Background: Competency-based assessment innovations are being implemented to address concerns about the effectiveness of traditional approaches to medical training and the assessment of competence. Aim: Integrating intended users' perspectives during the piloting and refinement process of an innovat…
Background: Due to the increasing complexity of medical education and practice, the preparation of healthcare professionals for leadership roles and responsibilities has become increasingly important. To date, the literature on faculty development designed to promote leadership in medical education …
Objective: A previous study found that in Austria 50.3 physicians (m: 43.2, f: 58.6) have not attained their chosen specialty. We aimed to explore the policy and attitude-related reasons for gender disparity in training post allocation. Methods: This cross-sectional study used a quantitative and a q…
Background: Learning in a socio-cultural context, in contrast to an individual context, has been highlighted in recent years. The 3-hour meeting concept presents a socio-cultural framework for collaborative educational opportunities; it has run successfully for 6 years at 129 meetings for junior doc…
Introduction: This longitudinal tracking project by the University of Queensland Rural Clinical School (UQRCS) provides data on the early career pathways of alumni since its inception in 2002. Specifically we report on; (1) perceptions of the UQRCS regarding its influence on current career choice, (…
All thought and talk about learning involves the use of metaphors. Whilst metaphors aid our understanding of things by suggesting novel insights, they can also mislead if too much is read into the supposed likenesses. Acquisition and transfer are easily the most popular metaphors used to understand …
Background: Several investigations suggest inadequate emphasis of basic clinical procedures during internship training. Many trainees had reported lack of competence, while some expressed confidence to manage conditions although not sufficiently experienced. Aims: This study aimed at ascertaining th…
Background: Although medical students' use of portfolios has been studied from many angles, little is known about their motivations. Aim: This article explores medical students' motives for voluntarily compiling a learning portfolio that widely exceeded the assignments. Methods: Content analysis was…
Background: There has been concern that trainees are seldom observed, assessed, and given feedback during their workplace-based education. This has led to an increasing interest in a variety of formative assessment methods that require observation and offer the opportunity for feedback. Aims: To rev…
This paper describes the Cascade Communication Skills Teaching Project, which is a programme of facilitator training enabling communication skills teaching in the consultation to general practitioners to be cascaded throughout the former East Anglia Deanery. The paper also explores the project's edu…
While the need for evidence-based medical education is widely acknowledged, it is often assumed that the 'gold standard' used in evidence-based medicine is sufficient evidence for practising evidence-based medical education. Using the introduction of a problem-based learning (PBL) curriculum as an e…
