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This program enables teachers of the basic medical sciences in medical schools abroad to teach and study for one academic year in medical schools in the United States. Awards are intended to enhance the faculty scholar’s knowledge and teaching skills in these sciences, stimulate international exchange of information in science and technology, and advance cultural… Read more »

Featuring the methods of basic science education in different nations continues to be the focus of this column, and it is with special interest that we present the medical education system of Russia. Yurii Victorivitch Gorbunov was my most gracious host when I recently visited the Izhevsk State Medical Institute, and I am grateful to… Read more »

The recent visit of Dr. Roger W. Koment to medical schools in Russia has become an important step towards removing the obstacles which~ have existed in sharing information between our countries. We are very pleased that Dr. Koment kindly offers us the opportunity to share with you the system of medical education in Russia. Although… Read more »

Four topics have been defined which our SIG is addressing in various ways, each one being coordinated by a Regional Director. If you have interests, opinions and/or wish to work with others toward the resolution of one or more of the following, please contact the designated individual. Our long-term goal is to create workable solutions… Read more »

Men fear death as children fear to go in thedark; and as that natural fear in children isincreased with tales, so is the other. Francis Bacon I confess to being unskilled in the subject of death and dying, and as a Virologist tend to view the human body as a living host which supports the… Read more »

Medical students arrive every September full of enthusiasm and idealism; lots of energy and anticipation. In general, they really care — they want to help and to heal. They want to be the right kind of people. They arrive very enthused, they also arrive very anxious. For the past few years they have been anxious… Read more »

It was six days before Christmas. All I had to do was turn the Emergency Department over to the incoming attending and I would be free for two days of shopping and wrapping presents. Suddenly, the call came in. Medics would be arriving in five minutes with a code — a three month old. In… Read more »

As membership in the BSEF expands, we all seek to communicate more efficiently with each other. The Biennial Conferences have become one means, but even the important contacts we make at these meetings need to be maintained across distance and time, and the most technologically advanced solution to this problem is the Internet branch of… Read more »

Each time I sit at my computer to compose this Message I think back over the history of the Basic Science Education Forum. It all began when I contacted the Association of American Medical Colleges Group on Educational Affairs (AAMC:GEA) and convened a meeting of basic science faculty attending the AAMC annual conference. Some of… Read more »

On Wednesday November 5 1994, Bill Galey, Western Regional Director of the Basic Education Special Interest Group of the Group on Educational Affairs convened the annual meeting at the 1993 AAMC Meeting in Washington, DC. The program titled: “Problem-Based Learning: The Role of Basic Scientist in Optimizing Basic Science Learning” was presented by a panel… Read more »

The recent ACME-TRI Report (1) notes that the response of most medical schools to the GPEP report recommendation to reduce the number of lecture hours by one third or one half (2) has been disappointing. In general the decrease in lecture hours has been modest, and the recommendation has found strong resistance from the faculty…. Read more »

Four topics have been defined which the BSEF is addressing in various ways, each one being coordinated by a Regional Director. If you have interests, opinions and/or wish to work with others toward the resolution of one or more of the following, please contact the designated individual. Our long-term goal is to create workable solutions… Read more »