The Dollars and Sense of Managing Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in Singapore
The tremendous advances in the treatment of tuberculosis (TB) beginning with the advent of streptomycin, followed by a whole range of highly effective anti-tuberculosis...
Postgraduate Training and Assessment in Hong Kong
The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong was founded in 1887 as the Hong Kong College of Medicine. It was the...
What Skills are Tested in the New PACES Examination?
Despite the continuing emergence of sophisticated technology to aid diagnosis, many experienced clinicians continue to believe that bedside clinical skills relating to communication and...
American Diagnostic Radiology Residency and Fellowship Programmes
American diagnostic radiology residency and fellowship programmes are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) with specific programme requirements written by...
Managing a Case of Extensively Drug-Resistant (XDR) Pulmonary Tuberculosis in Singapore
Extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis (XDR-TB) is defined as TB which is resistant not only to the 2 best first-line anti-TB medications, rifampicin and isoniazid (known...