The academic backbone: longitudinal continuities in educational achievement from secondary school and medical school to MRCP(UK) and the specialist register in UK medical students and doctors [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Selection of medical students in the UK is still largely based on prior academic achievement, although doubts have been expressed as to whether performance in earlier life is predictive of outcomes later in medical school or post-graduate ...
A Elder +55 more
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Undergraduate medical education: looking back, looking forward [PDF]
, 2015 This commentary briefly looks at some history of Medical Education in Scotland with a focus on the last two decades since the publication of 'Tomorrow's Doctors' by the General Medical Council in 1993. The current influences on Scottish Medical Education
Morrison, Jill
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Incorporating Environmental Health into Pediatric Medical and Nursing Education [PDF]
, 2004 Pediatric medical and nursing education currently lacks the environmental health content necessary to appropriately prepare pediatric health care professionals to prevent, recognize, manage, and treat environmental-exposure–related disease.
Allen Dearry +11 more
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Applied Theatre and Drama in Undergraduate Medical Education: A Scoping Review
McGill Journal of Medicine, 2022 Background: Thematic arts have been integrated throughout various undergraduate medical education programs to improve students’ clinical skills, knowledge, and behaviours to be clinically competent physicians.
Bronte Johnston, Hartley Jafine
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Health care professionals' perceptions towards lifelong learning in palliative care for general practitioners: a focus group study [PDF]
, 2014 Background: There is a growing need for palliative care. The majority of palliative patients prefer their general practitioner (GP) to organize their palliative home care. General practitioners need a range of competences to perform this task.
Deveugele, Myriam +5 more
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Undergraduate medical education. [PDF]
BMJ, 1993 Pressures from students and teachers, from professional bodies, and from changes in the way health care is delivered are all forcing a rethink of how medical students should be taught. These pressures may be more intense in London but are not confined to it.
L, Rees, J, Wass
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Health economics education in undergraduate medical training : introducing the health economics education (HEe) website [PDF]
, 2013 In the UK, the General Medical Council clearly stipulates that upon completion of training, medical students should be able to discuss the principles underlying the development of health and health service policy, including issues relating to health ...
Frew, Emma +2 more
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Medical student confidence to care for a dying patient and their family: a systematic review [PDF]
, 2020 Background: The General Medical Council expects medical graduates to care for dying patients with skill, clinical judgement and compassion. UK surveys continually demonstrate low confidence and increasing distress amongst junior doctors when providing ...
Llewellyn, Carrie +4 more
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GIFs vs Pictures in 'How to Use a Slit Lamp' Teaching: Comparing Medical Student Perceptions [PDF]
Future of Medical Education JournalBackground: Videos have been shown to improve learning outcomes, satisfaction and grab learners’ attention for medical education. The aim of this study was to look at whether replacing static images with short, looped videos (home-made GIFs) in a ...
Christopher Ashton +4 more
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New perspectives - approaches to medical education at four new UK Medical Schools [PDF]
, 2004 To create more UK doctors, the government has funded an increase in medical student numbers of 57% (from 3749 to 5894)1 between 1998 and 2005. This has been done by increasing student places at existing medical schools; creating shortened programmes open
Campion, Peter +3 more
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