The Authors Miriam Friedman Ben David is Professor of Medical Education, formerly Co-Director of the Clinical Skills Certification Programme at the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) and Associate Dean at the Medical College of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. Professor Friedman Ben David is currently at the Centre for Medical Education, Dundee, Scotland. Her main areas of ...

John Raven is Boyd Baxter Professor of Biology at the University of Dundee. He studied botany at the University of Cambridge, and stayed on for a PhD in plant biophysics with an exceptionally insightful scientist and mentor, Professor Enid MacRobbie. His research at Dundee is centred on how organisms acquire and manipulate resources from their environment with particular emphasis on photosynthe...

BACKGROUND The learning environment of a medical school has a significant impact on students' achievements and learning outcomes. The importance of equitable learning environments across programme sites is implicit in distributed undergraduate medical programmes being developed and implemented. PURPOSE To study the learning environment and its equity across two classes and three geographicall...

Complete List of Authors: Wang, Zhigang; University of Dundee, Institute for Medical Science and Technology Luo, Hongyan Nick, Matthias; University of Dundee, Gueorguieva, Mariana; University of Dundee, Andre, Pascal; University of St Andrews, Baker, Richard; University of St Andrews, McLean, Donald; University of Dundee, Brown, Stuart; University of Dundee, Cuschieri, Alfred; University of Dun...

Background: It is imperative that all methods applied in skeletal age estimation and the criteria on which they are based have a strong evidential basis. The relationship between the persistence of epiphyseal scars and chronological age however has remained largely untested. Aims: To assess the relationships between the level of persistence of the epiphyseal scar and chronological age, biologic...

1Department of Neurosurgery, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK 2Department of Neurology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK 3Department of Radiology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK 4Department of Endocrinology, Ninewells Hospital and Medical School, Dundee, UK *Corresponding author Avinash Kumar Kanodia, MD, DM, FRCR Department of Radiology Nine...

In light of the need for a tool to evaluate clinical practice education environment as perceived by medical and nursing students, this study is was conducted develop validate Korean version Undergraduate Clinical Education Environment Measure (K-UCEEM) measurement managing climate quality education. For validation, UCEEM consisting 25 items developed Pia Strand in 2013 adapted according standar...

In the following paper we present an innovative approach to coupling gaming, telematics, machinima, and opera to produce a hybrid performance art form and an arts+technology education platform. To achieve this, we leverage a custom Minecraft video game and sandbox mod and pd-l2ork real-time digital signal processing environment. The result is a malleable telematic-ready platform capable of supp...

Health professionals providing health-care services must have the relevant competencies and clinical experiences needed to improve population health outcomes in different contexts. Current models of health profession education often fail to produce a fit-for-purpose workforce ready and willing to provide relevant, quality care to underserved communities. Evidence is emerging that community-enga...

This is a case study on the implementation of MLE-Moodle in museum education and in a biology exam conducted in field conditions. MLE-Moodle is an open-source GPL-licensed ready to use mobile Learning system designed for mobile phones. It is a plug-in for the open-source learning management system Moodle. MLE-Moodle is a new approach to mobile learning. It connects the mobile learning environme...