Microanatomy courses in U.S. and Canadian medical schools, 1991-92

Community engagement in US and Canadian medical schools

INTRODUCTION This study examines the integration of community engagement and community-engaged scholarship at all accredited US and Canadian medical schools in order to better understand and assess their current state of engagement. METHODS A 32-question data abstraction instrument measured the role of community engagement and community-engaged scholarship as represented on the Web sites of a...

Virtual patient simulation at US and Canadian medical schools.

PURPOSE "Virtual patients" are computer-based simulations designed to complement clinical training. These applications possess numerous educational benefits but are costly to develop. Few medical schools can afford to create them. The purpose of this inventory was to gather information regarding in-house virtual patient development at U.S. and Canadian medical schools to promote the sharing of ...

Medical humanities courses becoming prerequisites in many medical schools.

A survey study of evidence-based medicine training in US and Canadian medical schools.

PURPOSE The authors conducted a survey examining (1) the current state of evidence-based medicine (EBM) curricula in US and Canadian medical schools and corresponding learning objectives, (2) medical educators' and librarians' participation in EBM training, and (3) barriers to EBM training. METHODS A survey instrument with thirty-four closed and open-ended questions was sent to curricular dea...

Standardized Patient Practices: Initial Report on the Survey of US and Canadian Medical Schools

BACKGROUND There is currently a lack of information about the ways in which standardized patients (SPs) are used, how programs that facilitate their use are operated, the ways in which SP-based performance assessments are developed, and how assessment quality is assured. This survey research project was undertaken to describe the current practices of programs delivering SP-based instruction and...