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The seven categories of the Stanford Faculty Development Program (SFDP) represent a framework for planning and assessing medical teaching. Nevertheless, so far there is no specific evaluation tool for large-gr...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:137
Published on: 18 August 2017
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Effective interprofessional collaboration (IPC) has been shown to depend on clear role definitions, yet there are important gaps with regard to role clarity in the IPC literature. The goal of this study was to...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:138
Published on: 18 August 2017
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Emotional intelligence has been shown to affect academic performance and perceived stress. But conflicting reports suggest that the relationship between academic performance and emotional intelligence may not ...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:139
Published on: 18 August 2017
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Mistreatment of medical students during medical education is a widespread concern. Studies have shown that medical students report the most mistreatment compared to students of other study programs and that th...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:134
Published on: 14 August 2017
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Using simulated learning environments with standardised patients (SPs) provides a way to scaffold the development of skills for patient safety in a low risk environment. There are no data regarding whether add...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:133
Published on: 10 August 2017
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Student perspectives of clinical preparedness have been studied in the literature, but the viewpoint of supervisors is limited. Hence, the aim was to examine the perspective of supervisors on the characteristi...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:130
Published on: 8 August 2017
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Programs encouraging medical student research such as Scholarly Concentrations (SC) are increasing nationally. However, there are few validated measures of mentoring quality tailored to medical students. We so...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:132
Published on: 8 August 2017
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Students commencing their medical training arrive with different educational backgrounds and a diverse range of learning experiences. Consequently, students would have developed preferred approaches to acquiri...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:131
Published on: 8 August 2017
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Improvement of medical content in Biomedical Engineering curricula based on a qualitative assessment process or on a comparison with another high-standard program has been approached by a number of studies. Ho...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:129
Published on: 4 August 2017
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Many jokes exist about stereotypical attributes of physicians in various specialties, which could lead to prejudices against physicians from a specific specialty. It is unknown whether and when medical student...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:128
Published on: 26 July 2017
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Quality assurance programs in medical education are introduced to gain insight into the quality of such programs and to trigger improvements. Although of utmost importance, research on the implementation of su...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:127
Published on: 21 July 2017
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The ongoing professionalization of medical education means that quality systems (QSs) aimed at improving medical education also continuously have to improve. The aim of this paper is to describe the development o...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:126
Published on: 21 July 2017
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A growing number of patients require overview and management in both primary and secondary care. This situation requires that primary and secondary care professionals have well developed collaborative skills. ...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:125
Published on: 19 July 2017
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The institution of duty hour reforms by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education in 2003 has created a learning environment where residents are consistently looking for input from attending phy...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:124
Published on: 18 July 2017
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Postpartum hemorrhage (PPH) is a major cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. In Tanzania, PPH causes 25% of maternal deaths. Skilled attendance is crucial to saving the lives of mothers and their newborns...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:119
Published on: 14 July 2017
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Interprofessional teamwork is considered to be a key component of patient-centred treatment in healthcare, and especially in the rehabilitation sector. To date, however, no interventions exist for improving te...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:120
Published on: 14 July 2017
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The on-call responsibilities of a senior medicine resident (SMR) may include the admission transition of patient care on medical teaching teams (MTT), supervision of junior trainees, and ensuring patient safet...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:121
Published on: 14 July 2017
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The aim of mentorship is to build the mentees capacity, enhance their skills and improve their ability to produce desired outcomes. However, the mentoring relationship is vulnerable to a number of challenges t...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:123
Published on: 14 July 2017
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Professional competence is important in delivering high quality patient care, and it can be enhanced by reflection and reflective discourse e.g. in mentoring groups. However, students are often reluctant thoug...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:122
Published on: 14 July 2017
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Allied health professionals working in rural areas face unique challenges, often with limited access to resources. Accessing continuing professional development is one of those challenges and is related to ret...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:117
Published on: 12 July 2017
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The effectiveness of colonoscopy for diagnosing and preventing colon cancer is largely dependent on the ability of endoscopists to fully inspect the colonic mucosa, which they achieve primarily through skilled...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:118
Published on: 12 July 2017
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Prior studies have described the career paths of physician-scientist candidates after graduation, but the factors that influence career choices at the candidate stage remain unclear. Additionally, previous wor...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:115
Published on: 11 July 2017
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The University College Dublin Elective Programme was introduced in 2005 with the intention of broadening the learning of its undergraduate students. Undergraduate medical students undertake seven free-choice e...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:113
Published on: 11 July 2017
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E-learning—the use of Internet technologies to enhance knowledge and performance—has become a widely accepted instructional approach. Little is known about the current use of e-learning in postgraduate medical...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:114
Published on: 11 July 2017
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The Strength of Motivation for Medical School-Revised (SMMS-R) questionnaire measures students’ motivation for studying medicine. It includes three subscales: ‘willingness to sacrifice’, ‘readiness to start’, ...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:116
Published on: 11 July 2017
