Measuring Medical Housestaff Teamwork Performance Using Multiple Direct Observation Instruments

Using modified Direct Observation of Procedural Skills (DOPS) to assess undergraduate medical students

Introduction: Nowadays according to competency basedcurriculum, selecting an appropriate assessment method isinevitable. This study aimed to investigate application of DirectObservation of Procedural Skills (DOPS) in undergraduatemedical students.Methods: This is a cross sectional study conducted duringemergency ward rotation in last year medical students usingconsensus sampling method. Each st...

Measuring medical students’ empathy using direct verbal expressions

PURPOSE Empathy is an important trait in physicians and a key element in the physician-patient relationship. Accordingly, one of the goals in medical education is developing empathy in students. We attempted to practically assess medical students' empathy through their direct verbal expressions. METHODS The medical students' empathy was measured using the modified Pencil-and-Paper Empathy Rat...

Measuring teamwork in health care settings: a review of survey instruments.

BACKGROUND Teamwork in health care settings is widely recognized as an important factor in providing high-quality patient care. However, the behaviors that comprise effective teamwork, the organizational factors that support teamwork, and the relationship between teamwork and patient outcomes remain empirical questions in need of rigorous study. OBJECTIVE To identify and review survey instrum...

Impact of undergraduate medical training on housestaff problem-solving performance: implications for problem-based curricula.

This article reports a study comparing the problem-solving performance of housestaff with undergraduate medical training in either conventional or problem-based schools. After reading two clinical cases, residents were required to write differential diagnoses and pathophysiological explanations. Biomedical and clinical knowledge used and reasoning strategies were identified. The results suggest...

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