The rating of pre-clerkship examination questions by postgraduate medical students: an assessment of quality and relevancy to medical practice.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to examine the nature and extent of use of the social networking service Facebook by young medical graduates, and their utilisation of privacy options. METHODS:We carried out a cross-sectional survey of the use of Facebook by recent medical graduates, accessing material potentially availabl...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： MacDonald J,Sohn S,Ellis P

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:'Transfer' is the application of a previously learned concept to solve a new problem in another context. Transfer is essential for basic science education because, to be valuable, basic science knowledge must be transferred to clinical problem solving. Therefore, better understanding of interventions that enhan...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Castillo JM,Park YS,Harris I,Cheung JJH,Sood L,Clark MD,Kulasegaram K,Brydges R,Norman G,Woods N

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Reflection has been considered crucial to learning. Engaging in reflection while solving problems is expected to foster identification of knowledge gaps and interest in learning more about them, the latter being a major motivational force in learning. Although theoretically sound, this assumption still lacks em...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Ribeiro LMC,Mamede S,Moura AS,de Brito EM,de Faria RMD,Schmidt HG

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Each clinical encounter represents an amazing series of psychological events: perceiving the features of the situation; quickly accessing relevant hypotheses; checking for signs and symptoms that confirm or rule out competing hypotheses, and using related knowledge to guide appropriate investigations and treatm...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Charlin B,Boshuizen HP,Custers EJ,Feltovich PJ

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Simulated patients (SPs) are extensively used in the teaching of medical communication, both for students and doctors. They occupy a unique middle ground between patients and physicians: although free from the prejudices that medical training brings, they work closely with clinical tutors to promote the princip...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Laughey W,Sangvik Grandal N,M Finn G

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this study were to determine the extent to which clinician-educators agree on definitions of critical thinking and to determine whether their descriptions of critical thinking in clinical practice are consistent with these definitions. METHODS:Ninety-seven medical educators at five medical...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Krupat E,Sprague JM,Wolpaw D,Haidet P,Hatem D,O'Brien B

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Despite increasing numbers of publications, science often fails to significantly improve patient care. Clinician-scientists, professionals who combine care and research activities, play an important role in helping to solve this problem. However, despite the ascribed advantages of connecting scientific knowledg...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Kluijtmans M,de Haan E,Akkerman S,van Tartwijk J

更新日期：2017-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The recommendations of the General Medical Council in Tomorrow's Doctors renewed efforts to define core knowledge in undergraduate medical education. They also encouraged better use of the medical knowledge base in nurturing clinical judgement, critical thinking, and reflective practice. What then does the medi...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Maudsley G,Strivens J

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An improved teaching package is described which aims to help general practice trainees manage somatized presentations of psychological distress. The package comprises a training videotape in which a reattribution model is demonstrated, with material for role-play of new skills and small-group video feedback of consult...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Kaaya S,Goldberg D,Gask L

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Learning to value ethnic diversity is the appreciation of how variations in culture and background may affect health care. It involves acknowledging and responding to an individual's culture in its broadest sense. This requires learning the skills to negotiate effective communication, a heightened awarenes...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Kai J,Spencer J,Wilkes M,Gill P

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compares the predictive values of written-knowledge tests and a standardized multiple-station examination for the actual medical performance of general practitioners (GPs) in order to select effective assessment methods to be used in quality-improvement activities. A comprehensive assessment was performed i...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Ram P,van der Vleuten C,Rethans JJ,Schouten B,Hobma S,Grol R

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The attitudes towards the basic sciences of medical students enrolled in either of 2 different curricula at the University of Utrecht Medical School in The Netherlands were investigated. The purpose of this study was threefold: first, to compare students (beginning clerks) in a conventional and an innovative...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Custers EJ,Cate OT

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare the teaching value of one session of computer-guided solo instruction in exposure therapy for phobias with that of one face-to-face small-group tutorial. DESIGN:Non-blind, randomized, controlled study. SETTING:King's College Hospital Medical School, London. PARTICIPANTS:Thirty-seven third-year m...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： McDonough M,Marks IM

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Tutors in problem-based learning (PBL) tutorials have a complex role to play in facilitating students' learning. This includes providing support for students' acquisition of content knowledge and skills in critical thinking, coaching of group processes and modelling of reflective practice. Few studies which inv...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Papinczak T,Tunny T,Young L

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Eighty-two house-physicians filled in a questionnaire concerning the care of self-poisoning patients with special emphasis on training and attitudes. These recently qualified doctors dealt with large numbers of such patients and expressed dissatisfaction with their training in this respect. Hostile attitudes towards t...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Creed FH,Pfeffer JM

