are often antiquated in concept and execution and the results rarely validated; the syllabus is organised frequently with the convenience of teachers the overriding desideratum and i...

Probably ever since the Flexner report endowed basic scientists with a central role in the education of doctors, the same basic scientists have been engaged in active, but circular, debates about why basic science really is essential to medical education. The arguments are generally at the theological level and can easily be dismissed by critics as self-serving. There is little evidence in the ...

BACKGROUND A new modular, outcome-based, interdisciplinary curriculum was introduced for undergraduate medical education at one of the largest European medical faculties. A key stated institutional goal was to systematically integrate sex and gender medicine and gender perspectives into the curriculum in order to foster adequate gender-related knowledge and skills for future doctors concerning ...

High-fidelity patient simulators are mainly used to teach clinical skills and remain underutilized in teaching basic sciences. This article summarizes our current views on the use of simulation in basic science education and identifies pitfalls and opportunities for progress.