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A screening spiritual history (SSH) is how health professionals (HP) identify patients’ spiritual values, beliefs and preferences (VBPs) in the outpatient setting. We report on attitudes and practices of HPs i...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:102
Published on: 12 June 2017
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Robust and defensible clinical assessments attempt to minimise differences in student grades which are due to differences in examiner severity (stringency and leniency). Unfortunately there is little evidence ...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:101
Published on: 6 June 2017
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Clinical decision making in oncology is based on both inter- and multidisciplinary approach. Hence teaching future doctors involved in oncology or general health practice is crucial. The aim of the Vienna Summ...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:100
Published on: 6 June 2017
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Evaluating the quality of postgraduate medical education (PGME) programs through accreditation is common practice worldwide. Accreditation is shaped by educational quality and quality management. An appropriat...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:98
Published on: 2 June 2017
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Offshore medical schools are for-profit, private enterprises located in the Caribbean that provide undergraduate medical education to students who must leave the region for postgraduate training and also typic...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:99
Published on: 2 June 2017
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Medical education is a cornerstone in the global combat against diseases such as diabetes and obesity which together affect more than 500 million humans. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are educational too...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:97
Published on: 31 May 2017
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While spontaneous reporting (SR) is one of the important public health activities for community pharmacists to guard patients’ safety, very few studies examined educational activities and its effects on knowle...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:95
Published on: 30 May 2017
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Teaching cardiac ultrasound to medical students in a brief course is a challenge. We aimed to evaluate the feasibility of teaching large groups of medical students the acquisition and interpretation of cardiac...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:94
Published on: 30 May 2017
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In Ethiopia, the health care delivery and the system of medical education have been expanding rapidly. However, in spite of the expansion, no studies have been carried out among medical students to identify th...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:96
Published on: 30 May 2017
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Despite the fact that medical schools spend a considerable effort to rate clinical instructors, there is limited evidence regarding the effect of physical characteristics on instructor ratings. White coats hav...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:93
Published on: 26 May 2017
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The transition from medical student to hospital-based first year junior doctor (termed “intern” in Australia) is known to be challenging, and recent changes in clinical learning environments may reduce graduat...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:92
Published on: 26 May 2017
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Teaching clinical audit skills to nascent health professionals is one strategy to improve frontline care. The undergraduate medical curriculum at the University of Auckland provides improvement science theory ...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:91
Published on: 26 May 2017
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Good conceptual knowledge is an essential requirement for health professions students, in that they are required to apply concepts learned in the classroom to a variety of different contexts. However, the use ...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:90
Published on: 25 May 2017
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Vodcasts (video podcasts) are becoming increasingly popular in medical education. At A.T. Still University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (ATSU SOMA), vodcasts are an essential component of our blen...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:89
Published on: 19 May 2017
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To reduce the incidence of hypoxic brain injuries among newborns a national cardiotocography (CTG) education program was implemented in Denmark. A multiple-choice question test was integrated as part of the pr...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:88
Published on: 18 May 2017
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Treating patients is complex, and research shows that there are differences in cognitive resources between physicians who experience difficulties, and those who do not. It is possible that differences in some ...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:87
Published on: 15 May 2017
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Job satisfaction is essential for physicians’ well-being and patient care. The work ethic of long days and hard work that has been advocated for decades is acknowledged as a threat for physicians’ job satisfac...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:86
Published on: 11 May 2017
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Western medicine is an evidence-based science, whereas Chinese medicine is more of a healing art. To date, there has been no research that has examined whether students of Western and Chinese medicine differen...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:85
Published on: 10 May 2017
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Establishing and managing a board certification system is a common concern for many countries. In Japan, the board certification system is under revision. The purpose of this study was to describe present stat...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:83
Published on: 8 May 2017
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Being exposed to good teachers has been shown to enhance students’ knowledge and their clinical performance, but little is known about the underlying psychological mechanisms that provide the basis for being a...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:84
Published on: 8 May 2017
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Teaching Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) is becoming a priority in the healthcare process. For undergraduates, it has been proved that integrating multiple strategies in teaching EBM yields better results than a...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:82
Published on: 4 May 2017
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Physicians in both Western and Eastern countries are being confronted by changes in health care delivery systems and medical professionalism values. The traditional concept of “In-Sul” (benevolent art) and the...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:79
Published on: 3 May 2017
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Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM) skills have been included in general practice curricula and competency frameworks. However, GPs experience numerous barriers to developing and maintaining EBM skills, and some GPs...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:78
Published on: 3 May 2017
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Medical students present higher numbers of physician relatives than expectable from the total population prevalence of physicians. Evidence for such a familial aggregation effect of physicians has emerged in i...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:81
Published on: 3 May 2017
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Midwifery education in Norway has undergone radical reforms in the past few decades. In 2004, the compulsory year of paid internship was removed from the requirement to become an authorised midwife. Since then...
BMC Medical Education 2017 17:80
Published on: 3 May 2017
