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Volume 9;  2009
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Teaching trainers to incorporate evidence-based medicine (EBM) teaching in clinical practice: the EU-EBM project
Shakila Thangaratinam, Gemma Barnfield, Susanne Weinbrenner, Berit Meyerrose, Theodoros N Arvanitis, Andrea R Horvath, Gianni Zanrei, Regina Kunz, Katja Suter, Jacek Walczak, Anna Kaleta, Katrien Oude Rengerink, Harry Gee, Ben WJ Mol, and Khalid S Khan
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 59. Published online 2009 September 10. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-59.
PMCID: PMC2753626
Research article
Experiences, attitudes and barriers towards research amongst junior faculty of Pakistani medical universities
Saniya Sabzwari, Samreen Kauser, and Ali Khan Khuwaja
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 68. Published online 2009 November 16. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-68.
PMCID: PMC2780986
Research Articles
A tool for self-assessment of communication skills and professionalism in residents
Andrew B Symons, Andrew Swanson, Denise McGuigan, Susan Orrange, and Elie A Akl
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 1. Published online 2009 January 8. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-1.
PMCID: PMC2631014
Procedural confidence in hospital based practitioners: implications for the training and practice of doctors at all grades
Rona M Connick, Peter Connick, Angelos E Klotsas, Petroula A Tsagkaraki, and Effrossyni Gkrania-Klotsas
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 2. Published online 2009 January 12. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-2.
PMCID: PMC2651872
Evaluation of a thoracic ultrasound training module for the detection of pneumothorax and pulmonary edema by prehospital physician care providers
Vicki E Noble, Lionel Lamhaut, Roberta Capp, Nichole Bosson, Andrew Liteplo, Jean-Sebastian Marx, and Pierre Carli
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 3. Published online 2009 January 12. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-3.
PMCID: PMC2631015
Puzzle based teaching versus traditional instruction in electrocardiogram interpretation for medical students – a pilot study
Jack Rubinstein, Abhijeet Dhoble, and Gary Ferenchick
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 4. Published online 2009 January 13. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-4.
PMCID: PMC2632655
Should applicants to Nottingham University Medical School study a non-science A-level? A cohort study
Janet Yates, Jennifer Smith, David James, and Eamonn Ferguson
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 5. Published online 2009 January 21. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-5.
PMCID: PMC2650695
An analysis of lecture video utilization in undergraduate medical education: associations with performance in the courses
John A McNulty, Amy Hoyt, Gregory Gruener, Arcot Chandrasekhar, Baltazar Espiritu, Ron Price, Jr, and Ross Naheedy
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 6. Published online 2009 January 27. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-6.
PMCID: PMC2647683
A case study for teaching information literacy skills
Karla V Kingsley and Karl Kingsley
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 7. Published online 2009 January 29. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-7.
PMCID: PMC2640392
A web-based simulation of a longitudinal clinic used in a 4-week ambulatory rotation: a cohort study
Rene WG Wong and Heather A Lochnan
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 8. Published online 2009 February 2. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-8.
PMCID: PMC2654557
Using television shows to teach communication skills in internal medicine residency
Roger Y Wong, Sadra S Saber, Irene Ma, and J Mark Roberts
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 9. Published online 2009 February 3. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-9.
PMCID: PMC2642813
Postgraduate education for Chinese medicine practitioners: a Hong Kong perspective
Vincent CH Chung, Michelle PM Law, Samuel YS Wong, Stewart W Mercer, and Sian M Griffiths
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 10. Published online 2009 February 19. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-10.
PMCID: PMC2652456
Evaluation of a communication skills program for first-year medical students at the University of Toronto
Solomon M Shapiro, William J Lancee, and Christopher M Richards-Bentley
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 11. Published online 2009 February 22. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-11.
PMCID: PMC2654445
Effectiveness of a computer assisted learning (CAL) package to raise awareness of autism
Jariya Chuthapisith, Benedict diMambro, and Gillian Doody
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 12. Published online 2009 February 26. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-12.
PMCID: PMC2652457
Towards a basic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing in acute stroke – identification of salient findings by the inexperienced examiner
Tobias Warnecke, Inga Teismann, Stephan Oelenberg, Christina Hamacher, E Bernd Ringelstein, Wolf R Schäbitz, and Rainer Dziewas
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 13. Published online 2009 March 10. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-13.
PMCID: PMC2657144
Operating theatre related syncope in medical students: a cross sectional study
AAB Jamjoom, A Nikkar-Esfahani, and JEF Fitzgerald
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 14. Published online 2009 March 10. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-14.
