Education, Medical, Undergraduate
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Multisite geriatrics clerkship for fourth-year medical students: a successful model for teaching the Association of American Medical Colleges' core competencies.

29 Sep 2009 As the population ages, it is important that graduating medical students be properly prepared to treat older adults, regardless of their chosen specialty. To this end, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the John A. Hartford ... Read more...

An analysis of undergraduate ophthalmology training in Canada.

29 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: To investigate the adequacy of undergraduate ophthalmology education in Canada in comparison with the International Council of Ophthalmology (ICO) guidelines. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey. PARTICIPANTS: First-year residents who had ... Read more...

The use of chicken legs for teaching wound closure skills.

26 Sep 2009 OBJECTIVE: Training models are required to impart surgical skills, like wound closure techniques, prior to practice in patients. In an ideal case, the tissue characteristics of the model are close to those of humans, easy to create and of low cost. ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Education, Medical, Undergraduate'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Why start an academy? 30 Oct 2009
• NCEPOD report on acute kidney injury-must do better. 22 Oct 2009
• Violation of human rights by doctors today. Oct 2009
• Multisite geriatrics clerkship for fourth-year medical students: a successful model for teaching the Association of American Medical Colleges' core competencies. 29 Sep 2009
• An analysis of undergraduate ophthalmology training in Canada. 29 Sep 2009
• Refocusing ophthalmic education. 29 Sep 2009
• The use of chicken legs for teaching wound closure skills. 26 Sep 2009
• Dalhousie University medical school faces probation. 19 Sep 2009
• New student medical journal launched. 19 Sep 2009
• An academia-industry partnership. 10 Sep 2009
• An academia-industry partnership. 10 Sep 2009
• Tomorrow's Doctors: an improvement if evaluated. 10 Sep 2009
• Neurology requirements at Brown. 30 Aug 2009
• Increasing the medical school applicant pool: a key to training more rural physicians. 30 Aug 2009
• A survey of medical students on the impact of a new digital imaging library in the dissection room. 30 Aug 2009
• Impact of expanding use of health information technologies on medical student education in family medicine. 30 Aug 2009
• Integrating educational technology into the basic sciences. 30 Aug 2009
• [Medical education in a bachelors and masters system] 30 Aug 2009
• Effect of digital problem-based learning cases on student learning outcomes in ophthalmology courses. 30 Aug 2009
• A lifetime investment. 30 Aug 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