Assessment steers learning down the right road: impact of progress testing on licensing examination performance.

abstract：:Colombia is the second largest country in South America. In this article, we provide an overview of medical education in Colombia, including a description of existing public and private medical schools and available undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Medical education in Colombia has evolved through time, follow...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Forero DA,Majeed MH,Ruiz-Díaz P

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The provision of self-regulated learning (SRL) enhanced feedback on performing clinical skills and making a clinical diagnosis recognizes the importance of feedback on the use of key SRL processes. In contrast to the broader concept of self-directed learning, SRL has a specific focus on the individual learner's approa...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Leggett H,Sandars J,Roberts T

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Academic faculty members in medical schools rarely receive formal instruction in basic pedagogic principles; nevertheless many develop into competent teachers. Perhaps they acquire tacit knowledge of these principles with teaching experience. This study was designed to assess clinical teachers' tacit knowledge of basi...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： McLeod PJ,Meagher T,Steinert Y,Schuwirth L,McLeod AH

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The doctor-patient relationship is essential to medical care (Engel 1980; Balint 1984), however, medical schools focus mainly on biomedical subjects and don't give the necessary attention to communication skills, humanistic attitudes, and professional values (Haidet et al. 2001, 2002). METHODS:Attitudes of ...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Ribeiro MM,Krupat E,Amaral CF

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the many successes achieved by academic health centers and the significant attention paid to the importance of the impact of social determinants on health, a broader movement of the academic health center community to share best practices and standardize these efforts across institutions and communities has no...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Wartman SA,Steinberg MJ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Social comparison theory is relevant for learning in general. In a clinical context, we examined four hypotheses concerning: preferred other to compare with, preferred direction of comparison, response to social comparison and influence of personal social comparison orientation (SCO). AIM:To investigate the...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Raat J,Kuks J,Cohen-Schotanus J

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical schools in India produce the largest number of doctors than anywhere else in the world (30,408 from 271 medical schools), corresponding to the rapid proliferation of medical colleges in the last two decades, especially within the private sector. The Medical Council of India (MCI), the regulatory body, is requi...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Sood R

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In current renewal of medical education, problem-based learning (PBL) is the predominant approach. PBL is afflicted with limitations, which cause uncertainness about its future. A profoundly different approach is the case method, developed a century ago and today attracting much less interest in developmenta...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Tärnvik A

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes an innovative approach to teaching a traditional subject-physiology. There are no lectures, tutorials or practicals. All learning activities are undertaken in small groups, and the course is learner-centred and problem-orientated. Students are required to collect and record their own information a...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Beaton G,Mitchell D

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：RATIONALE:Recent advances in the learning sciences offer remarkable potential for improving medical learning and performance. Difficult to teach pattern recognition skills can be systematically accelerated using techniques of perceptual learning (PL). The effectiveness of PL interventions is amplified when they are com...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Kellman PJ,Krasne S

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Education researchers seek to understand what works, for whom, in what circumstances. Unfortunately, educational environments are complex and research itself is highly context dependent. Faced with these challenges, some have argued that qualitative methods should supplant quantitative methods such as randomized contr...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Cook DA

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM) has a social accountability mandate to contribute to improving the health of the people and communities of Northern Ontario. NOSM recruits students from Northern Ontario or similar backgrounds and provides Distributed Community Engaged Learning in over 70 clinic...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Strasser R,Hogenbirk JC,Minore B,Marsh DC,Berry S,McCready WG,Graves L

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extensive literature on adult learning principles has been developed over the last 40 years. Simultaneously, undergraduate medical educational programs have undergone varying degrees of curricular reform. The present paper discusses the educational and societal factors that have functioned as a catalyst for innovat...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Stagnaro-Green A

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assessment and treatment of the acutely ill patient is an essential part of the role of the pre-registration house officer, and research has demonstrated that management of such patients in the ward setting is often sub-optimal. However, this is an area which is difficult to teach at an undergraduate level, partic...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： MacDowall J

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This commentary reflects on what the four research articles in this issue of Medical Teacher tell us about adaptive learning and how adaptive medical education research can be conducted. Adaptive medical education researchers must think disruptively and embrace nontraditional collaborations, research methods, and mean...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Tackett S,Wright SM,Quirk M

