Increasingly, graduate medical education (residency training) is being proposed as a policy instrument to reform the traditional manpower problems of distribution of physicians. This article suggests why graduate medical education has become the latest policy device in the decades-old effort to rectify physician imbalances, and it discusses the potential for reform contained in this approach. I...

Medical education has changed in focus and methodologies since its early beginnings and more recently has become more professionalized and community oriented. This article considers some of the current international trends in undergraduate medical education in program design, curriculum structure and student selection, exploring their relevance to the South Pacific

This article describes the academic trajectory of Professor Guilherme Rodrigues da Silva and his contribution in the formation of Collective Health in Brazil. Three key aspects are covered: active participation in medical education, both undergraduate and graduate level; its application in scientific research for the study of neglected diseases and the development of epidemiological methodology...

OBJECTIVE To objectively assess whether the medical education environment across Pakistan was at an acceptable standard and to determine factors influencing its perception. METHODS The cross-sectional study was conducted from August to November 2012 at six undergraduate medical institutions across Pakistan. The Dundee Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) inventory having five subscales...

INTRODUCTION At the present time, higher education institutions dealing with education for public health in Europe and beyond are faced with a complex and comprehensive task of responding to global health challenges. REVIEW Literature reviews in public health and global health and exploration of internet presentations of regional and global organisations dealing with education for public heal...

This article contrasts the debate between conservatism and liberalism evident in educational policy and practice, with the radical, deconstructive position. Radical views of education are in turn contrasted with what the educational theorists Shaun Gallagher identifies as a moderate position, in which the various controversies turn in on themselves to reveal our dependence on a series of discur...

The challenge of building new medical schools or expanding the class size of current ones is a lengthy and costly enterprise. That reality argues for the creation of a national vision about how to proceed and what to prioritize, a vision that could serve as a map for public and private officials considering further investment in medical education. A national commission funded by one or several ...

Reviews of undergraduate medical education cautiously support the short term and long term outcomes of problem based learning compared with traditional learning. The effectiveness of problem based learning in continuing medical education, however, has not been reviewed. This review of controlled evaluation studies found limited evidence that problem based learning in continuing medical educatio...

OBJECTIVES To ascertain which factors are most significant in a general practitioner's decision to stay in rural practice and whether these retention factors vary in importance according to the geographical location of the practice and GP characteristics. DESIGN National questionnaire survey. The method of paired comparisons was used to describe the relative importance of the retention items....