The attitudes of medical students towards homeless people: does medical school make a difference?

abstract：:During their first training period in general practice the authors felt that they did not encounter the balanced workload which is the foundation for learning to be a GP. Previous studies confirmed the existence of differences in overall and specific workload between trainees and trainers. From their own experience an...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Weeda G,Hutter AW,Groenier KH,Schuling J

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Modern postgraduate medical training requires both accurate and reliable selection procedures. An essential first step is to conduct detailed job analysis studies. This paper reports data on a series of job analyses to develop a competency model for three secondary care specialties (anaesthesia, obstetrics an...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Patterson F,Ferguson E,Thomas S

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Overseas-trained doctors (OTDs) have limited access and formal interaction with the Australian health care system prior to joining the Australian medical workforce. A pre-employment programme was designed to familiarize OTDs with the Australian health care system. METHOD:All OTDs who had passed their Austra...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Sullivan EA,Willcock S,Ardzejewska K,Slaytor EK

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of courses tends to emphasize individual teacher behaviour and/or student reaction to the course. To avoid this approach a technique to determine student expectations and the degree to which the expectations were or were not met by the course was used. In addition, student perceptions of laboratory teaching...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Rosinski EF,Hill PM

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Positive interpersonal relationships between teachers and learners increase the quality of learning. The purpose of this study was to investigate psychological size (perceived status) and psychological distance (perceived emotional connectedness) in medical teaching interactions and their impact on the teach...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Vaughn LM,Baker RC

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Finland primary health care has a long historical background. The local communities, the state and the church have at various times and places been responsible for primary health care during the last few centuries. In 1972, a major reform took place when a new Primary Health Care Act came into force. In the same ye...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Kumpusalo E,Tuomilehto J

更新日期：1987-09-01 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：: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：CONTEXT:Although competence committees (CCs) are most often conceptualised as group decision-making bodies, policy documents forward a more ambitious vision and outline several additional roles for CCs that support the continuous quality improvement of education programmes and promote formative feedback. However, wheth...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Pack R,Lingard L,Watling C,Cristancho S

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate whether or not education about the concept of uncertainty reduced variability in treatment decision-making. Three small groups of dentists in North York, Canada were asked to make restorative treatment decisions about simulated bitewing radiographs. They subsequently took...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Choi BC,Jokovic A,Kay EJ,Main PA,Leake JL

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to quantify the effects of two distinct and separate disruptions caused by earthquakes to a medical school learning environment on two separate cohorts of Year 5 medical students. METHODS:The first disruption was caused by an earthquake of magnitude 7.1 that occurred near the end of the aca...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Wilkinson TJ,Ali AN,Bell CJ,Carter FA,Frampton CM,McKenzie JM

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Distance learning has been advocated increasingly as a modern efficient method of teaching surgery. Efficiency of knowledge transfer and validity of web-based courses have not been subjected to rigorous study to date. METHODS:An entirely web-based surgical 5-week lecture course was designed. Fifty per cent ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Ridgway PF,Sheikh A,Sweeney KJ,Evoy D,McDermott E,Felle P,Hill AD,O'Higgins NJ

更新日期：2007-02-01 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：:Many epidemiological studies have shown the magnitude and seriousness of mental disorders in developing countries. However, mental health care remains unsatisfactory owing to lack of skilled manpower and many other social and medical priorities. General practitioners and other health personnel can significantly help i...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Khandelwal SK,Workneh F

更新日期：1986-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We instituted two thanatology seminars for medical students and residents which emphasized feelings more than objective data. The seminars began with students filling out a death certificate on themselves. Eighty-four per cent predicted that their own probable cause of death would be from an acute illness. Discussion ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： McFarland KF,Rollins EC,Gonzalez MF,Rhoades DR

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:A survey of medical students' experiences of sexual harassment during medical training. OBJECTIVE:To assess the prevalence and nature of workplace sexual harassment as perceived by undergraduate medical students in order to address their learning needs concerning setting and maintaining sexual boundaries. DES...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： White GE

