Medical education in Spain.

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：CONTEXT:Progress tests, in which learners are repeatedly assessed on equivalent content at different times in their training and provided with feedback, would seem to lend themselves well to a competency-based framework, which requires more frequent formative assessments. The objective structured clinical examination (...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Pugh D,Bhanji F,Cole G,Dupre J,Hatala R,Humphrey-Murto S,Touchie C,Wood TJ

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Self-efficacy is an important factor in many areas of medical education, including self-assessment and self-directed learning, but has been little studied in resuscitation training, possibly because of the lack of a simple measurement instrument. OBJECTIVE:We aimed to assess the validity of a visual analogue s...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Turner NM,van de Leemput AJ,Draaisma JM,Oosterveld P,ten Cate OT

更新日期：2008-05-01 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 central premise of this paper is that medical education today is being driven by intellectual and social imperatives to make fundamental changes in the way it prepares students to be the doctors of tomorrow. Fully aware that over the past 50 years at least eight major national commissions in the USA alone have mad...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Bloom SW

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aims to identify whether non-science graduates perform as well as science graduates in Basic and Clinical Sciences (B & CS) assessments during Years 1-3 of a four-year graduate-entry programme at the University of Sydney (the 'USydMP'). METHODS:Students were grouped into five categories: Health P...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Craig PL,Gordon JJ,Clark RM,Langendyk V

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Personality characteristics and lifestyle variables were assessed in two cohorts of second-year medical students at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK as part of a psychopharmacology 'teach-in' in 1993 and 1994. The pooled sample included 186 students: 77 men, 109 women, mean age 20.4 +/- 1.8 years. Measures in...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Ashton CH,Kamali F

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To develop and assess the feasibility and psychometric properties of multi-source feedback questionnaires to monitor international medical graduates practising in Canada under 'defined' licences. METHOD:Four questionnaires (patient, co-worker, colleague and self) were developed and administered in 2 phases t...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Lockyer J,Blackmore D,Fidler H,Crutcher R,Salte B,Shaw K,Ward B,Wolfish N

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical students in Germany have to write a research thesis to acquire the title of medical doctor. This study evaluates the contribution of student research to the Medline-indexed publications of a German medical faculty. A 1993-1995 Medline-publication list, on which medical students among authors should be marked, ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Cursiefen C,Altunbas A

更新日期：1998-07-01 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: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 present study was designed to analyse the evolution of student populations--undergraduates and graduates--in the 11 Belgian medical schools from 1969 to 1982. During this period, an overall 44% drop in the number of entrants was observed, while the number of medical graduates continued to rise until 1977, when it ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Albert A,Firket H,Castermans A

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this paper is to examine similarities and differences between graduating medical students who do and do not match through the National Internship and Resident Matching Programme (NIRMP). Data from graduates of 3- and 4-year undergraduate curricula were examined separately. A two way analysis of variance...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Garrard J

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Simulated clinical immersion (SCI), in which clinical situations are simulated in a realistic environment, safely and gradually exposes novices to complex problems. Given their limited experience, undergraduate students can potentially be quite overwhelmed by SCI learning tasks, which may result in misleading l...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Tremblay ML,Leppink J,Leclerc G,Rethans JJ,Dolmans DHJM

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Curriculum renewal is an essential and continual process for undergraduate medical education programmes. Although there is substantial literature on the critical role of leadership in successful curricular change, the voices of frontline faculty teachers implementing such change have not been explored. We aimed...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Venance SL,LaDonna KA,Watling CJ

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In 1993 the General Medical Council published its recommendations on undergraduate medical education. AIM:To study the implementation of these recommendations in UK medical schools by means of informal visitations. METHODS:Teams consisting of 3-5 members visited the 25 UK medical schools in a 3-year period...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Christopher DF,Harte K,George CF

更新日期：2002-03-01 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:Early clinical encounters help medical and nursing students build professional competencies. However, there is a necessary emphasis on patient autonomy and appropriate consent. Although most individuals do not object to student involvement in clinical encounters, there are occasions when personal preference and...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Moores G,Lidster N,Boyd K,Archer T,Kates N,Stobbe K

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Empathy towards patients is associated with improved health outcomes. However, quantitative studies using self-reported data have not provided an in-depth opportunity to explore the lived experiences of medical students concerning empathy. OBJECTIVES:This study was designed to investigate undergraduate medical...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Tavakol S,Dennick R,Tavakol M

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Supervised role-play is presented as a method for teaching the process of the medical consultation. The process of the consultation is reviewed and a brief description of supervised role-play is given with some of its advantages and disadvantages. Some simple devices used in the method are explained with examples. The...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Mansfield F

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:A recent study has suggested that assessors judge performance comparatively rather than against fixed standards. Ratings assigned to borderline trainees were found to be biased by previously seen candidates' performances. We extended that programme of investigation by examining these effects across a range of p...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Yeates P,O'Neill P,Mann K,W Eva K

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:This study aimed to describe the application, feasibility and outcomes of using simulated patients (SPs) to increase the skills of general practitioners (GPs) delivering a behavioural intervention to reduce childhood overweight and mild obesity. METHODS:Five female actors were trained as SPs. A total of 67 ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Gerner B,Sanci L,Cahill H,Ukoumunne OC,Gold L,Rogers L,McCallum Z,Wake M

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:A new student selection instrument has been designed to assess candidate suitability for a problem-based learning, small group curriculum. OBJECTIVE:To evaluate the performance of the new teamwork selection instrument in terms of its discriminatory power, fairness, validity, reliability and acceptability among...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Chamberlain SE,Searle J

更新日期：2005-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical teachers' understanding of the vocabulary of medical education has been studied by asking a group of medical teachers whether they understood twenty-two commonly used and important medical educational terms, and whether they could distinguish between the terms. All the words presented some problem of comprehen...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Barker VF,Harden RM

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The objectives of this study were to determine the extent to which clinician-educators agree on definitions of critical thinking and to determine whether their descriptions of critical thinking in clinical practice are consistent with these definitions. METHODS:Ninety-seven medical educators at five medical...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Krupat E,Sprague JM,Wolpaw D,Haidet P,Hatem D,O'Brien B

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess the degree of consistency in student ratings of teacher effectiveness during the first year of medical school. Student ratings of teaching effectiveness represent a commonly used source of information that enters into the academic decision-making process. In medical school, stud...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： West RF

更新日期：1988-03-01 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：:At the University of Queensland all medical students in their fifth year rotate through a 2-week attachment to a general practitioner tutor as part of the course in community practice. As a means of learning from this experience each student records information in a log diary on seventy-five consecutive patients seen,...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Munro JG

更新日期：1984-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The assessment of ethical problem solving in medicine has been controversial and challenging. The purposes of this study were: (i) to create a new instrument to measure doctors' decisions on and reasoning approach towards resolving ethical problems; (ii) to evaluate the scores generated by the new instrument fo...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Tsai TC,Harasym PH,Coderre S,McLaughlin K,Donnon T

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Modern postgraduate medical training requires both accurate and reliable selection procedures. An essential first step is to conduct detailed job analysis studies. This paper reports data on a series of job analyses to develop a competency model for three secondary care specialties (anaesthesia, obstetrics an...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Patterson F,Ferguson E,Thomas S

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00