Expertise, needs and challenges of medical educators: Results of an international web survey.

Background: Little is known about how medical educators perceive their own expertise, needs and challenges in relation to medical education.

Aim: To survey an international community of medical educators with a focus on: (1) their expertise, (2) their need for training and (3) perceived challenges.

Methods: A web-based survey comprising closed and open free-text questions was sent to 2200 persons on the mailing list of the Association for Medical Education in Europe.

[Training requirements, expertise and basic conditions of committed medical educators in Germany].

Background: Despite an increasing interest in undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing medical education, little is known about the training requirements, expertise and basic conditions of medical educators. Against this backdrop, we initiated a web-based survey amongst members of the "Gesellschaft für Medizinische Ausbildung" (German Section of the Association for Medical Education in Europe) e.V.

Expression profiling on chronically rejected transplant kidneys.

Background: Chronic transplant nephropathy remains a poorly defined inflammatory process that limits the survival rate of most renal transplants. We analyzed the gene profile of chronically rejected kidney transplants to identify candidate genes that characterize chronic transplant nephropathy.

Methods: To distinguish genes present in normal renal tissue or specific for end-stage renal failure, we compared the gene profiles of 13 chronically rejected kidney transplants with 16 normal kidneys and 12 end-stage polycystic kidneys using a 7K human cDNA microarray.