“Teaching Ophthalmology for Undergraduate Medical Students” 40 Years Experience in Problem Based, Community Oriented Institutions

MedTalks: developing teaching abilities and experience in undergraduate medical students

OBJECTIVES According to the CanMEDS' Scholar competency, physicians are expected to facilitate the learning of colleagues, patients and other health professionals. However, most medical students are not provided with formal opportunities to gain teaching experience with objective feedback. METHODS To address this, the University's Medical Education Interest Group (MEIG) created a pilot teachi...

Evaluation of a task-based community oriented teaching model in family medicine for undergraduate medical students in Iraq

BACKGROUND The inclusion of family medicine in medical school curricula is essential for producing competent general practitioners. The aim of this study is to evaluate a task-based, community oriented teaching model of family medicine for undergraduate students in Iraqi medical schools. METHODS An innovative training model in family medicine was developed based upon tasks regularly performed...

Integrating the Teaching of Informatics to Medical Students in a Problem-based Learning Undergraduate Course

Paulo Marcondes Carvalho-Junior, MD, MSc , Renato M.E. Sabbatini, PhD 1 Professor and Chairman, Medical Informatics, Marilia Medical School of, São Paulo, Brazil, and Doctoral Student, Dept of Biomedical Engineering, State University of Campinas. 2 Professor and Chairman, Medical Informatics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, and Director, Center for Biomedical Informatics, State University of Campi...

Teaching learning disability to undergraduate medical students

Clinically oriented physiology teaching: strategy for developing critical-thinking skills in undergraduate medical students.

Medicine is an applied science, interpreting evidence and applying it to real life by using clinical reasoning skills and experience. COPT (clinically oriented physiology teaching) was incorporated in physiology instruction aiming to relate the study of physiology to real-life problems, to generate enthusiasm and motivation for learning, and to demonstrate the vocational relevance of physiology...