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Section edited by Sigrid Harendza and Terese Stenfors-Hayes
This section considers manuscripts that investigate approaches to medical education (i.e., how teachers teach and how students learn) from the perspective of both the teacher and the learner.
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Few medical teachers have received formal teaching education. Along with individual and organizational barriers to participation in teacher training programs, increasing numbers and altered distribution of phy...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:171
Published on: 19 September 2017
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Use of podcasts has several advantages in medical education. Podcasts can be of different types based on their length: short (1–5 min), moderate (6–15 min) and long (>15 min) duration. Short-duration podcasts ...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:167
Published on: 18 September 2017
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The objective of this study is to compare two different instructional methods in the curricular use of computerized virtual patients in undergraduate medical education. We aim to investigate whether using many...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:165
Published on: 15 September 2017
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Screening and counseling for genetic conditions is an increasingly important part of primary care practice, particularly given the paucity of genetic counselors in the United States. However, primary care phys...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:163
Published on: 13 September 2017
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Fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) is a long-term condition that affects between 1 and 5% of the general population and lies within the spectrum of medically unexplained symptoms (MUS). FMS can be difficult to diagno...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:160
Published on: 12 September 2017
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Outcome- or competency-based education is well established in medical and health sciences education. Curricula are based on courses where students develop their competences and assessment is also usually cours...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:158
Published on: 11 September 2017
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A near-peer instructors (NPI) program was designed for 1st year medical students who successfully finished the Anatomy course, in order to develop their didactic ability and teaching skills, mostly for cadaver...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:156
Published on: 8 September 2017
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Frameworks like the CanMEDS model depicting professional roles and specific professional activities provide guidelines for postgraduate education. When medical graduates start their residency, they should poss...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:154
Published on: 7 September 2017
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Despite great advances, China’s postgraduate education faces many problems, for example traditional lecture-based learning (LBL) method provides fewer oppotunities to apply knowledge in a working situation. Ta...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:153
Published on: 7 September 2017
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Distance Learning (DL) is a means to overcome the barriers that prevent health workers access to medical education and training sessions to update their knowledge. The main objective of this study is to compar...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:152
Published on: 6 September 2017
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Video-based feedback has been shown to aid knowledge retention, skills learning and improve team functionality. We explored the use of video-based feedback and low fidelity simulation for training rural health...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:149
Published on: 31 August 2017
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Progress testing was introduced to the MBChB programme at the University of Auckland in 2013. As there has been a focus in published literature on aspects relating to the format or function of progress tests, ...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:148
Published on: 29 August 2017
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The serious consequences of inaccurate diagnosis of acute otitis media have led to a call for greater education to develop proficient pediatric otoscopy skills. Despite the clinical and educational needs, peer...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:146
Published on: 29 August 2017
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Little is known about how best to implement portfolio-based learning in medical school. We evaluated the introduction of a formative e-portfolio-based supervision pilot for final year medical students by seeki...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:141
Published on: 22 August 2017
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Sufficient preparedness is important for transitions to workplace participation and learning in clinical settings. This study aims to analyse medical students’ preparedness for early clerkships using a three-d...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:140
Published on: 22 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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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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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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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
