Medical student selection interviews: insights into non-verbal observable communications: a cross-sectional study [PDF]
Purpose Interviews play a crucial role in the medical school selection process, although little is known about interviewers’ non-verbal observable communications (NoVOC) during the interviews.
Pin-Hsiang Huang+4 more
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CAS - CERN Accelerator School: Accelerators for Medical Applications [PDF]
These proceedings collate lectures given at the course on Accelerators for Medical Applications, organised by the CERN Accelerator School (CAS). The course was held at the Eventhotel Pyramide, V\"osendorf, Austria from 26 May to 5 June, in collaboration with MedAustron.
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Are we teaching our students what they need to know about ageing? Results from the National Survey of Undergraduate Teaching in Ageing and Geriatric Medicine [PDF]
Introduction - Learning about ageing and the appropriate management of older patients is important for all doctors. This survey set out to evaluate what medical undergraduates in the UK are taught about ageing and geriatric medicine and how this ...
A. G. Blundell+8 more
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TUBERCULOSIS AND THE MEDICAL SCHOOLS. [PDF]
The admission of cases of pulmonarv tuberculosis to the general hospitals, is one of the most serious questions with which such institutions have to deal. The attitude of those in charge has always been that a general hospital is not the proper place for the care of such cases, and this attitude is held just and reasonable by the medical profession ...
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In this lecture the basic concepts of electromagnetic waves in accelerating structures are discussed. After a short introduction on the propagation of electromagnetic waves and on the concept of travelling wave and standing wave structures, the most important parameters and figures of merit used to describe the acceleration efficiency and the ...
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Reforms of the Korean Medical Licensing Examination regarding item development and performance evaluation [PDF]
Purpose: The Korean Medical Licensing Examination (KMLE) has undergone a variety of innovative reforms implemented by the National Health Personnel Licensing Examination Board (NHPLEB) in order to make it a competency-based test.
Mi Kyoung Yim
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A survey of UK medical schools' arrangements for early patient contact [PDF]
Background: Many U.K. medical schools have patient contact in the first two years of the undergraduate course. Aim: To compare the purposes and organization of early patient contact in UK medical schools and to relate these arrangements to the schools ...
Amanda Howe+24 more
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Metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) affects nearly one‐third of the global population and poses a significant risk of progression to cirrhosis or liver cancer. Here, we discuss the roles of hepatic dendritic cell subtypes in MASLD, highlighting their distinct contributions to disease initiation and progression, and their ...
Camilla Klaimi+3 more
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Changing medical students’ perception of the evaluation culture: Is it possible? [PDF]
Student feedback is a critical component of the teacher-learner cycle. However, there is not a gold standard course or clerkship evaluation form and limited research on the impact of changing the evaluation process.
Jorie M. Colbert-Getz, Steven Baumann
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Absentee and Economic Impact of Low-Level Fine Particulate Matter and Ozone Exposure in K-12 Students [PDF]
High air pollution levels are associated with school absences. However, low level pollution impact on individual school absences are under-studied. We modelled PM2.5 and ozone concentrations at 36 schools from July 2015 to June 2018 using data from a dense, research grade regulatory sensor network.
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