¿Cuáles son las medidas de aislamiento implementadas a nivel internacional tras el término de la emergencia de salud pública de importancia internacional por COVID-19?: síntesis rápida de evidencia: experiencias internacionales / What are the isolation measures implemented at the international level, after the end of the public health emergency of international concern by COVID-19?: rapid evidence synthesis: international experiences

ANTECEDENTES Y OBJETIVO Tras 3 años de pandemia, la OMS ha declarado que el COVID-19 no constituye una Emergencia de Salud Pública de Importancia Internacional. En Chile, la Comisión Nacional de Respuesta Pandémica del Ministerio de Salud se ha propuesto reevaluar las medidas de aislamiento y las licencias laborales de casos positivos por COVID-19, para lo cual ha solicitado la presente Síntesis Rápida de Evidencia. METODOLOGÍA Para analizar las indicaciones internacionales de aislamiento de casos positivos de COVID-19 y la correspondiente licencia médica, se definieron las siguientes preguntas orientadoras: ¿Cuántos días de aislamiento se recomiendan para casos positivos de COVID-19?; ¿El aislamiento es obligatorio para los casos positivos de COVID-19?; ¿Cuáles son las indicaciones de cuidado de los casos positivos de COVID-19?; y ¿Cuáles son los criterios para entregar licencia médica a trabajadores que resulten positivos de COVID-19?. Selección de países de interés. Para definir los países de interés, se utilizó el Ranking de Resiliencia de COVID, el cual los jerarquiza en función de su desempeño y logros durante la pandemia. Este ranking se basa en 11 indicadores. Los países seleccionados fueron: Irlanda; Noruega; Arabia Saudita; Dinamarca; Países Bajos; Australia; Suiza; Colombia; Singapur; Bélgica; Israel; y Alemania. Se buscó información exclusivamente en las páginas web oficiales y en documentos elaborados por instituciones gubernamentales. RESULTADO - De los 12 países revisados, 10 no establecen el aislamiento como obligatorio para los casos positivos de COVID-19. - Colombia y Arabia Saudita mantienen indicaciones de aislamiento obligatorio a mayo del 2023, estableciendo periodos de 7 y de 7 a 21 días, respectivamente. - Ocho de los países actualizaron sus indicaciones de aislamiento durante el primer semestre del año 2023.

¿Cuál es el periodo de infección de la variante ómicron del SARS-CoV-2?: síntesis rápida de evidencia / What is the infection period of the omicron variant of SARS-Cov-2?: rapid evidence synthesis

ANTECEDENTES Y OBJETIVO Tras 3 años de pandemia, la OMS ha declarado que el COVID-19 no constituye una Emergencia de Salud Pública de Importancia Internacional. En Chile, la Comisión Nacional de Respuesta Pandémica del Ministerio de Salud se ha propuesto reevaluar las medidas de aislamiento y las licencias laborales de casos positivos por COVID-19, para lo cual ha solicitado la presente Síntesis Rápida de Evidencia. METODOLOGÍA Se realizó una estrategia de búsqueda amplia en EMBASE y MEDLINE, a través de OVID, y una búsqueda específica en GOOGLE, sin filtrar por estudios primarios o secundarios. Se identificaron 2.128 referencias, de las cuales se incluyeron 3 estudios tras eliminar los duplicados y aplicar los criterios de inclusión y exclusión. Se utiliza la metodología de la certeza de evidencia GRADE. RESULTADOS Se describen normativas de 12 países - La variante ómicron tiene un periodo medio de contagio de 3,6 días, IC 95%: 3,5 a 6,6 días (certeza de la evidencia alta). - El 81% de los contagios ocurren antes del 5to día desde el inicio de síntomas (certeza de la evidencia alta). - No se identificó evidencia respecto al impacto del aislamiento obligatorio en la morbi-mortalidad asociada al COVID-19, en los estudios incluidos.

