Quality assurance of medical education: a case study from Switzerland []
[english] In the light of ongoing changes and challenges in the European health systems which also have significant implications for undergraduate medical education, the present paper describes the accreditation of medical education programmes in ...
Heusser, Rolf, Schirlo, Christian
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Commitment of medical graduates educated with and without community-based medical education towards community health care: a study from Malaysia [PDF]
Context: Community-based medical education (CBME) has become widely accepted as an important innovation in undergraduate medical education. In curriculum featuring CBE, students are acquainted with the community early in their studies however; the impact
Hassan, Shahid
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Background: Universities are facing increased budget constraints, often resulting in reduced funds to support microbiology laboratories. Online mock laboratory activities are often instituted as a cost-effective alternative to traditional wet labs for ...
R. Brockman +4 more
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Confessions of a Poverty Researcher: My Journey Through the Foothills of Scholarship
ABSTRACT This paper describes the key events, experiences and ideas that influenced the author's career as a poverty researcher. He describes how his early disillusion with economics was replaced by a spark of interest in social issues and how his migration from the UK to Australia in the mid‐1970s provided the impetus to begin what became a lifetime ...
Peter Saunders
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National survey of clinical communication assessment in medical education in the United Kingdom (UK). [PDF]
BACKGROUND: All medical schools in the UK are required to be able to provide evidence of competence in clinical communication in their graduates. This is usually provided by summative assessment of clinical communication, but there is considerable ...
Doherty, Eva M +4 more
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Clinical audit project in undergraduate medical education curriculum: An assessment validation study [PDF]
Objectives: To evaluate the merit of the Clinical Audit Project (CAP) in an assessment program for undergraduate medical education using a systematic assessment validation framework. Methods: A cross-sectional assessment validation study at one medical
Mak, D, Steketee, C, Tor, E
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Distinct Prescription Patterns Emerge Years Before ALS Diagnosis: A Nationwide Registry‐Based Study
Objective The prodromal phase of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is poorly defined. We aimed to characterize prescription drug use patterns in the pre‐diagnostic period by analyzing nationwide prescription data to identify the earliest divergence between individuals who developed ALS and matched healthy controls.
Magne Haugland Solheim +6 more
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Background: In Germany, a national competence based catalogue of learning objectives in medicine (NKLM) was developed by the Society for Medical Education and the Council of Medical Faculties.
Hautz, Stefanie C. +4 more
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Perspective: Is It Time for Advocacy Training in Medical Education? [PDF]
As the modern medical system becomes increasingly complex, a debate has arisen over the place of advocacy efforts within the medical profession. The authors argue that advocacy can help physicians fulfill their social contract.
Croft, Daniel +4 more
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Venereology at the Polyclinic: postgraduate medical education among General Practitioners in England, 1899–1914 [PDF]
In 1899 the British Medical Journal enthusiastically announced that a new postgraduate teaching college was to open in London. The aim of the Medical Graduates’ College and Polyclinic (MGC) was to provide continuing education to general practitioners. It
Digby, Newman, Ross
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