ISSN:0737-3805    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1987.tb00505.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

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Summary.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 popular with students and it is hoped that it will improve attitudes of teaching staff in the medical school towards primary health

ISSN:0737-3805    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1987.tb00506.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0737-3805    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1987.tb00507.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

数据来源: OVID

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Summary.This paper describes the use of a home microcomputer to produce a highly versatile yet relatively inexpensive interactive video system. The program has been designed to introduce medical students to the examination of the mentally ill patient, but the technique is ideally suited to demonstrate examination and treatment techniques in all medical specialties.

ISSN:0737-3805    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1987.tb00508.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

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Summary.The academic curriculum of the University of Benin includes some compulsory courses for all students in the first year of admission. These courses, referred to as general studies, cover some aspects of English language, Nigerian history and culture, humanities, science and technology. Since the introduction in 1975 of this programme in the university various views have been expressed on the necessity, effectiveness, suitability, relevance and reaction of students to the programme.This investigation was therefore carried out to find out the views of the medical students about the programme. The results show that our medical students regard the programme as useful, effective and relevant to their medical education and should be continued. They also suggested some modifications and improvement in some aspects of the programme.

ISSN:0737-3805    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1987.tb00509.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

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Summary.The emphasis on academic achievement in medical student selection has given rise to the fear that students entering medicine may comprise a homogeneous group with tendencies towards academic and scientific pursuits rather than humanistic and personoriented health care.The Attitudes to Social Issues in Medicine (ATSIM) scale was administered to first‐year Australian medical students and first‐year students in other faculties including students with significantly lower academic performance measured by high school examination scores.The medical student group was found to be less conservative towards general social issues than students enrolled in commerce and science faculties and scored equally with arts students. Greater conservatism was, however, apparent in those areas which most closely affect the doctor's role. Medical students were less positive than other student groups in their attitudes towards increased government control of the medical profession, the contribution of allied health professionals and the importance of social aspects of illness. On attitudes to issues such as prevention and doctor‐patient relationships which do not challenge the knowledge base or traditional role and status of the medical profession, however, medical students demonstrate equal or greater concern compared with other student g

ISSN:0737-3805    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1987.tb00510.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

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Summary.Significant trends in teaching biostatistics to medical students include: (1) recognition of the dependence of advancement in the medical sciences upon the quantitative sciences; (2) integration of biostatistics and other disciplines such as epidemiology and community medicine; (3) increased emphasis on clinical relevance through the introduction of such topics as medical decision‐making, evaluation of diagnostic test, genetic counselling and evaluating health‐science literature; (4) growing emphasis on analytic skills and computer literacy as precipitated by the presence of computerbased patient and medical information systems, expert systems, imaging and signal analysis systems; (5) the emergence of new applications of statistics in health and medicine; and (6) changes in the learning environment, for example emphasis on small‐group discussions and problem‐solving sessions. The evolution and future directions of biometrical training in medicine as precipitated by these trends, and the response of course directors at the Medical University of South Carolina to the demand for a‘new’ curriculum in biostatistics for medical students ar

ISSN:0737-3805    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1987.tb00511.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

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Summary.The suitability of physiology topics taught in the first‐year dental curriculum needs to be investigated in the light of the view of the present generation of clinical and preclinical teachers, and students. This was studied in the University of Malaya in order to propose a rational physiology curriculum with proper identification of priority topics. Oral physiology, blood and the cardiovascular system were found to be the most relevant for dental students. Among the systems, high and low priority topics were identified and their relative importance is discusse

ISSN:0737-3805    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1987.tb00512.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

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Summary.The phi‐coefficient of an item in a multiple choice question (MCQ) examination is often used to determine whether that item is suitable for re‐use in future examinations. In order to be of value in this regard, the coefficient must be shown to be an objective and consistent index of the discriminating power of an MCQ item. The behaviour of the phicoefficient (ø) was investigated in two one‐from‐five MCQ and two true/false examinations. It is shown that the magnitude of the ø‐coefficient for the items in any examination is a function not only of the discriminating power of the items, but also of the magnitude of the countermark for incorrect responses, of the proportion of‘don't know’ responses in the examination, and of how the‘don't know’ responses are handled in the analysis. It is further shown that the reproducibility of the ø, when calculated for any pair of randomly selected portions of a class of students, is very poor. We conclude that the error of estimation of the ø is of the same order of magnitude as the ø's

ISSN:0737-3805    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1987.tb00513.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

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Summary.The objectives of this study are (1) to investigate undergraduate medical students’ attitudes towards different specialties and (2) to investigate whether there are any differences between the attitudes of students of different sex and different socio‐economic background. The sample consisted of 692 final‐year students from 11 medical colleges in India. Scale values were worked out to find out the actual distance between students’ attitudes. Sex differences were observed in the attitude towards surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, orthopaedics, microbiology, social and preventive medicine and anatomy. There were no statistically significant differences between the attitudes of students from different socio‐economic ba

ISSN:0737-3805    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1987.tb00514.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1987

数据来源: OVID