Search Results for 'Medical'

Medical education: UHS team inspects Ameeruddin College

LAHORE: A University of Health Sciences (UHS) team visited the Post Graduate Medical Institute (PGMI) and Lahore General Hospital (LGH) on Saturday to inspect facilities and assess whether they were up to the standards required for a publ [...]

Posted On : May, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

North Shore LIJ Provides Special Medical Training for Specia...

Normally, when you hear the word “PJs” you think of a garment that you wear to bed. But on a recent Friday afternoon, “PJs” took on an entirely different meaning. On this particular afternoon, a group of Pararescue [...]

Posted On : Apr, 18 2012 | Comments : 0

New SGH facility to improve medical research

Next year, the Singapore General Hospital (SGH) will see a new building for medical education and research on its premises. Coined The Academia, the twin-tower facility - consisting of the Diagnostic and Discovery towers - will span 75,00 [...]

Posted On : Apr, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Medical education tied to city's health

Ten years ago, who would have predicted that medical education would have a significant role to play in Windsor's economic revival? I have recently returned to Windsor after a 30-plus year hiatus and I am increasingly convinced we are [...]

Posted On : Mar, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

PMDC empowerment bill to improve medical education, practice

Welcoming the long-awaited approval of the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council empowerment bill by the National Assembly, the council’s registrar, Dr Nadeem Akbar, has said enactment of the proposed law will improve medical educatio [...]

Posted On : Feb, 29 2012 | Comments : 0

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

‘Online training a must for licence renewal for medical lab ...

To ensure adherence to global best practices, the Association of Medical Laboratory Scientists of Nigeria (AMLSN) has made online training mandatory for the yearly renewal of licences of its members. Briefing reporters in Abuja, the Nati [...]

Posted On : Feb, 07 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

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 [...]