REFORM? LET US START BY OURSELVES IHAB YOUNIS, M.D.

REFORM 1 Undergrad. teaching 2 Postgrad. teaching 3 Clinical practice 4 Scientific research

1-UNDERGRADUATE TEACHING

Balance in teaching DERMATOLOGY AND ANDROLOGY FOR UNDERGRADUATES THE DEPARTMENT OF DERMATOLOGY & ANDROLOGY FACULTY OF MEDICINE BENHA UNIVERSITY Impetigo Syphilis 5 Pages1 page

Caring about clinical skills

Free, paid Or middle of the road

2-POSTGRADUATE TEACHING

Shortcomings of the new registration system

Diploma or M.Sc.?

Theses in the end of M.D.?

MCQ for exams It is fair It is comprehensive It measures more skills

Do we need lectures in their present form? NO

Separating dermatology from andrology

The link is weakening

The information size is beyond human capabilities Rook 1979: 2366 Pages Rook 2006: 4568 Pages = + 93%

3-CLINICAL PRACTICE

Quackary

It stains us all

It is unjust

Expensive devices Rational choice Pooling is mandatory

4-SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Realistic theses

Thesis or essay?

 Thesis What is left for research? The skills the candidate aquires Essay in the age of information overflow?

Essay ! Integrated effort for an Egyptian textbook

A copy to each university

Availability of information

Foreign aid

Foreign expertise

Collective subscription

Reform is a heavy load

When there is a will … there is a way But…