Improving communication: a practical programme for teaching trainees about communication issues in the general practice consultation.

abstract：:Neuroanatomical laboratory material was presented to first-year medical students in a series of six self-instructional stations. Each station was designed to emphasize one major objective and to be completed without reference to any other station. Upon completion of a station the students filled out a response questio...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Fisher LJ,Davis WK,Hitch EJ,Barr PA

更新日期：1980-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The General Medical Council has recommended that medical students should gain more experience in general practice. The study set out to determine patients' reactions to consultations conducted by a medical student alone prior to seeing their GP. DESIGN:A random sample of patients attending general practice ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Bentham J,Burke J,Clark J,Svoboda C,Vallance G,Yeow M

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Associations between language background, English language proficiency and medical communication skills were investigated in a group of 149 third year undergraduate medical students studying at an Australian university. Written and aural English proficiency were assessed with the Screening Test for Adolescent Language...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Chur-Hansen A,Vernon-Roberts J,Clark S

更新日期：1997-07-01 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：UNLABELLED:Communicating "bad news" to patients and their families can be difficult for physicians. OBJECTIVE:This qualitative study aimed to examine residents' perceptions of barriers to delivering bad news to patients and their family members. DESIGN:Two focus groups consisting of first- and second-year medical and...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Dosanjh S,Barnes J,Bhandari M

更新日期：2001-03-01 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：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：:With increasing numbers of general practitioners wishing to provide child health surveillance during the 1980s and the expected further increase with the 1990 General Practice Contract, a course in child health surveillance was developed. The content of the course was determined by a needs assessment of Welsh general ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Houston HL,Reilly TA,Sibert JR,Davies DP

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Apprenticeship learning is common in medical education, but is often situated in theoretical frameworks which highlight its cognitive but not its social dimension. METHODS:We conducted an ethnographic case study of paediatric residents' learning relationships with their preceptors in a community-based paediatr...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Balmer DF,Serwint JR,Ruzek SB,Giardino AP

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Selected-response (SR) formats (e.g. multiple-choice questions) and constructed-response (CR) formats (e.g. short-answer questions) are commonly used to test the knowledge of examinees. Scores on SR formats are typically higher than scores on CR formats. This difference is often attributed to examinees being cu...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Desjardins I,Touchie C,Pugh D,Wood TJ,Humphrey-Murto S

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Student assessment in community settings presents problems for medical teachers, e.g., difficulties in assessing the contribution of individual members to group work, and lack of test standardization due to varying field conditions. The Faculty of Medicine, University of Gezira, Sudan is a community-oriented, communit...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Magzoub ME,Schmidt HG,Abdel-Hameed AA,Dolmans D,Mustafa SE

更新日期：1998-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new teaching programme for fourth-year medical students in child health in Harare, Zimbabwe is outlined. A 2-week attachment to a rural district-level hospital is intended to orient the students to primary health care and to the practice of clinical medicine in a low resource environment. The attachment has become p...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Waterston T,Sanders D

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to assess the effectiveness of videotapes in teaching mental state examination, two groups of medical students, one who had received videotape teaching and one not exposed to videotapes, are compared in their ability to observe accurately the mental state during a live interview. Accuracy of observation was a...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Sturgeon DA

更新日期：1979-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Medical schools are increasingly using novel tools to select applicants. The UK Clinical Aptitude Test (UKCAT) is one such tool and measures mental abilities, attitudes and professional behaviour conducive to being a doctor using constructs likely to be less affected by socio-demographic factors than traditiona...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Mathers J,Sitch A,Parry J

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Basic surgical skills are needed throughout the medical profession, but current training is haphazard and unpredictable. There is increasing pressure to provide transparency about training and performance standards. There is a clear need for inexperienced learners to build a framework of basic skills before car...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Kneebone R,ApSimon D

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Concept maps have been used to promote meaningful learning and critical thinking. Although these are crucially important in all disciplines, evidence for the benefits of concept mapping for learning in medicine is limited. METHODS:We performed a randomised crossover study to assess the benefits of online testa...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Ho V,Kumar RK,Velan G

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical students' attitudes toward psychiatry before and after their final (sixth) year psychiatric clerkship at a large psychiatric hospital were measured. We anticipated that exposure to severe, chronic psychiatric illness would affect student attitudes, and we undertook this study to investigate the direction and p...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Galletly CA,Schrader GD,Chesterman HM,Tsourtos G

更新日期：1995-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An instrument has been developed to assess tutor performance in problem-based tutorial groups. This tutor evaluation questionnaire consists of 13 statements reflecting the tutor's behaviour. The statements are based on a description of the tasks set for the tutor. This study reports results on the validity and reliabi...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Dolmans DH,Wolfhagen IH,Schmidt HG,van der Vleuten CP

更新日期：1994-11-01 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：BACKGROUND:Objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) standard-setting procedures are not well developed and are often time-consuming and complex. We report an evaluation of a simple 'contrasting groups' method, applied to an OSCE conducted simultaneously in three separate schools. SUBJECTS:Medical students unde...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Wilkinson TJ,Newble DI,Frampton CM

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Medical schools in Western societies seek measures to increase the diversity of their student bodies with respect to ethnicity and social background. Currently, little is known about the effects of different selection procedures on student diversity. OBJECTIVES:This prospective cohort study aimed to determine ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Stegers-Jager KM,Steyerberg EW,Lucieer SM,Themmen AP

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：: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：OBJECTIVE:To compare outcomes when answers to objective type problem-solving questions are marked with and without consideration of students' explanations of their answers. DESIGN:Students answered six multiple-part problem-solving questions on the final examination for a course in clinical biochemistry. Each part req...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Schwartz PL,Loten EG

更新日期：1999-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:We describe the use of standardised students (SSs) in interdisciplinary faculty development programmes to improve clinical teaching skills. Standardised students are actual health professions students who are trained to portray a prototypical teaching challenge consistently across many encounters with different...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Gelula MH,Yudkowsky R

更新日期：2003-07-01 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：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：CONTEXT:Complete reporting of research is essential to enable consumers to accurately appraise, interpret and apply findings. Quality appraisal checklists are giving way to tools that judge the risk for bias. OBJECTIVES:We sought to determine the prevalence of these complementary aspects of research reports (completen...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Horsley T,Galipeau J,Petkovic J,Zeiter J,Hamstra SJ,Cook DA

更新日期：2017-01-01 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：:Applicants for admission to St Mary's Hospital Medical School in 1986 were short-listed for interview by one of four assessors, who each made their assessments on a nine-item pro forma. One short-lister had also been studied in detail during 1981. Short-listers used the full range of possible judgements, in approximat...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： McManus IC,Maitlis SL,Richards P

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00