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Welcome to BMC Medical Education published by BioMed Central
BMC Medical Education is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing medical
education.
BMC Medical Education (ISSN 1472-6920) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE and Google Scholar.
BMC Medical Education 2008, 8 :36
An interactive training program encourages GPs and trainees to make gender-sensitive recommendations in clinical decision-making, thus helping to prevent inequity in caregiving.
BMC Medical Education 2008, 8 :31
Consultants training junior staff feel that working patterns introduced by the European Working Time Directive and Modernising Medical Careers program have damaged education and patient care, preferring the traditional culture of long hours, personal sacrifice and informal supervision.
BMC Medical Education 2008, 8 :28
Emphasising the applications of statistics and interpretation of data as part of a syllabus that includes videos and animations helps medical students to better define key statistical concepts and to anticipate using statistics in their career.
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Research article
Learning based on patient case reviews: an interview study Rikke Sand Andersen, Rikke Pilegaard Hansen, Jens Soendergaard, Flemming Bro BMC Medical Education 2008, 8 :43 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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International medical graduates (IMGs) needs assessment study: comparison between current IMG trainees and program directors Rachelle Zulla, Mark OTTO Baerlocher, Sarita Verma BMC Medical Education 2008, 8 :42 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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An investigation into how the European Working Time Directive has affected anaesthetic training Andrew R Bowhay BMC Medical Education 2008, 8 :41 (12 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Validating the effectiveness of Clinically Oriented Physiology Teaching (COPT) in undergraduate physiology curriculum Reem Abraham, Komattil Ramnarayan, Asha Kamath BMC Medical Education 2008, 8 :40 (24 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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How residents and interns utilise and perceive the personal digital assistant and UpToDate Jason Phua, Tow Keang Lim BMC Medical Education 2008, 8 :39 (14 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Technical advance
A skin abscess model for teaching incision and drainage procedures Michael T Fitch, David E Manthey, Henderson D McGinnis, Bret A Nicks, Manoj Pariyadath BMC Medical Education 2008, 8 :38 (3 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Factors associated with the subspecialty choices of internal medicine residents in Canada Leora Horn, Katina Tzanetos, Kevin Thorpe, Sharon E Straus BMC Medical Education 2008, 8 :37 (26 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Gender sensitivity among general practitioners: Results of a training programme Halime H Celik, Ineke I Klinge, Trudy T van der Weijden, Guy GAM Widdershoven, Toine ALM Lagro-Janssen BMC Medical Education 2008, 8 :36 (26 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Problem-based learning and larger student groups: mutually exclusive or compatible concepts Martyn P Kingsbury, Joanne S Lymn BMC Medical Education 2008, 8 :35 (18 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Quality gap of educational services in viewpoints of students in Hormozgan University of medical sciences Teamur Aghamolaei, Shahram Zare BMC Medical Education 2008, 8 :34 (18 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Short report
Smoking, health and aging Vittorio Nicita Mauro, Giorgio Basile, Giuseppe Maltese, Claudio Nicita Mauro, Sebastiano Gangemi, Calogero Caruso Immunity & Ageing 2008, 5 :10 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Clinical feasibility of (neo)adjuvant taxane based chemotherapy in eldery patients: an analysis of > 4,500 patients from four german randomized breast cancer trials Sibylle Loibl, Gunter von Minckwitz, Nadia Harbeck, Wolfgang Janni, Dirk Elling, Manfred Kaufmann, Holm Eggemann, Valentina Nekljudova, Harald Sommer, Marion Kiechle, Sherko Kummel Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10 :R77 (16 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Interference Screw vs. Suture Anchor Fixation for Open Subpectoral Biceps Tenodesis: Does it Matter? Peter J Millett, Brett Sanders, Reuben Gobezie, Sepp Braun, Jon JP Warner BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008, 9 :121 (15 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Factors influencing the implementation of clinical guidelines for health care professionals: a meta-review Anneke A.L. Francke, Marieke M.C. Smit, Anke A.J.E. De Veer, Patriek P. Mistiaen BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2008, 8 :38 (12 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Sevoflurane requirement during elective ankle day surgery: the effects of etirocoxib premedication, a prospective randomised study. Ibrahim Turan, Anette Hein, Eva Jacobson, Jan G Jakobsson Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research 2008, 3 :40 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Comfort in big numbers: does over-estimation of doping prevalence in others indicate self-involvement? Andrea Petroczi, Jason Mazanov, Tamas Nepusz, Susan H Backhouse, Declan P Naughton Journal of Occupational Medicine and Toxicology 2008, 3 :19 (5 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Case Report
Severe accordion effect: Myocardial ischemia due to wire complication during percutaneous coronary intervention: a case report Gerasimos Gavrielatos, Loukas K Pappas, Prodromos Anthopoulos, Anastasios Salachas, Georgios Ifantis, Ioannis Antonellis Cases Journal 2008, 1 :138 (2 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Methodology
Developing a competency-based curriculum in HIV for nursing schools in Haiti Elisa Knebel, Nancy Puttkammer, Adrien Demes, Ruth Devirois, Mona Prismy Human Resources for Health 2008, 6 :17 (29 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Multiple insecticide resistance mechanisms involving metabolic changes and insensitive target sites selected in anopheline vectors of malaria in Sri Lanka M Devika B Perera, Janet Hemingway, SHP Parakrama Karunaratne Malaria Journal 2008, 7 :168 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Validation of the GALS musculoskeletal screening exam for use in primary care: a pilot study Karen A Beattie, Raja Bobba, Imaan Bayoumi, David Chan, Inge Schabort, Pauline Boulos, Walter Kean, Joyce Obeid, Ruth McCallum, George Ioannidis, Alexandra Papaioannou, Alfred Cividino BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders 2008, 9 :115 (27 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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