abstract：:Most games used for teaching focus on either content transfer or an experiential learning experience. 'Context is Key' is a combination of both as the learners actively interact experientially with the content being taught, with fellow learners and with the facilitator(s). Using this interactive game after a didactic ...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Ballon B,Silver I

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Widening participation initiatives together with changes in school curricula in England may broaden the range of lifelong learning skills experience of new undergraduates. This project examines the experience levels of current students, as a comparative baseline. First-year medical students completed a questionnaire o...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Whittle SR,Murdoch-Eaton DG

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Second-year medical students performed a head-to-toe screening physical examination on trained patient instructors (PIs) as a high-stakes examination before beginning clinical clerkships. PIs completed a 138-item checklist and instructed the students in the proper performance of any incorrectly executed or omitted ite...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Yudkowsky R,Downing S,Klamen D,Valaski M,Eulenberg B,Popa M

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical schools have the serious responsibility of choosing new students who will do well in training, and go on to become competent and ethical practitioners. Current methods of selection stress scientific and academic competence, somewhat to the detriment of other essential attributes. Among the other qualities that...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Gough HG

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of a medical teacher proposed 25 years ago is still recommended. Some teachers are born to greatness, but more careful and more thoughtful attention, rather than less, should be given to preparation for that role for those not born to greatness. In addition the penury of blueprint of the expected relevant pro...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Guilbert JJ

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Health professions depend on their faculties to prepare new practitioners, conduct research and provide essential services. Organizational commitment is an important aspect of faculty effectiveness and job performance, and may impact on turnover, absenteeism and interpersonal trust. A survey of organizational commitme...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Marchiori DM,Henkin AB

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aims of this paper were: to appraise how medical students perceive the meaning and value of their first-year experiences in medical studies, as measured by the Course Valuing Inventory (CVI); and to identify the relationships between the CVI responses and the learners' attributes and expectations. The study involv...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Sobral DT

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Physicians require good communication skills to develop effective patient-physician relationships. Externally funded international medical graduates (IMGs) move directly from their home countries to complete residency training at the University of Ottawa, Canada. They must learn quickly how to work with patients, fami...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Hall P,Keely E,Dojeiji S,Byszewski A,Marks M

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to deliver and evaluate an educational web for medical students. A web of the complete cardiovascular course was prepared as an adjunct educational material for the classes. The use and utility of the web was assessed through a questionnaire (frequency of use, impact on in-class attendance and...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Gómez-Arbonés X,Ferreira A,Piqué M,Roca J,Tomás J,Frutos JL,Vinyas J,Prat J,Ballester M

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Academic faculty members in medical schools rarely receive formal instruction in basic pedagogic principles; nevertheless many develop into competent teachers. Perhaps they acquire tacit knowledge of these principles with teaching experience. This study was designed to assess clinical teachers' tacit knowledge of basi...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： McLeod PJ,Meagher T,Steinert Y,Schuwirth L,McLeod AH

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An extensive literature on adult learning principles has been developed over the last 40 years. Simultaneously, undergraduate medical educational programs have undergone varying degrees of curricular reform. The present paper discusses the educational and societal factors that have functioned as a catalyst for innovat...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Stagnaro-Green A

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to identify and describe the types of errors in clinical reasoning that contribute to poor diagnostic performance at different levels of medical training and experience. Three cohorts of subjects, second- and fourth- (final) year medical students and a group of general practitioners, complete...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Groves M,O'Rourke P,Alexander H

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical students represent a significant community investment and promoting their health preserves this investment. In order to design health promotion programs for medical students in the United Arab Emirates, students' needs were assessed by means of a cross-sectional self-administered questionnaire survey. Major fi...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Carter AO,Elzubeir M,Abdulrazzaq YM,Revel AD,Townsend A

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Actual changes in the context of real care along with their impact on current practice modes prompted the authors to develop a new instructional strategy, which aims to improve the diagnostic reasoning competence of medical undergraduates. In this strategy the use of visual representations is promoted. A diagnostic pa...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Van Puymbroeck H,Remmen R,Denekens J,Scherpbier A,Bisoffi Z,Van Den Ende J

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This case study describes how the common problems of time shortage, factual overload and curriculum overcrowding were tackled in one context, using good practice guidelines. It examines the impact of two hours of intensive, interactive teaching on the knowledge and attitudes of senior medical undergraduates at one Uni...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Zakrzewska JM,Fry H,Larkin KE

更新日期：2003-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The General Medical Council of the United Kingdom has defined a set of standards for doctors dealing with patients, including respecting the diversity of lifestyles and beliefs of patients. These have been incorporated into Personal and Professional Development (PPD) course unit of the undergraduate medical curriculum...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Thistlethwaite JE,Ewart BR

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study surveyed resident perceptions of competent cross-cultural doctor-patient communication as a step toward developing an integrative primary care cross-cultural curriculum. Respondents were 57 first-, second- and third-year residents in family medicine (FA) and internal medicine (IMA) who completed a questionn...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Shapiro J,Hollingshead J,Morrison E

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical educators have raised concerns about the quality of teaching and learning in busy ambulatory care settings. Problem-based learning (PBL), which allows students to learn to diagnose and manage common ambulatory care problems as they discuss patients away from the clinical setting, is one possible solution for a...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Washington ET,Tysinger JW,Snell LM,Palmer LR

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Staff development is seen as a key aspect of medical education and many teachers/tutors are now required to attend some formal development activity. However, most workshops do not involve the student. In Manchester, the philosophy is to actively involve students in all aspects of the undergraduate course including del...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Duffy KA,O'neill PA

