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In this Training Matters article, Samuel Frank highlights deficiencies in the current funding system for graduate medical education in the US, and discusses ideas for reform.
Pain is a leading reason for seeking medical care, but the management of pain is often felt to be inadequate. A good place to start tackling this problem is in the training of future doctors. This Training Matters article provides excellent advice for neurologists who are involved in the teaching of pain and its management.
Medical students tend to perceive neurology as one of the most difficult medical specialties, and practicing doctors often feel ill-prepared to handle disorders of the nervous system. Lim and Seet believe that the key to solving this problem is to simplify the subject at medical school. In this Training Matters article, they outline neurology teaching approaches that have been adopted at the National University of Singapore.
In this Training Matters article, Gamaldo and Salas provide an important and timely appraisal of the current state of sleep medicine education at medical-school and postgraduate levels. They highlight the need for more extensive integration of sleep education into the training curriculum and describe some new initiatives designed to achieve this goal.
