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Volume 10;  2010
Correspondence
Authors' opinions on publication in relation to annual performance assessment
Robin L Walker, Lindsay Sykes, Brenda R Hemmelgarn, and Hude Quan
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 21. Published online 2010 March 9. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-21.
PMCID: PMC2842280
Software
WriteSim TCExam - An open source text simulation environment for training novice researchers in scientific writing
Jatin Shah, Dimple Rajgor, Meenakshi Vaghasia, Amruta Phadtare, Shreyasee Pradhan, Elias Carvalho, and Ricardo Pietrobon
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 39. Published online 2010 May 28. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-39.
PMCID: PMC2893514
Study Protocol
Protocol for a national audit on self-reported confidence levels, training requirements and current practice among trainee doctors in the UK: The Trainees Own Perception of Delivery of Care in Diabetes (TOPDOC) Study
Jyothis T George, David J McGrane, David Warriner, Kavitha S Rozario, Hermione C Price, Emma G Wilmot, Partha Kar, Edward B Jude, and Gerard A McKay
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 54. Published online 2010 July 27. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-54.
PMCID: PMC2921101
Technical Advance
Peer role-play and standardised patients in communication training: a comparative study on the student perspective on acceptability, realism, and perceived effect
Hans M Bosse, Martin Nickel, Sören Huwendiek, Jana Jünger, Jobst H Schultz, and Christoph Nikendei
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 27. Published online 2010 March 31. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-27.
PMCID: PMC2853557
Research Articles
Job requirements compared to medical school education: differences between graduates from problem-based learning and conventional curricula
Christopher L Schlett, Hinnerk Doll, Janosch Dahmen, Ole Polacsek, Gero Federkeil, Martin R Fischer, Fabian Bamberg, and Martin Butzlaff
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 1. Published online 2010 January 14. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-1.
PMCID: PMC2824799
Perceived Stress, Sources and Severity of Stress among medical undergraduates in a Pakistani Medical School
Mohsin Shah, Shahid Hasan, Samina Malik, and Chandrashekhar T Sreeramareddy
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 2. Published online 2010 January 15. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-2.
PMCID: PMC2820489
Training auscultatory skills: computer simulated heart sounds or additional bedside training? A randomized trial on third-year medical students
Øystein Sverdrup, Torstein Jensen, Svein Solheim, and Knut Gjesdal
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 3. Published online 2010 January 18. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-3.
PMCID: PMC2820490
A survey on the attitudes towards research in medical school
D Robert Siemens, Sanoj Punnen, James Wong, and Nimira Kanji
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 4. Published online 2010 January 22. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-4.
PMCID: PMC2823602
Discrimination against international medical graduates in the United States residency program selection process
Norman A Desbiens and Humberto J Vidaillet, Jr
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 5. Published online 2010 January 25. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-5.
PMCID: PMC2822781
Introducing an online community into a clinical education setting: a pilot study of student and staff engagement and outcomes using blended learning
Kathleen Gray and Jacinta Tobin
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 6. Published online 2010 January 26. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-6.
PMCID: PMC2828452
Developing counseling skills through pre-recorded videos and role play: a pre- and post-intervention study in a Pakistani medical school
Noor F Ahsen, Syeda A Batul, Ahsen N Ahmed, Sardar Z Imam, Humaira Iqbal, Khayyam Shamshair, and Hammad Ali
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 7. Published online 2010 January 26. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-7.
PMCID: PMC2837024
Development and preliminary psychometric properties of a well-being index for medical students
Liselotte N Dyrbye, Daniel W Szydlo, Steven M Downing, Jeff A Sloan, and Tait D Shanafelt
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 8. Published online 2010 January 27. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-8.
PMCID: PMC2823603
Pedagogical strategies used in clinical medical education: an observational study
Maria Skyvell Nilsson, Sandra Pennbrant, Ewa Pilhammar, and Claes-Göran Wenestam
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 9. Published online 2010 January 28. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-9.
PMCID: PMC2824800
A comparative evaluation of the effect of internet-based CME delivery format on satisfaction, knowledge and confidence
Vernon R Curran, Lisa J Fleet, and Fran Kirby
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 10. Published online 2010 January 29. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-10.
