What advice is given to newly qualified doctors on Twitter? An analysis of #TipsForNewDocs tweets.

abstract：:The learning styles and preferences of health professionals have been studied increasingly over the past decade, yet few relationships have been found between doctors' career choices and learning styles. One of the problems of relating learning styles to specialty choice is that learning style instruments measure how ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Jewett LS,Greenberg LW,Foley RP,Goldberg RM,Spiegel CT,Green C

更新日期：1987-05-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Limited data illuminate how resident doctors view their important roles as teachers, supervisors and role models. Analysing qualitative data about resident teachers' self-perceptions can offer helpful insights. METHODS:One year after a randomised trial of a residents-as-teachers curriculum at a university...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Morrison EH,Shapiro JF,Harthill M

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The findings of a survey of 3262 women doctors registered between 1945 and 1974 are reported. The results are based on 2433 returned questionnaires (75% response). The survey confirmed that the special forms of assistance provided to enable women doctors to continue training and to work after graduation are inadequate...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Beaumont B

更新日期：1979-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In achieving a more effective use of resources in the National Health Service (NHS), the medical profession has a role to play by improving cost efficiency in clinical practice. This role implies that doctors should have some knowledge of medical costs. In order to determine the extent of this knowledge, sixty-seven h...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Fowkes FG

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Although medical students receive varied feedback throughout their training programmes, research demonstrates that they frequently perceive it as insufficient. However, supervisors tend to perceive that it is adequate. Students' responses to, and use of, feedback are not clearly understood. The purposes of this...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Murdoch-Eaton D,Sargeant J

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:(i) To design a new, quick and efficient method of assessing specific cognitive aspects of trainee clinical communication skills, to be known as the Objective Structured Video Exam (OSVE) (Study 1); (ii) to prepare a scoring scheme for markers (Study 2); and (iii) to determine reliability and evidence for va...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Humphris GM,Kaney S

更新日期：2000-11-01 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：INTRODUCTION:We describe the steps taken to develop an appropriate list of 'clinical problems' used to define the content of the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) component of the Professional and Linguistic Assessments Board (PLAB) examination. METHOD:A blueprint and list of 255 clinical problems was c...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Tombleson P,Fox RA,Dacre JA

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:As doctors in all specialties are expected to undertake leadership within health care organisations, leadership development has become an inherent part of medical education. Whereas the leadership literature within medical education remains mostly focused on individual, hierarchical leadership, contemporary the...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Gordon LJ,Rees CE,Ker JS,Cleland J

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical education is primarily about training physicians and maintaining their capabilities over time. Given that physicians are the primary focus of the field, there is a need for a clear idea of what physicians are or could be. This paper seeks to explore this issue by posing the simple question: ?Where do physician...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： H Ellaway R,Topps D,Topps M

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：APPROACH:Theme-oriented discourse analysis looks at how language constructs professional practice. Recordings of naturally occurring interactions are transcribed and combined with ethnographic knowledge. Analytic themes drawn primarily from sociology and linguistics shed light on how meaning is negotiated in interactio...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Roberts C,Sarangi S

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroanatomical laboratory material was presented to first-year medical students in a series of six self-instructional stations. Each station was designed to emphasize one major objective and to be completed without reference to any other station. Upon completion of a station the students filled out a response questio...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Fisher LJ,Davis WK,Hitch EJ,Barr PA

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The purpose of incorporating humanities teaching into medical education is to encourage students to develop into more sensitive and caring doctors who communicate well with their patients and colleagues. CONTENT:A unique 4th year student elective at the Medical College of Wisconsin incorporates reflective a...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Anderson R,Schiedermayer D

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The skill of inquiry is central to the task of the doctor confronted with a patient problem. Despite its importance this skill is not given appropriate emphasis in the education of medical students or in research concerning the clinical reasoning skills of doctors. ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Barrows HS

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:A new student selection instrument has been designed to assess candidate suitability for a problem-based learning, small group curriculum. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the performance of the new teamwork selection instrument in terms of its discriminatory power, fairness, validity, reliability and acceptability among...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Chamberlain SE,Searle J

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:We placed anaesthesia teams into a stressful environment in order to explore interactions between members of different professional groups and to investigate their perspectives on the impact of these interactions on team performance. METHODS:Ten anaesthetists, 5 nurses and 5 trained anaesthetic assistants e...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Weller JM,Janssen AL,Merry AF,Robinson B

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：CONTEXT:The occupational health literature has long been dominated by stress-related topics. A more contemporary perspective suggests using a positive approach in the form of a health model focused on what is right with people, such as feelings of well-being and satisfaction. OBJECTIVES:Using a positive perspective an...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Weng HC,Hung CM,Liu YT,Cheng YJ,Yen CY,Chang CC,Huang CK

更新日期：2011-08-01 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：: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:Empathy towards patients is associated with improved health outcomes. However, quantitative studies using self-reported data have not provided an in-depth opportunity to explore the lived experiences of medical students concerning empathy. OBJECTIVES:This study was designed to investigate undergraduate medical...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Tavakol S,Dennick R,Tavakol M

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to investigate whether or not education about the concept of uncertainty reduced variability in treatment decision-making. Three small groups of dentists in North York, Canada were asked to make restorative treatment decisions about simulated bitewing radiographs. They subsequently took...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Choi BC,Jokovic A,Kay EJ,Main PA,Leake JL

更新日期：1998-01-01 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：: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：: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：CONTEXT:The adverse patient event is an inherent component of surgical practice, but many surgeons are unprepared for the profound emotional responses these events can evoke. This study explored surgeons' reactions to adverse events and their impact on subsequent judgement and decision making. METHODS:Using a construc...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Luu S,Patel P,St-Martin L,Leung AS,Regehr G,Murnaghan ML,Gallinger S,Moulton CA

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Distance learning has been advocated increasingly as a modern efficient method of teaching surgery. Efficiency of knowledge transfer and validity of web-based courses have not been subjected to rigorous study to date. METHODS:An entirely web-based surgical 5-week lecture course was designed. Fifty per cent ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Ridgway PF,Sheikh A,Sweeney KJ,Evoy D,McDermott E,Felle P,Hill AD,O'Higgins NJ

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To compare outcomes when answers to objective type problem-solving questions are marked with and without consideration of students' explanations of their answers. DESIGN:Students answered six multiple-part problem-solving questions on the final examination for a course in clinical biochemistry. Each part req...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Schwartz PL,Loten EG

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:The study's first aim was to assess the emotional impact of cadaver dissection on first year medical students using the newly developed Appraisal of Life Events Scale (ALE). Its secondary aim was to evaluate the validity of the ALE by comparing it with the Impact of Events Scale (IOE). SETTING:Division of Biomedic...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： O'Carroll RE,Whiten S,Jackson D,Sinclair DW

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00