MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Roger Koment, Ph.D.It is evening as I begin to write this Message… in a hotel room over 6,000 miles from home, my mind reflecting on the events of this day. Sevastopol Ukraine… Read more »
HOW MUCH BIOCHEMISTRY SHOULD A COMPETENT PHYSICIAN KNOW?
Reg Dennick, M. Med., Ph.D.THE PROBLEM I will assume that biochemistry is a fundamental building block in the foundations of medical education and that not only is it required to understand many of the… Read more »
A BASIC SCIENCE-CLINICAL INTEGRATIVE COURSE
FOR SENIOR MEDICAL AND GRADUATE STUDENTS
Assaf Rudich, M.D., Ilana Harman-Boehm, M.D., Shimon Glick, M.D. and Nava Bashan, Ph.D.
The widening gap between advances in basic biology and their relevance to the clinical application presents a challenge for medical educators. As investigation methods in basic sciences complicate, and with… Read more »
INITIAL REPORT
THIRD BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL BSEF CONFERENCETHE HOST SCHOOL In April of 1996, Roger Koment made the decision to accept the invitation of the Medical University of South Carolina to once again host this conference at… Read more »
ANNOUNCEMENT
NINTH ANNUAL MEETING BASIC SCIENCE EDUCATION SIGThe Ninth Annual Meeting of the AAMC:GEA’s National Basic Science Education Special Interest Group (SIG) will be held in San Francisco, California during the Annual AAMC Conference scheduled for November… Read more »
COMMENTARY: WHEN IS A SCHOOL NOT A SCHOOL?
Stephen Abrahamson, Ph.D., Sc.D.School:a place or institution for teaching and learning: specif., (a) an institution for training and instruction in some special field, skill, etc. . . When one compares the medical school… Read more »
ANNOUNCEMENT
UPDATE: PROCEEDINGS of theSECOND BIENNIAL INTERNATIONAL BSEF CONFERENCEIn June of 1995, 205 individuals from 11 countries gathered in Lincolnshire Illinois for three days to consider the topic Strategies for Integrating Clinical and Basic Sciences. Seventy-one had presentation… Read more »
COMPUTER APPLICATIONS IN BASIC SCIENCE EDUCATION
INTERIM EDITOR: Roger W. Koment, Ph.D., BSEF Executive DirectorWe have often had occasion to publish articles in the Basic Science Educator which described the development and/or use of innovative computer software for teaching the basic sciences. With this… Read more »
VIRTUAL CLASSROOM:
AN EXPERIMENT IN WEB-BASED MEDICAL EDUCATION
David G. Penney, Ph.D.
Just a little over one year ago I began to be dimly aware of the World Wide Web, although I had used E-mail for years. With the help of a… Read more »
ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOREIGN FACULTY FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM IN THE BASIC MEDICAL SCIENCES (FFFP) Administered by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) PROGRAM OBJECTIVES: To enable teachers of the basic medical sciences… Read more »
A JAUNDICED VIEW FROM THE EDITOR:
THE DUMBING OF MEDICAL EDUCATION
Gabriel Virella, M.D., Ph.D.
In a recent interview published in the Journal of Investigative Medicine 1, Dr. Michael Brown, co-recipient with Dr. Joseph Goldstein of the 1985 Nobel Prize in Medicine for their work… Read more »