Current status of curriculum mapping in Canada and the UK.

abstract：CONTEXT:arts-based interventions, which aim to foster understanding of the patient's perspective and to enhance communication skills, have been part of the medical curriculum for several years. This review aims to evaluate the available evidence base for their effectiveness and to suggest the nature of future work. ME...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Perry M,Maffulli N,Willson S,Morrissey D

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to describe the application, feasibility and outcomes of using simulated patients (SPs) to increase the skills of general practitioners (GPs) delivering a behavioural intervention to reduce childhood overweight and mild obesity. METHODS:Five female actors were trained as SPs. A total of 67 ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Gerner B,Sanci L,Cahill H,Ukoumunne OC,Gold L,Rogers L,McCallum Z,Wake M

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The Clinical Teaching Effectiveness Instrument (CTEI) was developed to evaluate the quality of the clinical teaching of educators. Its authors reported evidence supporting content and criterion validity and found favourable reliability findings. We tested the validity and reliability of this instrument in ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： van der Hem-Stokroos HH,van der Vleuten CP,Daelmans HE,Haarman HJ,Scherpbier AJ

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a teaching programme, for use in general practice vocational training, which provides a theoretical and practical framework for exploring key aspects of the consultation with trainees. A particular emphasis is on the educational or 'cognitive' outcomes of the consultation and skills for improving ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Boulton M,Griffiths J,Hall D,McIntyre M,Oliver B,Woodward J

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The use of logbooks in the education of medical undergraduate students is not well-established. Traditionally, logbooks are used simply as a means for students to document their activities. This report examines whether logbooks used as an interactive vehicle between students and tutors can assist both studen...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Patil NG,Lee P

更新日期：2002-07-01 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：:In 1996 the University of Liverpool introduced a new curriculum based on the recommendations published in Tomorrow's Doctors. This work examines how graduates of that course view their undergraduate curriculum and whether they consider it prepared them well for the pre-registration year. Five focus groups were arrange...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Watmough S,Garden A,Taylor D

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This instalment in the series on professional assessment provides an introduction to methods of setting standards. METHOD:A standard is a special score that serves as a boundary between those who perform well enough and those who do not. The practical steps in selecting it include: deciding on the type of st...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Norcini JJ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of the epidemiological method in primary health care (PHC) has become an accepted part of the service. The team will utilize community-oriented data in order to assess the health needs of the population, perform continued surveillance of changes in the health of the people served and for service evaluation. Th...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Epstein LM,Tamir A,Spenser T,Perlman S

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Applicants for admission to St Mary's Hospital Medical School in 1986 were short-listed for interview by one of four assessors, who each made their assessments on a nine-item pro forma. One short-lister had also been studied in detail during 1981. Short-listers used the full range of possible judgements, in approximat...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： McManus IC,Maitlis SL,Richards P

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Intraprofessional collaboration (intraPC) between primary care (PC) doctors and medical specialists (MSs) is becoming increasingly important. Patient safety issues are often related to intraPC. In order to equip doctors well for their task of providing good quality and continuity of care, intraPC needs explicit...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Looman N,Fluit C,van Wijngaarden M,de Groot E,Dielissen P,van Asselt D,de Graaf J,Scherpbier-de Haan N

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Enculturation is a normal and continuing part of human development. This study examined how medical graduates perceive the process of enculturation after graduation. METHODS:We conducted a qualitative study of the values of medical graduates associated with Sydney Medical School to identify processes that c...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Gordon J,Markham P,Lipworth W,Kerridge I,Little M

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This paper describes the process of validating the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale (RIPLS) for use with postgraduate health care professionals. CONTEXT:The RIPLS questionnaire has proved useful in the undergraduate context, enabling tutors to assess the readiness of students to engage in interprofe...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Reid R,Bruce D,Allstaff K,McLernon D

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:In relation to pre-registration house officer (PRHO) rotations incorporating general practice, previous research has recommended that where possible, no PRHO should undertake general practice as the first placement, because of the difficulties encountered. It was recognized that logistically, this could make su...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Williams C,Cantillon P,Cochrane M

