I have been attending a number conferences, retreats and workshops related to medicine and medical education since my return from Nepal. I have been involved in a lot of dicussion about CANMeds, the objectives of the medical school curriculum at UBC and future of medical education in Canada.
It reminded me of Nepal and the number of times that Canada, CANMeds and the Canadian medical education system were referred to while I was there. It seems that Canada and its medical education system is world class.
It was such an interesting experience to hear about how Canada is referred to in such a good light while I was on the other side of the world. One particular incident stands out to me. My friend and colleague, Dr. Joan Mitchell and I were sitting in a large lecture theatre at Patan Hospital listening to Dr. Kichu Nair from Australia (Newcastle) was speaking about medical education, PBL and other things related to teaching in medical schools around the world. He knew Joan and I, knew we were from Canada, and we were the ONLY ones in the room from Canada. He kept referring to Canada, referring to us and this made us feel pretty important! :) What it really did was make us feel proud to be Canadian, proud to teach in the medical education system and proud to be part of a world class medical school in Canada.
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
2 new Nepal and PAHS blogs to follow!
http://healthtreknepal.blogspot.com/
http://teachingcardioinkathmandu.blogspot.com/
The story of the Patan Academy of Health Sciences (PAHS) and medical education in Nepal continues!
http://teachingcardioinkathmandu.blogspot.com/
The story of the Patan Academy of Health Sciences (PAHS) and medical education in Nepal continues!
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