PMCID: PMC2835720
Effect of a peer-educational intervention on provider knowledge and reported performance in family planning services: a cluster randomized trial
Sakineh Mohammad-Alizadeh Charandabi, Rezagoli Vahidi, Lena Marions, and Rolf Wahlström
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 11. Published online 2010 February 2. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-11.
PMCID: PMC2830222
Internet-based medical education: a realist review of what works, for whom and in what circumstances
Geoff Wong, Trisha Greenhalgh, and Ray Pawson
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 12. Published online 2010 February 2. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-12.
PMCID: PMC2825237
Accreditation council for graduate medical education (ACGME) annual anesthesiology residency and fellowship program review: a "report card" model for continuous improvement
Steven H Rose and Timothy R Long
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 13. Published online 2010 February 8. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-13.
PMCID: PMC2830223
The application of Item Response Theory on a teaching strategy profile questionnaire
Ulf Brodin, Uno Fors, and Klara B Laksov
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 14. Published online 2010 February 10. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-14.
PMCID: PMC2830224
Gender differences in specialty preference and mismatch with real needs in Japanese medical students
Yoshiharu Fukuda and Tadanari Harada
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 15. Published online 2010 February 11. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-15.
PMCID: PMC2834693
Training of patient and consumer representatives in the basic competencies of evidence-based medicine: a feasibility study
Bettina Berger, Anke Steckelberg, Gabriele Meyer, Jürgen Kasper, and Ingrid Mühlhauser
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 16. Published online 2010 February 11. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-16.
PMCID: PMC2843725
The resident-as-teacher educational challenge: a needs assessment survey at the National Autonomous University of Mexico Faculty of Medicine
Melchor Sánchez-Mendiola, Enrique L Graue-Wiechers, Leobardo C Ruiz-Pérez, Rocío García-Durán, and Irene Durante-Montiel
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 17. Published online 2010 February 16. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-17.
PMCID: PMC2830225
Training in childhood obesity management in the United States: a survey of pediatric, internal medicine-pediatrics and family medicine residency program directors
Margaret S Wolff, Erinn T Rhodes, and David S Ludwig
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 18. Published online 2010 February 17. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-18.
PMCID: PMC2839969
An interprofessional approach to improving paediatric medication safety
Moira Stewart, Joanna Purdy, Neil Kennedy, and Anne Burns
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 19. Published online 2010 February 19. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-19.
PMCID: PMC2834694
Medical student engagement and leadership within a new learning community
Mark Bicket, Satish Misra, Scott M Wright, and Robert Shochet
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 20. Published online 2010 February 26. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-20.
PMCID: PMC2837871
Self-development groups reduce medical school stress: a controlled intervention study
Mari Holm, Reidar Tyssen, Kirsten I Stordal, and Brit Haver
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 23. Published online 2010 March 16. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-23.
PMCID: PMC2847570
Using standardized patients to assess communication skills in medical and nursing Students
C Anthony Ryan, Nuala Walshe, Robert Gaffney, Andrew Shanks, Louise Burgoyne, and Connie M Wiskin
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 24. Published online 2010 March 17. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-24.
PMCID: PMC2845182
Why medical students choose not to carry out an intercalated BSc: a questionnaire study
Jamie A Nicholson, Jennifer Cleland, John Lemon, and Helen F Galley
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 25. Published online 2010 March 23. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-25.
PMCID: PMC2850914
Support for and aspects of use of educational games in family medicine and internal medicine residency programs in the US: a survey
Elie A Akl, Sameer Gunukula, Reem Mustafa, Mark C Wilson, Andrew Symons, Amir Moheet, and Holger J Schünemann
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 26. Published online 2010 March 25. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-26.
PMCID: PMC2851700
Students' perceptions about the transition to the clinical phase of a medical curriculum with preclinical patient contacts; a focus group study
Merijn B Godefrooij, Agnes D Diemers, and Albert JJA Scherpbier
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 28. Published online 2010 April 5. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-28.
