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Working among the rural communities in Ghana - why doctors choose to engage i...
Abstract Background An unequal distribution of health personnel, leading to unfavourable differences in health status between urban and rural populations, is a serious cause for... -
Errors and secret data in the Italian research assessment exercise. A comment...
Italy adopted a performance-based system for funding universities that is centered on the results of a national research assessment exercise, realized by a governmental agency... -
Research topics and trends in medical education by social network analysis
Abstract Background As studies analyzing the networks and relational structures of research topics in academic fields emerge, studies that apply methods of network and... -
Ethnic bias and clinical decision-making among New Zealand medical students: ...
Background Health professional racial/ethnic bias may impact on clinical decision-making and contribute to subsequent ethnic health inequities. However, limited research has... -
Genital examination training: assessing the effectiveness of an integrated fe...
Background Learning to undertake intimate female and male examinations is an important part of medical student training but opportunities to participate in practical, supervised... -
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Background Student-run clinics (SRCs) are outpatient clinics run and organized by undergraduate medical students. While these clinics offer participating students multiple... -
Ethical values in college education: a mixed-methods pilot study to assess he...
Background Society demands a university education grounded on ethical principles. Education in ethics values is responsibility of universities but will not be viable unless also... -
Training the next generation of physician researchers – Vanderbilt Medical Sc...
Background As highlighted in recent reports published by the Physician-Scientist Workforce Working Group at the National Institutes of Health, the percentage of physicians... -
Greek students’ attitudes, perception and knowledge regarding generic medicin...
Background The penetration of generic medicines in the pharmaceutical market is influenced, among others, by the consumer’s attitude upon them. The attitude of students in... -
Empathy in senior year and first year medical students: a cross-sectional study
The importance of fostering the development of empathy in undergraduate students is continuously emphasized in international recommendations for medical education.... -
A systematic review and categorisation
Background Developing professionalism is a core task in medical education. Unfortunately, it has remained difficult for educators to identify medical students’... -
Application of latent class analysis in assessing the competency of physician...
Background The physicians’ competency is an important public health issue around the world. Several international organizations have taken the lead in examining the competencies... -
Teaching young GPs to cope with psychosocial consultations without prescribin...
Background Despite guidelines and campaigns to change prescribing behavior, General Practitioners (GPs) continue to overprescribe benzodiazepines (BZDs). New approaches to... -
‘I wish someone watched me interview:’ medical student insight into observati...
Background Experts suggest observation and feedback is a useful tool for teaching and evaluating medical student communication skills during the clinical years. Failing to do... -
A simulation-based curriculum to introduce key teamwork principles to enterin...
Background Failures of teamwork and interpersonal communication have been cited as a major patient safety issue. Although healthcare is increasingly being provided in... -
Short-duration podcasts as a supplementary learning tool: perceptions of medi...
Background Use of podcasts has several advantages in medical education. Podcasts can be of different types based on their length: short (1–5 min), moderate (6–15 min) and long... -
Prevalence of poor mental health among medical students in Nepal: a cross-sec...
Background Poor mental health among medical students is widely acknowledged. Studies on mental health among medical students of Nepal are lacking. Therefore, we conducted a...
