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 ...

INTRODUCTION Basic invasive procedural skills are traditionally taught during clerkships. Using simulation to teach invasive skills provides students the opportunity to practice in a structured environment without risking patient safety. We surveyed incoming interns at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital to assess the prevalence of simulation training for invasive and semi-invasive procedural ...

BACKGROUND Recent research has evidenced that although investment in Continuing Medical Education (CME), both in terms of participation as well as financial resources allocated to it, has been steadily increasing to catch up with accelerating advances in health information and technology, effectiveness of CME is reported to be rather limited. Poor and disproportional returns can be attributed t...

The International Federation of Emergency Medicine (IFEM) mission is to improve emergency medicine (EM) around the world. Central to this philosophy is specialty development through an emphasis on education. To achieve that goal, the IFEM published manuscripts in 2009 and 2011 describing undergraduate (also known as “medical school”) education and graduate education (also known as “residency tr...

background: the effect of frequent examinations on the students’ learning has had inconsistent results. this study aimed to assess the effectiveness of fre-quent announced quizzes on the learning of a representative sample of iranian medical students. methods: this experimental study was conducted among 37 fifth semester medical students who had taken the course in protozoology and helmintholog...

background: given the decisive role of youth in spreading the risk of aids infection, education and increasing knowledge isone of the most important waysof controlling the disease.thus, the present study aimed to assessthe effect of aneducational pamphleton knowledge and attitude of non-medical students aboutaids in university of zabol, iran. methods: this pre-testpost-test quasi-experimental s...

maldistribution of health professionals between urban and rural areas has been a serious problem in china. urban hospitals attract most of the health professionals with serious shortages in rural areas. to address this issue, a number of policies have been implemented by the government, such as free medical education in exchange for obligatory rural service.

introduction: feedback cards are recommended as a feasible tool for structured written feedback delivery in clinical education while effectiveness of this tool on the medical students’ performance is still questionable. the purpose of this study was to compare the effects of structured written feedback by cards as well as verbal feedback versus verbal feedback alone on the clinical performance ...

introduction: leadership and management are two expected features and competencies for general practitioners (gps). the purpose of this study was leadership and management curriculum planning for gps which was performed based on kern’s curriculum planning cycle. methods: this study was conducted in 2011-2012 in iran using an explanatory mixed-methods approach. it was conducted through an initia...

conclusions according to the subjective and objective results, the new method used in anatomy education had a good effect on learning of anatomy and interested students in anatomy. besides, it decreased students’ stress at exam time. it can be a complementary method for conventional methods. it is very useful for those who need retraining courses. results using present method had remarkable eff...