PMCID: PMC2864282
Residents' views about family medicine specialty education in Turkey
Arzu Uzuner, Pinar Topsever, Ilhami Unluoglu, Ayse Caylan, Nezih Dagdeviren, Yesim Uncu, Mumtaz Mazıcıoğlu, Alis Ozçakır, Hakan Ozdemir, and Fusun Ersoy
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 29. Published online 2010 April 15. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-29.
PMCID: PMC2861691
Mentoring programs for medical students - a review of the PubMed literature 2000 - 2008
Esther Frei, Martina Stamm, and Barbara Buddeberg-Fischer
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 32. Published online 2010 April 30. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-32.
PMCID: PMC2881011
Providing competency-based family medicine residency training in substance abuse in the new millennium: a model curriculum
J Paul Seale, Sylvia Shellenberger, and Denice Crowe Clark
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 33. Published online 2010 May 11. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-33.
PMCID: PMC2885404
Assessing the perceptions of a biostatistics and epidemiology module: Views of Year 2 medical students from a Malaysian university. A cross-sectional survey
Aqil M Daher and Farzana Amin
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 34. Published online 2010 May 13. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-34.
PMCID: PMC2885405
Undergraduate educational environment, perceived preparedness for postgraduate clinical training, and pass rate on the National Medical Licensure Examination in Japan
Yasuharu Tokuda, Eiji Goto, Junji Otaki, Joshua Jacobs, Fumio Omata, Haruo Obara, Mina Shapiro, Kumiko Soejima, Yasushi Ishida, Sachiko Ohde, Osamu Takahashi, and Tsuguya Fukui
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 35. Published online 2010 May 20. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-35.
PMCID: PMC2881012
Interest in neurology during medical clerkship in three Nigerian medical schools
Emmanuel O Sanya, Olugbenga E Ayodele, and Timothy O Olanrewaju
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 36. Published online 2010 May 20. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-36.
PMCID: PMC2890591
Improving capacity for evidence-based practice in South East Asia: evaluating the role of research fellowships in the SEA-ORCHID Project
Jacki Short, Steve McDonald, Tari Turner, and Ruth Martis
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 37. Published online 2010 May 22. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-37.
PMCID: PMC2890592
Validation of the modified Fresno Test: assessing physical therapists' evidence based practice knowledge and skills
Julie K Tilson
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 38. Published online 2010 May 25. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-38.
PMCID: PMC2896364
The standard error of measurement is a more appropriate measure of quality for postgraduate medical assessments than is reliability: an analysis of MRCP(UK) examinations
Jane Tighe, IC McManus, Neil G Dewhurst, Liliana Chis, and John Mucklow
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 40. Published online 2010 June 2. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-40.
PMCID: PMC2893515
Visiting medical student elective and clerkship programs: a survey of US and Puerto Rico allopathic medical schools
Paul S Mueller, Linda L McConahey, Laura J Orvidas, Mark C Lee, Juan M Bowen, Thomas J Beckman, and Mary J Kasten
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 41. Published online 2010 June 7. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-41.
PMCID: PMC2893187
Evidence-based choices of physicians: a comparative analysis of physicians participating in Internet CME and non-participants
Linda Casebeer, Jennifer Brown, Nancy Roepke, Cyndi Grimes, Blake Henson, Ryan Palmore, U Shanette Granstaff, and Gregory D Salinas
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 42. Published online 2010 June 10. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-42.
PMCID: PMC2892500
Planning training seminars in palliative care: a cross-sectional survey on the preferences of general practitioners and nurses in Austria
Gerhild Becker, Felix Momm, Peter Deibert, Carola Xander, Annemarie Gigl, Brigitte Wagner, and Johann Baumgartner
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 43. Published online 2010 June 11. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-43.
PMCID: PMC2893516
New regulations regarding Postgraduate Medical Training in Spain: perception of the tutor's role in the Murcia Region
Jose Galcerá-Tomás, Carmen Botella-Martínez, José Saura-Llamas, and Fernando Navarro-Mateu
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 44. Published online 2010 June 14. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-44.
