A trial of multiple choice examination in pharmacology.

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 AND OBJECTIVES:The training of caring physicians represents an important goal of medical education. Little is known however, on whether medical faculty constitute good role models for teaching humanistic skills to medical students. In this study, we examined to what extent medical students at innovative and ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Maheux B,Beaudoin C,Berkson L,Côté L,Des Marchais J,Jean P

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The purpose of this study was to gather information regarding the appropriateness of the length of time allotted for candidates to complete the history taking and physical examination tasks in a high-stakes standardized patient (SP) assessment. DESIGN:Data were collected on actual time used by 1548 examinee...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Chambers KA,Boulet JR,Gary NE

更新日期：2000-10-01 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：CONTEXT:The primary goal of discussing patient cases during the morning report is to teach appropriate clinical decision making. In addition, the selection of the best diagnostic strategy and application of evidence-based patient care are important. Reducing hospital costs is fundamental to controlling inflation in hea...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Boushehri E,Khamseh ME,Farshchi A,Aghili R,Malek M,Ebrahim Valojerdi A

更新日期：2013-07-01 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：:Audit is an important part of clinical practice, and has been promoted as a core aspect of undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. Few examples of how audit is taught in the undergraduate curriculum exist. This article presents a model for student teaching using innovative methods, which include an extended ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Howe AC,Purkiss V

更新日期：1998-11-01 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：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：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：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：CONTEXT:Rural community-based medical education (RCBME), in which medical student learning activities take place within a rural community, requires students, clinical teachers, patients, community members and representatives of health and government sectors to actively contribute to the educational process. Therefore, ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Somporn P,Ash J,Walters L

更新日期：2018-08-01 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：:Introductory courses in environmental health are intended for doctors newly appointed to the emergency duty rotas of the Medical Officer for Environmental Health. Three courses have been held in Bristol between 1984 and 1987. They have been evaluated with a problem management questionnaire completed by 44 of the 47 pa...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Philipp R

更新日期：1989-05-01 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：:Medical school teachers must have an accurate idea of the doctor's clinical reasoning process (CRP) in order to provide students with learning experiences and evaluations that will ensure their acquisition of an effective and efficient CRP. It is difficult to derive this understanding from much that has been written o...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Barrows HS,Feltovich PJ

更新日期：1987-03-01 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：OBJECTIVES:The lack of published studies into effective skills teaching in clinical skills centres inspired this study of student views of the teaching behaviours of skills teachers. METHODS:We organised focus group discussions with students from Years 1-3 of a 6-year undergraduate medical curriculum. A total of 30 ra...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Martens MJ,Duvivier RJ,van Dalen J,Verwijnen GM,Scherpbier AJ,van der Vleuten CP

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 119 patients with diabetes, student nurses, social workers, dietitians and medical students a pretest was carried out with multiple-choice questions on the subject of diabetes diet. The group was then exposed to programmed diet instruction with a teaching machine. There was a significant learning effect as measured...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Teuscher A,Heidecker B

更新日期：1976-11-01 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：:There is evidence that nurses fulfil the requirements of objective judgement better than doctors. Simulation of Initial Medical Problem-Solving (SIMP), a paper-and-pencil test for the assessment of medical problem-solving, consists of case histories, followed by an open-ended question. The scoring of open-ended questi...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： de Graaff E

更新日期：1989-07-01 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

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Remediation is usually offered to medical students and doctors in training who underperform on written or clinical examinations. However, there is uncertainty and conflicting evidence about the effectiveness of remediation. The aim of this systematic review was to synthesise the available evidence to clarify...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Cleland J,Leggett H,Sandars J,Costa MJ,Patel R,Moffat M

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:In the context of movement towards mandatory continuing dental education, this paper describes how a delayed postal questionnaire can be used in course evaluation. Specifically, the value of the questionnaire as a tool for assessing the impact of short course attendance on general dental practice is examin...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Bullock AD,Belfield CR,Butterfield S,Ribbins PM,Frame JW

更新日期：1999-07-01 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:Academic journals represent shared spaces wherein the significance of thematic areas, methodologies and paradigms are debated and shaped through collective engagement. By studying journals in their historical and cultural contexts, the academic community can gain insight into the ways in which authors and audie...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Rangel JC,Cartmill C,Martimianakis MA,Kuper A,Whitehead CR

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：CONTEXT:Ethnography has been gaining appreciation in the field of health professions education (HPE) research, yet it remains misunderstood. Our article contributes to this growing literature by describing some of the key tensions with which both aspiring and seasoned ethnographers should productively struggle. METHOD...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Bressers G,Brydges M,Paradis E

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Although competence committees (CCs) are most often conceptualised as group decision-making bodies, policy documents forward a more ambitious vision and outline several additional roles for CCs that support the continuous quality improvement of education programmes and promote formative feedback. However, wheth...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Pack R,Lingard L,Watling C,Cristancho S

更新日期：2020-06-01 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