Towards an understanding of resilience and its relevance to medical training.

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：: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：:Older clinicians typically engage in reflections on their own early careers and indeed whichever generation of clinician you talk to, their medical school and early career experiences were more challenging than the last. We draw on inspiration from Monty Python and specifically the Four Yorkshiremen to illustrate this...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Harris BH,Wilson DJ

更新日期：2016-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:There is inconclusive debate within the literature as to whether the best problem-based learning (PBL) tutors are subject experts or not. The debate hinges on whether knowledgeable tutors are tempted to intervene too often in PBL discussions compared to non-expert tutors, and whether the latter may not be ab...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Gilkison A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the feasibility of training all clinical teachers in psychiatry to teach interviewing skills to medical students, 24 (unselected clinicians were assigned to one of four different training methods. They received either experiential or didactic instruction, and their initial teaching sessions were either superv...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Naji SA,Maguire GP,Fairbairn SA,Goldberg DP,Faragher EB

更新日期：1986-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Academic journals represent shared spaces wherein the significance of thematic areas, methodologies and paradigms are debated and shaped through collective engagement. By studying journals in their historical and cultural contexts, the academic community can gain insight into the ways in which authors and audie...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Rangel JC,Cartmill C,Martimianakis MA,Kuper A,Whitehead CR

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：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 General Medical Council's document 'Tomorrow's Doctors' (1993, GMC, London) recommended major changes in the undergraduate curricula of UK medical schools. In Nottingham, the fourth-year psychiatric attachment became shorter in duration, and interactive, problem-oriented, workshop-based learning replaced lectures....

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Singh SP,Baxter H,Standen P,Duggan C

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Admissions interviews are unreliable and have poor predictive validity, yet are the sole measures of non-cognitive skills used by most medical school admissions departments. The low reliability may be due in part to variation in conditional reliability across the rating scale. OBJECTIVES:To describe an empiric...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Stansfield RB,Kreiter CD

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Medical schools in Western societies seek measures to increase the diversity of their student bodies with respect to ethnicity and social background. Currently, little is known about the effects of different selection procedures on student diversity. OBJECTIVES:This prospective cohort study aimed to determine ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Stegers-Jager KM,Steyerberg EW,Lucieer SM,Themmen AP

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the surgical seminars given for medical students at Auckland University and factors affecting them, so as to define areas for improvement. METHODS:A confidential questionnaire was completed by fourth-year medical students for each surgical seminar they attended during an academic year. The seminars wer...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Abu-Zidan FM,Windsor JA

更新日期：2001-07-01 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：:Associations between language background, English language proficiency and medical communication skills were investigated in a group of 149 third year undergraduate medical students studying at an Australian university. Written and aural English proficiency were assessed with the Screening Test for Adolescent Language...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Chur-Hansen A,Vernon-Roberts J,Clark S

更新日期：1997-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decade, on-line databases have become increasingly popular among health care professionals. As a group, these 'end-users' report utilizing databases to keep abreast of medical progress, to conduct research and to address specific patient care issues. Throughout the literature, medical professionals ('con...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Erickson S,Warner ER

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical students on an in-patient service and residents working in an ambulatory care clinic have regularly evaluated their clinical tutors over the 5 years 1985-1989. Both groups of raters reliably and predictably evaluated their tutors and both emphasize between-tutor comparisons more than actual rating values for i...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： McLeod PJ,James CA,Abrahamowicz M

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether improvements gained in general practitioners' (GPs') self-perceived competency, attitudes and knowledge after an intervention in adolescent health care designed with evidence-based strategies in continuing medical education, are maintained longterm, 5 years post intervention. The interven...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Sanci L,Coffey C,Patton G,Bowes G

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess the degree of consistency in student ratings of teacher effectiveness during the first year of medical school. Student ratings of teaching effectiveness represent a commonly used source of information that enters into the academic decision-making process. In medical school, stud...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： West RF

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The specific anxieties of 74 medical students beginning their clinical training were assessed by means of a questionnaire at the start of the clinical introductory course at St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London. Situations differed in the amount of anxiety that they engendered, and students also differed in the n...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Moss F,McManus IC

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Early clinical encounters help medical and nursing students build professional competencies. However, there is a necessary emphasis on patient autonomy and appropriate consent. Although most individuals do not object to student involvement in clinical encounters, there are occasions when personal preference and...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Moores G,Lidster N,Boyd K,Archer T,Kates N,Stobbe K

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Reflection has been considered crucial to learning. Engaging in reflection while solving problems is expected to foster identification of knowledge gaps and interest in learning more about them, the latter being a major motivational force in learning. Although theoretically sound, this assumption still lacks em...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Ribeiro LMC,Mamede S,Moura AS,de Brito EM,de Faria RMD,Schmidt HG

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is important to provide an epidemiological presence when teaching clinical medicine to undergraduate medical students in order to supply the underlying facts about disease. A series of pictorial or tabular presentations which together make up a 'master set' of Data Boards has been designed to give the medical stude...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Garraway WM,French EB,Scrimgeour JB,Pizer JE,Petrie H

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The challenge of ensuring 'fair' selection processes confronts all medical schools around the globe. In the UK, historical analyses suggest applicants who are male, non-White, and from less advantaged socio-economic and school backgrounds have been less likely to be offered a place at medical school. We provide...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Mathers J,Sitch A,Parry J

更新日期：2016-06-01 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：CONTEXT:About 40% of British General Practitioners (GPs) train formally in a psychiatric post as part of their general practice training, but such training may not fully meet the needs of future GPs. A specific course in psychiatry for family doctors has run in Manchester for more than a decade. METHOD:Semi-structured...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Ratcliffe J,Gask L,Creed F,Lewis B

更新日期：1999-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most people who attend professional meetings would appreciate the use by speakers of more illustrative material with their lectures. This may be presented on a writing surface such as a black- or whiteboard, as projected pictures or by sound recordings. Suitable equipment is available in most halls and suggestions are...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Essex-Lopresti M

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This research aims to identify the influences contributing to students' decisions to study medicine and to apply the findings to the design and targeting of outreach activities aimed at widening participation. METHODS:Semi-structured interviews were carried out with 15 medical students at a UK medical schoo...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： McHarg J,Mattick K,Knight LV

更新日期：2007-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In collaboration with aid agencies and government health workers, Save the Children Fund medical staff have been involved in the training of primary health care workers in the Sahel region of upper Volta. This report deals specifically with the problems involved in training illiterate health workers. ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Cross I

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Remediation is usually offered to medical students and doctors in training who underperform on written or clinical examinations. However, there is uncertainty and conflicting evidence about the effectiveness of remediation. The aim of this systematic review was to synthesise the available evidence to clarify...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Cleland J,Leggett H,Sandars J,Costa MJ,Patel R,Moffat M

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00