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heightened focus on the quality of teaching in medical schools has led to increased use of student surveys as a means of evaluating teaching. In some institutions, however, the summative purpose is emphasized over the developmental or self-improvement objective. The aim of this study was to examine the utility of a st...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Elzubeir M,Rizk D

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Objective Structured Teaching Encounter (OSTE) has been proposed as a means of promoting and assessing the teaching skills of medical faculty. AIMS:To describe the uses of the OSTE and the evidence supporting its effectiveness. METHOD:MEDLINE (January 1966 through February 2010) was searched for Englis...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Trowbridge RL,Snydman LK,Skolfield J,Hafler J,Bing-You RG

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The doctor-patient relationship reflects the role of the physician in society and has thus experienced substantial changes over time. Medical authority can be dissected into three elements, all of which appear essential for any doctor-patient relationship: sapiental authority, i.e. professional competence as called fo...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Berger M

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health care educators strive to train graduates who are socially responsive and can act as "change agents" for communities they serve. Service learning (SL) is increasingly being used to teach the social aspects of health care and develop students' social responsiveness. However, the effectiveness of SL as a...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Mc Menamin R,Mc Grath M,Cantillon P,Mac Farlane A

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There has been increased interest in the factors influencing the career choice of doctors. Feminization of the medical workforce, changing health care needs, reform of training has ensured that this is an important issue for workforce planners and educationists. AIMS AND METHODS:Questionnaires were distribu...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Watmough S,Taylor D,Ryland I

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Simulation! The deans talk about its use in medical education regularly. But how can it be used to teach the basic sciences to first- and second-year medical students? This article will help answer that question by providing information about various types of simulation activities being used in medical education and e...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Rosen KR,McBride JM,Drake RL

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An innovative medical curriculum at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) has been developed through a highly collaborative process aimed at building faculty ownership and ongoing sustainability. The result is a novel capability-based program that features early clinical experience and small-group teaching, which o...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： McNeil HP,Hughes CS,Toohey SM,Dowton SB

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The focus of faculty development (FD) has recently shifted from individual and formal learning to formal and informal learning by a team of teachers in the workplace where the teaching is actually effected. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of a faculty development programme on teachers' educational wo...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Schreurs ML,Huveneers W,Dolmans D

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Checking diagnostic and management decisions can help reduce medical error, however, little literature explores how this is best taught. AIMS:To provide practical advice to direct teaching practices. METHODS:The authors conducted a literature review using Medline and PsychInfo using search terms: check or ...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Sibbald M,de Bruin AB,van Merrienboer JJ

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although medical education in the Republic of Turkey appears to be relatively new, there is almost 500 years of background development within the Anatolian region. Turkey has faced many difficulties in its past and present times, related to its vast and diverse geography, its crowded population, and the many ethnic gr...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Kurdak H,Altintas D,Doran F

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Context/Setting: The script theory of diagnostic reasoning proposes that clinicians evaluate cases in the context of an "illness script," iteratively testing internal hypotheses against new information eventually reaching a diagnosis. We present a novel tool for teaching diagnostic reasoning to undergraduate medical s...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Hayward J,Cheung A,Velji A,Altarejos J,Gill P,Scarfe A,Lewis M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Computer-based learning is a tool that, when designed appropriately, can be used to effectively meet worthy educational goals. AIMS:This study aimed to compare acceptance and effectiveness of a tutored computer-based practical course (CPC) with a traditional biochemical laboratory experiment in pre-clinical...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Kröncke KD

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 2008, China established a medical school accreditation process based on international standards and guidelines. Twenty schools had been accredited by 2013 and it is intended to accredit all 137 schools by 2020. To achieve this ambitious aim, Chinese medical educators have entered into collaboration with their Austr...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Geffen L,Cheng B,Field M,Zhao S,Walters T,Yang L

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Point of Care Ultrasound (PoCUS) is well established within emergency medicine, however, the availability of formal training for other clinical disciplines is limited. Memorial University has established a cost-efficient, multidisciplinary PoCUS training program focusing on training residents' discipline-spe...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Smith A,Parsons M,Renouf T,Boyd S,Rogers P

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Educators need efficient and effective means to track students' clinical experiences to monitor their progress toward competency goals. AIM:To validate an electronic scoring system that rates medical students' clinical notes for relevance to priority topics of the medical school curriculum. METHOD:The Vand...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Spickard A 3rd,Ridinger H,Wrenn J,O'brien N,Shpigel A,Wolf M,Stein G,Denny J

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00