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Volume 8;  2008
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The need for education on health related-quality of life
Melanie J Calvert and John R Skelton
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 2. Published online 2008 January 14. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-2.
PMCID: PMC2222608
e-meducation.org: an open access medical education web portal
Vangelis G Alexiou and Matthew E Falagas
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 6. Published online 2008 January 24. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-6.
PMCID: PMC2245936
Technical Advance
A skin abscess model for teaching incision and drainage procedures
Michael T Fitch, David E Manthey, Henderson D McGinnis, Bret A Nicks, and Manoj Pariyadath
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 38. Published online 2008 July 3. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-38.
PMCID: PMC2453116
Research Articles
Evaluation of a joint Bioinformatics and Medical Informatics international course in Peru
Walter H Curioso, Jacquelyn R Hansen, Arturo Centurion-Lara, Patricia J Garcia, Fredric M Wolf, Sherrilynne Fuller, King K Holmes, and Ann Marie Kimball
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 1. Published online 2008 January 14. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-1.
PMCID: PMC2265703
Can teaching agenda-setting skills to physicians improve clinical interaction quality? A controlled intervention
Hector P Rodriguez, Michael P Anastario, Richard M Frankel, Esosa G Odigie, William H Rogers, Ted von Glahn, and Dana G Safran
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 3. Published online 2008 January 14. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-3.
PMCID: PMC2245937
Drivers for change in primary care of diabetes following a protected learning time educational event: interview study of practitioners
Aloysius Niroshan Siriwardena, Jo B Middlemass, Kate Ward, and Carol Wilkinson
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 4. Published online 2008 January 19. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-4.
PMCID: PMC2258303
Perceptions of graduating students from eight medical schools in Vietnam on acquisition of key skills identified by teachers
Luu Ngoc Hoat, Nguyen Minh Son, and E Pamela Wright
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 5. Published online 2008 January 20. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-5.
PMCID: PMC2248186
Clinical training: a simulation program for phlebotomy
Jun-ichi Taniguchi, Kunihiko Matsui, Toshitaka Araki, and Kazuhiko Kikawa
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 7. Published online 2008 January 28. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-7.
PMCID: PMC2267176
Enhancing communication skills for pediatric visits through on-line training using video demonstrations
Kathi J Kemper, Jane M Foy, Larry Wissow, and Steve Shore
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 8. Published online 2008 February 11. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-8.
PMCID: PMC2262077
Research enrichment: evaluation of structured research in the curriculum for dental medicine students as part of the vertical and horizontal integration of biomedical training and discovery
Karl Kingsley, Susan O'Malley, Tanis Stewart, and Katherine M Howard
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 9. Published online 2008 February 19. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-9.
PMCID: PMC2267175
Attitudes toward and experiences of gender issues among physician teachers: A survey study conducted at a university teaching hospital in Sweden
Gunilla Risberg, Eva E Johansson, Göran Westman, and Katarina Hamberg
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 10. Published online 2008 February 26. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-10.
PMCID: PMC2289828
A web-based Alcohol Clinical Training (ACT) curriculum: Is in-person faculty development necessary to affect teaching?
Daniel P Alford, Jessica M Richardson, Sheila E Chapman, Catherine E Dubé, Robert W Schadt, and Richard Saitz
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 11. Published online 2008 March 6. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-11.
PMCID: PMC2329623
A virtual computer lab for distance biomedical technology education
Craig Locatis, Anibal Vega, Medha Bhagwat, Wei-Li Liu, and Jose Conde
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 12. Published online 2008 March 13. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-12.
PMCID: PMC2292716
Electronic health records in outpatient clinics: Perspectives of third year medical students
Emran Rouf, Heidi S Chumley, and Alison E Dobbie
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 13. Published online 2008 March 31. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-13.
PMCID: PMC2294117
The virtual haptic back: A simulation for training in palpatory diagnosis
John N Howell, Robert R Conatser, Robert L Williams, II, Janet M Burns, and David C Eland
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 14. Published online 2008 April 3. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-14.
