Blogs Posts in Medical Education category; 15 blog posts

Bringing drama into medical education

In speaking on “Principles for the Development of a Complete Mind”, Leonardo Da Vinci observed that to develop a complete mind one must “Study the science of art. Study the art of science. Develop your senses—espec [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

America's medical education needs major surgery

One of the most important people in your life is your physician. His or her diagnosing and treating you properly can be a matter of life or death. So, it may be disconcerting to know that doctors are trained mainly, not by master cl [...]

Posted On : Jan, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Swedish University to Improve Medical Education with Sectra'...

The Faculty of Health Sciences at Linköping University in Sweden has invested in Sectra Visualization Table. The faculty will use the table for training and instruction purposes in all of its seven education programs. The Sectra V [...]

Posted On : Nov, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

E-learning 'provides the next step for medical education'

E-learning models could be successfully tailored to the medical industry, according to recent reports. Educators in Britain have stressed the need for improved learning methods in medical education to keep in line with many other learning [...]

Posted On : Oct, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Medical education: Electronic-learning advocated

They said e-learning could be started initially as a pilot project. They were speaking at the inaugural session of a two-day workshop on E-learning at the University of Health Sciences (UHS). University of Liverpool’s Prof Paul Duva [...]

Posted On : Oct, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Diabetes Improves With Behavioral, Educational Interventions

Three studies of diabetes disease management programs indicate that intensive behavioral and educational interventions may improve patient outcomes. The 3 studies analyzed different intervention programs in different patient populations, [...]

Posted On : Oct, 12 2011 | Comments : 0

Practice makes perfect: Medical education embraces simulatio...

``Do you have an extra pelvis?" An instructor at McGill University's Arnold and Blema Steinberg Medical Simulation Centre asks this as she is rushing in to teach a group of medical residents the finer points of breech and abnorma [...]

Posted On : Sep, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Excellence in medical education internationally recognised

The UK Foundation Programme Office has formally recognised the high quality of Postgraduate Medical Education provided by the Malta Foundation School and awarded it affiliated status. At a ceremony at Mater Dei Hospital, hosted by Dr J [...]

Posted On : Sep, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

Medical students not prepared to deal with gay, lesbian and ...

Future doctors aren't learning much about the unique health needs of gays and lesbians, a survey of medical school deans suggests. On average, the schools devoted five hours in the entire curriculum to teaching content related to [...]

Posted On : Sep, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Par panel stresses on specialised nature of medical educatio...

Amid reservation raised by Health Ministry on inclusion of medical educational institutes under a proposed bill to accredit them also, a Parliamentary panel has suggested incorporating specific provisions to take care of the specialised n [...]

Posted On : Aug, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Emotional Intelligence and Medical Education

Why should emotional intelligence be important in medical education? It could develop a better understanding of the competency interpersonal and communications skills. Communications skills of a medical student are easier to define and ob [...]

Posted On : Jul, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

An Overview of Medical Education and Training

With a growing population and the worldwide need for curers and administrators needed to run medical facilities, the need for medical professionals all over the world is greater than ever. Today the medical and healthcare profession has b [...]

Posted On : Jun, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Medical education: Public colleges, students fume over entry...

All students wishing to gain admission to a public or private medical college must sit the entry test. Previously, students could only gain admission to private colleges if they had passed the entry test. Now that this condition has been [...]

Posted On : Jun, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

CAG raps Maha over poor plight of medical education

Citing examples from four hospitals, the report said a sonography machine in Ambejogai hospital purchased at Rs 6.75 lakh went out of order. A CT scan machine at Miraj hospital was out of service. A bond is taken from every student compl [...]