Schools, Medical
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

The departmental chair in Western medicine: tale of the first and foremost. Historical vignette.

30 Oct 2009 The use of the term "chair" in medical literature probably started in the Late Middle Ages with the Italian anatomist Mondino de Liuzzi. History reveals the term's origin at Bologna, one of the oldest degree-granting universities in Europe. Nobody ... 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...

Online posting of unprofessional content by medical students.

21 Sep 2009 CONTEXT: Web 2.0 applications, such as social networking sites, are creating new challenges for medical professionalism. The scope of this problem in undergraduate medical education is not well-defined. OBJECTIVE: To assess the experience of US ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Schools, Medical'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• The departmental chair in Western medicine: tale of the first and foremost. Historical vignette. 30 Oct 2009
• AM last page: international medical education. 30 Oct 2009
• Doors. 30 Oct 2009
• Academic medicine should start at home. 30 Oct 2009
• Academic medicine as a bridge to peace: building Arab and Israeli cooperation. 30 Oct 2009
• Why start an academy? 30 Oct 2009
• Peace is not simply the absence of war. 30 Oct 2009
• Back to the future: medical students can matter again. 30 Oct 2009
• Mission impossible: the quest for medical school. 11 Oct 2009
• Harvard Medical School rescinds controversial media rules. 29 Sep 2009
• The role of global health in medical education at JABSOM. 29 Sep 2009
• Merging departments: dealing with the good, the bad, and the ugly. 29 Sep 2009
• The need for diversity in medical education: barriers to be broken. 29 Sep 2009
• An analysis of undergraduate ophthalmology training in Canada. 29 Sep 2009
• Refocusing ophthalmic education. 29 Sep 2009
• [Medical school at the Aalborg University will not solve the shortage of specialists] 26 Sep 2009
• Medical schools in the United States, 2008-2009. 21 Sep 2009
• Online posting of unprofessional content by medical students. 21 Sep 2009
• Dalhousie University medical school faces probation. 19 Sep 2009
• Putting safety on the curriculum. 13 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Schools, Medical'

Definition: Educational institutions for individuals specializing in the field of medicine.

Descriptor UI: D012577

Alternative terms: Schools, Medical; Medical Schools; School, Medical; Medical School;

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

Tree Number: I02.783.660.552; N02.278.020.578;

Technical Notes: includes Faculté de Médecine, Facultad de Medicina; "College of Physicians" = SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS), under US Dept of Defense, goes here + UNITED STATES; Manual 30.7.3, 30.8; specify geog if pertinent; DF: SCHOOLS MED