Given that vast quantities of educational research come across your desks, I wondered if a higher degree or two might not have given your team that critical edge when it comes to spotting flaws and errors in methodology but that sort of thing wasn't deemed to be necessary when your team was being put together.
The interview included an open ended question: "Describe your experience of FIC", as well as series of questions regarding specific elements of the program, such as the supports provided, and the quality and quantity of the educational information provided.
Indeed, large quantities of quality educational supplies are not available locally in the DR Congo.
Notably, the quantity of research analysing educational needs of German medical students in general [ 26], and especially in the context of a globalising world, is poor and virtually non-existent in Germany (Bozorgmehr K, Tinnemann P: The State of Global Health in German Medical Education: a systematic review, unpublished).
Research staff also recorded health education lectures quantity, attendance and number of educational materials distributed.
Moreover, in absolute terms, measures of educational quantity have been improving over time.
In the second article, Miguel Urquiola describes the current situation of educational quantity and quality in Latin America and looks at priorities for research.
Studies looking at the effectiveness of interactive continuing medical education have shown that individual learning preferences are influenced by factors such as the quality of the program, the degree of self-pacing and self-direction, opportunity for reflection, quantity of interpersonal interaction and educational value of interactions [ 24].
Next, we analyze the trends in the main observable price and quantity: the education wage premium and the level of educational attainment.
Given similar educational disparities among other groups in other countries — disparities in both the quantity and quality of education, as well as in fields of specialization — why should anyone expect equal outcomes in incomes or occupations?
