Knowing the “Local”: Rockefeller Foundation Officers’ Site Visits to Russia in the 1920s

Slavic Review ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 710-732 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan Gross Solomon
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Rockefeller Foundation ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Reliable Knowledge ◽  
Made In

In December 1927, Alan Gregg set off for Moscow on behalf of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Division of Medical Education to carry out a “survey of local conditions” in Soviet medical education. The visit, which had been five years in the making, was eagerly anticipated by foundation officials as the first opportunity to secure “reliable knowledge” about the new Russia. Once in the field, Gregg was confronted by important dilemmas of judgment. He had gone to Russia with a made-in-America model of medical education favored by Rockefeller Foundation officers. Was Soviet medical education a variant of the model or something radically new? In making judgments on this issue, Gregg spoke with a variety of actors involved at all levels of Soviet medical education. Which voices to credit, which to discount? Solomon examines Gregg’s landmark voyage to Russia as an instance of the challenges that face expert travelers who seek to “know” a foreign locale.

scholarly journals Students’ Perception of the Learning Climate

1970 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-20 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashraf Uddin Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Learning Climate ◽  
Base Line ◽  
Problem Solving Skills ◽  
Medical College ◽  
Teacher Student ◽  
Education Environment ◽  
Teacher Student Relationship ◽  
Student Relationship ◽  
Made In

The study was conducted to acquire the base line information about perception of learning climate of education environment. To assay the climate of the medical education in Dhaka medical college, the Medical Education Environment Measure (MEEM) questionnaire was administered, completed and returned to the researcher by the 50 students of third year MBBS. The analysis of this inventory showed that the students felt that the teaching was teacher centered, not concerned to develop their competence and problem solving skills. Teachers were authoritarian and not good at providing feedback but they did not ridicule the students. Most students' felt that they have made in right career choice but have not learned a lot about empathy in the profession. Students felt that politics, atmosphere in the classroom and in the hostels, and teacher student relationship as well as relations among the students themselves influenced the learning environment. doi: 10.3329/taj.v18i1.3298 TAJ 2005; 18(1): 17-24

The Rockefeller Foundation and medical education in Ireland in the 1920s

1997 ◽  
Vol 30 (120) ◽  
pp. 564-580
Author(s):  
Greta Jones
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
New York ◽  
Medical Education ◽  
Rockefeller Foundation ◽  
Social Background ◽  
The Political ◽  
Social Stability ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Public Health Programmes ◽  
Health Programmes

In 1913 part of the enormous fortune of the American millionaire John D. Rockefeller was put aside for philanthropic and charitable purposes under the direction of the Rockefeller Foundation. Throughout the twentieth century the Rockefeller Foundation disbursed money to a wide range of economic, scientific and artistic projects. Among its interests were health and medical research, and Rockefeller invested funds in public health programmes throughout the world for the eradication of particular diseases or to strengthen the effectiveness of existing public health structures.The Rockefeller Foundation was also interested in providing aid for the reorganisation and modernisation of medical education. It was, however, loath to part with any of its monies unless it was assured of the political and social stability of a country, and also of the competence, honesty and good intentions of those to whom it entrusted funds. In order to assess this, the officers of the Rockefeller Foundation visited potential recipients. They reported back to the New York headquarters of the Foundation on the political and social background of the countries to which assistance might be given and also on the feasibility of the programmes of assistance devised to help them.

scholarly journals Intellectual property and the internet

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 158-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernadette A John
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Intellectual Property ◽  
Search Engine ◽  
International Medical ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Recent Experience ◽  
Copyright Notice ◽  
International Medical Education ◽  
Made In

From my recent experience of teaching and assessing, and attending national and international medical education conferences, it has become clear to me that the ease of search and replication, occasional absence of details such as date, copyright notice or an obvious author, coupled with the fact that Google is a search engine and not a repository of free images, is poorly understood by clinical students, clinicians and academics alike. All are arguably aware of the implications of plagiarism and the importance of permission and acknowledgement for the contribution made in research and publications.

The response of sugar beet to fertilizer and the effect of farmyard manure

1962 ◽  
Vol 58 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. N. Adams
Keyword(s):  
Sugar Beet ◽  
Soil Analysis ◽  
Farmyard Manure ◽  
Mineral Fertilizer ◽  
Sugar Yield ◽  
Cereal Crops ◽  
Factorial Experiments ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Nitrogen Requirement ◽  
Made In

1. Forty-nine 33 factorial experiments in 1957–60 tested the response of sugar beet to 0·6,1·2, 1·8 cwt. N, 0·0,0·5,1·0 cwt. P2O5 and 0·8 1·6 2·4 cwt. K2O per acre. On forty-one of the sites, the experiment was repeated in the presence of 12 tons FYM per acre. There were also six trials in which the rates of mineral fertilizer had been altered to suit local conditions.2. Optimum dressings for sugar yield without FYM were 1·0 cwt. N, 0·5 cwt. P2O6 and 1·6 cwt. K2O per acre. This closely agrees with results of experiments made in 1934–39. Exceeding the optimum nitrogen dressing decreased sugar yield although the yield of tops was increased. The main value of dung for beet was in the N, P and K it provided. With FYM, optimum dressings were only 0·6 cwt. N, 0·0 cwt. P2O5 and 0·8 cwt. K2O per acre.3. Response to nitrogen differed greatly from field to field and the best guide to the nitrogen requirement of a field was the previous cropping. Beet which followed two or more cereal crops needed more nitrogen on average than beet which did not. Response to phosphate and potash did not differ much in different experiments and the national optimum would have been satisfactory for nearly all fields. The only use of soil analysis was to identify the very few fields which needed more than the average dressing of phosphate. The efficiency of phosphate and potash manuring could be slightly increased by taking soil type into account.

The Termites of the Solomon Islands

1958 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 737-750 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. V. Harris ◽  
E. S. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Relative Abundance ◽  
Solomon Islands ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Made In

Twelve species of termites occurring in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate are listed, and an illustrated key to their soldier castes is provided. An analysis of the 114 records has been made in order to indicate, in a general way, the relative abundance of the various species. Notes are given on distribution within the islands, on habitats and nests, and on the occurrence of termites on coconut palms and in buildings. Damage to buildings is discussed and suggestions made for control measures applicable to local conditions.

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