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessment of clinical competence is facing a paradigm shift in more than one sense. The shift relates to test content, which increasingly covers a broader spectrum of competences than mere medical expertise, and to test methods, with an increasing focus on testing performance in realistic settings. Also there is a sh...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Ringsted C,Østergaard D,Scherpbier A

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article describes a course, for doctors returning to general practice, modelled on Harden's 10 questions when planning a curriculum. The course has been running in the West Midlands region of the United Kingdom for the past four years. ...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Muller EJ

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The doctor-patient relationship reflects the role of the physician in society and has thus experienced substantial changes over time. Medical authority can be dissected into three elements, all of which appear essential for any doctor-patient relationship: sapiental authority, i.e. professional competence as called fo...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Berger M

更新日期：2002-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors investigated the relations between students' background (gender, age, study experience), learning process (learning approach, independent study time) and outcome (examination results, satisfaction) in the first semester of a new, integrated undergraduate medical curriculum, combining PBL and conventional l...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Wyller VB,Wyller TB

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This investigation represents an attempt to illuminate issues in the relationship between shared learning, aspects of organizational climate, teamwork practices and inter-personal contact between health professionals. The study, completed in 1998 and conducted over the previous 3 years, involved 57 post-qualified heal...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Kennard J

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This article discusses an approach to the teaching of residents and medical students by hospitalist physicians on a general pediatric unit. It focuses on three basic principles of teaching and describes how these can be operationalized in a practical way. If this approach is followed, hospitalist physicians can be mor...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Bellet PS

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first in a new series of short educational programmes covering a range of important topics in medical education. Each programme defines the topic, provides some background information, presents some practical tips, gives some theoretical underpinning where relevant, provides some further reading and suggests an ac...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Hesketh EA,Laidlaw JM

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heightened focus on the quality of teaching in medical schools has led to increased use of student surveys as a means of evaluating teaching. In some institutions, however, the summative purpose is emphasized over the developmental or self-improvement objective. The aim of this study was to examine the utility of a st...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Elzubeir M,Rizk D

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:With the growing globalization of medicine and the emerging concept of a 'global profession of physicians', the issue of the essential competences that all physicians must possess becomes sharply focused. If defined, these competences would help indicate what teachers are supposed to teach, what students are expected ...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Schwarz MR,Wojtczak A

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Assessment of clinical activity is common in dental schools. An audit project to confirm that dental undergraduate clinical activity recorded by electronic data capture is an accurate representation of the clinical case entry is reported. A printout of clinical activity for a period of a week was generated retrospecti...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Chadwick BL,Oliver RG,Gyton J

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1994, the National Center for Research Resources' Committee on Addressing Career Paths for Clinical Research reported that insufficient training in research methods, inadequate mentoring, and inappropriate timing of training presented major barriers to the development of clinical researchers. The National Institute...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Bakken LL

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Teaching and learning in primary care and community settings is now a very common aspect of most medical trainings, and there is a growing expertise and evidence base related to the contribution of primary care practice to the reform of medical education. This article in the '12 tips' series touches on both practical ...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Howe A

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We compared the perceived learning needs of primary care physicians from the public and private sectors who responded to a questionnaire before taking educational courses in Family Medicine. They rated their perceived learning needs on 71 items of clinical practices and practice management on a scale of 1-10. The rati...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Wun YT,Dickinson JA,Chan CS

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective was to determine whether routinely available textbooks describe the core musculoskeletal examination skills for medical students. Textbooks were evaluated for content against a list of 27 core examination skills as perceived by rheumatologists, orthopaedic surgeons and general practitioners. The study to...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Kay LJ,Coady DA,Walker DJ

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical skills centres (CSCs) have contributed significantly to undergraduate medical education. Using alternative venues for training in communication skills, clinical examination and practical procedures they avoid jeopardising patient-care in traditional clinical settings. Using simulation they enable tutors to st...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Dent JA

更新日期：2001-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ambulatory care setting is becoming an increasingly important environment for clinical teaching. This reflects the changing focus of healthcare delivery with more procedures and patient treatment being delivered in this setting. Maximizing learning opportunities for students without compromising patient care has n...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Dent JA,Ker JS,Angell-Preece HM,Preece PE

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study compares medical graduates' experience in practical skills with a range of stakeholders' expectations. A questionnaire listing 58 practical skills was sent out to a group of graduating medical students. The medical students were asked to indicate their experience in each skill during medical school. A simil...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Ringsted C,Schroeder TV,Henriksen J,Ramsing B,Lyngdorf P,Jønsson V,Scherpbier A

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Working with 'problem' residents is a common challenge in medical education. This article describes a workshop designed to improve teachers' skills in this area as well as the results of an evaluation conducted to assess its effectiveness. Workshop modules focused on defining the problem, confirming the diagnosis, des...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Steinert Y,Nasmith L,Daigle N,Franco ED

更新日期：2001-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mission of medical schools underwent significant change in the post-Second World War period, which resulted in a de-evaluation of teaching, which in turn impacted on the type of assessment methods that emerged in the latter part of the twentieth century. Assessment based on direct observation did not receive the s...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Cohen R

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experienced General Practitioners were asked about lasting value from GP Registrar training. Grounded theory was used to construct eight categories of training behaviours. In each category, dimensions spanned between learner-preferred behaviours and those the learners perceived as less helpful. Learners valued teachin...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： Peile EB,Easton GP,Johnson N

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The study reported here examines student perceptions about the occurrence of critical incidents in tutorial groups across years of medical training. The study investigates the following research questions. (1) Which factors underlie the occurrence of critical incidents in the tutorial group? (2) How do students rate t...

journal_title：Medical teacher

authors： de Grave WS,Dolmans DH,van Der Vleuten CP

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00