BACKGROUND Although 20-40% of primary care complaints are Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (OtoHNS) related, little emphasis is placed on OtoHNS instruction at the undergraduate medical education level. An OtoHNS clerkship rotation is not required at most Canadian medical schools. Furthermore, at institutions offering an OtoHNS rotation, less than 20% of students are able to complete a plac...

The flipped classroom (FC) approach to teaching has been increasingly employed in undergraduate medical education in recent years. In FC applications, students are first exposed to content via online resources. Subsequent face-to-face class time can then be devoted to student-centered activities that promote active learning. Although the FC has been well received by students in other contexts, ...

Objectives (1) To investigate pharmacy students’ perceptions of 10 occupations within the medical and allied professions: community pharmacists, dentists, dietitians, general medical practitioners (GPs), hospital pharmacists, medical specialists, nurses, occupational therapists, physiotherapists and social workers. (2) To explore students’ perceptions of community and hospital pharmacists at di...

Effective teaching in pharmacology and clinical pharmacology and therapeutics (CPT) is necessary to make medical students competent prescribers. However, the current structure, delivery, and assessment of CPT education in the European Union (EU) is unknown. We sent an online questionnaire to teachers with overall responsibility for CPT education in EU medical schools. Questions focused on under...

BACKGROUND To describe and implement a community paediatric placement in a school setting that teaches undergraduate medical students about intellectual disability that provides benefit to the community and is acceptable to both students and teachers. METHODS Twenty six 4th year undergraduate medical students of the University of Newcastle completed their Paediatric studies based in Tamworth ...

OBJECTIVE To determine medical students' self awareness and ability to discriminate right from left; to identify characteristics associated with this ability; and to identify any techniques used to aid discrimination. DESIGN Questionnaire and psychometric study. SETTING Undergraduate medical school, Northern Ireland. PARTICIPANTS 290 first year undergraduate students. MAIN OUTCOME MEASU...

Cancer is the most common cause of death in economically developed countries and the second most lethal entity in developing countries. Oral cancer is a serious health issue that has a universal occurrence.The aim of this study was to determine the awareness level of undergraduate medical and dental students regarding oral cancer by assessing their knowledge of etiology, risk factors and signs ...

This study explores dietary pattern adopted by the undergraduate medical students and variation in nutritional status among medicos. Objectives were to compare the nutritional status of localites and hostelite medical students and to study their dietary pattern. It was a cross sectional study carried out in 100 medical undergraduate students. 50 hostelite and 50 localite undergraduate medical s...