Medical education is education related to the practice of being a medical practitioner, either the initial training to become a doctor (i. The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (often abbreviated TTUHSC) offers Schools of Allied Health Sciences Biomedical Sciences Medicine The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A physician, medical practitioner or medical doctor who practices Medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human Health A physician, medical practitioner or medical doctor who practices Medicine, and is concerned with maintaining or restoring human Health e. , medical school and internship) or additional training thereafter (e. Medical education A medical school or faculty of medicine is a Tertiary educational institution—or part of such an institution—that teaches Medicine A medical intern is a term used for a Physician in training who has completed Medical school. g. , residency and fellowship). Residency is a stage of graduate medical training. A resident physician or resident is a person who has received a Medical degree ( MD A fellowship is the period of medical training that a Physician may undertake after completing a specialty training program.

Medical education and training varies considerably across the world. Various teaching methodologies have been utilised in medical education, which is an active area of educational research.

Contents 1 Entry-level education 2 Post-graduate education 3 Example of medical education systems 4 See also 5 References

Entry-level education

Main article: Medical school

Entry-level medical education programs are tertiary-level courses undertaken at a medical school. Medical education A medical school or faculty of medicine is a Tertiary educational institution—or part of such an institution—that teaches Medicine Medical education A medical school or faculty of medicine is a Tertiary educational institution—or part of such an institution—that teaches Medicine Depending on jurisdiction and university, these may be either undergraduate-entry (most of Europe, India, China), or graduate-entry programs (mainly Australia and Canada), or second entry degrees (United States). Graduate Medical Program (GMP or sometimes also known as Graduate Entry Program (GEP are terms generally used outside of the United States to refer to medical programs A second entry degree is term used for an Academic degree that requires at minimum 1-3 years of pre-requisite university courses for admission

Generally, initial training is taken at medical school. Medical education A medical school or faculty of medicine is a Tertiary educational institution—or part of such an institution—that teaches Medicine Traditionally initial medical education is divided between preclinical and clinical studies. The former consists of the basic sciences such as anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pharmacology, pathology. Anatomy (from the Greek anatomia, from ana separate apart from and temnein, to cut up cut open is a branch of Biology that is the consideration Physiology (from Greek grc φύσις physis, "nature origin" and grc -λογία -logia) is the study of the mechanical physical Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes in living Organisms It deals with the Structure and function of cellular components such as Pharmacology (from Greek grc φάρμακον pharmakon, "drug" and grc -λογία -logia) is the study of how Drugs Pathology (from Greek grc πάθος pathos, "fate harm" and grc -λογία -logia) is the study and The latter consists of teaching in the various areas of clinical medicine such as internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, psychiatry, and surgery. Internal medicine is the medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis management and nonsurgical treatment of unusual or serious diseases Pediatrics (also spelled paediatrics) is the branch of Medicine that deals with the medical care of Infants Children and Adolescents As per the discussion in the Talk page there has been no consensus as to using the American (gynecology or British (gynaecology spelling for this article BUT Psychiatry is a medical specialty which exists to study, prevent, and treat Mental disorders in Humans Psychiatric Surgery (from the χειρουργική cheirourgikē, via chirurgiae meaning "hand work" is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental Increasingly, however, medical programs are using systems-based curricula in which learning is integrated, and several institutions do this.

There has been a proliferation of programmes that combine medical training with research (MD PhD) or management programmes (MD MBA), although this has been criticised. ^[1]

Post-graduate education

Following completion of entry-level training, newly graduated doctors are often required to undertake a period of supervised practice before full registration is granted; this is most often of one year duration and may be referred to as "internship" or "provisional registration" or "residency". Residency is a stage of graduate medical training. A resident physician or resident is a person who has received a Medical degree ( MD

Further training in a particular field of medicine may be undertaken. In some jurisdictions this is commenced immediately following completion of entry-level training, whilst other jurisdictions require junior doctors to undertake generalist (unstreamed) training for a number of years before commencing specialisation.

Example of medical education systems

• Medical education in Australia
• Medical education in the United Kingdom
• Medical education in the United States
• Medical College (India)
• Medical education in Hong Kong
• Medical education in the Philippines

See also

• List of medical schools
• Clinical Skills Online
• Objective Structured Clinical Examination
• Validation of foreign studies and degrees
• Virtual Patients

References

Education encompasses both the Teaching and Learning of Knowledge, proper conduct, and technical competency Agricultural education is instruction about Crop production Livestock management soil and water conservation and various other aspects of agriculture For general education in the broad range of Arts see Arts education, for education in the Performing arts see Performing arts education Bilingual education involves teaching all subjects in school through two different languages - in the United States instruction occurs in English and a minority language such as Chemistry Education (or often “Chemical Education” is a comprehensive term that refers to topics related to the study or description of the Teaching and Learning Language education includes the Teaching and Learning of a Language. Legal education is the education of individuals who intend to become legal professionals or those who simply intend to use their law degree to some end either related to law Mathematics education is a term that refers both to the practice of Teaching and Learning Mathematics, as well as to a field of scholarly Research Military education and training is a process which intends to establish and improve the capabilities of military personnel in their respective roles Music education is a field of study associated with the teaching and learning of music Peace education is the process of acquiring the values, the knowledge and developing the attitudes skills and behaviors to live in harmony with oneself Education in the performing arts is a key part of many primary and Secondary education curricula and is also available as a specialisation at the tertiary Physics education refers both to the methods currently used to teach Physics and to an area of pedagogical research that seeks to improve those methods Reading education is the process by which individuals are taught to derive meaning from text In Secular usage religious education is the Teaching of a particular Religion (although in England the term religious instruction would refer Science education is the field concerned with sharing Science Content and Process with individuals not traditionally considered part of the scientific community Sex education is a broad term used to describe Education about human sexual anatomy, Sexual reproduction, Sexual intercourse, Reproductive Technology education is a study of technology which provides an opportunity for students to learn about the processes and knowledge related to technology Vocational education or Vocational Education and Training (VET also called Career and Technical Education (CTE prepares learners for jobs that are based

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