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Medical Licensing: An Obstacle to Affordable, Quality Care [PDF]
In the United States, the authority to regulate medical professionals lies with the states. To practice within a state, clinicians must obtain a license from that state's government. State statutes dictate standards for licensing and disciplining medical
Shirley Svorny
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Context: Physicians who migrate globally face a daunting series of time-consuming, labor- and resource-intensive procedures to prove their clinical competency before being allowed to practice medicine in a new country.
Tiffany Leung +2 more
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Assessment drives learning. However, when it comes to high-stakes examinations (e.g., for licensure or certification), these assessments of learning may be seen as unnecessary hurdles by some. Licensing clinical skills assessment in particular have come
Claire Touchie, Debra Pugh
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The Mental Health Workforce: A Primer [PDF]
[Excerpt] Congress has held hearings and some Members have introduced legislation addressing the interrelated topics of the quality of mental health care, access to mental health care, and the cost of mental health care.
Heisler, Elayne J
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Background: Competency-based curricula define their educational goals according to profession-specific roles and competencies. Thus, this type of curricula is outcome-oriented, in contrast to the traditional German curricula, which are mainly procedure ...
Öchsner, Wolfgang, Forster, Johannes
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Assessing student perceptions of the Pharm.D. degree at a private tertiary medical university in India [PDF]
Background: Pharmacy education in India has expanded to include the Doctorate of Pharmacy degree (Pharm.D.). With clinical practice in early development, job opportunities in India are limited. Graduates often consider pharmacy opportunities abroad. Aims:
Birnie, Christine R. +2 more
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Using Simulation Modeling Approach to Predict USMLE Steps 1 and 2 Performances [PDF]
The prediction models for the United States Medical Licensure Examination (USMLE) Steps 1 and 2 performances were constructed by the Monte Carlo simulation modeling approach via linear regression.
Chau-Kuang Chen +2 more
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Economic Environment and Applications of Telemedicine [PDF]
Telemedicine is broadly defined as the transmission of electronic medical data across a distance among hospitals, clinicians, and/or patients. This definition is deliberately unlimited to what kind of information is transmitted, how the information is ...
Oliai, Shahryar
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Accelerating vaccine development and deployment: report of a Royal Society satellite meeting. [PDF]
The Royal Society convened a meeting on the 17th and 18th November 2010 to review the current ways in which vaccines are developed and deployed, and to make recommendations as to how each of these processes might be accelerated.
Bregu, Migena +3 more
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Performance of China’s new medical licensing examination for rural general practice
Background To evaluate the performance of China’s new medical licensing examination (MLE) for rural general practice, which determines the number of qualified doctors who can provide primary care for China’s rural residents, and to identify associated ...
Xinxin Han +4 more
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