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The undergraduate medical curriculum at Linköping was changed and problem-based learning introduced in 1986. As a consequence the need for new examinations arose. To assess the students' consultation skills, ability to use theory in practice and skills in problem-based learning, a new examination called 'phase examina...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Foldevi M,Svedin CG

更新日期：1996-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the communication skills of randomly chosen first- and final-year medical students. The intention was to follow up previous research, conducted over 10 years ago, into the effects of the medical curriculum on communication skills. It was hypothesized that there would be little improvement in such s...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Davis H,Nicholaou T

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Most medical schools in the UK have been engaged in major curriculum reform based on their premises of what might improve undergraduate medical education. In 1994 the course at the medical school of the University of Manchester changed to an integrated course using problem-based learning throughout and wit...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Jones A,McArdle PJ,O'Neill PA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the perceptions of medical students and clinical teachers of teaching and learning in the clinical setting. DESIGN:Qualitative study of focus groups with undergraduate medical students and semistructured interviews with hospital consultant clinical teachers. SETTING:The School of Medicine, Unive...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Stark P

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the impact of research governance on medical students' ability to gain an understanding of research methodology, as required by the General Medical Council. METHODS:We carried out a qualitative study based on semi-structured interviews, in 3 medical schools in the UK, with 12 interviewees includin...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Robinson L,Drewery S,Ellershaw J,Smith J,Whittle S,Murdoch-Eaton D

更新日期：2007-08-01 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：:Reasons for choosing dentistry as a profession were analysed among first-year dental students at the University of Toronto. The motivations of various sub-groups were also examined. It was found that an extrinsic motivation, financial rewards, was the most widespread, although the other widely chosen motivations refer...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Cohen R,Coburn D

更新日期：1977-03-01 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：:The skill of inquiry is central to the task of the doctor confronted with a patient problem. Despite its importance this skill is not given appropriate emphasis in the education of medical students or in research concerning the clinical reasoning skills of doctors. ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Barrows HS

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The challenges of maintaining comprehensive banks of valid checklists make context-specific checklists for assessment of clinical procedural skills problematic. OBJECTIVES:This paper reports the development of a tool which supports generic holistic assessment of clinical procedural skills. METHODS:We carried ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： McKinley RK,Strand J,Gray T,Schuwirth L,Alun-Jones T,Miller H

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Introductory courses in environmental health are intended for doctors newly appointed to the emergency duty rotas of the Medical Officer for Environmental Health. Three courses have been held in Bristol between 1984 and 1987. They have been evaluated with a problem management questionnaire completed by 44 of the 47 pa...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Philipp R

更新日期：1989-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 63-item questionnaire on attitudes to psychosocial issues in medicine was administered to final-year students in the Faculties of Medicine (n = 104), Pharmacy (n = 57) and Arts and Social Sciences (n = 75) of the University of Benin. The responses given were analysed by the summation and Cornell scalogram techniques...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Nnodim JO,Osuji CU

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This article explores the concept of resilience and its potential relevance to medicine. It also looks at the dimensions of resilience and its ethical importance for effective professional practice, and considers whether a focus on resilience might be useful in medical training. METHODS:An applied literatur...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Howe A,Smajdor A,Stöckl A

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An elective modules programme in the behavioural sciences was designed for the undergraduate medical curriculum at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. The programme provides a mechanism by which a broad range of behavioural science content can be introduced into the curriculum without increased allocation o...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Sachs LA,McPherson C,Knopp W

更新日期：1984-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether postgraduate students are able to assess the quality of undergraduate medical examinations and to establish whether faculty can use their results to troubleshoot the curriculum in terms of its content and evaluation. SUBJECTS:First and second year family medicine postgraduate students. ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Harris JA,Heneghan HC,McKay DW

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Capitalising on direct workplace observations of residents by interprofessional team members might be an effective strategy to promote formative feedback in postgraduate medical education. To better understand how interprofessional feedback is conceived, delivered, received and used, we explored both feedb...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Miles A,Ginsburg S,Sibbald M,Tavares W,Watling C,Stroud L

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00