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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Innovative midwifery teaching for medical students and residents.

29 Jun 2009 Many midwives are full-time faculty members of departments of obstetrics and gynecology in academic medical centers. As such, they contribute to the medical school's educational mission by teaching undergraduate and postgraduate medical students in ... Read more...

How leaky is the health career pipeline? Minority student achievement in college gateway courses.

30 May 2009 PURPOSE: To determine whether underrepresented minority (URM) students receive lower grades than do non-URM students in college prehealth gateway courses; the extent to which lower grade performance might be explained by the differences in ... Read more...

Accreditation of undergraduate medical education in the Caribbean: report on the Caribbean accreditation authority for education in medicine and other health professions.

30 May 2009 Medical education in the Caribbean has undergone significant change and growth in the past decades. Currently, approximately 60 medical schools in the Caribbean provide medical training to a combination of domestic and international students. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Education, Medical, Undergraduate - Trends'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Undergraduate and post-graduate education in oncological internal medicine] 8 Aug 2009
• Que sera, sera; whatever will be, will be... 30 Jul 2009
• Innovative midwifery teaching for medical students and residents. 29 Jun 2009
• How leaky is the health career pipeline? Minority student achievement in college gateway courses. 30 May 2009
• Accreditation of undergraduate medical education in the Caribbean: report on the Caribbean accreditation authority for education in medicine and other health professions. 30 May 2009
• The separate osteopathic medical education pathway: uniquely addressing national needs. Point. 30 May 2009
• What is your threshold for evidence to treat? 30 May 2009
• Teaching Advanced Leadership Skills in Community Service (ALSCS) to medical students. 30 May 2009
• Osteopathic clinical training in three universities. 30 May 2009
• Commentary: Aging America: meeting the needs of older Americans and the crisis in geriatrics. 29 Apr 2009
• The lesson of anatomy. 29 Apr 2009
• Inspirational surgical education: the way to a mature specialist identity. 29 Apr 2009
• Perception of the educational environment by medical students undergoing a curricular transition in Kuwait. 4 Apr 2009
• Leap of faith: from knowledge to safe practice. Apr 2009
• The revised 'Early Learning in Medicine' curriculum at the University of Otago--focusing on students, patients, and community. Apr 2009
• Successes and challenges of Malawi's only medical school. 30 Mar 2009
• Global health ethics for students. 30 Mar 2009
• Current teaching of paediatric musculoskeletal medicine within UK medical schools--a need for change. 29 Mar 2009
• Welcome developments in UK medical humanities. 27 Feb 2009
• [Improved health services for mentally ill children and adolescents] 27 Feb 2009

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Technical information about 'Education, Medical, Undergraduate'

Definition: The period of medical education in a medical school. In the United States it follows the baccalaureate degree and precedes the granting of the M.D.

Descriptor UI: D004504

Alternative terms: Education, Medical, Undergraduate; Medical Education, Undergraduate; Undergraduate Medical Education; Education, Undergraduate Medical;

Allowable Qualifiers: economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; manpower; methods; organization & administration; standards; trends; statistics & numerical data; ethics; classification;

Tree Number: I02.358.399.450;

History Note: 73(71)

Technical Notes: DF: EDUC MED UNDERGRAD