Evidence Based Medicine

1. List the concepts of Evidence Based Medicine and its application to medical practice 
2. Identify the skills needed to apply Evidence Based Medicine to individual practice
   situations

Internal Medicine

1. Identify the risk factors in the development of COPD
2. Describe the clinical and laboratory changes in COPD
3. Discuss the current therapeutic approach in the treatment of COPD

1. Identify the critical features of patients with lung diseases that affect surgical outcome
2. List the precautions to be taken perioperatively to prevent pulmonary complications 
3. Formulate a plan for the pre-and postoperative periods in patients with lung illness

Human prion diseases

1. Describe the differences between sporadic, iatrogenic and genetic prion disease
2. Evaluate the clinical manifestations and diagnostic criteria for the new variant iacob creutzfeldt disease
3. Quantify the need for a definitive laboratory method for the diagnosis of human prion disease 
4. Measure the safety of milk and meat products worldwide
   

Molecular Medicine

1. Explain the mechanisms of protein translocation across intracellular membranes 
2. Review the molecular biology of the cell cycle and the foundation of this knowledge in cancer treatment 
3. Describe the recent progress in stem cell research and their potential in treating a variety of
   human diseases
   

Oncology program

1. List the basic principles and limitations of targeted cancer therapy
2. Discuss the application of basic research concepts to clinical medicine
3. List potential tumor sites that benefit from targeted therapy
4. Explore future directions and potentials of these therapies
   

1. Review current trends in clinical and basic stem cell research
2. Measure the use of growth factors in stem cell transplantation
3. Formulate current treatment protocols for acute and chronic leukemias
4. Restate the current trends in aggressive and low grade non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
   

Solid Tumors

1. Review the latest surgical and non-surgical treatment options of head and neck and lung cancer
2. Discuss current research in chemoprevention for smoking-related cancers
3. Describe advances in the management of uterine and ovarian cancers
4. Review surgical and non-surgical approaches to metastatic liver disease
5. Describe surgical approaches and trends in localized prostate cancer
6. Review recent trends in breast cancer management

Ophthalmology

1. Describe emergency management of « the lost/ slipped muscle »
2. List the epidemiological studies in glaucoma and in causes of blindness
3. Discuss the latest advances in the management of uveitis and scleritis 
4. Describe the recent methods of cataract surgery in glaucoma and uveitis patients
   

Pediatrics

1. List and discuss the pathogenesis of immunodeficiency syndromes
2. Detail the various manifestations of allergy in children
3. Describe the coverage and indications of new antibiotics 
4. Assess the new vaccines and their potential side effects
   

Primary Care

1. Assess social, family and environmental factors contributing to a patient's distress
2. Differentiate between acute distress and anxiety or mood disorders
3. Develop a comprehensive management plan which includes supportive therapy, appropriate use of medications, stress management techniques and family intervention

Management of substance misuse in primary care

1. Describe ways in which alcohol and heroin dependency can present
2. List the principles of management of alcohol, heroin and benzodiazepine dependency

The febrile child

1. List the most common causes of fever in children
2. State the laboratory and radiological evaluations used in febrile pediatric patients

Immunization update

1. Recognize why inactivated polio vaccine was introduced into the immunization schedule
2. State the value of a cellular pertussis
3. List the pros and cons of universal hepatitis B vaccination
4. Recognize the cost-effectiveness of the varicella, hepatitis A, and typhoid vaccines in Lebanon
5. Describe the value of pneumococcal, RSV, and influenza vaccines

Acute gastroenteritis

1. State the etiology of acute gastroenteritis with emphasis on infectious causes
2. Differentiate among the different types of dehydration
   

Urology

1. Discuss the pros and cons of partial versus radical nephrectomy in the  treatment of localized renal cell carcinoma and the effect on survival on surgical treatment of renal cell carcinoma with vena cava invasion
2. Present a update of the management of pediatric urologic malignancies and the evolving concepts over the past decade 
3. Describe anatomical techniques of radical prostatectomy and discuss the rationale of adjuvant hormonal therapy for locally advanced prostate cancer
4. Outline the options of treatment for the man with post prostatectomy urinary incontinence