Longitudinal assessment of the impact of the use of the UK clinical aptitude test for medical student selection.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This instalment in the series on professional assessment provides an introduction to methods of setting standards. METHOD:A standard is a special score that serves as a boundary between those who perform well enough and those who do not. The practical steps in selecting it include: deciding on the type of st...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Norcini JJ

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Finland primary health care has a long historical background. The local communities, the state and the church have at various times and places been responsible for primary health care during the last few centuries. In 1972, a major reform took place when a new Primary Health Care Act came into force. In the same ye...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Kumpusalo E,Tuomilehto J

更新日期：1987-09-01 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：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：OBJECTIVES:The attitudes towards the basic sciences of medical students enrolled in either of 2 different curricula at the University of Utrecht Medical School in The Netherlands were investigated. The purpose of this study was threefold: first, to compare students (beginning clerks) in a conventional and an innovative...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Custers EJ,Cate OT

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For many years student ratings have been used to assess the strengths and weaknesses of various courses and the teaching abilities of the instructors involved. Investigators have either supported or attacked the validity of this assessment procedure on the basis of the direction and degree of the relationship found be...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Mendelson MA,Canaday SD,Hardin JH

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This article explores the concept of resilience and its potential relevance to medicine. It also looks at the dimensions of resilience and its ethical importance for effective professional practice, and considers whether a focus on resilience might be useful in medical training. METHODS:An applied literatur...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Howe A,Smajdor A,Stöckl A

更新日期：2012-04-01 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：:Supervised role-play is presented as a method for teaching the process of the medical consultation. The process of the consultation is reviewed and a brief description of supervised role-play is given with some of its advantages and disadvantages. Some simple devices used in the method are explained with examples. The...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Mansfield F

更新日期：1991-11-01 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：: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：BACKGROUND:The study of human factors is a scientific discipline that deals with the interactions between human beings and the elements of a system. This is important because shortcomings in these areas, if unchecked, can result in adverse outcomes. Research into human factors in industries where safety is paramount ha...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Glavin RJ,Maran NJ

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The recurrent failure to adequately conceptualize the medical meaning of 'diease' is explained as a function of the way this is taught in the curriculum. It is not transmitted within the formal curriculum but within the internal structural relationships of the medical course. The limits of this particular definition e...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Armstrong D

更新日期：1977-07-01 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：CONTEXT:Progress tests, in which learners are repeatedly assessed on equivalent content at different times in their training and provided with feedback, would seem to lend themselves well to a competency-based framework, which requires more frequent formative assessments. The objective structured clinical examination (...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Pugh D,Bhanji F,Cole G,Dupre J,Hatala R,Humphrey-Murto S,Touchie C,Wood TJ

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aims to identify whether non-science graduates perform as well as science graduates in Basic and Clinical Sciences (B & CS) assessments during Years 1-3 of a four-year graduate-entry programme at the University of Sydney (the 'USydMP'). METHODS:Students were grouped into five categories: Health P...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Craig PL,Gordon JJ,Clark RM,Langendyk V

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:As part of curriculum evaluation, management and quality assurance strategies, many undergraduate medical schools are in the process of constructing computer-based curriculum maps. METHODS:A survey was distributed to Canadian and UK medical schools to determine the current status, characteristics, and challeng...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Willett TG

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At the University of Queensland all medical students in their fifth year rotate through a 2-week attachment to a general practitioner tutor as part of the course in community practice. As a means of learning from this experience each student records information in a log diary on seventy-five consecutive patients seen,...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Munro JG

更新日期：1984-03-01 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：: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：:The inconsistency of the marking in clinical examinations is a well documented problem. This project identified some of the factors responsible for this inconsistency. A standardized rating situation was devised. Five students were videotaped as they performed part of a physical examination on simulated patients. Eigh...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Newble DI,Hoare J,Sheldrake PF

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIMS:This paper describes the process of validating the Readiness for Interprofessional Learning Scale (RIPLS) for use with postgraduate health care professionals. CONTEXT:The RIPLS questionnaire has proved useful in the undergraduate context, enabling tutors to assess the readiness of students to engage in interprofe...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Reid R,Bruce D,Allstaff K,McLernon D

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To describe the perceptions of medical students and clinical teachers of teaching and learning in the clinical setting. DESIGN:Qualitative study of focus groups with undergraduate medical students and semistructured interviews with hospital consultant clinical teachers. SETTING:The School of Medicine, Unive...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Stark P

更新日期：2003-11-01 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：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：CONTEXT:Trainees in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education engage in multiple transitions as part of the educational process, including many transitions that occur on both periodic and daily bases within medical education programmes. The clinical rotation, based on either a medical discipline or clinical care...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Holmboe E,Ginsburg S,Bernabeo E

更新日期：2011-01-01 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:Grades are commonly used in formative workplace-based assessment (WBA) in medical education and training, but may draw attention away from feedback about the task. A dilemma arises because the self-regulatory focus of a trainee must include self-awareness relative to agreed standards, which implies grading. OB...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Lefroy J,Hawarden A,Gay SP,McKinley RK,Cleland J

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Educational approaches are thought to have facilitative or hindering effects on students' critical thinking development. The aim of this study was to compare the effects of problem-based learning (PBL) and lecturing approaches on the development of students' critical thinking. METHODS:All 79 Year 1 undergra...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Tiwari A,Lai P,So M,Yuen K

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Resources for medical education are becoming more constrained, whereas accountability in medical education is increasing. In this constrictive environment, medical schools need to consider and justify their selection procedures in terms of costs and benefits. To date, there have been no studies focusing on this...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Schreurs S,Cleland J,Muijtjens AMM,Oude Egbrink MGA,Cleutjens K

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00