Peer-assisted versus faculty staff-led skills laboratory training: a randomised controlled trial.

abstract：CONTEXT:Electives are part of most Western medical school curricula. It is estimated that each year 3000-4000 undergraduate medical students from the UK alone undertake an elective in a developing country. The impact of these electives has given some cause for concern, but the views of elective hosts are largely missin...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Kumwenda B,Dowell J,Daniels K,Merrylees N

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was designed to analyse the evolution of student populations--undergraduates and graduates--in the 11 Belgian medical schools from 1969 to 1982. During this period, an overall 44% drop in the number of entrants was observed, while the number of medical graduates continued to rise until 1977, when it ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Albert A,Firket H,Castermans A

更新日期：1989-01-01 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：:The introduction of the new Open University distance learning pack on coronary heart disease to a selected group of Welsh general practitioners has been evaluated. The most commonly perceived disadvantages were the amount of time required to study the pack, the cost of buying it and the work involved in implementing i...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Pill R,Stott NC

更新日期：1988-11-01 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：OBJECTIVES:This study aims to identify whether non-science graduates perform as well as science graduates in Basic and Clinical Sciences (B & CS) assessments during Years 1-3 of a four-year graduate-entry programme at the University of Sydney (the 'USydMP'). METHODS:Students were grouped into five categories: Health P...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Craig PL,Gordon JJ,Clark RM,Langendyk V

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Educational approaches are thought to have facilitative or hindering effects on students' critical thinking development. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of problem-based learning (PBL) and lecturing approaches on the development of students' critical thinking. METHODS:All 79 Year 1 undergra...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Tiwari A,Lai P,So M,Yuen K

更新日期：2006-06-01 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：:This paper outlines one component, the project, which in 4 years became an integral part of the Human Ecology course at the Department of Community Medicine at the University of Glasgow. Although it is to be retained in some form, it would seem that the full potential of the device for medical undergraduates has not b...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Craddock MJ

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Education and training are terms which are often used loosely, interchangeably, and require definition. Training is often seen as a series of activities which are related to the acquisition of specific skills and may be narrowly based. Education, on the other hand, has an important value base and is broader in concept...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Calman KC,Downie RS

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

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：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：:Pre-registration house officers who answered enquiries in 1973 and 1974 about career preferences were written to again in 1976. This yielded 205 comparisons, in which 134 (65.5%) doctors retained their original first choice of career, thirty-five (17%) opted for their previous second or third choice and thirty-six (17...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Parkhouse J,Howard M

更新日期：1978-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For many years student ratings have been used to assess the strengths and weaknesses of various courses and the teaching abilities of the instructors involved. Investigators have either supported or attacked the validity of this assessment procedure on the basis of the direction and degree of the relationship found be...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Mendelson MA,Canaday SD,Hardin JH

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was undertaken to measure the prevalence of psychological morbidity, and the nature and source of stress, in first year medical students. Two hundred and four first year medical students at a university in the north of England were sent a postal, self-report questionnaire. They were asked to complete the Ge...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Guthrie EA,Black D,Shaw CM,Hamilton J,Creed FH,Tomenson B

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Clinical context may act as both an aid to decision making and a source of bias contributing to medical error. The effect of clinical history, a form of clinical context, on the diagnostic accuracy of the physical examination is unknown. METHODS:We randomised internal medicine residents to receive either no hi...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Sibbald M,Panisko D,Cavalcanti RB

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Competency-based medical education (CBME) requires that educators structure assessment of clinical competence using outcome frameworks. Although these frameworks may serve some outcomes well (e.g. represent eventual practice), translating these into workplace-based assessment plans may undermine validity and...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Tavares W,Rowland P,Dagnone D,McEwen LA,Billett S,Sibbald M

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to provide "horizontal" integration of related clinical subjects, a combined teaching course in community medicine, general practice, geriatric medicine and mental health has been devised. The course lasts 12 weeks and is divided between joint teaching of topics of common interest and clinical clerkships in i...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Stout RW,Irwin WG

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Although work-based assessments (WBA) may come closest to assessing habitual performance, their use for summative purposes is not undisputed. Most criticism of WBA stems from approaches to validity consistent with the quantitative psychometric framework. However, there is increasing research evidence that indic...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Govaerts M,van der Vleuten CP

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Using a novel longitudinal tracking project, this study develops and evaluates the performance of a predictive model and index of rural medical practice intention based on the characteristics of incoming medical students. METHODS:Medical school entry survey data were obtained from the Medical Schools Outcom...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Jones M,Humphreys J,Prideaux D

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To describe the ways in which total resources available for the Service Increment for Teaching (SIFT) have been determined and related to numbers of undergraduate medical students; and the development and current arrangements for allocating SIFT to the providers of service support for teaching. DESIGN:The d...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Clack GB,Bevan G,Eddleston AL

更新日期：1999-05-01 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：: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：: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：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：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 AND OBJECTIVES:To describe the Computerized Obstetrics and Gynecology Automated Learning Anaalysis (KOALAtrade mark), a multicentre, Internet-based learning portfolio and to determine its effects on residents' perception of their self-directed learning abilities. METHODS:The KOALA programme allows residents to...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Fung MF,Walker M,Fung KF,Temple L,Lajoie F,Bellemare G,Bryson SC

更新日期：2000-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The responsibility to determine just who is competent to practice medicine, and at what standard, is great. Whilst there is still a period available for potential remediation, examinations at the completion of year three of the four-year Graduate Entry Medical Programme (GEMP) at Flinders University of South Au...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Searle J

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Scholarly experiences have been increasingly employed to support the development of scholarly skills for medical students. How the characteristics of the various scholarly experiences contributes to scholarly outcomes or the complexities of how the experiences build skills warrants further exploration. OBJECTI...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Cornett M,Palermo C,Wallace MJ,Diug B,Ward B

更新日期：2021-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Script concordance test (SCT) scores are intended to reflect respondents' competence in interpreting clinical data under conditions of uncertainty. The validity of inferences based on SCT scores has not been rigorously established. OBJECTIVES:This study was conducted in order to develop a structured validity a...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Lubarsky S,Charlin B,Cook DA,Chalk C,van der Vleuten CP

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00