PMCID: PMC2657145
Effects of a refugee elective on medical student perceptions
Kathleen Bronson Dussán, Erin M Galbraith, Mary Grzybowski, Bonnie Motyka Vautaw, Linda Murray, and Kim A Eagle
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 15. Published online 2009 April 9. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-15.
PMCID: PMC2676284
Pediatric resident and faculty attitudes toward self-assessment and self-directed learning: a cross-sectional study
Su-Ting T Li, Michele A Favreau, and Daniel C West
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 16. Published online 2009 April 13. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-16.
PMCID: PMC2673219
Student evaluation of a primary care clerkship: quality assurance and identification of potential for improvement
Jean-François Chenot, Michael M Kochen, and Wolfgang Himmel
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 17. Published online 2009 April 15. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-17.
PMCID: PMC2675518
Contextual adaptation of the Personnel Evaluation Standards for assessing faculty evaluation systems in developing countries: the case of Iran
Soleiman Ahmady, Tahereh Changiz, Mats Brommels, F Andrew Gaffney, Johan Thor, and Italo Masiello
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 18. Published online 2009 April 28. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-18.
PMCID: PMC2680845
Interrater reliability of the mind map assessment rubric in a cohort of medical students
Anthony V D'Antoni, Genevieve Pinto Zipp, and Valerie G Olson
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 19. Published online 2009 April 28. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-19.
PMCID: PMC2683832
Rasch scaling procedures for informing development of a valid Fetal Surveillance Education Program multiple-choice assessment
Nathan Zoanetti, Patrick Griffin, Mark Beaves, and Euan M Wallace
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 20. Published online 2009 April 29. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-20.
PMCID: PMC2685791
The effectiveness of a clinically integrated e-learning course in evidence-based medicine: A cluster randomised controlled trial
Regina Kulier, Sjors FPJ Coppus, Javier Zamora, Julie Hadley, Sadia Malick, Kausik Das, Susanne Weinbrenner, Berrit Meyerrose, Tamas Decsi, Andrea R Horvath, Eva Nagy, Jose I Emparanza, Theodoros N Arvanitis, Amanda Burls, Juan B Cabello, Marcin Kaczor, Gianni Zanrei, Karen Pierer, Katarzyna Stawiarz, Regina Kunz, Ben WJ Mol, and Khalid S Khan
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 21. Published online 2009 May 12. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-21.
PMCID: PMC2688004
Assessing clinical communication skills in physicians: are the skills context specific or generalizable
Lubna A Baig, Claudio Violato, and Rodney A Crutcher
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 22. Published online 2009 May 15. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-22.
PMCID: PMC2687440
An investigation of theory-practice gap in undergraduate paramedic education
Rebecca Michau, Samantha Roberts, Brett Williams, and Malcolm Boyle
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 23. Published online 2009 May 18. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-23.
PMCID: PMC2694182
An intercalated BSc degree is associated with higher marks in subsequent medical school examinations
Jennifer A Cleland, Andrew Milne, Hazel Sinclair, and Amanda J Lee
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 24. Published online 2009 May 19. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-24.
PMCID: PMC2689211
Professional approaches in clinical judgements among senior and junior doctors: implications for medical education
Maria Skyvell Nilsson and Ewa Pilhammar
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 25. Published online 2009 May 21. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-25.
PMCID: PMC2693513
A survey of trainee specialists experiences at the University of Cape Town (UCT): Impacts of race and gender
Leslie London, Sebastiana Kalula, and Bonga Xaba
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 26. Published online 2009 May 27. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-26.
PMCID: PMC2696443
Scientific writing: a randomized controlled trial comparing standard and on-line instruction
Amruta Phadtare, Anu Bahmani, Anand Shah, and Ricardo Pietrobon
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 27. Published online 2009 May 27. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-27.
PMCID: PMC2701428
Graduate attributes in the disciplines of Medicine, Dentistry and Veterinary Medicine: a survey of expert opinions
Anita Laidlaw, Simon Guild, and Julie Struthers
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 28. Published online 2009 June 5. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-28.
PMCID: PMC2701429
The influence of regional basic science campuses on medical students' choice of specialty and practice location: a historical cohort study
James J Brokaw, Christina A Mandzuk, Michael E Wade, Dennis W Deal, Mary T Johnson, Gary W White, Jeffrey S Wilson, and Terrell W Zollinger
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 29. Published online 2009 June 6. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-29.
PMCID: PMC2700105
Students and tutors' social representations of assessment in problem-based learning tutorials supporting change
Valdes R Bollela, Manoel HC Gabarra, Caetano da Costa, and Rita CP Lima
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 30. Published online 2009 June 7. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-30.
