PubMed · 11618334
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The processes of globalization and transition are inevitable, full of dangers and threats, but offer enormous opportunities. Surveys of public opinion show that citizens are not aware of the fact that their countries are governed by the will of the people and a large majority considers that their country and the world are not going in the right direction. Presently, knowledge is becoming a dominant political power. This article outlines a strategy for building a knowledge-based society to minimize dangers, avoid threats, and take advantage of most of the opportunities, bringing a concrete action plan for Croatia, applicable to countries with similar history and socioeconomic structure.
AIM: To analyze the proportion of women among student and teaching bodies of the Zagreb University School of Medicine between 1950 and 2000. METHODS: The data on medical school graduates from the Zagreb University School of Medicine between 1950 and 2000 were collected from the archive of the School. The data on the School's teaching staff between 1950 and 2000 were collected from the Archive of the Zagreb University. The data collected were the number of women among graduate students, grade average of medical school graduates, and the number of women within different faculty ranks among the teaching staff. RESULTS: The proportion of women among medical school graduates increased from 26% to 67% during the last 50 years. The grades showed significant inflation between 1970 and 1990. In 1990 and 2000, men had significantly higher grades than women. The proportion of female teaching staff increased during the same period from 28% to 34%. The proportion of assistants was significantly higher among female teaching staff in every studied year. The proportion of professors among male and female teaching staff increased at the same rate until 1990, when the proportion of male professors decreased because of the decrease in the absolute number of male professors. CONCLUSION: Women in Croatia are beginning to advance in academic medicine although the number of women among the teaching staff is far smaller than that of men, most probably because of delayed entrance of women into academic medicine.
AIM: To investigate if students' grades at the Zagreb University School of Medicine increased since the establishment of the School in 1917. METHODS: In this retrospective descriptive study, we analyzed student sex, the length of studying, average of all grades, and grades from 5 major courses--anatomy, physiology, pathology, internal medicine, and surgery. The passing grades at the Zagreb University range from 2 (sufficient) to 5 (excellent). We analyzed data for 2,861 students from 9 representative classes, enrolled in 1920, 1930, 1940, 1950, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1985, and 1990. RESULTS: The number of female students constantly increased up to 1970 and hereafter the female to male ratio remained stable, 60:40. The percentage of enrolled students who graduated from the School increased from 1920 to 1940 and from 1960 to 1985. Between 1940 and 1960, the percentage of students who graduated was lower than 50%. There was a continuous increase in grades during the investigated period (p<0.001), except for students enrolled in 1960, who had lower grades than those enrolled in 1950. Students who enrolled in 1990 also had lower grades than those enrolling in 1985. Grades from the individual courses mostly followed the increasing trend of total grades. CONCLUSION: There has been an increasing trend in grades at the Zagreb University School of Medicine since its establishment in 1917.