Medical Education

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Related Articles UK consensus statement on the content of communication curricula in undergraduate Medical Education. Med Educ. 2008 Aug 21; Authors: von Fragstein M, Silverman J, Cushing A, Quilligan S, Salisbury H, Wiskin C, Context The teaching and assessment of clinical communication have become central components of undergraduate Medical Education in the UK. This paper recommends the key content for an undergraduate communication curriculum. Designed by UK educationalists with UK schools in mind, the recommendations are equally applicable to communication curricula throughout the world. Objectives This paper is intended to assist curriculum planners in the design, implementation and review of Medical communication curricula. The document will also be useful in the Education of other health care professionals. Designed for undergraduate Education, the consensus statement also provides a baseline for further professional development. Methods The consensus statement, based on strong theoretical and research evidence, was developed by an iterative process of discussion between communication skills leads from all 33 UK Medical schools conducted under the auspices of the UK Council of Clinical Communication Skills Teaching in Undergraduate Medical Education. Discussion How this framework is used will inevitably be at the discretion of each Medical school and its implementation will be determined by different course designs. Although we ...

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Related Articles Clinical skills Education: outcomes of relationships between junior Medical students, senior peers and simulated patients. Med Educ. 2008 Aug 7; Authors: Nicky Hudson J, Tonkin AL Objectives Peer-assisted learning (PAL) has been reported to have educational benefits in cross-year, small-group teaching in other contexts. Accordingly, we explored whether senior Medical students are effective tutors for their junior peers in clinical skills Education, and how the participants in the learning triad (tutors, learners and simulated patients [SPs]) perceive the learning environment created in PAL. Methods Year 2 students were randomly allocated to one of two groups for skills training. Group 1 (n = 64) were tutored by volunteer Year 6 students, and Group 2 (n = 67) by paid doctors. The results of both groups in a clinical skills examination were compared using an independent samples t-test. Qualitative data, obtained from Year 2 students (n = 125) by written questionnaire and Year 6 students (n = 11) and SPs (n = 3) by focus group interviews, were analysed for themes. Results Students receiving PAL did at least as well in the clinical skills examination as students with qualified tutors (difference in mean total score: 0.7 marks out of 112; 95% confidence interval - 3.8 to 2.4). The PAL environment was perceived as 'comfortable' and fostered the development of confidence in all participants. Peer tutors created a more active ...

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Rethinking continuing Medical Education. BMJ. 2008;337:a973 Authors: Pisacane A PMID: 18703654 [PubMed - in process] ...

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Related Articles Enhancing evaluation in an undergraduate Medical Education program. Acad Med. 2008 Aug;83(8):787-93 Authors: Gibson KA, Boyle P, Black DA, Cunningham M, Grimm MC, McNeil HP Approaches to evaluation of Medical student teaching programs have historically incorporated a range of methods and have had variable effectiveness. Such approaches are rarely comprehensive, typically evaluating only a component rather than the whole program, and are often episodic rather than continuous. There are growing pressures for significant improvement in academic program evaluation. The authors describe an initiative that arose after a radical reorganization of the undergraduate Medical Education program at the University of New South Wales in part in response to feedback from the accrediting authority. The aim was to design a comprehensive, multicomponent, program-wide evaluation and improvement system. The framework envisages the quality of the program as comprising four main aspects: curriculum and resources; staff and teaching; student experience; and student and graduate outcomes. Key principles of the adopted approach include the views that both student and staff experiences provide valuable information; that measurement of student and graduate outcomes are needed; that an emphasis on action after evaluation is critical (closing the loop); that the strategies and processes need to be continual rather than episodic; and that evaluation ...

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It was the second slideshow I gave yesterday at the Medicine 2.0 Congress. Many thanks to BioImagene for their help and sponsorship! BioImagene is a leading provider of total imaging solutions for pathologists, [...] ...

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Stanford’s med school is about to stop taking money from drug companies and device makers that want to fund specific continuing Education courses for doctors. In announcing the policy, the school joins a few others that have moved in this direction in recent years, as industry funding of continuing Medical Education, or CME, has come under [...] ...

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Medical Careers Institute, the School of Health Science at ECPI College of Technology, is pleased to announce a Medical Career Education Expo Open House to be held at all Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina campus locations on various dates during the August 16th through August 23rd period. Please visit www.Medical.edu for dates, times, and locations as well as additional Expo information. Visitors will be able to explore in-demand careers in the health sciences field. (PRWEB Aug 12, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.emediawire.com/releases/Medical/career/prweb1206334.htm ...

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The Stanford University School of Medicine said Tuesday it will no longer accept support from pharmaceutical or device companies for specific programs in continuing Medical Education since industry-directed funding "may compromise the integrity of these Education programs for practicing physicians." The action builds on a 2006 policy that banned gifts, including free meals, and industry marketing at the Stanford University Medical Center. ...

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Medical Spa Consulting from Best Medical Spa in America. Raleigh, NC medspa Blue Water Spa owner Kile Law, will provide expert information to physicians and spa owners at Medspa conference on October 6, 2008 in Orlando, FL. (PRWeb Aug 13, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/medspa/medispa/prweb1196094.htm ...

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The Stanford University School of Medicine will no longer accept support from pharmaceutical or device companies for specific programs in continuing Medical Education, as industry-directed funding may compromise the integrity of these Education programs for practicing physicians, officials said. The action on CME builds on a 2006 policy that banned gifts, including free meals, and industry marketing at the Stanford University Medical Center. Stanford is one of the few U. ...

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Stanford University officials on Tuesday plan to announce a new policy under which pharmaceutical and Medical device companies no longer will have the ability to select continuing Medical Education courses that they seek to finance for physicians at the university's School of Medicine, the New York Times reports. ...

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Nancy H. Nielsen, Ph.D., M.D., president of the American Medical Association and senior associate dean for Medical Education at the University at Buffalo's School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, will present the inaugural Oliver P. "O.P." Jones, M.D., '56, Endowed Lectureship in Medical Education Sept. 19. ...

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"Examining Sources of Coverage Among Medicare Beneficiaries: Supplemental Insurance, Medicare Advantage, and Prescription Drug Coverage -- Findings From the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey," Kaiser Family Foundation: The chartpack provides new information on the sources of supplemental and prescription drug coverage among Medicare beneficiaries in 2006. ...

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The university’s Medical school joins others in requiring company money to be pooled to avoid conflicts of interest. ...

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Raleigh, NC Laser Hair Removal Center and Medspa Voted Best Medcal Spa in America Provides Medical Spa Consulting. Kile Law Owner of Blue Water Spa in Raleigh Provides advanced Education seminar October 6, 2008 in Orlando, Florida. ...

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Guwahati, Aug 25 : Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh today stressed the need on balanced regional spread of Medical facilities and Education to make them accessible to the poor people in different regions. ...

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SOUTH BEND -- A well-liked physician, who was among the area's first cardiologists, died Tuesday after an illness. ...