Changes in medical practice that limit instruction time and patient availability, the expanding options for diagnosis and management, and advances in technology are contributing to greater use of simulation technology in medical education. Four areas of high-technology simulations currently being used are laparoscopic techniques, which provide surgeons with an opportunity to enhance their motor...

OBJECTIVE A literature review was made to construct a proposal regarding the concept of competences-based learning in higher education. METHODS The pertinent literature published in Spanish and English in databases such as Medline, Redalyc, SciELO and Academic Google, as well as material in the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, reference centers and books was searched using keywords. The data...

OBJECTIVE To create and implement improvisational exercises to improve first-year pharmacy students' communication skills. DESIGN Twelve 1-hour improvisational sessions were developed and added to an existing/established patient communication course to improve 3 basic skills: listening, observing and responding. Standardized patient examinations were used to evaluate student communication ski...

BACKGROUND Practicing physicians often wish to improve their procedural skills but have limited educational opportunities to do so. DESCRIPTION To summarize the effects of two procedural workshops on participants' confidence, proficiency, and practice patterns. EVALUATION Following completion of a skin biopsy or arthrocentesis workshop, participants completed a post-course and an 8-month fo...

As a graduate student at a research-intensive, medical institution, most of my responsibilities and focus have been in performing experiments and getting published in high-quality journals like the American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology. However, teaching opportunities for young investigators are hard to come by and require active searching while balancing courses and r...

The purpose of this proposed study is to determine if Psychological Capital (PsyCap), collective orientation, and learning goal-orientation can assess the impact of the development of the following ABET student outcomes: teamwork (d), ethics (f), communication (g), life-long learning (i) and awareness of contemporary issues (j), throughout an engineering student’s academic career. We hypothesiz...

INTRODUCTION Encouraged by the change in licensing regulations the practical professional skills in Germany received a higher priority and are taught in medical schools therefore increasingly. This created the need to standardize the process more and more. On the initiative of the German skills labs the German Medical Association Committee for practical skills was established and developed a co...

Nursing faculty teaching medical students a module in clinical skills is a relatively new trend. Collaboration in education among medical and nursing professions can improve students' performance in clinical skills and consequently positively impact the quality of care delivery. In 2011, the Faculty of Medicine in collaboration with the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Balamand, ...