PMCID: PMC2362113
Correcting biases in psychiatric diagnostic practice in Northwest Russia: Comparing the impact of a general educational program and a specific diagnostic training program
Grigory Rezvyy, Alexander Parniakov, Elena Fedulova, and Reidun Olstad
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 15. Published online 2008 April 4. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-15.
PMCID: PMC2346459
Even one star at A level could be "too little, too late" for medical student selection
Chris McManus, Katherine Woolf, and Jane E Dacre
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 16. Published online 2008 April 7. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-16.
PMCID: PMC2335100
Development of an instrument to assess the impact of an enhanced experiential model on pharmacy students' learning opportunities, skills and attitudes: A retrospective comparative-experimentalist study
Rosemin Kassam, Gary Poole, and John B Collins
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 17. Published online 2008 April 8. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-17.
PMCID: PMC2375875
Undergraduate technical skills training guided by student tutors – Analysis of tutors' attitudes, tutees' acceptance and learning progress in an innovative teaching model
Peter Weyrich, Markus Schrauth, Bernd Kraus, Daniel Habermehl, Nicolai Netzhammer, Stephan Zipfel, Jana Jünger, Reimer Riessen, and Christoph Nikendei
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 18. Published online 2008 April 9. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-18.
PMCID: PMC2324090
Ambulance clinical placements – A pilot study of students' experience
Malcolm J Boyle, Brett Williams, Jennifer Cooper, Bridget Adams, and Kassie Alford
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 19. Published online 2008 April 10. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-19.
PMCID: PMC2330039
Students' perceptions of learning environment in an Indian medical school
Reem Abraham, K Ramnarayan, P Vinod, and Sharmila Torke
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 20. Published online 2008 April 11. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-20.
PMCID: PMC2329622
The educational background and qualifications of UK medical students from ethnic minorities
IC McManus, Katherine Woolf, and Jane Dacre
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 21. Published online 2008 April 16. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-21.
PMCID: PMC2359745
Training tomorrow's doctors in diabetes: self-reported confidence levels, practice and perceived training needs of post-graduate trainee doctors in the UK. A multi-centre survey
Jyothis T George, David A Warriner, Jeffrin Anthony, Kavitha S Rozario, Sinu Xavier, Edward B Jude, and Gerard A McKay
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 22. Published online 2008 April 17. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-22.
PMCID: PMC2358901
Assessment of an undergraduate psychiatry course in an African setting
Benjamin J Baig, Anna Beaglehole, Robert C Stewart, Leonie Boeing, Douglas H Blackwood, Johan Leuvennink, and Felix Kauye
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 23. Published online 2008 April 22. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-23.
PMCID: PMC2383891
Requirements for effective academic leadership in Iran: A Nominal Group Technique exercise
Ali Bikmoradi, Mats Brommels, Alireza Shoghli, Zohreh Sohrabi, and Italo Masiello
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 24. Published online 2008 April 22. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-24.
PMCID: PMC2374778
Evaluation of a web-based ECG-interpretation programme for undergraduate medical students
Mikael Nilsson, Gunilla Bolinder, Claes Held, Bo-Lennart Johansson, Uno Fors, and Jan Östergren
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 25. Published online 2008 April 23. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-25.
PMCID: PMC2394519
Medical students' views about an undergraduate curriculum in psychiatry before and after clinical placements
Clare Oakley and Femi Oyebode
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 26. Published online 2008 April 25. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-26.
PMCID: PMC2383892
Harmonising Evidence-based medicine teaching: a study of the outcomes of e-learning in five European countries
Regina Kulier, Julie Hadley, Susanne Weinbrenner, Berrit Meyerrose, Tamas Decsi, Andrea R Horvath, Eva Nagy, Jose I Emparanza, Sjors FPJ Coppus, Theodoros N Arvanitis, Amanda Burls, Juan B Cabello, Marcin Kaczor, Gianni Zanrei, Karen Pierer, Katarzyna Stawiarz, Regina Kunz, Ben WJ Mol, and Khalid S Khan
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 27. Published online 2008 April 29. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-27.
