Illuminating an address: a guide for speakers at medical meetings.

abstract：CONTEXT:In relation to pre-registration house officer (PRHO) rotations incorporating general practice, previous research has recommended that where possible, no PRHO should undertake general practice as the first placement, because of the difficulties encountered. It was recognized that logistically, this could make su...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Williams C,Cantillon P,Cochrane M

更新日期：2001-06-01 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：:This study compares the predictive values of written-knowledge tests and a standardized multiple-station examination for the actual medical performance of general practitioners (GPs) in order to select effective assessment methods to be used in quality-improvement activities. A comprehensive assessment was performed i...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Ram P,van der Vleuten C,Rethans JJ,Schouten B,Hobma S,Grol R

更新日期：1999-03-01 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：:The response of one region to the Department of Health and Social Security recommendations on re-employment of women doctors contained in H.M. 69(6) is described. In many specialities there has been an encouraging return of married women doctors to medical practice within the hospital service. In the field of psychiat...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Bluglass K,Dunn TL,Gaston FW

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was undertaken to evaluate the competence of rotating residents in handling clinical problems, falling under the purview of the major clinical disciplines, which they come across during their routine work. Three hundred and one rotating residents (55% of the total) who graduated in June 1981 from the...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Al-Chalabi TS,Al-Na'ama MR,Al-Thamery DM,Alkafajei AM,Mustafa GY,Joseph G,Sugathan TN

更新日期：1983-11-01 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 University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSM) has initiated new efforts to build a regional minority applicant pool and to expand its educational programmes to accommodate students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Specific interventions include: establishment of medical career planner position to coordinate re...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Yergan J,Phillips TJ,Schaad DC,May A,Drickey R,Yerby MS

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Medical residents can play key roles in improving health care quality by speaking up and giving suggestions for improvements. However, previous research on speaking up by medical residents has shown that speaking up is difficult for residents. This study explored: (i) whether two main aspects of medical resi...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Voogt JJ,Taris TW,van Rensen ELJ,Schneider MME,Noordegraaf M,van der Schaaf MF

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To: (i) identify key assumptions of the scientific 'paradigm' that shapes clinical communication research and education in cancer care; (ii) show that, as general rules, these do not match patients' own priorities for communication; and (iii) suggest how the paradigm might change to reflect evidence better a...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Salmon P,Young B

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a new educational scheme introduced in Malta in 1978, university students spend half of the academic year studying and the other half as workers in various departments. During their work phase, students designed and made working models as teaching aids for the study of physiology. The value of these models was asse...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Abu-Sitta SA,Shalaby MA,Hajek J

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Recently several authors have drawn parallels between educational research and some theories of natural science, in particular complexity theory and chaos theory. The central claim is that both the natural science theories are useful metaphors for education research in that they deal with phenomena that involve...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Norman G

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In this paper we report on further tests of the validity of the multiple mini-interview (MMI) selection process, comparing MMI scores with those achieved on a national high-stakes clinical skills examination. We also continue to explore the stability of candidate performance and the extent to which so-call...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Eva KW,Reiter HI,Trinh K,Wasi P,Rosenfeld J,Norman GR

更新日期：2009-08-01 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:Small declines in patient-centred attitudes during medical education have caused great concern. Although some of the self-report scales applied have solid psychometric foundations, validity evidence for the interpretation of attitude erosion during clerkships remains weak. OBJECTIVES:We sought to address this ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Bombeke K,Symons L,Mortelmans D,Debaene L,Schol S,Van Royen P,De Winter B

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Education and training are terms which are often used loosely, interchangeably, and require definition. Training is often seen as a series of activities which are related to the acquisition of specific skills and may be narrowly based. Education, on the other hand, has an important value base and is broader in concept...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Calman KC,Downie RS

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to provide some insight into the manner and degree of students' acquisition of practical skills. One hundred and fifty-two of a total of 166 students in a medical clerkship during the first clinical year answered a questionnaire. The questionnaire contained fifty-eight different laboratory test...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Hunskaar S,Seim SH

更新日期：1983-09-01 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：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:Critical reflection may improve health professionals' performance of the social roles of care (eg collaboration) in indeterminate zones of practice that are ambiguous, unique, unstable or value-conflicted. Research must explore critical reflection in practice and how it is developed. In this study, we explored ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Ng SL,Mylopoulos M,Kangasjarvi E,Boyd VA,Teles S,Orsino A,Lingard L,Phelan S

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To determine whether postgraduate students are able to assess the quality of undergraduate medical examinations and to establish whether faculty can use their results to troubleshoot the curriculum in terms of its content and evaluation. SUBJECTS:First and second year family medicine postgraduate students. ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Harris JA,Heneghan HC,McKay DW

更新日期：2003-02-01 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：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：: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：:Medical students are allocated little curriculum time for exposure to expert systems. ESTA, a computer model of an expert system, was developed to make best use of this time. The nature of the students' interaction with ESTA is described, and their reactions to the expert system concepts and the place of expert system...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： McWilliams AT

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Multi-source feedback (MSF) enables performance data to be provided to doctors from patients, co-workers and medical colleagues. This study examined the evidence for the validity of MSF instruments for general practice, investigated changes in performance for doctors who participated twice, 5 years apart, an...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Violato C,Lockyer JM,Fidler H

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was to determine whether Medical Informatics education among house staff is included in the current residency curriculum, and to present ways in which this type of education may be improved. DESIGN:During autumn 1996 a mailed survey was distributed to chief residents of American ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Roberts JR,Spooner SA

更新日期：1999-10-01 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:Electives are part of most Western medical school curricula. It is estimated that each year 3000-4000 undergraduate medical students from the UK alone undertake an elective in a developing country. The impact of these electives has given some cause for concern, but the views of elective hosts are largely missin...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Kumwenda B,Dowell J,Daniels K,Merrylees N

更新日期：2015-06-01 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