| | Other Issues: previous | next | latest | archiveCorrespondence 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 |