Managing students’ insufficient answers in oral examinations

[Heart failure: old questions, insufficient answers].

38 Studies analyzing compliance with guidelines for clinical practice in numerous syndromes and diseases have proliferated, in a praiseworthy attempt to calibrate the distance that separates theoretical recommendations from the reality of care. Heart failure is not exceptional. In the present number of the journal, García Castelo et al.1 report the results of the INCARGAL study, in which they e...

Heart Failure: Old Questions, Insufficient Answers

38 Studies analyzing compliance with guidelines for clinical practice in numerous syndromes and diseases have proliferated, in a praiseworthy attempt to calibrate the distance that separates theoretical recommendations from the reality of care. Heart failure is not exceptional. In the present number of the journal, García Castelo et al.1 report the results of the INCARGAL study, in which they e...

What do students perceive as fair oral examinations in the field of anatomy?

Oral exams deliver distinct advantages over written exams; however they are often criticized because of their poor standardization. In anatomical teaching they offer the opportunity to assess the practical capability of students within the context of real human specimens. The purpose of this study was to find out which format of oral examination students find most favourable and to analyze how ...

Rypins' Medical Licensure Examinations : Topical Summaries, Questions and Answers

Relationshipbetween Oral ConditionandBoneDensity from ResultsofPublic HealthScreening Examinations

We have been studying the relationships between results ofosteoporosis screening examinations and those ofdental health checkups, and have reported the relationship between number efremaining teeth and bone density in the calcaneus (%YAM). Further, that relationship was also examined using Functional Tboth EvaLuatien Score (FTES) results, which we found able to quantify and numerica[[y express ...