Kabisa: an interactive computer-assisted training program for tropical diseases.

abstract：BACKGROUND:We developed a 1-hour teaching seminar for medical students on anti-smoking health promotion for adolescents. We report the development of the programme and a performance-based evaluation. AIM:To develop a seminar for medical students with the objective of improving medical student inquiry into smoking and ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Roseby R,Marks MK,Conn J,Sawyer SM

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Reflection has been considered crucial to learning. Engaging in reflection while solving problems is expected to foster identification of knowledge gaps and interest in learning more about them, the latter being a major motivational force in learning. Although theoretically sound, this assumption still lacks em...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Ribeiro LMC,Mamede S,Moura AS,de Brito EM,de Faria RMD,Schmidt HG

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Each clinical encounter represents an amazing series of psychological events: perceiving the features of the situation; quickly accessing relevant hypotheses; checking for signs and symptoms that confirm or rule out competing hypotheses, and using related knowledge to guide appropriate investigations and treatm...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Charlin B,Boshuizen HP,Custers EJ,Feltovich PJ

更新日期：2007-12-01 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：CONTEXT:Small declines in patient-centred attitudes during medical education have caused great concern. Although some of the self-report scales applied have solid psychometric foundations, validity evidence for the interpretation of attitude erosion during clerkships remains weak. OBJECTIVES:We sought to address this ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Bombeke K,Symons L,Mortelmans D,Debaene L,Schol S,Van Royen P,De Winter B

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Previous research has shown that general practitioners (GPs) hold negative attitudes towards patients with schizophrenia, which do not simply reflect the nature or chronic aspects of the illness. This study aimed to describe the attitudes and predicted behaviour of medical students towards patients with mental ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Dixon RP,Roberts LM,Lawrie S,Jones LA,Humphreys MS

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The planning and implementation of a curriculum for a department of family and community health in a new medical school in a developing country presents special problems. The evolution of the programme at Sultan Qaboos University in the Sultanate of Oman is described and discussed. ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Musgrove JP

更新日期：1990-03-01 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：:At the mid-term test in Part I Physiology at the University of Zagreb the students (n = 280) were graded by our standard pass level (SPL) arbitrarily set at 54% correct answers (SPL = 0.54). The test consisted of 50 items of the one best answer type. Items were selected from the pool by one examiner to conform, by his...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Pokrajac N,Culo F

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：AIM:To evaluate the surgical seminars given for medical students at Auckland University and factors affecting them, so as to define areas for improvement. METHODS:A confidential questionnaire was completed by fourth-year medical students for each surgical seminar they attended during an academic year. The seminars wer...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Abu-Zidan FM,Windsor JA

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Educational programmes for family practice should develop family counselling skills of students to moderate levels of competence. Few specific training programmes are part of the regular curriculum and of these few are evaluated. Twenty-three residents enrolled in a 2-year family practice programme in Toronto, Canada ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Rudner HL,Bestvater D,Bader E

更新日期：1990-09-01 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：: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：INTRODUCTION:In 1996 the University of Liverpool introduced an integrated problem-based learning (PBL) medical curriculum incorporating the recommendations of Tomorrow's Doctors. This paper investigates whether the PRHO (pre-registration house officer) educational supervisors who supervise Liverpool graduates believe t...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Watmough S,Taylor D,Garden A

更新日期：2006-10-01 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：OBJECTIVE:Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) students often experience difficulties with the clinical communication skills that are essential for successful interactions in the workplace. However, there is little evidence on the effectiveness of assessment and intervention strategies for this population. The ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Chan A,Purcell A,Power E

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Quantitative methods of evaluating the outcomes of medical education may not always deliver the information which course organizers and teachers most need in order to improve their courses. Qualitative methods of research could provide such information. However, the use of qualitative methods has been limited by the d...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Walker M

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study sought to explore the following questions: (1) Do residents perceive training focused on infancy and early childhood care issues as more clinically applicable than training focused on care of older children and adolescents? (2) Do residents at different training levels differ in their evaluation of behaviou...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Mullan PB,Wolf FM,Ertel IJ

更新日期：1989-09-01 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：:Recent graduates (1989-1990) of a traditional school of Chinese medicine were assessed by observers using a 10-item scale for professional behaviour in the non-cognitive realm. Overall, 10.7% of the graduates had low ratings on this scale. Of those who scored in the top two quartiles on this scale, 71.4% reported that...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Lu YH,Meng XY,Liu X

更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1996 the University of Liverpool introduced a new curriculum based on the recommendations published in Tomorrow's Doctors. This work examines how graduates of that course view their undergraduate curriculum and whether they consider it prepared them well for the pre-registration year. Five focus groups were arrange...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Watmough S,Garden A,Taylor D

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences at the University of Aberdeen viewed the use of Computer Assisted Leaning (CAL) and other IT based learning resources as a possible way of coping with an increase in student numbers whilst maintaining or increasing the quality of medical teaching. OBJECTIVES:Our pri...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Hamilton NM,Furnace J,Duguid KP,Helms PJ,Simpson JG

更新日期：1999-04-01 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：:The medical specialties are being intensively reconsidered in the countries of Europe. The important need is for promoting improvement of educational training programmes. Evaluation and improvement of specialist training programmes is the priority and not the setting up of qualifying examinations. The first necessity ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Karle H,Nystrup J,Walton H

更新日期：1993-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A postal survey about opinions of quality assurance and the methods used to teach this subject was sent to all family practice course organizers in England, Wales and Scotland, and to all family practice residency directors in the USA. Opinions of quality assurance were more positive from the American responders. A wi...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Baker R,Green L

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As a reflection on the Edinburgh Declaration, this conceptual synthesis presents six important challenges in relation to the role of medical education in meeting current national health priorities. CONTEXT:This paper presents a conceptual synthesis of current efforts in medical education to incorporate national healt...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Nair M,Fellmeth G

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although peer-assisted learning (PAL) is widely employed throughout medical education, its effectiveness for training in technical procedures in skills laboratories has been subject to little systematic investigation. We conducted a prospective, randomised trial to evaluate the hypotheses that PAL is effecti...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Weyrich P,Celebi N,Schrauth M,Möltner A,Lammerding-Köppel M,Nikendei C

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:The challenge of ensuring 'fair' selection processes confronts all medical schools around the globe. In the UK, historical analyses suggest applicants who are male, non-White, and from less advantaged socio-economic and school backgrounds have been less likely to be offered a place at medical school. We provide...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Mathers J,Sitch A,Parry J

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The records of 62 men and 43 women, 14-88 years old, admitted to general medical wards in a public teaching hospital during 1991 were examined for discharge medications and for the recording of alcohol-drinking, tobacco-smoking and discharge diagnosis. Drinking and smoking status was unrecorded in 22.9% and 21.9% of p...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Bairstow BM,Burke V,Beilin LJ,Deutscher C

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Programme evaluation is perpetually mandated in health professions education. Correspondingly, there has been an expansion in prescriptive methodological guides about 'how' to engage in various best practices in evaluation. However, what has gained less attention is an examination of the 'value' that different ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Onyura B

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00