Buscail, Etienne Muscari, Fabrice Hostalrich, Aurélien Bolzinger, Manon Malavaud, Sandra Minville, Vincent Martin, Charlotte Delhoste, Magali Houze-Cerfon, Charles Henri Buscail, Simon
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The transition from medical student to surgical resident is not a simple one. The aim of this study was to report the experience of a university hospital in the organization of the induction course for future surgical residents and the contribution of a video support in the learning of the suture. We were able to study two consecutive years of stud...
Moodley, Saiendhra Vasudevan Wolvaardt, Jacqueline Grobler, Christoffel
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Background There is a shortage of the human resources needed to deliver mental health services which is likely to be exacerbated by COVID-19. Due to mental health workforce shortages, task-shifting and task-sharing approaches have been implemented in a number of countries. Clinical associates, a mid-level cadre working under the supervision of medi...
Kulkarni, Sanat Parry, Jayne Sitch, Alice
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Background Previous studies have shown performance in the University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT) to be associated with measures of candidate socio-economic advantage such as parental occupation and type of school attended. It is possible that access to preparation support and materials may in part explain these associations. In this paper we dete...
Sandrone, Stefano Ntonia, Iro
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Introduction Neuroscience represents one of the most exciting frontiers in scientific research. However, given the recency of neuroscience as a discipline, its inter- and multi-disciplinary nature, the lack of educational research on brain science training, the absence of a national or global benchmark and the numerous neuroscience subfields, the d...
Etheridge, Tyler Kennedy, Brandon Millar, Morgan M Brintz, Ben J Wu, Chaorong Pettey, Jeff
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The use of cognitive-enhancing medications and supplements among healthy adults continues to rise. Limited data exists on their use among resident physicians. Given their highly competitive and stressful lifestyle, we sought to evaluate the prevalence, motivations, and side effects of using cognitive-enhancing supplements and medications among resi...
Bastami, Fatemeh Zamani-Alavijeh, Fereshteh zareban, Iraj Araban, Marzieh
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Background Health education is considered the most important component of primary health care. Paying attention to organizational factors can help to improve the quality of health education. Therefore, the present study was conducted to explain organizational factors affecting health education among health care providers. Method This is a qualitati...
Howard, Bethany Diug, Basia Ilic, Dragan
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Background To identify the effectiveness of different teaching modalities on student evidence-based practice (EBP) competency. Methods Electronic searches were conducted in MEDLINE, Cochrane central register of controlled trials, PsycINFO, CINAHL, ERIC, A + Education and AEI through to November 2021. We included randomised-controlled trials compari...
Waseem, Talat Baig, Hadia Munir Yasmeen, Rahila Khan, Rehan Ahmad
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Background Operating Room (OR) is a high-pressure setting where multiple complex surgical, educational, and administrative facets interplay. Contrary to resident training, the dynamics of undergraduate medical students’ learning process is highly demanding, opportunistic, unstandardized, and suboptimal owing to many reasons. Upon reviewing the exis...
Wegwarth, Odette Spies, Claudia Ludwig, Wolf-Dieter Donner-Banzhoff, Norbert Jonitz, Günther Hertwig, Ralph
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Background Long-term prescriptions of strong opioids for chronic noncancer pain—which are not supported by scientific evidence—suggest miscalibrated risk perceptions among those who prescribe, dispense, and take opioids. Because risk perceptions and behaviors can differ depending on whether people learn about risks through description or experience...
Coster, Samantha Parekh, Ravi Moula, Zoe Kumar, Sonia
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Background During the first wave of the pandemic when clinical placements were suspended, a UK medical student volunteering programme was developed to support local GP practices. This study aimed to explore the impact that volunteering in primary care had on students’ learning and professional development to inform the design of future service-lear...
