Short answer questions in an undergraduate qualifying examination: a study of examiner variability.

abstract：:This booklet is a guide to using observational research methods in medical and health-care education. Emphasis is given to the role of observation in providing concrete, detailed descriptions of how educational events unfold. It is suggested that observational methods have a valuable contribution to make to our unders...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Fleming WG

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Established in 1858, the General Medical Council was responsible, inter alia, for improving the standard of medical education in Britain. It was agreed on all hands that there were serious deficiencies: there was far too much book-learning and not enough practical knowledge; students graduated who were wholly ignorant...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Youngson AJ

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Simulated patients (SPs) are extensively used in the teaching of medical communication, both for students and doctors. They occupy a unique middle ground between patients and physicians: although free from the prejudices that medical training brings, they work closely with clinical tutors to promote the princip...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Laughey W,Sangvik Grandal N,M Finn G

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Learning to value ethnic diversity is the appreciation of how variations in culture and background may affect health care. It involves acknowledging and responding to an individual's culture in its broadest sense. This requires learning the skills to negotiate effective communication, a heightened awarenes...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Kai J,Spencer J,Wilkes M,Gill P

更新日期：1999-08-01 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：: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：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: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：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 average length of in-patient stay (LOS) in Japan is longer than that of the other Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries. The tendency towards long LOS is also apparent in teaching hospitals in Japan. This paper examines factors responsible for the long LOS in teaching hospitals, fo...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Yamaoka K,Kobayashi Y,Yano E

更新日期：1993-05-01 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：: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：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：BACKGROUND:Given the complexity of competency frameworks, associated skills and abilities, and contexts in which they are to be assessed in competency-based education (CBE), there is an increased reliance on rater judgements when considering trainee performance. This increased dependence on rater-based assessment has l...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Gauthier G,St-Onge C,Tavares W

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of the epidemiological method in primary health care (PHC) has become an accepted part of the service. The team will utilize community-oriented data in order to assess the health needs of the population, perform continued surveillance of changes in the health of the people served and for service evaluation. Th...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Epstein LM,Tamir A,Spenser T,Perlman S

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes the development and structure of an Electronic Study Guide for Oncology (LETSGO) for undergraduate medical students. LETSGO is aimed at clinical students learning about cancer. The subject of the guide is breast cancer and learning objectives cover structure and function, behavioural science, publ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Mooney GA,Bligh JG,Leinster SF,Warenius HM

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Medical students must develop not only their professional identity but also inclusive social attitudes for effective medical practice in the future. This study explores the elements that contribute to medical students' sense of professional identity and investigates the concept of social exclusivity and how ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Weaver R,Peters K,Koch J,Wilson I

更新日期：2011-12-01 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：:South Africa is undergoing tremendous political and social change affecting every sphere of society, including medical education and the delivery of health services. The legacy of its history created a health system that in some respects can be compared to the best in the world, but one also characterized by inequity,...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： de Villiers PJ,de Villiers MR

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:A challenge for medical educators is to better understand the personal factors that lead to individual success in medical school and beyond. Recently, educational researchers in fields outside medicine have acknowledged the importance of motivation and emotion in students' learning and performance. These affect...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Artino AR,La Rochelle JS,Durning SJ

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:A mythical Pyramid of Learning, usually attributed to Edgar Dale (or the National Training Laboratories [NTL]) and giving student learning retention rates, has been cited in a wide range of educational literature. A 2013 literature review indicated that medical education literature similarly cites this Pyr...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Masters K

更新日期：2020-01-01 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：BACKGROUND:Positive interpersonal relationships between teachers and learners increase the quality of learning. The purpose of this study was to investigate psychological size (perceived status) and psychological distance (perceived emotional connectedness) in medical teaching interactions and their impact on the teach...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Vaughn LM,Baker RC

更新日期：2004-10-01 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：:A postal questionnaire was distributed to all students who had discontinued, for any reason, their studies at Aberdeen Medical School. Opinions were sought about their experiences while there, as well as their reactions to the discontinuation therefrom. Claiming that learning to cope with stress was an essential aspe...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Alexander DA,Haldane JD

更新日期：1980-01-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Overseas-trained doctors (OTDs) have limited access and formal interaction with the Australian health care system prior to joining the Australian medical workforce. A pre-employment programme was designed to familiarize OTDs with the Australian health care system. METHOD:All OTDs who had passed their Austra...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Sullivan EA,Willcock S,Ardzejewska K,Slaytor EK

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compared the communication skills of randomly chosen first- and final-year medical students. The intention was to follow up previous research, conducted over 10 years ago, into the effects of the medical curriculum on communication skills. It was hypothesized that there would be little improvement in such s...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Davis H,Nicholaou T

更新日期：1992-11-01 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：INTRODUCTION:Capitalising on direct workplace observations of residents by interprofessional team members might be an effective strategy to promote formative feedback in postgraduate medical education. To better understand how interprofessional feedback is conceived, delivered, received and used, we explored both feedb...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Miles A,Ginsburg S,Sibbald M,Tavares W,Watling C,Stroud L

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00