CME: This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint sponsorship of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) and the Journal of Special Operations Medicine. USUHS is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for ...

BACKGROUND Internet-based instruction in continuing medical education (CME) has been associated with favorable outcomes. However, more direct comparative studies of different Internet-based interventions, instructional methods, presentation formats, and approaches to implementation are needed. The purpose of this study was to conduct a comparative evaluation of two Internet-based CME delivery f...

As we venture into the twenty-first century, it is becoming increasingly clear that our ability to cope with the rapid changes and challenges brought on by the new information age at both the micro and the macro levels will become the primary measuring stick for success. These changes were dominant during the twentieth century and will continue to dominate our lives in the new millennium. Educa...

Eduard Seidler sets his discussion of the teaching of medical ethics in the Federal Republic of Germany against an historical background. Immediately after the Second World War the freshness of the memory of the 'Nuremberg Medical Trials' influenced the way in which moral dilemmas were treated in Germany. At the present time no systematic instruction in medical ethics is provided in either unde...

BACKGROUND Despite wide distribution and promotion of clinical practice guidelines, adherence among Dutch general practitioners (GPs) is not optimal. To improve adherence to guidelines, an analysis of barriers to implementation is advocated. Because different recommendations within a guideline can have different barriers, in this study we focus on key recommendations rather than guidelines as a...

Health education as a part of physical education (PE) in schools has a long history in Germany. This chapter outlines the most important steps of PE development in Germany and explains the current status of health education within PE. Regarding relevant problems of the German school health system, various practice models are introduced. A special focus is on the long-term communitybased interve...

OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to adduce evidence of validity for admissions tests and processes and for identifying a parsimonious model that predicts students' academic achievement in Medical College. METHODS Psychometric study done on admission data and assessment scores for five years of medical studies at Aga Khan University Medical College, Pakistan using confirmatory factor analys...

OBJECTIVE To examine how attending physicians and senior residents negotiated shared responsibilities for teaching and supervising on clinical work rounds. METHODS As part of a larger ethnographic field study, we observed clinical work rounds on a General Pediatrics ward over 8 months, and interviewed 14 of 18 attending physicians and 9 of 11 senior residents whom we observed. Struck by the f...

The increasingly complex role of a nurse requires a much higher level of critical thinking and clinical judgment skills than in the past. Opportunities to provide critical thinking experiences in clinical settings are challenged by various factors, including limited clinical facilities and a shortage of nurse faculty. Alternative methods to provide critical thinking experiences in undergraduate...