Preparing medical libraries for use by students in PBL curricula

Preparing Medical Students for the Medical Interview

INTRODUCTION The medical interview is possibly the most important encounter the physician has with a patient, frequently uncovering important clues as to what prompted the patient’s visit. To conduct an optimal medical interview, the physician must be aware of patient behavior patterns and be able to communicate effectively. In a seminal essay written in 1973, George Engel proclaimed, “The keys...

study of cohesive devices in the textbook of english for the students of apsychology by rastegarpour

this study investigates the cohesive devices used in the textbook of english for the students of psychology. the research questions and hypotheses in the present study are based on what frequency and distribution of grammatical and lexical cohesive devices are. then, to answer the questions all grammatical and lexical cohesive devices in reading comprehension passages from 6 units of 21units th...

Health Libraries as Joint Use Libraries: Serving Medical Practitioners and Students

Libraries, whether medical or healthcare, in higher education (HE) institutions or the National Health Service (NHS), provide services to all types of healthcare students and professionals. Many of these are delivered through contracts, in the form of service-level agreements, between the two key organizations. The challenge to librarians is ensuring that users are provided with access to the r...

Preparing medical students for an ever-changing world.

Preparing medical students for clinical practice: easing the transition

The transition from medical student to junior doctor is a challenge; the UK General Medical Council has issued guidance emphasizing the importance of adequate preparation of medical students for clinical practice. This study aimed to determine whether a junior doctor-led simulation-based course is an effective way of preparing final year medical students for practice as a junior doctor.We pilot...