Source:Journal of Further and Higher Education
(1990)
In this paper we comment on the notion of competence and on the widely-recommended practice of defining learning and assessment in terms of competence statements. Two lines of comment are explored. Firstly, we consider the meaning of competence as an aspect of the description of human activity, and …
Previous attempts to predict resident clinical performance based solely on measures of cognitive skills have been uniformly unsuccessful. For the past 8 years, a formative residency evaluation system has been used that includes yearly comprehensive oral in-training examinations (OITEs) assessing eac…
We compared the schedules and responsibilities of medical interns at an urban university hospital in 1967 with those in 1987. We analyzed admissions, length of stay, diagnostic problems, demographic data on interns, changes in diagnostic and therapeutic options, and number and type of consultations.…
Among the many factors that have altered the practice of obstetrics-gynecology are the following: the numbers of obstetrician-gynecologists, the increasing percentage of women entering the specialty, the expansion of ambulatory services with a simultaneous reduction in hospital admissions, a decreas…
In the 1960s general practitioners were a dying race in Norway. Today general practice is a highly approved specialty among doctors as well as patients. Better education is one of the revitalizing factors. General practice is currently taught as a mandatory subject at all four universities in Norway…
This article reports the results of two questionnaire surveys conducted five years apart to evaluate the status and changes in obstetrics-gynecology (Ob-Gyn) units taught in physical therapy education programs. Sixteen new Ob-Gyn units were implemented in the five-year period between 1981 and 1986. …
This paper reviews the integration of an active teaching program into a busy treatment facility. All first and second year medical students at the University of California, San Diego take part in a series of didactic lectures and small group discussions, while third and fourth year students have the…
Abstract Mastery of esoteric knowledge is one of the central features assigned by sociologists to fully professionalised service occupations, together with an orientation towards public service. There are, nevertheless, different views about the best way in which this education and socialisation can…
Source:Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
(1989)
Developmental pediatricians are being consulted by medical school promotion committees with regard to the course of action to be taken with learning-disabled medical students experiencing academic difficulties. Faculty attitude, a difficulty understanding the nature of learning disabilities, appears…
