ISSN:0737-3805    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1981.tb02633.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1981

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SummaryThirty hours were allotted to problem‐based learning projects in the first year of a new medical curriculum in Edinburgh. Those projects have been very successful in encouraging student initiative and in satisfying the students’desire for contact with patients, relatives and medical staff early in the curriculum. The difficulties involved in this form of teaching and the shortcomings of the exercise are discus

ISSN:0737-3805    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1981.tb02634.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1981

数据来源: OVID

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SummaryAssessment is an integral part of the teaching‐learning process. It contributes to the realization of learning objectives by inculcating habits which are conducive to better scores in the examination. A system of assessing laboratory work which combines the performance of experiments by the student with some short questions based on an instrument, experimental data or tracing has been critically examined. The performance of the student in the two parts of the examination is poorly correlated (r=0.36 to 0.72), suggesting that they test different abilities, and that combining them may improve the objectivity of the examination. The overall practical assessment is better correlated with the overall theory assessment (r=0.71, 0.87). The correlation between different forms of examination also improves when only the top 10% and bottom 10% of the class is considered. Since the results quoted are based on only a few examinations at a single medical school, generalizations are not justifie

ISSN:0737-3805    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1981.tb02635.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1981

数据来源: OVID

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SummaryA controlled study was conduced on a batch of fifty‐four medical students in the paraclinical period of study, to compare the relative effectiveness of self‐reading of books, didactic lecture and use of self‐instruction kits as teaching‐learning experiences. The assessment was done by an immediate and delayed objective type examination as well as questionnaire.The results indicate self‐reading to be relatively ineffective. Didactic lectures and use of self‐instruction kits have a similar rating in objective assessment while, subjectively, the students expressed a marginal preference for self‐instruction kits.Comparison of the performance of the students grouped according to merit reveals that there is no significant difference between the three methods of learning in the lower group while the upper group did perceptibly better with self‐instruction kits than with d

ISSN:0737-3805    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1981.tb02636.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1981

数据来源: OVID

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SummaryThe learning experience of 150 third‐year medical students in the specific area of paediatric oncology during a 6‐week required paediatric clerkship, was assessed.The clerkship, during which emphasis is placed on patient contact, was based at each of two institutions (A and B). Institution A, with a large relevant patient population and more teaching staff in the field of paediatric oncology, relies primarily on incidental learning relative to this area during the clerkship. Institution B, with smaller related patient groups and teaching staff, employs didactic instruction in this field. Results of pre‐ and post‐testing at both institutions revealed comparable and significant gain in information relative to paediatric oncology in both student groups. Pre‐test scores did not increase during the course of the school year, suggesting that the influence of specific prior clerkships was negligible. Differences in the amount learned between individual student rotational groups were less marked in institution A, where opportunities to contact patients and teaching staff concerned with this specific area, was more c

ISSN:0737-3805    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1981.tb02637.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1981

数据来源: OVID

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SummaryThe predictive validity of ‘traditional’ tools utilized in the selection of medical students was evaluated in a ‘non‐traditional’ selection paradigm, where a wide range of previous‐academic ability was represented. The validity of the use of pre‐academic grades and examination scores in the prediction of success in clinical performance was examined in a medical school which de‐emphasizes these indicators and emphasizes personal characteristics assessed via interview ratings in student selection. Grades and examination scores were found to have no relation to clinical ratings which have an added interpersonal and community emphasis during the fourth‐sixth years of medical school. A positive trend was found for interview ratings with clinical performance, but the skewed nature of interview scores was seen as limiting investigation of this variable. The meaning of these resultsvis‐à‐visthe continued use of academic and examination related selection

ISSN:0737-3805    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1981.tb02638.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1981

数据来源: OVID

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SummaryThe opinions of entering medical students regarding interprofessional education (IPE), and their reasons, are described in this article. More female than male students favour IPE, 49 as compared to 25%. Students who endorse IPE give different reasons for their position than students who oppose it. The former group refer to increased communication and respect among health professionals, increased knowledge about mutual roles and function, greater equality among members of the health team and improved patient care. The opposing group fear that IPE would lower the quality of education by increasing class size and slow the pace of instruction to accommodate students with limited scientific backgrounds. Students also protest against having to study irrelevant subjects and acquire irrelevant skills. The opposing group is concerned primarily with IPE's effect on medical students; the group in favour is concerned more with the effect on patients and interprofessional relations. It seems that opinions about IPE are part of a basic attitudinal structure that medical students bring with them when they enter medical school. The implications for IPE in medical school are discussed.

ISSN:0737-3805    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1981.tb02639.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1981

数据来源: OVID

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SummaryMedical teachers’understanding of the vocabulary of medical education has been studied by asking a group of medical teachers whether they understood twenty‐two commonly used and important medical educational terms, and whether they could distinguish between the terms. All the words presented some problem of comprehension and the majority of respondents found difficulty with approximately one‐third of the terms. This poor comprehension of the vocabulary of medical education is a problem in the communication process necessary to the practice of medical teaching and the encouragement of learning. Authors of medical education reports and articles should be aware of the difficulties in comprehension. The provision of a dictionary of medical education terms would be useful as a reference source and as a reservoir of definitions to be included in published reports and art

ISSN:0737-3805    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1981.tb02640.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1981

数据来源: OVID

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SummaryMore effective use could be made of the resources devoted to the sponsored postgraduate training of overseas doctors in Britain. There is need for careful selection and planning of training programmes. More attention should be given to providing skills in communication, management and education. Clinical training requires the better provision of posts carrying responsibility. Training of leaders in the basic medical sciences should be based to a greater extent on courses leading to M.Sc. and less upon pure research degrees (there is also a major need for a broadly based M.Sc. for non‐medical science graduates who will teach the basic sciences). A major recommendation is that a central office should be established which would plan programmes for and supervise all sponsored trainees, under contract with the sponsoring bod

ISSN:0737-3805    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1981.tb02641.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1981

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0737-3805    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1981.tb02642.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1981

数据来源: OVID