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Computers with 50-inch, wall-mounted plasma screens and broadband Internet access were installed in all small group tutorial rooms at Harvard Medical School. This study examines how the introduction of this educational technology impacted on the problem-based learning tutorials. METHOD:A total of 37 tutorial g...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Kerfoot BP,Masser BA,Hafler JP

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Musculoskeletal disease in the community is common, and much of it responds to early diagnosis and preventive care. At the same time, modern orthopaedics, like so many specialist subjects, has increased significantly in depth and detail pari passu with its advances. It therefore becomes all the more important in desig...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Dickson RA,Houghton GR,Duthie RB

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The strengths of general practice in the UK as a training environment for overseas doctors intending to implement the World Health Organization strategy 'Health for All by the Year 2000' in primary care are identified. A course of advanced training for teachers and administrators of primary care is described and evalu...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： al-Bashir M,Bundred PE,Stanley IM

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:The training of caring physicians represents an important goal of medical education. Little is known however, on whether medical faculty constitute good role models for teaching humanistic skills to medical students. In this study, we examined to what extent medical students at innovative and ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Maheux B,Beaudoin C,Berkson L,Côté L,Des Marchais J,Jean P

更新日期：2000-08-01 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：:Medical students' levels of anxiety under different conditions of stress were investigated, as well as the stability of anxiety ratings from one examination to another. After completing an end-of-term psychiatry examination, fourth-year medical students at Monash University were asked to score the Visual Analogue Scal...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Kidson M,Hornblow A

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The work of five principals in a teaching general practice was audited to examine differences in prescribing, investigation and follow-up between teaching and service work over a 3-week period. The patients seen in clinical teaching were found to be representative of those consulting in normal service sessions for bot...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Freeman GK

更新日期：1981-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major functions of examinations are noted and a scheme of multiple choice testing is outlined which distinguishes between the certification function and the grading function of examinations. This scheme has been in operation since January 1976 in the Department of Anatomy, University of Cape Town, and preliminary ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Fredman M

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Prescribing practices impact greatly on drug use and expenditure. The situation in developing countries is often compounded by a limited health budget. Furthermore, because of role substitution in these countries, prescribers are often not formally trained in rational prescribing. The study described in this...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Meyer JC,Summers RS,Möller H

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Gender bias has been observed in the authorship and editorship of academic literature in varied medical specialties. This is important as peer-reviewed publications, and participation on editorial boards, are closely related to academic productivity and advancement. The aim of this paper was to examine whether ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Madden C,O'Malley R,O'Connor P,O'Dowd E,Byrne D,Lydon S

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Twitter is a social media platform on which users post very brief messages that can be rapidly communicated across wide geographical areas and audiences. Many doctors use Twitter for personal as well as professional communications and networking. The #TipsForNewDocs hashtag is used on Twitter to give advice to ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Rashid MA,McKechnie D,Gill D

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ten psychiatrists and 15 family doctors were asked to score videotapes of patient-doctor encounters before and after each of two training periods. One period focused on the theory of assessment of doctors' interpersonal skills, while the other was purely practical. Results indicate that after one training session in e...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Des Marchais JE,Jean P,Castonguay LG

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent graduates (1989-1990) of a traditional school of Chinese medicine were assessed by observers using a 10-item scale for professional behaviour in the non-cognitive realm. Overall, 10.7% of the graduates had low ratings on this scale. Of those who scored in the top two quartiles on this scale, 71.4% reported that...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Lu YH,Meng XY,Liu X

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Continuity of supervision (CoS) is generally accepted as an important element of competency-based medical education (CBME). However, collecting and interpreting evidence for its effectiveness are a challenge because we lack a shared understanding of CoS. Translating the available evidence about CoS into practic...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Lee AS,Ross S

更新日期：2020-09-14 00:00:00