PMCID: PMC2901247
Psychometric properties of a test in evidence based practice: the Spanish version of the Fresno test
Josep M Argimon-Pallàs, Gemma Flores-Mateo, Josep Jiménez-Villa, and Enriqueta Pujol-Ribera
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 45. Published online 2010 June 16. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-45.
PMCID: PMC2906501
What is the impact of a national postgraduate medical specialist education reform on the daily clinical training 3.5 years after implementation? A questionnaire survey
Lene Mortensen, Bente Malling, Charlotte Ringsted, and Sune Rubak
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 46. Published online 2010 June 18. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-46.
PMCID: PMC2902490
Perceptions of newly admitted undergraduate medical students on experiential training on community placements and working in rural areas of Uganda
Dan K Kaye, Andrew Mwanika, Patrick Sekimpi, Joshua Tugumisirize, and Nelson Sewankambo
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 47. Published online 2010 June 23. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-47.
PMCID: PMC2904351
The views of doctors in their first year of medical practice on the lasting impact of a preparation for house officer course they undertook as final year medical students
Catherine B Matheson, David J Matheson, John H Saunders, and Claire Howarth
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 48. Published online 2010 June 23. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-48.
PMCID: PMC2909973
Attitudes of US medical trainees towards neurology education: "Neurophobia" - a global issue
Andrey V Zinchuk, Eoin P Flanagan, Niall J Tubridy, Wendy A Miller, and Louise D McCullough
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 49. Published online 2010 June 23. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-49.
PMCID: PMC2900283
Medical student attitudes toward video games and related new media technologies in medical education
Frederick W Kron, Craig L Gjerde, Ananda Sen, and Michael D Fetters
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 50. Published online 2010 June 24. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-50.
PMCID: PMC2908629
Learning styles of medical students, general surgery residents, and general surgeons: implications for surgical education
Paul T Engels and Chris de Gara
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 51. Published online 2010 June 30. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-51.
PMCID: PMC2909974
Interactive film scenes for tutor training in problem-based learning (PBL): dealing with difficult situations
Hans M Bosse, Soeren Huwendiek, Silvia Skelin, Michael Kirschfink, and Christoph Nikendei
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 52. Published online 2010 July 6. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-52.
PMCID: PMC2909975
The learners' perspective on internal medicine ward rounds: a cross-sectional study
Muhammad Tariq, Afaq Motiwala, Syed Umer Ali, Mehmood Riaz, Safia Awan, and Jaweed Akhter
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 53. Published online 2010 July 9. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-53.
PMCID: PMC2912319
The value of the UK Clinical Aptitude Test in predicting pre-clinical performance: a prospective cohort study at Nottingham Medical School
Janet Yates and David James
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 55. Published online 2010 July 28. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-55.
PMCID: PMC2922293
Impact of clerkship in the attitudes toward psychiatry among Portuguese medical students
Miguel Xavier and José C Almeida
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 56. Published online 2010 August 2. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-56.
PMCID: PMC2919544
Evaluation of mobile learning: Students' experiences in a new rural-based medical school
Debra Nestel, Andre Ng, Katherine Gray, Robyn Hill, Elmer Villanueva, George Kotsanas, Andrew Oaten, and Chris Browne
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 57. Published online 2010 August 11. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-57.
PMCID: PMC2928245
Undergraduate medical student perceptions and use of Evidence Based Medicine: A qualitative study
Dragan Ilic and Kristian Forbes
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 58. Published online 2010 August 19. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-58.
PMCID: PMC2931522
Debates
Internal medicine residency training for unhealthy alcohol and other drug use: recommendations for curriculum design
Angela H Jackson, Daniel P Alford, Catherine E Dubé, and Richard Saitz
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 22. Published online 2010 March 15. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-22.
PMCID: PMC2848062
How to improve medical education website design
Stephen D Sisson, Felicia Hill-Briggs, and David Levine
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 30. Published online 2010 April 21. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-30.
PMCID: PMC2868857
Climate change: what competencies and which medical education and training approaches?
Erica J Bell
BMC Med Educ. 2010; 10: 31. Published online 2010 April 30. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-10-31.
PMCID: PMC2874564
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