The tutor plays a key role in fostering the collaborative and self-directed learning that is central to problem-based learning (PBL). It is reasonable, therefore, for the tutor to be involved in assessing the processes of collaborative learning. This article is available only as a PDF. Please click on “Download PDF”...

The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong (HKU) was established in 1887 and its curriculum has been run in a traditional manner for over a century. The Faculty has been a major training ground for doctors in the Community of Hong Kong. This article is available only...

In 1969, the McMaster University Faculty of Health Sciences established a new medical school with a major difference from “traditional” medical schools in its overall educational philosophy that underpinned the design of its entire course curriculum. The medical educators in McMaster were critical of what they perceived as many...

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is “the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of the best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients.” Considering the vast amount of medical knowledge available today through various media outlets with almost no boundaries, it is essential that our medical graduates should have...

Healthcare delivery systems worldwide are currently undergoing significant changes to create resilient learning organisations that are able to adapt with ever-increasing speed to shifting business, regulatory, and competitive environments. The delivery of healthcare is no longer a single-provider responsibility; modern group practice organisations require a physician to be not...

The medical faculty in the National University of Singapore was started in 1905 and a Chair in Biochemistry established in 1927. Biochemistry was taught only to medical and dental students until 1960, when a degree course in Biochemistry was introduced under the Faculty of Science. This article is available only...

When the Straits and Federated Malay States Government Medical School opened its doors on 3 July 1905 in what was to be the historical beginning of medical education in the region, 16 young persons presented themselves for the full 5-year course that would lead, on successful completion, to their...