Pathologists' professional lifestyle: Excellence in practice, ethics, education, health promotion, and personal life.

For a successful treatment process, the medical team members must be in good physical and mental condition. Pathologists are one of the main modern medicine members that should be consulted in all stages of the treatment procedure. Sixty-six percent of clinical decisions are made based on diagnosis.

Effects of a vocational program on professional orientation.

Students that enroll in a vocational orientation program develop an early interest in the profession. Their involvement generates a higher sense of personal wellbeing, as well as positive academic and professional outcomes. A program was developed for high school students to experience first-hand what it means to work on health sciences.

A challenge based learning experience in forensic medicine.

Learning about forensic sciences is a crucial part of the formation of professionals working in medicine and health areas; this includes a range of coverage from legal-medical cases to forensic autopsies. However, knowledge of forensics by medical students is limited, because the teaching focus has been on the fundamentals of procedures in this field. To develop the necessary skills, specific support, and targeted learning tasks should be designed to enable the integration of interdisciplinary work in processes, infrastructure, and equipment used in a high-quality-forensic investigation.

Breaking the Curse: Opening Students' Eyes to Pathology and Oncology Research.

Research is a particularly underexplored professional activity for physicians, leaving many medical students compelled to pursue a clinical career. However, the XXI century requires that physicians innovate and perform research that fuels their practice; students should have early exposure to research to explore it as a career path. It should be encouraged in the undergraduate program by having students take part in case reports, short communication presentations, and research seminars.

[A decade of lead monitoring in schoolchildren in the metropolitan area of Monterrey NL, Mexico].

Objective: To establish the blood lead concentration and associated risk factors in schoolchildren during 1998 and 2008.

Materials And Methods: A blood lead screening was conducted in schoolchildren of 6-12 years of age, enrolled in 17 elementary schools of the metropolitan area of Monterrey, México, during 1998 and 2008.

Results: The mean blood lead level were 9.