PMCID: PMC2386125
Innovations in curriculum design: A multi-disciplinary approach to teaching statistics to undergraduate medical students
Jenny V Freeman, Steve Collier, David Staniforth, and Kevin J Smith
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 28. Published online 2008 May 1. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-28.
PMCID: PMC2397402
Limitations of student-driven formative assessment in a clinical clerkship. A randomised controlled trial
Edward J Palmer and Peter G Devitt
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 29. Published online 2008 May 11. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-29.
PMCID: PMC2396159
Issues and challenges in the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular risk factors: Assessing the needs of cardiologists
Sean M Hayes, Martin Dupuis, and Suzanne Murray
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 30. Published online 2008 May 16. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-30.
PMCID: PMC2412848
Consultant medical trainers, modernising medical careers (MMC) and the European time directive (EWTD): tensions and challenges in a changing medical education context
Maria Tsouroufli and Heather Payne
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 31. Published online 2008 May 20. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-31.
PMCID: PMC2397401
Factors affecting medical students in formulating their specialty preferences in Jordan
Yousef Khader, Dema Al-Zoubi, Zouhair Amarin, Ahmad Alkafagei, Mohammad Khasawneh, Samar Burgan, Khalid El Salem, and Mousa Omari
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 32. Published online 2008 May 23. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-32.
PMCID: PMC2423351
Identifying outcome-based indicators and developing a curriculum for a continuing medical education programme on rational prescribing using a modified Delphi process
Hamideh M Esmaily, Carl Savage, Rezagoli Vahidi, Abolghasem Amini, Mohammad Hossein Zarrintan, and Rolf Wahlstrom
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 33. Published online 2008 May 30. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-33.
PMCID: PMC2443123
Quality gap of educational services in viewpoints of students in Hormozgan University of medical sciences
Teamur Aghamolaei and Shahram Zare
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 34. Published online 2008 June 18. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-34.
PMCID: PMC2442591
Problem-based learning and larger student groups: mutually exclusive or compatible concepts – a pilot study
Martyn P Kingsbury and Joanne S Lymn
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 35. Published online 2008 June 18. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-35.
PMCID: PMC2441620
Gender sensitivity among general practitioners: Results of a training programme
Halime H Celik, Ineke I Klinge, Trudy T van der Weijden, Guy GAM Widdershoven, and Toine ALM Lagro-Janssen
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 36. Published online 2008 June 26. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-36.
PMCID: PMC2446386
Factors associated with the subspecialty choices of internal medicine residents in Canada
Leora Horn, Katina Tzanetos, Kevin Thorpe, and Sharon E Straus
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 37. Published online 2008 June 26. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-37.
PMCID: PMC2446387
How residents and interns utilise and perceive the personal digital assistant and UpToDate
Jason Phua and Tow Keang Lim
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 39. Published online 2008 July 14. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-39.
PMCID: PMC2483706
Validating the effectiveness of Clinically Oriented Physiology Teaching (COPT) in undergraduate physiology curriculum
Reem Abraham, Komattil Ramnarayan, and Asha Kamath
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 40. Published online 2008 July 24. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-40.
PMCID: PMC2503982
An investigation into how the European Working Time Directive has affected anaesthetic training
Andrew R Bowhay
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 41. Published online 2008 August 12. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-41.
PMCID: PMC2518917
International medical graduates (IMGs) needs assessment study: comparison between current IMG trainees and program directors
Rachelle Zulla, Mark Otto Baerlocher, and Sarita Verma
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 42. Published online 2008 August 29. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-42.
PMCID: PMC2546389
Learning based on patient case reviews: an interview study
Rikke Sand Andersen, Rikke Pilegaard Hansen, Jens Søndergaard, and Flemming Bro
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 43. Published online 2008 September 5. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-43.