PMCID: PMC2702354
Investigating the barriers to teaching family physicians' and specialists' collaboration in the training environment: a qualitative study
Marie-Dominique Beaulieu, Louise Samson, Guy Rocher, Marc Rioux, Laurier Boucher, and Claudio Del Grande
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 31. Published online 2009 June 7. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-31.
PMCID: PMC2701430
Evidence of gender bias in True-False-Abstain medical examinations
Shona Kelly and Reg Dennick
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 32. Published online 2009 June 7. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-32.
PMCID: PMC2702355
Improving education in primary care: development of an online curriculum using the blended learning model
Linda Orkin Lewin, Mamta Singh, Betzi L Bateman, and Pamela Bligh Glover
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 33. Published online 2009 June 10. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-33.
PMCID: PMC2702356
Are clinicians being prepared to care for abused women? A survey of health professional education in Ontario, Canada
C Nadine Wathen, Masako Tanaka, Cristina Catallo, Adrianne C Lebner, M Kinneret Friedman, Mark D Hanson, Clare Freeman, Susan M Jack, Ellen Jamieson, and Harriet L MacMillan
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 34. Published online 2009 June 18. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-34.
PMCID: PMC2709616
The effect of a brief social intervention on the examination results of UK medical students: a cluster randomised controlled trial
Katherine Woolf, I Chris McManus, Deborah Gill, and Jane Dacre
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 35. Published online 2009 June 24. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-35.
PMCID: PMC2717066
Needs assessment of Wisconsin primary care residents and faculty regarding interest in global health training
Terese A Bauer and James Sanders
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 36. Published online 2009 June 24. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-36.
PMCID: PMC2713225
Training simulated patients: evaluation of a training approach using self-assessment and peer/tutor feedback to improve performance
Jennifer Perera, Joachim Perera, Juriah Abdullah, and Nagarajah Lee
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 37. Published online 2009 June 29. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-37.
PMCID: PMC2711071
An evaluation of the performance in the UK Royal College of Anaesthetists primary examination by UK medical school and gender
Andrew R Bowhay and Simon D Watmough
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 38. Published online 2009 June 29. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-38.
PMCID: PMC2707380
Neurophobia and its implications: evidence from a Caribbean medical school
Farid F Youssef
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 39. Published online 2009 July 1. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-39.
PMCID: PMC2714502
An assessment of functioning and non-functioning distractors in multiple-choice questions: a descriptive analysis
Marie Tarrant, James Ware, and Ahmed M Mohammed
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 40. Published online 2009 July 7. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-40.
PMCID: PMC2713226
The effectiveness of web-based and face-to-face continuing education methods on nurses' knowledge about AIDS: a comparative study
Alireza Khatony, Nahid Dehghan Nayery, Fazlolaah Ahmadi, Hamid Haghani, and Katri Vehvilainen-Julkunen
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 41. Published online 2009 July 10. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-41.
PMCID: PMC2717067
Predicting performance using background characteristics of international medical graduates in an inner-city university-affiliated Internal Medicine residency training program
Balavenkatesh Kanna, Ying Gu, Jane Akhuetie, and Vihren Dimitrov
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 42. Published online 2009 July 13. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-42.
PMCID: PMC2717068
Evaluation of the medical student research programme in Norwegian medical schools. A survey of students and supervisors
Steinar Hunskaar, Jarle Breivik, Maje Siebke, Karin Tømmerås, Kristian Figenschau, and John-Bjarne Hansen
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 43. Published online 2009 July 14. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-43.
PMCID: PMC2720957
Exploring reflective 'critical incident' documentation of professionalism lapses in a medical undergraduate setting
David Hodges, John C McLachlan, and Gabrielle M Finn
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 44. Published online 2009 July 15. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-44.
PMCID: PMC2714848
Involving students in real-world research: a pilot study for teaching public health and research skills
Elinor Millar, Michael G Baker, Philippa Howden-Chapman, Nick Wilson, and Nigel Dickson
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 45. Published online 2009 July 16. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-45.
PMCID: PMC2717069
Knowledge, attitudes and practices around health research: the perspective of physicians-in-training in Pakistan
Hassan Khan, Sadaf Khan, and Arshad Iqbal
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 46. Published online 2009 July 17. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-46.
PMCID: PMC2719622
Micro-expression recognition training in medical students: a pilot study
Jennifer Endres and Anita Laidlaw
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 47. Published online 2009 July 20. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-47.
PMCID: PMC2718872
Why simulation can be efficient: on the preconditions of efficient learning in complex technology based practices
Bjørn Hofmann
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 48. Published online 2009 July 23. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-48.
