ISSN:0737-3805    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1979.tb00909.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1979

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SummaryA survey of the admissions policy adopted by the medical schools towards older applicants, and in particular graduate applicants, has been carried out. Some 1000 graduates applied for places in 1976, of whom about one in six was successful (compared with one in four for all applicants). The academic requirements for this category of student are normally at least an upper second class degree, age maxima vary from 25 to around 30 years and, increasingly, schools require a financial guarantee from students not in receipt of a Local Education Authority grant. A minority of medical schools reserve a proportion of places for older applicants, but only a very small minority of schools will consider reducing the length of their course for graduate entrants.These factors are tabulated for each of thirty‐one of the medical schools in the United Kingdom and the Irish Republi

ISSN:0737-3805    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1979.tb00910.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1979

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SummaryA problem‐based course designated as ‘Beginning Doctor’ was given to 136 first year medical and dental students. The students were divided into small groups and under guidance of a tutor studied largely unfamiliar clinical problems presented to them as written résumés. They determined what further information they required, obtained the information on their own and described it to the others in plenary sessions. The tutors acted as facilitators of student learning rather than as sources of information.Contrary to the widely held assumption that students in these parts of the world are passive learners, incapable of taking direct responsibility for their own learning, the staff was pleasantly surprised to see the enthusiasm and the competence with which the students tackled the problems and easily adopted the self‐lear

ISSN:0737-3805    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1979.tb00911.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1979

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SummaryStudents in biology and medicine often have difficulty in visualizing the structure, function and disease of complex integrated body systems. One example in neurophysiology is the muscle spindle and Golgi tendon organ. A model is described which demonstrates the properties of these two muscle receptors. The model combines mechanical elements, which can change their length to represent muscle contraction, with an electronic representation of the passage of action potentials along ‘nerves’, indicated by light‐emitting diodes and loudspeakers.The model has been in use for some years as a supplement to conventional teaching methods. In a recent questionnaire about the model, a group of medical students responded favourably. We suggest that models such as this are valuable teaching

ISSN:0737-3805    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1979.tb00912.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1979

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SummaryIn third world countries, limited resources of anaesthetists and resuscitation facilities mean that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is usually given ‘straight’(i.e. without anaesthetic and muscle relaxant). This study compared the attitudes of Ugandan medical students towards ECT given straight and ECT administered with muscle relaxant and general anaesthesia (i.e.‘modified’ ECT). Results confirmed the clinical impression that students regarded straight ECT as an inhumane method of treatment. However, whilst this was a major factor influencing students’ preference for modified ECT as a treatment for themselves or for a close friend, it was relatively unimportant in determining their choice of ECT technique for a patient. Convenience of administration was the main criterion applied by students when deciding whether they would prefer to administer straight or modified ECT to a patient. Implications for medical education and the development of professional attitudes are

ISSN:0737-3805    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1979.tb00913.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1979

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SummaryMusculoskeletal disease in the community is common, and much of it responds to early diagnosis and preventive care. At the same time, modern orthopaedics, like so many specialist subjects, has increased significantly in depth and detailpari passuwith its advances. It therefore becomes all the more important in designing undergraduate teaching programmes in these specialist subjects to provide a comprehensive basic training programme that is flexible enough to move with the specialty.The orthopaedic undergraduate education programme in Oxford meets these requirements, embraces all aspects of the subject, and enables the medical student to examine the musculoskeletal system with confidence to interpret his findings, without making him an embryo specialist.

ISSN:0737-3805    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1979.tb00914.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1979

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SummaryThe paper stresses the need to train orthopaedic surgeons for third world countries. The urgent need for such a programme is emphasized. A suitable training scheme is outlined which could be followed in any developing country to train its own orthopaedic surgeons of the future. The importance of training in the local environment is emphasized.

ISSN:0737-3805    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1979.tb00915.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1979

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SummaryThe educational programme reported was an experiment in the vocational training scheme of the Department of General Practice, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Holland, and is now part of the course. The programme focused on the training in team function (co‐operation) given to trainee GPs and social workers. It became clear that both groups during their professional training develop markedly different attitudes and views about patient (client) care. These differences form a fundamental handicap in any discussion about teamwork.During the programme the students were made aware of this divergence of viewpoint and were taught how to handle these resulting handicaps and, if possible, to eliminate the

ISSN:0737-3805    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1979.tb00916.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1979

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SummaryA survey of the career experience and postgraduate training of the 1965 and 1970 graduates of the Scottish university medical schools was carried out in 1975. The duration of training for the specialties of medicine and surgery and for obstetrics and gynaecology was in general longer than for anaesthetics, psychiatry and radiology; the implications of varying periods of training for postgraduate education are discussed. Attention is drawn to a number of factors which influenced career choice. The 1970 graduates who became principals spent longer in training for general practice than those of 1965. Some married women with children had difficulty in finding suitable part‐time work; this may be a serious problem for those seeking accreditation of higher specialist training and for training for general practice. It was estimated that, of the British nationals, about 11% of the 1965 and 8% of the 1970 graduates had emigrated. General practice was the discipline most commonly chosen by doctors working oversea

ISSN:0737-3805    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1979.tb00917.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1979

数据来源: OVID

ISSN:0737-3805    

DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2923.1979.tb00918.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1979

数据来源: OVID