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Agrawal, Shantanu; Everett, Worth W.; Sharma, Sonali – Drugs: Education, Prevention & Policy, 2010
Purpose: This study examined the impact of medical education on students' views of substance abuse treatment, public policy options and training. Method: A longitudinal survey was conducted on a single-class cohort of 101 students in a major American, urban medical school. The survey was administered in the Spring semesters of the first to third…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Medical Students, Substance Abuse, Drug Addiction
Group of Eight (NJ1), 2010
Universities have much to contribute to the improvement of health delivery, research, and teaching/learning. In progressing health reform, the Government should be mindful of the need to: (1) strengthen high quality medical research; (2) promote translation of research to teaching, population health and health services; and (3) address Health…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Services, Stakeholders, Educational Change
World Health Organization, Copenhagen (Denmark). Regional Office for Europe. – 1989
A meeting involving the Minister of Health and the Minister of Education of Portugal, the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, the World Federation for Medical Education, the Association for Medical Education in Europe, and the Association of Medical Deans in Europe is reported. The meeting was attended by ministers and…
Descriptors: Conference Proceedings, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
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Asian American Policy Review, 1993
Explains how misperceptions of Asian Americans have led to inappropriate conclusions by the public and by policymakers concerning medical school enrollment and financial assistance and health needs research. The article makes recommendations for increasing and expanding targeted data collection efforts in the Asian Pacific American subcategories.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Asian American Students, Asian Americans, Demography
World Health Organization, Copenhagen (Denmark). Regional Office for Europe. – 1981
A report of the 1981 Health Manpower Development Medium-Term Programme, sponsored by the World Health Organization's (WHO) Regional Office for Europe, is presented. The document "European Regional Strategy for Attaining Health for All by the Year 2000" was reviewed, and attention was directed to the present structure of the Regional…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Agency Role, College Faculty, Foreign Countries
Simoens, Steven; Hurst, Jeremy – OECD Publishing (NJ1), 2006
The delivery of an appropriate quantity and quality of health care in an efficient way requires, among other things, matching the supply with the demand for the services of physicians, over time. Such matching has led to very different levels of physicians per million population across OECD countries--because of variations, among other things,…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Role Models, Retirement, Medical Schools
McGuire, Christine H.; And Others – 1983
The evolution, present status, future directions, and external forces affecting health professions education are reviewed in this 25 chapter book. Guidelines are set forth for sound practices and policies for innovative and responsive health care. The authors assess how major economic, social, political, demographic, and technological changes are…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Allied Health Occupations Education, Change Strategies, Clinical Teaching (Health Professions)