abstract：:An improved teaching package is described which aims to help general practice trainees manage somatized presentations of psychological distress. The package comprises a training videotape in which a reattribution model is demonstrated, with material for role-play of new skills and small-group video feedback of consult...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Kaaya S,Goldberg D,Gask L

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The specific anxieties of 74 medical students beginning their clinical training were assessed by means of a questionnaire at the start of the clinical introductory course at St Mary's Hospital Medical School, London. Situations differed in the amount of anxiety that they engendered, and students also differed in the n...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Moss F,McManus IC

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study set out to determine the long-term benefits of teaching psychiatric interview skills. Nine established general practitioners, eight of whom were also trainers, took part some 18 months after attending a problem-based interviewing course. Interview skills were assessed by rating behaviour during 10-minute vi...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Bowman FM,Goldberg DP,Millar T,Gask L,McGrath G

更新日期：1992-01-01 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：:A random survey of 400 doctors was carried out over a period of 3 months to determine the factors that would facilitate or inhibit the participation of doctors in continuing medical education (CME) in Malaysia. Regular participation in CME was defined as participation in any activity (self-directed reading or attendin...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Shahabudin SH,Edariah AB

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was conducted to provide in-depth information on the reliabilities of measures of the separate components of clinical competence (e.g. data collection, test interpretation, diagnosis, etc.) assessed by a performance-based examination consisting of standardized-patient cases administered to five class...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Colliver JA,Vu NV,Markwell SJ,Verhulst SJ

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study reports the nature of non-emergency, day-to-day practice-related questions which arose in rural practice and were phoned in to a medical information system (MIS). The usefulness of these questions, and their responses, to clinical decision-making is outlined. Sixty-seven practitioners from 10 rural communit...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Jennett PA,Kishinevsky M,Parboosingh IT,Lockyer JM,Maes WR

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interactive video is a new teaching medium that has much potential in medical education. Hitherto, the realization of this potential has been restrained by lack of awareness among medical teachers of the advantageous features provided and how to implement them, while computer specialists lack the required medical know...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Jamison JP,Brannigan P

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The strengths of general practice in the UK as a training environment for overseas doctors intending to implement the World Health Organization strategy 'Health for All by the Year 2000' in primary care are identified. A course of advanced training for teachers and administrators of primary care is described and evalu...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： al-Bashir M,Bundred PE,Stanley IM

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Teaching medical ethics in Manchester within the introductory course of obstetrics and gynaecology is a joint activity with the Centre for Social Ethics and Policy. This interdisciplinary teaching has evolved through lecture sessions with small-group discussions dealing with topics of interest in human reproduction. T...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Elstein M,Harris J

更新日期：1990-11-01 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：:Ten psychiatrists and 15 family doctors were asked to score videotapes of patient-doctor encounters before and after each of two training periods. One period focused on the theory of assessment of doctors' interpersonal skills, while the other was purely practical. Results indicate that after one training session in e...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Des Marchais JE,Jean P,Castonguay LG

更新日期：1990-07-01 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：: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：:This booklet is a guide to using observational research methods in medical and health-care education. Emphasis is given to the role of observation in providing concrete, detailed descriptions of how educational events unfold. It is suggested that observational methods have a valuable contribution to make to our unders...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Fleming WG

更新日期：1990-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The skill of inquiry is central to the task of the doctor confronted with a patient problem. Despite its importance this skill is not given appropriate emphasis in the education of medical students or in research concerning the clinical reasoning skills of doctors. ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Barrows HS

更新日期：1990-01-01 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：: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：: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：:There is evidence that nurses fulfil the requirements of objective judgement better than doctors. Simulation of Initial Medical Problem-Solving (SIMP), a paper-and-pencil test for the assessment of medical problem-solving, consists of case histories, followed by an open-ended question. The scoring of open-ended questi...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： de Graaff E

更新日期：1989-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical schools vary by nation and by culture but, for students, the experience appears to be very similar. Also, despite a half-century of radical changes in medical practice, education as a process of socialization for the profession is relatively unchanged. At the same time, medical educators have frequently instit...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Bloom SW

更新日期：1989-05-01 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：: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

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：:Education and training are terms which are often used loosely, interchangeably, and require definition. Training is often seen as a series of activities which are related to the acquisition of specific skills and may be narrowly based. Education, on the other hand, has an important value base and is broader in concept...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Calman KC,Downie RS

更新日期：1988-11-01 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：:In a variation of the Dr Fox study, an educational specialist delivered a lecture in the first-year course on physiology. A highly expressive teaching style was used for content which was determined by physiology teachers. The aim was to determine whether students would note a difference. According to student evaluati...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Whitman N,Burgess PR

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The University of Washington School of Medicine (UWSM) has initiated new efforts to build a regional minority applicant pool and to expand its educational programmes to accommodate students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Specific interventions include: establishment of medical career planner position to coordinate re...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Yergan J,Phillips TJ,Schaad DC,May A,Drickey R,Yerby MS

更新日期：1988-07-01 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：:Medical students are allocated little curriculum time for exposure to expert systems. ESTA, a computer model of an expert system, was developed to make best use of this time. The nature of the students' interaction with ESTA is described, and their reactions to the expert system concepts and the place of expert system...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： McWilliams AT

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a teaching programme for final- (sixth-) year undergraduate medical students during their 10-week term in child health. Students attend schools on two occasions and are actively involved in the physical, educational and emotional assessment of children. The advantages of the programme include acti...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： O'Hara V,Vance JC,McMillan D

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The teaching of ethics to medical students has recently become a topic of much importance to all concerned with medical education. However, those most involved, the students themselves, have been consulted very little. This paper reports the views of a sample of medical students at Oxford University on what ethics tea...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Delaney B,Kean L

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Undergraduate medical students of the Ben Gurion University were evaluated upon completion of their fourth- and sixth-year medical clerkships by a 17-item rating scale, a multiple choice question (MCQ) test and a patient-oriented oral examination by two academic staff members. Pearson's correlation coefficient between...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Keynan A,Friedman M,Benbassat J

更新日期：1987-11-01 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：:Recent psychological research suggests how to simplify texts and translate quantitative concepts into the language of clinical medicine. ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Politser PE

更新日期：1987-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The learning styles and preferences of health professionals have been studied increasingly over the past decade, yet few relationships have been found between doctors' career choices and learning styles. One of the problems of relating learning styles to specialty choice is that learning style instruments measure how ...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Jewett LS,Greenberg LW,Foley RP,Goldberg RM,Spiegel CT,Green C

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A survey was conducted of the dental schools in the UK, inquiring about the teaching of psychology, sociology, epidemiology and psychiatry to dental undergraduates. Epidemiology was the most frequently taught and assessed subject, followed by psychology and sociology. Overall, the results indicate an increased concern...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Kent G

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Medical school teachers must have an accurate idea of the doctor's clinical reasoning process (CRP) in order to provide students with learning experiences and evaluations that will ensure their acquisition of an effective and efficient CRP. It is difficult to derive this understanding from much that has been written o...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Barrows HS,Feltovich PJ

更新日期：1987-03-01 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：:The development of published material relating to the practice of medicine in multiracial and multicultural Britain is briefly reviewed. The utilization of such information in English medical schools is found to be absent or at a low level of priority. A more detailed study of one region demonstrates that junior hospi...

journal_title：Medical education

authors： Poulton J,Rylance GW,Johnson MR

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00