background:     purpose:     methods:     results:     conclusion:     key words     journal of medical education summer   2004;5(2):59-61 our results warrant a more attentive approach to clinical skills (specially procedural skills) training all 250 interns who were eligible participated. over all 46.60% interns learned their clinical skills from residents or clinical teachers, 29.61% observed...

INTRODUCTION Adrenal disorders could be a life-threatening emergency, hence requires immediate therapeutic management. For this awareness regarding its diagnosis, management, and treatment is prime important. AIMS AND OBJECTIVE To study the awareness of adrenal disorders among interns and postgraduates students of Hamidia Hospital, Bhopal. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional questionnai...

INTRODUCTION The importance of supervision and of surgeons' level of experience in relation to patient outcome have been demonstrated in both hip fracture and arthroplasty surgery. The aim of this study was to describe the surgeons' experience level and the extent of supervision for: 1) fracture-related surgery in general; 2) the three most frequent primary operations and reoperations; and 3) p...

BACKGROUND While previous authors have emphasized the importance of integrating and reinforcing evidence-based medicine (EBM) skills in residency, there are few published examples of such curricula. We designed an EBM curriculum to train family practice interns in essential EBM skills for information mastery using clinical questions generated by the family practice inpatient service. We sought ...

The new graduate medical education system established by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has been in place for 4 years, and various merits and demerits have surfaced. Many Japanese medical graduates are pleased that training in many fi elds and free choice of the place of training are now more possible in comparison with the previous situation. On the other hand, a pronounce...

introduction: lack of coordination between academic education and their application in the workplace is a common gap between theory and practice. this issue of concern has been discussed among planners of medical education. in this study, the attitude of medical students, externs and interns, was evaluated about the clinical applications of bacteriology. methods: one hundred and fifty four medi...

background: nowadays, due to the emergence of new and advanced technologies, methods of medical education have undergone several changes. because students often spend many minutes per day using mobile phone and its features, and this is a great attraction for them. this study was an attempt to assess the capabilities of the mobile phone technology to be used for teaching the key points of pedia...

background: one of the most important activities in educational processes is evaluation of students. for evaluating the students’ professional performance, selecting an appropriate evaluation system is important. the aim of this study was to assess the clinical performance of medical interns and its affecting factors by mini-cex test. methods: this study was semi-experimental and mini-cex test ...