BACKGROUND Teachers strive to motivate their students to be self-directed learners. One of the methods used is to provide online formative assessment material. The concept of formative assessment and use of these processes is heavily promoted, despite limited evidence as to their efficacy. METHODS Fourth year medical students, in their first year of clinical work were divided into four groups...

BACKGROUND The discrepancy between the extensive impact of musculoskeletal complaints and the common deficiencies in musculoskeletal examination skills lead to increased emphasis on structured teaching and assessment. However, studies of single interventions are scarce and little is known about the time-dependent effect of assisted learning in addition to a standard curriculum. We therefore eva...

We investigated how students’ surgical self-proficiency and self-confidence changed during the core clerkship to better understand students learn in operating room (OR), which receives mixed reviews as a medical student learning environment. Student demographics, self-rated ability perform set of proficiencies for common operation, OR were assessed at three clinical sites beginning end clerkshi...

Terror medicine, a field related to emergency and disaster medicine, focuses on medical issues ranging from preparedness to psychological manifestations specifically associated with terrorist attacks. Calls to teach aspects of the subject in American medical schools surged after the 2001 jetliner and anthrax attacks. Although the threat of terrorism persists, terror medicine is still addressed ...

Introduction: The transition from pre-clerkship to clinical clerkship is a pivotal moment for medical students. Curricular improvements can be made better prepare students clerkship. We collected student feedback generate recommendations improvement with regard preparedness at the University of Ottawa Faculty Medicine.
 Methods: created pre- and post-clerkship survey Medicine. groups asses...