Introduction of basic medicine examination in Korean Medical License Examination to improve physician's science competency

Physicians play a central role in the fields of medical service, research, and industry, so it is imperative to produce well-qualified doctors. Medicine is composed of science and arts, both necessary for its practice, and thus, the education outcomes in basic medical education in a medical school include basic biomedical sciences, social sciences and clinical sciences. Adequate science competencies create a deeper and better understanding of scientific knowledge, concepts, and methods fundamental to clinical science, and contribute to the scientific, technological, and clinical developments. The science competencies are primarily obtained by studying basic medicine in basic medical education, which has been criticized for failing to do so sufficiently in Korea. The failure is attributed to insufficient education time, teachers, and budgets, but the most critical factor is the lack of awareness regarding the importance of the science competencies of the physicians. Such ignorance also affects the Korean Medical Licensing Examination (KMLE). The KMLE tests competency in clinical sciences, preventive medicine, and medical laws, but not in basic biomedical sciences, which might result in insufficient science competency of the physicians and a decrease in the overall quality of the medical health service. Tests must be urgently introduced in KMLE on the competencies of basic biomedical sciences to improve the science competency of the physicians. The representative organizations of the medical society should take vigorous actions for the introduction of the basic medicine examination in KMLE.

The comparative study on the practical skills of Sino-US licensed doctors' practical skill examination evaluation index system / 中华医学教育探索杂志

In this paper,the constitute elements of Sino-US licensed doctors' practical skill examination evaluation index system are expounded.Through comparison,the differences on the formulation basis,classification principle,test content,and ability requirements are inferred;On the basis of referring to the advanced experience and practice of the United States,and by combining the requirements of the most basic requirements of global medical education,suggestions for improving the Chinese licensed doctors' practical skill examination evaluation index system are proposed in terms of integrating the test syllabus classification,adjusting the distribution of clinical practice ability examination content,increasing the proportion of medical humanities content test,as well as establishing a scientific examination evaluation index weight table.

Advanced Objective Structured Clinical Examination Trial at Hyogo College of Medicine / 医学教育

The objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) is expected to be used for the Japanese medical license exami-nation (Advanced OSCE). An Advanced OSCE trial was conducted at Hyogo College of Medicine. We examined 96 stu-dents in 11 areas in 1 day with 58 examiners, 5 simulated patients, 70 student volunteers, and 34 clerks. According to thequestionnaire filled out by the students and examiners, this trial was moderately or rather difficult. This trial suggeststhat the Advanced OSCE can be used for the license examination, although some aspects should be improved.

A History of Medical License in Korea / 의사학

Medical license is to qualify a person for medical practice and to attribute him/her a privileged right in the practice. This privileged and exclusive right asks for protection from the side of a state and the state in turn needs qualified medical personnel in order to carry out her task of public health, one of the main duties of modern states. In Europe, physicians succeeded in obtaining medical license that guarantees the privileged right in a highly competitive medical market against other practitioners. The first regulation for medical license in Korea was made in 1900 when few Korean doctors trained in Western medicine was in practice. The regulation aimed at controlling traditional medical practitioners who had been practicing medicine without any qualification as a physician. The regulation was very brief, consisting of only seven articles. A newly revised regulation appeared in 1913 when Korea was under the occupation of Japan. The Japanese Government-General enacted a series of regulations about medical personnel, including dentists and traditional medical practitioners. This heralds its full-scale engagement in medical affaires in Korea. Unlike the case of European countries where medical license was obtained after a long struggle with other practitioners, in Korea, medical license was given to doctors too easily from the state. And this experience played a very important role in the formation of identity of Korean doctors.

Success Rate on the National Medical License Examination and Matriculation Rate of Medical Colleges / 医学教育

The success rate on the national medical license examination was calculated as the number of successful new graduates divided by the number of students at matriculation. Statistical analysis revealed that private medical colleges could be divided into two different groups: a large group A and a small group B. Furthermore, group A and national medical colleges could be regarded as one group. The conclusions are as follows. 1. The success rate of group A is almost equal to that of national medical colleges. 2. In the two groups, no significant correlation was observed between the success rate and the matriculation rate. 3. The success rate is a reliable index of the teaching efficiency of medical colleges.