Teaching of medical ethics.

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：:A new teaching programme for fourth-year medical students in child health in Harare, Zimbabwe is outlined. A 2-week attachment to a rural district-level hospital is intended to orient the students to primary health care and to the practice of clinical medicine in a low resource environment. The attachment has become p...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Waterston T,Sanders D

更新日期：1987-01-01 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：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：: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：BACKGROUND:Progress testing is a form of longitudinal examination which, in principle, samples at regular intervals from the complete domain of knowledge considered a requirement for medical students on completion of the undergraduate programme. Over the course of the programme students improve their scores on the test...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： McHarg J,Bradley P,Chamberlain S,Ricketts C,Searle J,McLachlan JC

更新日期：2005-02-01 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：:Information about medical students' lifestyles was obtained from 785 second-year students from seven medical schools in Great Britain by a personally administered questionnaire. Fifteen per cent of the students were non-drinkers. Among those who drank, 48% of the men and 38% of the women exceeded sensible weekly limit...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Webb E,Ashton CH,Kelly P,Kamah F

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To follow the progress of young female adolescents, as risk-taking standardised patients (SPs), and to monitor for adverse affects that role-playing may have on the adolescents. METHODS:A prospective design was used in which 11 female adolescents, aged 13-15 years, were recruited from 2 schools. The adolesce...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Blake KD,Gusella J,Greaven S,Wakefield S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The assessment of ethical problem solving in medicine has been controversial and challenging. The purposes of this study were: (i) to create a new instrument to measure doctors' decisions on and reasoning approach towards resolving ethical problems; (ii) to evaluate the scores generated by the new instrument fo...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Tsai TC,Harasym PH,Coderre S,McLaughlin K,Donnon T

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The academic performance of 104 fourth-year medical students was assessed in relation to their sleep habits reported in a questionary and their scores on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. Poorer academic performance was related significantly to later times of waking up in the morning, particularly at we...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Johns MW,Dudley HA,Masterton JP

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was initiated in response to the availabilty of unlimited access to MEDLINE via the PaperChase interface at the host institution. The goal of the study was to analyse the usage of MEDLINE by medical students during their third-year clinical clerkship in paediatrics. This was achieved by first giving them a ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Schwartz DG,Schwartz SA

更新日期：1995-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Modernization of medical regulation has included the introduction of the Professional Performance Procedures by the UK General Medical Council in 1995. The Council now has the power to assess any registered practitioner whose performance may be seriously deficient, thus calling registration (licensure) into ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Southgate L,Cox J,David T,Hatch D,Howes A,Johnson N,Jolly B,Macdonald E,McAvoy P,McCrorie P,Turner J

更新日期：2001-12-01 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：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: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：CONTEXT:The primary goal of discussing patient cases during the morning report is to teach appropriate clinical decision making. In addition, the selection of the best diagnostic strategy and application of evidence-based patient care are important. Reducing hospital costs is fundamental to controlling inflation in hea...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Boushehri E,Khamseh ME,Farshchi A,Aghili R,Malek M,Ebrahim Valojerdi A

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A system for administering multiple choice questions and for providing immediate feedback via microcomputer was designed and field-tested by three groups of paediatric residents. Only minor technical problems were encountered, and these can be resolved easily. Attitudes towards the system were strongly positive. Resid...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Butzin DW,Friedman CP,Brownlee RC

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the values and practices of assessment of the clinical practice of dental students by a sample of teachers in restorative dentistry. DESIGN:A questionnaire, based on the above objectives, was designed, piloted and redesigned. Its content was based on evidence-based good practice in assessment...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Manogue M,Brown G,Foster H

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical schools vary by nation and by culture but, for students, the experience appears to be very similar. Also, despite a half-century of radical changes in medical practice, education as a process of socialization for the profession is relatively unchanged. At the same time, medical educators have frequently instit...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Bloom SW

更新日期：1989-05-01 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：BACKGROUND:Patients in inner-city areas come from increasingly diverse language and cultural backgrounds. Neither communications training modelled on local English speakers nor the provision of interpreters offer adequate solutions. AIM:To identify how patients with limited English and culturally different communicati...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Roberts C,Moss B,Wass V,Sarangi S,Jones R

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Much attention and emphasis are placed on the selection of medical students. Although selection measures have been validated in the literature, it is not yet known whether high scores at selection are indicative of high levels of interpersonal aptitude. Emotional intelligence (EI) is reported to be a predictor ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Carr SE

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey was conducted of the dental schools in the UK, inquiring about the teaching of psychology, sociology, epidemiology and psychiatry to dental undergraduates. Epidemiology was the most frequently taught and assessed subject, followed by psychology and sociology. Overall, the results indicate an increased concern...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Kent G

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:High-income country (HIC) trainees are undertaking global health experiences in low- and middle-income country (LMIC) host communities in increasing numbers. Although the benefits for HIC trainees are well described, the benefits and drawbacks for LMIC host communities are not well captured. OBJECTIVES:This st...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Kung TH,Richardson ET,Mabud TS,Heaney CA,Jones E,Evert J

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This essay examines the background and implementation of the statutory requirement that each medical graduate in Great Britain must spend a pre-registration year in hospital training before full registration can be effected. It looks briefly at the French and USA 'internship', and then describes the British situation ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Bynum WF

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop and assess the feasibility and psychometric properties of multi-source feedback questionnaires to monitor international medical graduates practising in Canada under 'defined' licences. METHOD:Four questionnaires (patient, co-worker, colleague and self) were developed and administered in 2 phases t...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Lockyer J,Blackmore D,Fidler H,Crutcher R,Salte B,Shaw K,Ward B,Wolfish N

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To determine the feasibility and effectiveness of shared hospital and general practice clinical teaching for medical undergraduates. DESIGN:A multifaceted approach employing quantitative and qualitative techniques. SETTING:All medical schools in North Thames Region. SUBJECTS:Students, GP tutors and hospit...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Wallace P,Berlin A,Murray E,Southgate L

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical students' levels of anxiety under different conditions of stress were investigated, as well as the stability of anxiety ratings from one examination to another. After completing an end-of-term psychiatry examination, fourth-year medical students at Monash University were asked to score the Visual Analogue Scal...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Kidson M,Hornblow A

更新日期：1982-09-01 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