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1. Six from Asan Medical Center complete observerships in Harvard-affiliated hospitals
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Letter From The Editor
We don’t build each issue of HMI WORLD around a common theme, but sometimes those themes emerge on their own. The theme that jumps out in the November-December 2007 issue is outputs.
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In Japan, TMDU drives to become “a university for society”
By creating more interactive learning environments, TMDU has enhanced the vigor and attractiveness of its education programs, positioning the school to excel in an increasingly competitive Japanese education market
Feature Stories
New leadership for HMI
Andrew A. Jeon, MD, MBA has been appointed Acting President and Chief Executive Officer of HMI. He brings to the position more than two decades of senior administrative and clinical experience, and a firm understanding of the international landscape of health care delivery and education. Dr. Jeon succeeds Robert K. Crone, MD, who served as HMI’s founding President and Chief Executive Officer starting in 1994
“World-Class” gathering for HMI partners, faculty, and community
HMI partners from as near as Baltimore and as far as Singapore converged in Boston at the end of September for a two-day global health forum focused on current trends and challenges in achieving health care and education excellence
Four-year collaboration enhances emergency medicine training for Italian physicians
Hundreds of physicians from hospitals throughout the region of Tuscany have completed a newly created emergency medicine training program that provides standardized training in this specialty for the first time in Italy
HMI News Briefs
Harvard Macy-modeled program in Singapore explores curriculum design
HMS student explores transformative health care models through fellowship
HMI’s Makadon co-authors third edition of top textbook on HIV care
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Five Questions
HMI’s Tom Aretz on the evolution of medical education
Affiliate Spotlight
The Office for Visitor Education Programs at Massachusetts General Hospital
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Quality reading with Dr. Thomas Lee
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HMI-Wockhardt Interactive Timeline: Visit the HMI Main Website to view a new interactive timeline detailing the history of HMI’s collaborative partnership with Wockhardt Hospitals Limited (Mumbai, India).
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Targeting pain management, treating muscle degeneration, and tracking the causes of type 2 diabetes. Also: a look at MRI’s emerging role in breast cancer screening, and other news and research from the Harvard medical community.