PMCID: PMC2542359
Implementation of Integrated Learning Program in neurosciences during first year of traditional medical course: Perception of students and faculty
Sarmishtha Ghosh and Himanshu V Pandya
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 44. Published online 2008 September 24. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-44.
PMCID: PMC2569025
Development of a food allergy education resource for primary care physicians
Joyce E Yu, Arvind Kumar, Christine Bruhn, Suzanne S Teuber, and Scott H Sicherer
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 45. Published online 2008 September 30. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-45.
PMCID: PMC2569928
Psychosocial health risk factors and resources of medical students and physicians: a cross-sectional study
Edgar Voltmer, Ulf Kieschke, David LB Schwappach, Michael Wirsching, and Claudia Spahn
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 46. Published online 2008 October 2. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-46.
PMCID: PMC2567308
Graduate entry to medicine in Iran
Saharnaz Nedjat, Reza Majdzadeh, and Arash Rashidian
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 47. Published online 2008 October 11. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-47.
PMCID: PMC2571089
Satisfaction with web-based training in an integrated healthcare delivery network: do age, education, computer skills and attitudes matter?
Ashish Atreja, Neil B Mehta, Anil K Jain, CM Harris, Hemant Ishwaran, Michel Avital, and Andrew J Fishleder
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 48. Published online 2008 October 15. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-48.
PMCID: PMC2575204
A train-the-trainer education and promotion program: chronic fatigue syndrome – a diagnostic and management challenge
Dana J Brimmer, K Kimberly McCleary, Teresa A Lupton, Katherine M Faryna, Kevin Hynes, and William C Reeves
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 49. Published online 2008 October 15. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-49.
PMCID: PMC2576246
The influence of the cultural climate of the training environment on physicians' self-perception of competence and preparedness for practice
Jamiu O Busari, Eduard AA Verhagen, and Fred D Muskiet
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 51. Published online 2008 November 21. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-51.
PMCID: PMC2596784
Integrated online formative assessments in the biomedical sciences for medical students: benefits for learning
Gary M Velan, Philip Jones, H Patrick McNeil, and Rakesh K Kumar
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 52. Published online 2008 November 25. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-52.
PMCID: PMC2613879
Self- and peer assessment may not be an accurate measure of PBL tutorial process
José Lúcio Martins Machado, Valéria Menezes Peixeiro Machado, Waldir Grec, Valdes Roberto Bollela, and Joaquim Edson Vieira
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 55. Published online 2008 November 27. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-55.
PMCID: PMC2605444
Medical students' and facilitators' experiences of an Early Professional Contact course: Active and motivated students, strained facilitators
Bernhard von Below, Gunilla Hellquist, Stig Rödjer, Ronny Gunnarsson, Cecilia Björkelund, and Mats Wahlqvist
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 56. Published online 2008 December 2. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-56.
PMCID: PMC2614986
Learning to prescribe – pharmacists' experiences of supplementary prescribing training in England
Richard J Cooper, Joanne Lymn, Claire Anderson, Anthony Avery, Paul Bissell, Louise Guillaume, Allen Hutchinson, Elizabeth Murphy, Julie Ratcliffe, and Paul Ward
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 57. Published online 2008 December 5. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-57.
PMCID: PMC2615422
Determinants of career aspirations of medical students in southern China
LingBing She, BingLi Wu, LiYan Xu, JianYi Wu, PiXian Zhang, and EnMin Li
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 59. Published online 2008 December 11. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-59.
PMCID: PMC2621218
The characteristics of depressive symptoms in medical students during medical education and training: a cross-sectional study
Sergio Baldassin, Tânia Correa de Toledo Ferraz Alves, Arthur Guerra de Andrade, and Luiz Antonio Nogueira Martins
BMC Med Educ. 2008; 8: 60. Published online 2008 December 11. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-8-60.
PMCID: PMC2621219
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