Test-enhanced learning and its effect on comprehension and diagnostic accuracy.

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：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：: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：OBJECTIVES:These were to measure the uptake and use of an electronic learning portfolio to support reflective continuing professional development, and to characterize attitudes towards its use and obstacles to its adoption. DESIGN:Uncontrolled, longitudinal intervention study with quantitative and qualitative evaluati...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Dornan T,Carroll C,Parboosingh J

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 119 patients with diabetes, student nurses, social workers, dietitians and medical students a pretest was carried out with multiple-choice questions on the subject of diabetes diet. The group was then exposed to programmed diet instruction with a teaching machine. There was a significant learning effect as measured...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Teuscher A,Heidecker B

更新日期：1976-11-01 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：CONTEXT:Language is one of the primary modalities for teaching and learning in the health professions in contexts ranging from the more formal teaching relationships of medical school to the guided practice of trainees through continuing education and the deliberate practice of lifelong learning. Yet linguistic analysi...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Konopasky A,Ramani D,Ohmer M,Durning SJ,Artino AR Jr,Battista A

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Globally, people with the academic and personal attributes to successfully study medicine experience disadvantages associated with sociodemographic factors. Governments have attempted to address this issue via macrolevel policies aimed at widening participation (WP) to medicine. These policies differ by co...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Coyle M,Sandover S,Poobalan A,Bullen J,Cleland J

更新日期：2020-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Given the complexity of competency frameworks, associated skills and abilities, and contexts in which they are to be assessed in competency-based education (CBE), there is an increased reliance on rater judgements when considering trainee performance. This increased dependence on rater-based assessment has l...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Gauthier G,St-Onge C,Tavares W

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Enculturation is a normal and continuing part of human development. This study examined how medical graduates perceive the process of enculturation after graduation. METHODS:We conducted a qualitative study of the values of medical graduates associated with Sydney Medical School to identify processes that c...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Gordon J,Markham P,Lipworth W,Kerridge I,Little M

更新日期：2012-09-01 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：:Many factors play a part in determining the performance of students in examinations, but the extent to which students use library facilities does not appear to have been recently considered as a factor, in medicine or in any other academic subject. In this study, the number of books borrowed from the library by underg...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Brazier H,Conroy RM

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With increasing numbers of general practitioners wishing to provide child health surveillance during the 1980s and the expected further increase with the 1990 General Practice Contract, a course in child health surveillance was developed. The content of the course was determined by a needs assessment of Welsh general ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Houston HL,Reilly TA,Sibert JR,Davies DP

更新日期：1995-05-01 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：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：:The development of published material relating to the practice of medicine in multiracial and multicultural Britain is briefly reviewed. The utilization of such information in English medical schools is found to be absent or at a low level of priority. A more detailed study of one region demonstrates that junior hospi...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Poulton J,Rylance GW,Johnson MR

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:There are few publications summarising the main issues concerning pathology teaching and learning within undergraduate medical degrees. This article examines the themes that have emerged from the literature over the last 2 decades. METHOD:A literature search was performed using PubMed, which identified 86 relevant...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Marshall R,Cartwright N,Mattick K

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:At the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium, final year medical students participate in 70 problem-solving clinical seminars over a period of 2 months, concentrating on clinical reasoning for formulating differential diagnoses. The clinical seminars end in an examination consisting of 200 extended-matching q...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Beullens J,Struyf E,Van Damme B

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Educational programmes for family practice should develop family counselling skills of students to moderate levels of competence. Few specific training programmes are part of the regular curriculum and of these few are evaluated. Twenty-three residents enrolled in a 2-year family practice programme in Toronto, Canada ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Rudner HL,Bestvater D,Bader E

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In addition to its certification programme, which assesses the readiness of foreign medical graduates to enter graduate medical education programmes in the USA, the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) is involved in a number of other programmes in international medical education. These include...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Miranda M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Multi-source feedback (MSF) enables performance data to be provided to doctors from patients, co-workers and medical colleagues. This study examined the evidence for the validity of MSF instruments for general practice, investigated changes in performance for doctors who participated twice, 5 years apart, an...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Violato C,Lockyer JM,Fidler H

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although peer-assisted learning (PAL) is widely employed throughout medical education, its effectiveness for training in technical procedures in skills laboratories has been subject to little systematic investigation. We conducted a prospective, randomised trial to evaluate the hypotheses that PAL is effecti...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Weyrich P,Celebi N,Schrauth M,Möltner A,Lammerding-Köppel M,Nikendei C

更新日期：2009-02-01 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：:This study investigates (1) the behavioural patterns, performance and attitudes to dentistry and (2) the personality traits, in male and female dental students (n = 219) studying at Cardiff Dental School. The first part deals with the results of a questionnaire investigating aspects of the students' training course, i...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Reeve PE,Watson CJ

更新日期：1985-05-01 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：CONTEXT:Authentic early experience (AEE) describes experiences provided to new medical students to undertake 'human contact' to enhance learning. Although the concept of AEE is not new, and was commonplace prior to the Flexner Report of 1910, little is known about how or why meaning and knowledge are constructed throug...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Yardley S,Brosnan C,Richardson J

更新日期：2013-01-01 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：:Many doctors rate themselves as ineffective smoking cessation counsellors. It is logical to initiate training efforts with medical students. We incorporated smoking history-taking in the physical diagnosis course at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill using a simple method to teach smoking history-taking s...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Boehlecke B,Sperber AD,Kowlowitz V,Becker M,Contreras A,McGaghie WC

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports the nature of non-emergency, day-to-day practice-related questions which arose in rural practice and were phoned in to a medical information system (MIS). The usefulness of these questions, and their responses, to clinical decision-making is outlined. Sixty-seven practitioners from 10 rural communit...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Jennett PA,Kishinevsky M,Parboosingh IT,Lockyer JM,Maes WR

更新日期：1991-05-01 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