[Medical students' views on the use of virtual patients for teaching and assessment of clinical knowledge and reasoning].

Background: Computerized cLinical cases ["virtual patient" (VP)] provide a useful teaching and assessment tool for clinicaL knowledge and skiLLs. However, the attitude of medical students toward this new modality needs to be evaluated. We examined students' acceptance of a web-based VP system that was deveLoped in the Technion Faculty of Medicine for teaching and assessment purposes.

[Strive, plan and reach the "Summit": the Faculty Development Program at the Ruth & Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology].

Background: In recent years, faculty development has turned into a central component of medical education and a primary instrument in qualifying physicians to be teachers and educators. The faculty development program at the Ruth & Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine ("Summit" program) was established in order to improve teaching of the clinical professions, to create a community of medical teachers and educators and to develop leadership in medical education within the Faculty of Medicine.

Objective: This article aims to describe the design, implementation and evaluation of the faculty development program in the Technion's Faculty of Medicine.