Advanced training in general practice in the UK for overseas postgraduates.

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：:The medical specialties are being intensively reconsidered in the countries of Europe. The important need is for promoting improvement of educational training programmes. Evaluation and improvement of specialist training programmes is the priority and not the setting up of qualifying examinations. The first necessity ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Karle H,Nystrup J,Walton H

更新日期：1993-07-01 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：: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

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：BACKGROUND:Rapid advances in the field of genetics continue to present medical educators with significant challenges. Whilst there is undoubtedly a pressing need to educate doctors about genetic disorders, research and therapies, there is a parallel need to provide a context for all of these. CONTENT:An interdisciplin...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Kirklin D

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In this paper we report on further tests of the validity of the multiple mini-interview (MMI) selection process, comparing MMI scores with those achieved on a national high-stakes clinical skills examination. We also continue to explore the stability of candidate performance and the extent to which so-call...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Eva KW,Reiter HI,Trinh K,Wasi P,Rosenfeld J,Norman GR

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:While the literature shows the clinical value for medical practitioners of skill in communicating with patients in an empathetic manner, objective evaluations of methods to teach empathy are few. PURPOSES:This paper describes a method of teaching entry-level medical students the elements of effective commun...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Winefield HR,Chur-Hansen A

更新日期：2000-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to gather information regarding the appropriateness of the length of time allotted for candidates to complete the history taking and physical examination tasks in a high-stakes standardized patient (SP) assessment. DESIGN:Data were collected on actual time used by 1548 examinee...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Chambers KA,Boulet JR,Gary NE

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:A challenge for medical educators is to better understand the personal factors that lead to individual success in medical school and beyond. Recently, educational researchers in fields outside medicine have acknowledged the importance of motivation and emotion in students' learning and performance. These affect...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Artino AR,La Rochelle JS,Durning SJ

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent psychological research suggests how to simplify texts and translate quantitative concepts into the language of clinical medicine. ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Politser PE

更新日期：1987-07-01 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

abstract：BACKGROUND:When training for junior doctors is being planned, little discussion is focused on what outcomes hospitals are trying to achieve with regard to education/training, i.e. on what makes the ideal hospital doctor. Instead, the primary focus is on the requirements of the syllabi of the Royal Colleges (credentiali...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Khera N,Stroobant J,Primhak RA,Gupta R,Davies H

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Resources for medical education are becoming more constrained, whereas accountability in medical education is increasing. In this constrictive environment, medical schools need to consider and justify their selection procedures in terms of costs and benefits. To date, there have been no studies focusing on this...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Schreurs S,Cleland J,Muijtjens AMM,Oude Egbrink MGA,Cleutjens K

更新日期：2018-12-01 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：:This study reports on the generalizability of different skills assessed in the oral certification examinations in Internal Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Assessments from the 1992 examination were examined prospectively to determine (i) inter-rater reliability, (ii) correlation fro...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Turnbull J,Danoff D,Norman G

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical school teachers must have an accurate idea of the doctor's clinical reasoning process (CRP) in order to provide students with learning experiences and evaluations that will ensure their acquisition of an effective and efficient CRP. It is difficult to derive this understanding from much that has been written o...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Barrows HS,Feltovich PJ

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to provide some insight into the manner and degree of students' acquisition of practical skills. One hundred and fifty-two of a total of 166 students in a medical clerkship during the first clinical year answered a questionnaire. The questionnaire contained fifty-eight different laboratory test...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Hunskaar S,Seim SH

更新日期：1983-09-01 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：:In a study of the development of professional attitudes in medical students, a modified version of the Medical Attitudes Inventory (Harris, 1974) was administered to 141 male and female first year medical students in Lagos, Nigeria. The results show that the students have well-defined attitudes on certain issues and a...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Jegede RO

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We describe the use of standardised students (SSs) in interdisciplinary faculty development programmes to improve clinical teaching skills. Standardised students are actual health professions students who are trained to portray a prototypical teaching challenge consistently across many encounters with different...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Gelula MH,Yudkowsky R

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the medical school experiences of students who self-identify as coming from a working-class or impoverished family background. METHODS:A questionnaire was administered to Year 3 medical students at a Canadian medical school and in-depth interviews were held with 25 of these students (cohort 1). Th...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Beagan BL

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Despite several unique aspects of the medical teacher's role compared to other teachers in higher education, there has been little research in this area. In particular there have been few studies which have explored teachers' perspectives on their role. This study aimed to elicit teachers' perceptions of t...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Seabrook MA

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This paper aims to summarise the evidence supporting the role of experience-based, non-analytic reasoning (NAR) or pattern recognition as a central feature of expert medical diagnosis. METHODS:The authors examine a series of studies, primarily from their own research programme at McMaster University, that de...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Norman G,Young M,Brooks L

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In achieving a more effective use of resources in the National Health Service (NHS), the medical profession has a role to play by improving cost efficiency in clinical practice. This role implies that doctors should have some knowledge of medical costs. In order to determine the extent of this knowledge, sixty-seven h...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Fowkes FG

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Undergraduate medical students of the Ben Gurion University were evaluated upon completion of their fourth- and sixth-year medical clerkships by a 17-item rating scale, a multiple choice question (MCQ) test and a patient-oriented oral examination by two academic staff members. Pearson's correlation coefficient between...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Keynan A,Friedman M,Benbassat J

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study sought to determine the relative contributions made by transferable skills and content-specific skills to Year 2 medical student performance in a clinical skills examination. METHODS:Correlated trait-correlated method models were constructed to describe the performance of 2 year groups of students...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Mattick K,Dennis I,Bradley P,Bligh J

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the cueing effects inherent in conventional multiple choice questions (MCQs) present serious limitations, this format continues to dominate testing programmes. The present study was undertaken to estimate the effects of cueing when MCQs are used to test medical students, and to evaluate the reliability, valid...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Veloski JJ,Rabinowitz HK,Robeson MR

更新日期：1993-07-01 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: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