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Evaluating the domains of generalism and equity, diversity and inclusion in preclinical simulated cases for targeted curricular improvements [PDF]

Medical Education Online
Background Simulated cases are widely used in medical education to develop clinical reasoning skills and discuss key topics around patient care. Such cases present an opportunity to demonstrate real world encounters with diverse patient and health ...
Jaime C Yu
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Impact of Community‐Based Clinical Clerkship on Medical Students' Generalism‐Related Competences: A Mixed‐Methods Study [PDF]

Journal of General and Family Medicine
Background Japan's 2022 Model Core Curriculum (MCC) recommends community‐based clinical clerkships spanning at least three consecutive weeks to foster generalism competency, although empirical evidence supporting this guidance remains limited. Methods We
Kiyoshi Shikino, Naoto Ozaki, Nobuyuki Araki, Kazuyo Yamauchi, Hiroshi Tajima, Hajime Kasai, Ikuo Shimizu, Shoichi Ito   +7 more
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Generalism in Nature…The Great Misnomer: Aphids and Wasp Parasitoids as Examples

Insects, 2019
In the present article we discuss why, in our view, the term ‘generalism’ to define the dietary breadth of a species is a misnomer and should be revised by entomologists/ecologists with the more exact title relating to the animal in question&#
Hugh D Loxdale, Adalbert Balog, Jeffrey A Harvey   +2 more
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Species traits and landscape structure can drive scale-dependent propagation of effects in ecosystems [PDF]

Nature Communications
Species can directly and indirectly affect others across communities and habitats, yet the spatial scale over which such effects spread remains unclear. This uncertainty arises partly because the species traits and landscape structures allowing indirect ...
David García-Callejas, Sandra Lavorel, Otso Ovaskainen, Duane A. Peltzer, Jason M. Tylianakis   +4 more
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Undergraduate general medicine education in Japan: A nationwide cross‐sectional survey of medical trainees' perspectives [PDF]

Journal of General and Family Medicine
Background The 2022 revised version of the Model Core Curriculum (MCC) for Medical Education in Japan includes “generalism” as a new expertise quality and ability, based on the results of surveys of experts in health professions education.
Hirohisa Fujikawa, Hidetaka Tamune, Yuji Nishizaki, Kiyoshi Shikino, Taro Shimizu, Yu Yamamoto, Yasuharu Tokuda   +6 more
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Preface: the paradox of generalism, a philosophical perspective

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Evolution ultimately proceeds via ecological specialisation. This is regardless of the exact mechanism/s involved (e.g. selection, genetic drift, allopatric, sympatric, parapatric, etc.), leading to unique, functionally adapted entities (genetically ...
Hugh D Loxdale, Adalbert Balog, Loxdale Hugh D   +2 more
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How early clinical experiences in rural communities influence student learning about rural generalism considered through the lens of educational theory [PDF]

Canadian Medical Education Journal
Introduction: Rural communities have poorer health compared to urban populations due partly to having lesser healthcare access. Rural placements during medical education can equip students with the knowledge and skills to work in rural communities, and,
Brian M Ross, Kirstie Taylor, Brenton Button, Frances Kilbertus, Erin Cameron   +4 more
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Strengthening the Workforce for Equity-Centered Learning Health Systems: Reflections on Embedded Research and Research Generalism; Comment on “Early Career Outcomes of Embedded Research Fellows: An Analysis of the Health System Impact Fellowship Program” [PDF]

International Journal of Health Policy and Management
As embedded researchers in Northern Ontario, Canada, we offer our reflections on Kasaai and colleagues’ 2023 “Early Career Outcomes of Embedded Research Fellows: An Analysis of the Health System Impact Fellowship Program.” In our commentary, we draw on ...
Brianne Wood, Roya Daneshmand
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Generalism drives abundance: A computational causal discovery approach.

PLoS Computational Biology, 2022
A ubiquitous pattern in ecological systems is that more abundant species tend to be more generalist; that is, they interact with more species or can occur in wider range of habitats.
Chuliang Song, Benno I Simmons, Marie-Josée Fortin, Andrew Gonzalez   +3 more
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A Critique of Moral Particularism’s Reliance on Moral Reasons [PDF]

Journal of Philosophical Investigations, 2022
Moral particularism, which is one of the intellectual orientations in contemporary ethics, opposes the importance of principles in morality and in principled theories of ethics on metaethical grounds, and regards it detrimental to moral thought and ...
Seyyed Ali Asghari
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