Ramirez BU. The sensory modality used for learning affects grades. Adv Physiol Educ 35: 270–274, 2011; doi:10.1152/advan.00010.2011.—Second-year undergraduated students from 2008, 2009, and 2010 cohorts were asked to respond a questionnaire to determine their learning style preferences, the VARK questionnaire (where V is visual, A is aural, R is reading-writing, and K is kinesthetic), which was...

Zusammenfassung Aktuell wird der Nationale Kompetenzbasierte Lernzielkatalog Medizin auf Grundlage des „Masterplan Medizinstudium 2020“ weiterentwickelt. Er soll mit Inkrafttreten neuen Ärztlichen Approbationsordnung verpflichtend an allen medizinischen Fakultäten umgesetzt werden. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Frage, welche Kompetenzen ärztliche Nachwuchs im Rahmen Kerncurriculums ihres Medizinstud...

A total of 42 students who had practical immunology course were included in the study. A series of 10 stations were established for OSCE. At each station the students were given a patient description were asked to answer questions for results and interpretation of tests within two minutes. Then, the MCQ examination consisting of 10 questions and oral examination with 10 same questions were cond...

OBJECTIVE There are currently no practising psychiatrists in Somaliland. In 2007 the first medical students graduated from universities in Somaliland without mental health training. We aimed to pilot an intensive but flexible package of mental health training to all senior medical students and interns using interactive training techniques and to evaluate its effectiveness by assessing knowledge...

Background: It is important to train gynecologists and urologists on the principles of urogynecological surgery.
 Objectives: To report our recent experience in developing a curriculum, application, learning outcome urogynecology workshop using cadaver training.
 Methods: A full day structured cadaver-based educational hands-on course was developed. The theoretical component consisted...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate assessment system of the 'Research Methodology Course' using utility criteria (i.e. validity, reliability, acceptability, educational impact, and cost-effectiveness). This study demonstrates comprehensive evaluation of assessment system and suggests a framework for similar courses. METHODS Qualitative and quantitative methods used for evaluation of the course assessment ...

High-throughput transcriptomics was used to identify Fibroporia radiculosa genes that were differentially regulated during colonization of wood treated with a copper-based preservative. The transcriptome was profiled at two time points while the fungus was growing on wood treated with micronized copper quat (MCQ). A total of 917 transcripts were differentially expressed. Fifty-eight of these ge...

(±)-10-Methacryloyloxycamphorquinone (MCQ) was synthesized from (±)-10-camphorsulfonic acid either by a known seven-step synthetic route or by a novel, shorter five-step synthetic route. MCQ was copolymerized with styrene (S) and the photochemical behavior of the copolymer MCQ/S was compared with that of a formerly studied copolymer of styrene with monomers containing the benzil (BZ) moiety (an...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to assess whether the continuing medical education (CME) multiple-choice questions (MCQs) in three major radiology journals adhere to standard question-writing principles. MATERIALS AND METHODS All CME MCQs (total of 181) in the January 2013 editions of the AJR, RadioGraphics, and Radiology composed the test sample. Each question was evaluated by three ...