Medical education: the discontinuers' view point.

abstract：:Medical student wastage leads to adverse emotional and social consequences for individual students and financial difficulties and morale problems for medical schools. This study retrospectively assessed the records of all students at Leeds School of Medicine who left the course prematurely between 1983 and 1992. The d...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Simpson KH,Budd K

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper reviews some of the problems confronting medical education in Spain and some of the steps which have been taken to improve the current situation which is of serious concern to the Government, the Medical Colleges, the University, and the community generally. ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Vilardell F

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Increasing numbers of educational institutions in the medical field choose to replace their conventional admissions interviews with a multiple mini-interview (MMI) format because the latter has superior reliability values and reduces interviewer bias. As the MMI format can be adapted to the conditions of eac...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Knorr M,Hissbach J

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：: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：CONTEXT:Resources for medical education are becoming more constrained, whereas accountability in medical education is increasing. In this constrictive environment, medical schools need to consider and justify their selection procedures in terms of costs and benefits. To date, there have been no studies focusing on this...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Schreurs S,Cleland J,Muijtjens AMM,Oude Egbrink MGA,Cleutjens K

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The use of medical students as standardized patients in a performance assessment of pain evaluation was studied. METHODS:Fifty-two pairs of second-year medical students participated. One student portrayed a patient presenting with cancer pain and was interviewed by the other medical student. The student-patien...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Mavis BE,Ogle KS,Lovell KL,Madden LM

更新日期：2002-02-01 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：OBJECTIVE:To describe a pilot course in personal and professional development, entitled 'Becoming a doctor: the first step' and our suggestions for what might be incorporated into future courses. SETTING AND CONTEXT:Leeds Medical School begins a new curriculum in September 1999 with a proportion of the first 3 years b...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Thistlethwaite JE,Green PD,Heywood P,Storr E

更新日期：2000-02-01 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：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the values and practices of assessment of the clinical practice of dental students by a sample of teachers in restorative dentistry. DESIGN:A questionnaire, based on the above objectives, was designed, piloted and redesigned. Its content was based on evidence-based good practice in assessment...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Manogue M,Brown G,Foster H

更新日期：2001-04-01 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：:In achieving a more effective use of resources in the National Health Service (NHS), the medical profession has a role to play by improving cost efficiency in clinical practice. This role implies that doctors should have some knowledge of medical costs. In order to determine the extent of this knowledge, sixty-seven h...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Fowkes FG

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To establish teaching objectives, methods and assessment for a paediatric induction programme. DESIGN:Action research over a 2-year period. PARTICIPANTS:88 doctors from three hospitals. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES:These were end-of-course evaluations, using Likert scales, and free comments; independent evaluati...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Melville C,Wall D,Samuels M

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In collaboration with aid agencies and government health workers, Save the Children Fund medical staff have been involved in the training of primary health care workers in the Sahel region of upper Volta. This report deals specifically with the problems involved in training illiterate health workers. ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Cross I

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The view, background and motivation of providers of medical education was studied using a structured questionnaire which was sent to all those who organized courses for the Postgraduate Education Allowance in the West of Scotland. Two hundred and twenty-five replies were received from 254 course providers, giving an 8...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Kelly MH,Murray TS

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To follow the progress of young female adolescents, as risk-taking standardised patients (SPs), and to monitor for adverse affects that role-playing may have on the adolescents. METHODS:A prospective design was used in which 11 female adolescents, aged 13-15 years, were recruited from 2 schools. The adolesce...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Blake KD,Gusella J,Greaven S,Wakefield S

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This essay examines the background and implementation of the statutory requirement that each medical graduate in Great Britain must spend a pre-registration year in hospital training before full registration can be effected. It looks briefly at the French and USA 'internship', and then describes the British situation ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Bynum WF

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Older clinicians typically engage in reflections on their own early careers and indeed whichever generation of clinician you talk to, their medical school and early career experiences were more challenging than the last. We draw on inspiration from Monty Python and specifically the Four Yorkshiremen to illustrate this...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Harris BH,Wilson DJ

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Finland primary health care has a long historical background. The local communities, the state and the church have at various times and places been responsible for primary health care during the last few centuries. In 1972, a major reform took place when a new Primary Health Care Act came into force. In the same ye...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Kumpusalo E,Tuomilehto J

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major focus in the selection of entrants for medical school has traditionally been on academic achievement in school-leaving examinations in which certain science subjects are a requirement. A longitudinal study of 413 successful applicants was undertaken to determine the relationship of these admission criteria t...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Collins JP,White GR,Kennedy JA

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over the past decade, on-line databases have become increasingly popular among health care professionals. As a group, these 'end-users' report utilizing databases to keep abreast of medical progress, to conduct research and to address specific patient care issues. Throughout the literature, medical professionals ('con...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Erickson S,Warner ER

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Since 2000, problem-based learning (PBL) seminars have been introduced into the curriculum of medical studies at the University of Liège. We aimed to carry out a cross-sectional investigation of the maturational increase in biomedical reasoning capacity in comparison with factual knowledge retention throughout ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Collard A,Gelaes S,Vanbelle S,Bredart S,Defraigne JO,Boniver J,Bourguignon JP

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The educational programme reported was an experiment in the vocational training scheme of the department of General Practice, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Holland, and is now part of the course. The programme focused on the training in team function (co-operation) given to trainee GPs and social workers. It became c...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Schenk F

更新日期：1979-01-01 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：CONTEXT:The adverse patient event is an inherent component of surgical practice, but many surgeons are unprepared for the profound emotional responses these events can evoke. This study explored surgeons' reactions to adverse events and their impact on subsequent judgement and decision making. METHODS:Using a construc...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Luu S,Patel P,St-Martin L,Leung AS,Regehr G,Murnaghan ML,Gallinger S,Moulton CA

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Homeless people have greater health care needs than those who are housed, yet often experience difficulty in accessing health care. Evidence suggests that the attitudes of doctors can create significant barriers to health care for homeless people. METHODS:A validated structured questionnaire, the Attitudes ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Masson N,Lester H

更新日期：2003-10-01 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：CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE:In many countries, medical training must be completed by presentation of a thesis. We report publication patterns of French medical theses. MATERIALS:We drew a random sample of theses presented in the 36 French medical universities between 1 January 1993 and 31 December 1997. The sample was strat...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Salmi LR,Gana S,Mouillet E

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00