Why health professions education needs functional linguistics: the power of 'stealth words'.

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To explore the medical school experiences of students who self-identify as coming from a working-class or impoverished family background. METHODS:A questionnaire was administered to Year 3 medical students at a Canadian medical school and in-depth interviews were held with 25 of these students (cohort 1). Th...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Beagan BL

更新日期：2005-08-01 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：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：:An improved teaching package is described which aims to help general practice trainees manage somatized presentations of psychological distress. The package comprises a training videotape in which a reattribution model is demonstrated, with material for role-play of new skills and small-group video feedback of consult...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Kaaya S,Goldberg D,Gask L

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Accreditation of medical education programmes is becoming increasingly prevalent worldwide, but beyond the face validity of these quality assurance methods, data linking accreditation to improved student outcomes are limited. Mexico and the Philippines both have voluntary systems of medical education accreditat...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： van Zanten M,McKinley D,Durante Montiel I,Pijano CV

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Understanding how students resolve professional conflict is essential to teaching and evaluating professionalism. The purpose of this study was to refine an existing coding structure of rationalizations of student behaviour, and to further our understanding of students' reasoning strategies in the face of perce...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Ginsburg S,Regehr G,Lingard L

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a method of teaching communication skills to pre-clinical medical students in the setting of general practice. By focusing on the nature of the patient's problem this teaching tries to place interviewing and diagnostic procedures in their proper context in the doctor-patient relationship. ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Armstrong D,Hicks BH,Higgins PM,Weinman JA

更新日期：1979-03-01 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：AIM:To evaluate the surgical seminars given for medical students at Auckland University and factors affecting them, so as to define areas for improvement. METHODS:A confidential questionnaire was completed by fourth-year medical students for each surgical seminar they attended during an academic year. The seminars wer...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Abu-Zidan FM,Windsor JA

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Gender bias has been observed in the authorship and editorship of academic literature in varied medical specialties. This is important as peer-reviewed publications, and participation on editorial boards, are closely related to academic productivity and advancement. The aim of this paper was to examine whether ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Madden C,O'Malley R,O'Connor P,O'Dowd E,Byrne D,Lydon S

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to examine the nature and extent of use of the social networking service Facebook by young medical graduates, and their utilisation of privacy options. METHODS:We carried out a cross-sectional survey of the use of Facebook by recent medical graduates, accessing material potentially availabl...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： MacDonald J,Sohn S,Ellis P

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The recommendations of the General Medical Council in Tomorrow's Doctors renewed efforts to define core knowledge in undergraduate medical education. They also encouraged better use of the medical knowledge base in nurturing clinical judgement, critical thinking, and reflective practice. What then does the medi...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Maudsley G,Strivens J

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The responsibility to determine just who is competent to practice medicine, and at what standard, is great. Whilst there is still a period available for potential remediation, examinations at the completion of year three of the four-year Graduate Entry Medical Programme (GEMP) at Flinders University of South Au...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Searle J

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:A recent study has suggested that assessors judge performance comparatively rather than against fixed standards. Ratings assigned to borderline trainees were found to be biased by previously seen candidates' performances. We extended that programme of investigation by examining these effects across a range of p...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Yeates P,O'Neill P,Mann K,W Eva K

更新日期：2013-09-01 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：CONTEXT:Widening access to higher education is a political priority. Social trends among medical school applicants are presently monitored using information on parental occupation. However, not all students now provide this information on their university application forms. OBJECTIVES:To compare the demographic charac...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Do PC,Parry J,Mathers J,Richardson M

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent graduates (1989-1990) of a traditional school of Chinese medicine were assessed by observers using a 10-item scale for professional behaviour in the non-cognitive realm. Overall, 10.7% of the graduates had low ratings on this scale. Of those who scored in the top two quartiles on this scale, 71.4% reported that...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Lu YH,Meng XY,Liu X

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a teaching programme for final- (sixth-) year undergraduate medical students during their 10-week term in child health. Students attend schools on two occasions and are actively involved in the physical, educational and emotional assessment of children. The advantages of the programme include acti...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： O'Hara V,Vance JC,McMillan D

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In response to the increased need to train well-rounded general practitioners within a limited time schedule, the teaching staff developed a self-instructional videotape programme devoted to suicide assessment. This tape, if successful, was to serve as a pilot for a full series of 18 tapes devoted to the assessment an...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Golden K,Furst E,Sundermann R,Delk J,McGill S

更新日期：1980-01-01 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：: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：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：CONTEXT:Clinical context may act as both an aid to decision making and a source of bias contributing to medical error. The effect of clinical history, a form of clinical context, on the diagnostic accuracy of the physical examination is unknown. METHODS:We randomised internal medicine residents to receive either no hi...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Sibbald M,Panisko D,Cavalcanti RB

更新日期：2011-04-01 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：:As a reflection on the Edinburgh Declaration, this conceptual synthesis presents six important challenges in relation to the role of medical education in meeting current national health priorities. CONTEXT:This paper presents a conceptual synthesis of current efforts in medical education to incorporate national healt...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Nair M,Fellmeth G

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The traditional clinical examination has been shown to have serious limitations in terms of its validity and reliability. The OSCE provides some answers to these limitations and has become very popular. Many variants on the original OSCE format now exist and much research has been done on various aspects of their use....

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Newble D

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Evaluation of courses tends to emphasize individual teacher behaviour and/or student reaction to the course. To avoid this approach a technique to determine student expectations and the degree to which the expectations were or were not met by the course was used. In addition, student perceptions of laboratory teaching...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Rosinski EF,Hill PM

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beginning medical students spend numerous hours every week attending basic science lectures and taking notes. Medical faculty often wonder whether they should give students pre-printed instructors' notes before lectures. Proponents of this strategy argue that provided notes enhance learning by facilitating the accurat...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Morrison EH,McLaughlin C,Rucker L

更新日期：2002-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine teachers' views of the first batch of graduates of a revised medical curriculum in Asia. METHODS:A cross-sectional study using a structured questionnaire was carried out to obtain the views of all the clinical teachers involved in teaching final year students of the old curriculum in 2000-01 and t...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Lam TP,Khoo US,Chan YS,Cheng YH,Lam KF

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To assess the relative effectiveness of videotape feedback and lecture methods for teaching alcohol brief intervention skills. DESIGN:In a controlled trial, two student blocks received a manual, lecture and demonstration about the principles and practice of brief alcohol intervention. In addition, experiment...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Walsh RA,Sanson-Fisher RW,Low A,Roche AM

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00