Enterprise skills for physics undergraduates

Research skills for undergraduates: a must!

Dear Sirs, Research serves a vital purpose in furthering the knowledge base on which medicine is practised. Furthermore it may be defined as the method to which we inform our action. In order for us to practice evidence-based medicine, we must be informing our action, which is reliant on robust and rigorous research. Tomorrow’s Doctors 2009 relates to three domains: the scholar, the scientist a...

Assessing undergraduates' practical clinical skills.

A list of practical skills to observe or learn was included in an undergraduate child health core curriculum. The ability of students to perform these tasks was assessed in a short objective test. This testing has encouraged them to become more proficient in these important skills.

Teaching Computational Physics to Undergraduates

We discuss the advantages of incorporating computational physics into the undergraduate curriculum and the special advantages of a separate course that emphasizes computer simulations.

Core knowledge, skills, and attitudes in child health for undergraduates.

There has been concern that medical schools admit the educational cream ofyoung enthusiastic inquisitive students and five years later produce doctors who are often bored and unquestioning.1-3 Medical schools need to examine the reasons for this. In the UK, the General Medical Council (GMC) report has made major directions about undergraduate medical education in general.4 While not dealing spe...

Core knowledge, skills, and attitudes for undergraduates: kindling curiosity.