Co-medical Student Abuse in Clinical Practice

General practice: a medical student perspective

I n the run-up to the UK general election, all of the main political parties promised to increase the number of general practitioners (GPs) by 5,000 8,000, to curb ‘the crisis of the shortage of GPs’ (1). In 2013, only 20% of medical students opted for a career in general practice despite a national target of 50% by 2016 (2). So the question is, why are we not attracted to general practice? A s...

Medical Gerontology in Clinical Practice

Forensic aspects of medical student abuse: a Canadian perspective.

The mistreatment and consequences of mistreatment involving medical students have only recently been recognized and studied. This article reports on the nature, frequency, and sequelae of "abuse" that is prohibited by the Criminal Code of Canada, as experienced by fourth year medical students. A 160-item, multiple choice questionnaire, the Medical Student Abuse Survey (MSAS), was administered o...

Medical student detection of melanoma: clinical skills.

T he mortality from melanoma, currently the sixth most common malignant neoplasm in men and women, increases after age 50 years and can be expected to increase as the US population ages. Sixteen percent of melanomas are discovered by physicians, and 76% of those are detected by primary care physicians. Given that 41.8% of US annual physician visits are to a family practitioner or internist, the...

Factors associated with medical student clinical reasoning and evidence based medicine practice

OBJECTIVES To identify the factors associated with medical students' clinical reasoning (CR) use and evidence-based medicine (EBM) use in the clinical setting. METHODS Our cross-sectional study surveyed 44 final-year medical students at an emerging academic medical center in Singapore. We queried the students' EBM and CR value and experiences in the classroom and clinical settings. We compare...