PMCID: PMC2726138
Motivation of university and non-university stakeholders to change medical education in Vietnam
Luu Ngoc Hoat, Nguyen Lan Viet, GJ van der Wilt, J Broerse, EJ Ruitenberg, and EP Wright
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 49. Published online 2009 July 24. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-49.
PMCID: PMC2724474
Interns' knowledge of clinical pharmacology and therapeutics after undergraduate and on-going internship training in Nigeria: a pilot study
Kazeem A Oshikoya, Idowu O Senbanjo, and Olufemi O Amole
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 50. Published online 2009 July 28. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-50.
PMCID: PMC2724475
Educational supervision and the impact of workplace-based assessments: a survey of psychiatry trainees and their supervisors
T Everett Julyan
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 51. Published online 2009 July 29. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-51.
PMCID: PMC2726139
Residents' perceptions of a night float system
Harish Jasti, Barbara H Hanusa, Galen E Switzer, Rosanne Granieri, and Michael Elnicki
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 52. Published online 2009 August 3. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-52.
PMCID: PMC2728710
The utilization of appropriate osteoporosis medications improves following a multifaceted educational intervention: the Canadian quality circle project (CQC)
George Ioannidis, Alexandra Papaioannou, Lehana Thabane, Amiram Gafni, Anthony Hodsman, Brent Kvern, Aleksandra Walsh, Famida Jiwa, and Jonathan D Adachi
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 54. Published online 2009 August 6. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-54.
PMCID: PMC2731752
Involvement in teaching improves learning in medical students: a randomized cross-over study
Adam D Peets, Sylvain Coderre, Bruce Wright, Deirdre Jenkins, Kelly Burak, Shannon Leskosky, and Kevin McLaughlin
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 55. Published online 2009 August 25. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-55.
PMCID: PMC2739196
Evaluation of an interactive, case-based review session in teaching medical microbiology
Earl L Blewett and Jennifer L Kisamore
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 56. Published online 2009 August 27. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-56.
PMCID: PMC2739197
Whether or wither some specialties: a survey of Canadian medical student career interest
Ian M Scott, Bruce J Wright, Fraser R Brenneis, and Margot C Gowans
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 57. Published online 2009 September 4. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-57.
PMCID: PMC2749833
Incorporating and evaluating an integrated gender-specific medicine curriculum: a survey study in Dutch GP training
Patrick W Dielissen, Ben JAM Bottema, Petra Verdonk, and Toine LM Lagro-Janssen
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 58. Published online 2009 September 8. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-58.
PMCID: PMC2746188
A comparison of course-related stressors in undergraduate problem-based learning (PBL) versus non-PBL medical programmes
Alexander D Lewis, Darryl A Braganza Menezes, Helen E McDermott, Louise J Hibbert, Sarah-Louise Brennan, Elizabeth E Ross, and Lisa A Jones
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 60. Published online 2009 September 13. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-60.
PMCID: PMC2759915
Emotional intelligence and perceived stress in healthcare students: a multi-institutional, multi-professional survey
Yvonne Birks, Jean McKendree, and Ian Watt
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 61. Published online 2009 September 17. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-61.
PMCID: PMC2753627
Can ill-structured problems reveal beliefs about medical knowledge and knowing? A focus-group approach
Ann Roex, Geraldine Clarebout, Valerie Dory, and Jan Degryse
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 62. Published online 2009 September 23. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-62.
PMCID: PMC2758860
A randomised-controlled trial of two educational modes for undergraduate evidence-based medicine learning in Asia
Janice M Johnston, C Mary Schooling, and Gabriel M Leung
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 63. Published online 2009 September 29. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-63.
PMCID: PMC2761870
Graduates from a traditional medical curriculum evaluate the effectiveness of their medical curriculum through interviews
Simon Watmough, Helen O'Sullivan, and David Taylor
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 64. Published online 2009 October 26. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-64.
PMCID: PMC2773762
Relationship of creative projects in anatomy to medical student professionalism, test performance and stress: an exploratory study
Johanna Shapiro, Vincent P Nguyen, Sarah Mourra, John R Boker, Marianne Ross, Trung M Thai, and Robert J Leonard
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 65. Published online 2009 November 3. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-65.
PMCID: PMC2775735
A descriptive study of medical educators' views of problem-based learning
Mohsen Tavakol, Reg Dennick, and Sina Tavakol
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 66. Published online 2009 November 4. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-66.
PMCID: PMC2775736
Debate
Assessing competency in Evidence Based Practice: strengths and limitations of current tools in practice
Dragan Ilic
BMC Med Educ. 2009; 9: 53. Published online 2009 August 6. doi: 10.1186/1472-6920-9-53.
PMCID: PMC2728711
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