Analysing qualitative data: ethnography and the evaluation of medical education.

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：OBJECTIVE:Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) students often experience difficulties with the clinical communication skills that are essential for successful interactions in the workplace. However, there is little evidence on the effectiveness of assessment and intervention strategies for this population. The ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Chan A,Purcell A,Power E

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Some medical courses in the UK have many more applicants than places and almost all applicants have the highest possible previous and predicted examination grades. The BioMedical Admissions Test (BMAT) was designed to assist in the student selection process specifically for a number of 'traditional' medical cou...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Emery JL,Bell JF

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This report considers the implications for medical education of a global survey of the knowledge, behaviour and attitudes of medical students regarding tobacco. This was conducted in 42 countries derived from all continents. A total of 9326 students (44% women) from 51 medical schools replied anonymously to a multiple...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Crofton JW,Fréour PP,Tessier JF

更新日期：1994-05-01 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: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：: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：: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：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：:Medical students' attitudes to the elderly were compared at the start and finish of a 5-week clinical attachment in health care of the elderly at the Christchurch School of Medicine. The study investigated students in their first clinical year (fourth year of their medical course) over five terms using a questionnaire...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Sainsbury R,Wilkinson TJ,Smith CW

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Due to the high volume and acuity of mental health issues presented by graduate and professional students nationwide, this study explored specific mental health needs in students in order to identify credible areas for intervention. METHODS:An assessment tool was created for this project, which identified sati...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Stecker T

更新日期：2004-05-01 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：: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：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 paper describes a strategy for helping students to learn about laboratory and radiological investigations in diagnosis and management, and to make decisions about the use of investigations, taking into account such features as safety, patient comfort and cost. Learning takes place through the use of a programmed ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Clarke RM

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new computerized system for the allocation of pre-registration house-officer appointments to medical graduates at the Welsh National School of Medicine is described. The need to withdraw an earlier system, used through much of the 1970s, is explained, and the advantages possessed by the new system are discussed. ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Johns KA,Dean CE

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Apprenticeship learning is common in medical education, but is often situated in theoretical frameworks which highlight its cognitive but not its social dimension. METHODS:We conducted an ethnographic case study of paediatric residents' learning relationships with their preceptors in a community-based paediatr...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Balmer DF,Serwint JR,Ruzek SB,Giardino AP

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The supervision of specialty registrars during on-call shifts is essential to ensure the quality of both health care and medical education, but has been identified as a major novelty and stressor for new consultants in the transition from specialty training. There is a paucity of research on how consultants dea...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Westerman M,Teunissen PW,Fokkema JP,Siegert CE,van der Vleuten CP,Scherpbier AJ,Scheele F

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The evaluation of training is problematic and the evidence base inconclusive. This situation may arise for 2 main reasons: training is not understood as a complex intervention and, related to this, the evaluation methods applied are often overly simplistic. METHOD:This paper makes the case for construing train...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Drescher U,Warren F,Norton K

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Concept maps have been used to promote meaningful learning and critical thinking. Although these are crucially important in all disciplines, evidence for the benefits of concept mapping for learning in medicine is limited. METHODS:We performed a randomised crossover study to assess the benefits of online testa...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Ho V,Kumar RK,Velan G

更新日期：2014-07-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To investigate the current status of teaching on spirituality in medicine in UK medical schools and to establish if and how medical schools are preparing future doctors to identify patients' spiritual needs. METHODS:We carried out a national questionnaire survey using a 2-part questionnaire. Section A contai...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Neely D,Minford EJ

更新日期：2008-02-01 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：OBJECTIVES:In the present state of flux affecting UK medical undergraduate education, there is a pressing need for evaluative methods which will identify relevant outcomes both expected and unanticipated. The student perspective is now legitimately accepted to form part of any evaluative exercise but qualitative method...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Lloyd-Jones G,Fowell S,Bligh JG

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many epidemiological studies have shown the magnitude and seriousness of mental disorders in developing countries. However, mental health care remains unsatisfactory owing to lack of skilled manpower and many other social and medical priorities. General practitioners and other health personnel can significantly help i...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Khandelwal SK,Workneh F

更新日期：1986-07-01 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：:The planning and implementation of a curriculum for a department of family and community health in a new medical school in a developing country presents special problems. The evolution of the programme at Sultan Qaboos University in the Sultanate of Oman is described and discussed. ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Musgrove JP

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The explicit, intentional and systematic application of continuous quality improvement (QI) in medical education practice and research can improve medical education and help it achieve its goals. Quality improvement and medical education share a foundation centred on learning-experiencing, reflecting, thinking ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Wong BM,Headrick LA

更新日期：2021-01-01 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