Undergraduate psychiatry teaching in Ethiopia.

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：CONTEXT:Reflection has been considered crucial to learning. Engaging in reflection while solving problems is expected to foster identification of knowledge gaps and interest in learning more about them, the latter being a major motivational force in learning. Although theoretically sound, this assumption still lacks em...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Ribeiro LMC,Mamede S,Moura AS,de Brito EM,de Faria RMD,Schmidt HG

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To assess the effectiveness of a stress reduction elective on Year 2 medical students and to assess the sustainability of any noted improvement. METHODS:A new elective entitled 'Mind-Body Medicine: an Experiential Elective' was offered to Year 2 medical students. It was based on a course developed by the Ce...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Finkelstein C,Brownstein A,Scott C,Lan YL

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to describe the application, feasibility and outcomes of using simulated patients (SPs) to increase the skills of general practitioners (GPs) delivering a behavioural intervention to reduce childhood overweight and mild obesity. METHODS:Five female actors were trained as SPs. A total of 67 ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Gerner B,Sanci L,Cahill H,Ukoumunne OC,Gold L,Rogers L,McCallum Z,Wake M

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The unbiased selection of images representing a spectrum of diagnostic difficulty is an important first step in designing effective assessment and teaching interventions for X-ray interpretation. OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to develop a scale that would reliably differentiate more difficult X-rays from those t...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Boutis K,Pecaric M,Pusic M

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a study of the development of professional attitudes in medical students, a modified version of the Medical Attitudes Inventory (Harris, 1974) was administered to 141 male and female first year medical students in Lagos, Nigeria. The results show that the students have well-defined attitudes on certain issues and a...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Jegede RO

更新日期：1978-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The General Medical Council's document 'Tomorrow's Doctors' (1993, GMC, London) recommended major changes in the undergraduate curricula of UK medical schools. In Nottingham, the fourth-year psychiatric attachment became shorter in duration, and interactive, problem-oriented, workshop-based learning replaced lectures....

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Singh SP,Baxter H,Standen P,Duggan C

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major functions of examinations are noted and a scheme of multiple choice testing is outlined which distinguishes between the certification function and the grading function of examinations. This scheme has been in operation since January 1976 in the Department of Anatomy, University of Cape Town, and preliminary ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Fredman M

更新日期：1979-11-01 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：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：:The teaching of ethics to medical students has recently become a topic of much importance to all concerned with medical education. However, those most involved, the students themselves, have been consulted very little. This paper reports the views of a sample of medical students at Oxford University on what ethics tea...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Delaney B,Kean L

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A postal survey about opinions of quality assurance and the methods used to teach this subject was sent to all family practice course organizers in England, Wales and Scotland, and to all family practice residency directors in the USA. Opinions of quality assurance were more positive from the American responders. A wi...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Baker R,Green L

更新日期：1990-05-01 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：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

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：:The introduction of the new Open University distance learning pack on coronary heart disease to a selected group of Welsh general practitioners has been evaluated. The most commonly perceived disadvantages were the amount of time required to study the pack, the cost of buying it and the work involved in implementing i...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Pill R,Stott NC

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVE The goal of this paper is to examine how to apply the science of learning to medical education. SCIENCE OF LEARNING The science of learning is the scientific study of how people learn. Multimedia learning - learning from words and pictures - is particularly relevant to medical education. The cognitive theory...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Mayer RE

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

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:Prior studies suggest that clinicians can categorise patients in an emergency room as 'sick' or 'not sick' using rapid visual assessment. The rapid nature of these decisions suggests clinicians are relying on pattern recognition or System 1 processing; however, this has not been studied experimentally. In this ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Sibbald M,Sherbino J,Preyra I,Coffin-Simpson T,Norman G,Monteiro S

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Since their introduction, workplace-based assessments (WBAs) have proliferated throughout postgraduate medical education. Previous reviews have identified mixed findings regarding WBAs' effectiveness, but have not considered the importance of user-tool-context interactions. The present review was conducted t...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Prentice S,Benson J,Kirkpatrick E,Schuwirth L

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Progress testing is a form of longitudinal examination which, in principle, samples at regular intervals from the complete domain of knowledge considered a requirement for medical students on completion of the undergraduate programme. Over the course of the programme students improve their scores on the test...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： McHarg J,Bradley P,Chamberlain S,Ricketts C,Searle J,McLachlan JC

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Undergraduate medical students of the Ben Gurion University were evaluated upon completion of their fourth- and sixth-year medical clerkships by a 17-item rating scale, a multiple choice question (MCQ) test and a patient-oriented oral examination by two academic staff members. Pearson's correlation coefficient between...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Keynan A,Friedman M,Benbassat J

更新日期：1987-11-01 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：: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：:This study was undertaken to clarify the goals of the clinical general practitioner attachment scheme at the University of Queensland. Emphasis was placed on comparing the aims of the academics, the general practitioner preceptors and the students. Prior to the 2-week attachments students selected a different set of g...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Colditz GA,Munro JG,Sheehan M

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Wellcome Tropical Institute has assisted countries in the tropics to establish viable systems of continuing medical education, particularly for young doctors practising in rural areas. As part of this strategy the Institute has developed material for use in distance learning. The first attempt to apply the problem...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Engel CE,Browne E,Nyarango P,Akor S,Khwaja A,Karim AA,Towle A

更新日期：1992-09-01 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：:This paper describes a teaching programme, for use in general practice vocational training, which provides a theoretical and practical framework for exploring key aspects of the consultation with trainees. A particular emphasis is on the educational or 'cognitive' outcomes of the consultation and skills for improving ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Boulton M,Griffiths J,Hall D,McIntyre M,Oliver B,Woodward J

更新日期：1984-07-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Most medical schools in the UK have been engaged in major curriculum reform based on their premises of what might improve undergraduate medical education. In 1994 the course at the medical school of the University of Manchester changed to an integrated course using problem-based learning throughout and wit...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Jones A,McArdle PJ,O'Neill PA

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00