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Practice inevitably narrows over time. Therefore, testing of established doctors requires that their assessment be tailored to a far narrower practice than is appropriate for testing of new doctors who have not yet differentiated. In this paper, we address the conceptual challenges of tailoring physician assessment to...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Melnick DE,Asch DA,Blackmore DE,Klass DJ,Norcini JJ

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In 1996 the University of Liverpool introduced an integrated problem-based learning (PBL) medical curriculum incorporating the recommendations of Tomorrow's Doctors. This paper investigates whether the PRHO (pre-registration house officer) educational supervisors who supervise Liverpool graduates believe t...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Watmough S,Taylor D,Garden A

更新日期：2006-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Associations between language background, English language proficiency and medical communication skills were investigated in a group of 149 third year undergraduate medical students studying at an Australian university. Written and aural English proficiency were assessed with the Screening Test for Adolescent Language...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Chur-Hansen A,Vernon-Roberts J,Clark S

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Concept maps have been used to promote meaningful learning and critical thinking. Although these are crucially important in all disciplines, evidence for the benefits of concept mapping for learning in medicine is limited. METHODS:We performed a randomised crossover study to assess the benefits of online testa...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Ho V,Kumar RK,Velan G

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Medical schools in Western societies seek measures to increase the diversity of their student bodies with respect to ethnicity and social background. Currently, little is known about the effects of different selection procedures on student diversity. OBJECTIVES:This prospective cohort study aimed to determine ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Stegers-Jager KM,Steyerberg EW,Lucieer SM,Themmen AP

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A system for linked tutorial teaching involving several groups of students at different locations has been introduced successfully into the teaching resources of the University of Wales College of Medicine. It utilizes standard telephone equipment supplemented by specially prepared videocassette material. The results ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Hibbard BM,Marshall RJ,Evans RW,Duthie HL

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The housemanship performance of the first two classes of the University of Gezira Medical School was assessed on 107 occasions by using a questionnaire administered to the senior doctors (consultants) in the units in which they worked and the data, which covered 32% of all housemanship rotations taken by these graduat...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Abdel Rahim IM,Mustafa AE,Ahmed BO

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:How contract learning may be used in the introduction to clinical medicine is described, with the goal to develop and enhance self-directed learning skills and attitudes of first- and second-year medical students. Essential tasks associated with successful self-directed learning are cited, and the contract method is d...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Fox RD,West RF

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information about medical students' lifestyles was obtained from 785 second-year students from seven medical schools in Great Britain by a personally administered questionnaire. Fifteen per cent of the students were non-drinkers. Among those who drank, 48% of the men and 38% of the women exceeded sensible weekly limit...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Webb E,Ashton CH,Kelly P,Kamah F

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnostic thinking process is often described as one of hypothesis generation and testing. Yet descriptions of the clinical problem solver's thinking prior to generation of the first diagnostic hypothesis are lacking. This paper reports a study of this phase in students, house officers and registrars. Theories of...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Gale J,Marsden P

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the surgical seminars given for medical students at Auckland University and factors affecting them, so as to define areas for improvement. METHODS:A confidential questionnaire was completed by fourth-year medical students for each surgical seminar they attended during an academic year. The seminars wer...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Abu-Zidan FM,Windsor JA

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:As a contribution to this special issue commemorating the journal's 50th volume, this paper seeks to explore directions for national licensing examinations (NLEs) in medicine. Increases in the numbers of new medical schools and the mobility of doctors across national borders mean that NLEs are becoming even mor...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Swanson DB,Roberts TE

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The state of cognitive flow, colloquially known as being 'in the zone', has been linked with enhanced performance, happiness, career satisfaction and decreased burnout. However, the concept has not been adopted strongly in health care training, continuing professional development, or daily practice. A syst...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： McQueen S,Jiang S,McParland A,Hammond Mobilio M,Moulton CA

更新日期：2020-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences at the University of Aberdeen viewed the use of Computer Assisted Leaning (CAL) and other IT based learning resources as a possible way of coping with an increase in student numbers whilst maintaining or increasing the quality of medical teaching. OBJECTIVES:Our pri...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Hamilton NM,Furnace J,Duguid KP,Helms PJ,Simpson JG

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was conducted to provide in-depth information on the reliabilities of measures of the separate components of clinical competence (e.g. data collection, test interpretation, diagnosis, etc.) assessed by a performance-based examination consisting of standardized-patient cases administered to five class...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Colliver JA,Vu NV,Markwell SJ,Verhulst SJ

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00