Objectives The study aims to explore the workplace learning experiences of medical faculty in critical care specialties at a university hospital, focusing on how they develop their professional identity and construct the meaning of their work. Design Qualitative, phenomenological study. Setting The …
Objective To evaluate the importance of rural internships to observed medical workforce distribution outcomes up to 8 years post-medical school. Design and setting Cohort study of medical graduates of The University of Queensland (UQ), Australia. Participants UQ graduates who were medical interns in…
Context Factors contributing to the stressful transition from student to doctor include issues with preparedness for practice, adjusting to new status and responsibility, and variable support. Existing transitional interventions provide inconsistent participation, responsibility and legitimacy in th…
Objective The application of case-based learning (CBL) pedagogy has been emerging as an improved and more practical learning method across the Chinese dental education system. This article provides a critical overview of CBL pedagogy and further assesses the effectiveness of this teaching model in C…
Objective: Despite concern regarding high rates of mental illness and suicide amongst the medical profession, the link between working hours and doctors' mental health remains unclear. This study examines the relationship between average weekly working hours and junior doctors' (JDs') mental health …
Introduction Seeing and treating patients in daily practice forms the basis of general practitioner (GP) training. However, the types of patients seen by GP trainees do not always match trainees' educational needs. Knowledge about factors that shape the mix of patient types is limited, especially wi…
Objectives Although clinical learning is pivotal for nursing education, the learning process itself and the terminology to address this topic remain underexposed in the literature. This study aimed to examine how concepts equivalent to 'learning in practice' are used and operationalised and which le…
Objectives This study examined the risks and supports to competence discussed in the literature related to occupational therapists, pharmacists, physical therapists and physicians, using epidemiology as a conceptual model. Design Articles from a scoping literature review, published from 1975 to 2014…
Objectives: This study aimed to compare visualisation of the vocal cords and performance of intubation by anaesthetists using four different laryngoscopes while wearing full chemical protective equipment. Setting: Medical simulation center of a university hospital, department of anaesthesiology. Par…
Background: During specialty training for general practice, trainees acquire the required competencies through work-based learning. Previous small-scale and older studies suggest that the patient mix of general practitioner (GP) trainees differs from that of their trainers: trainees are exposed to m…
