CONTEXT There is growing international interest in teaching clinical skills in a variety of contexts, one of which is Clinical Skills Centres. The drivers for change making Skills Centres an important adjunct to ward and ambulatory teaching come both from within and outside medical education. Educationally, self-directed learning is becoming the accepted norm, encouraging students to seek and m...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to implement and assess the R-I-M-E (Reporter, Interpreter, Manager, Educator) system as a method for evaluation for medical students during the obstetrics and gynecology core clerkship. STUDY DESIGN With the R-I-M-E method (which is an objective framework for evaluation), mid clerkship review sessions are held during which residents verbally assess eac...

AIM To evaluate self-assessed level of clinical skills of graduating medical students at Zagreb University School of Medicine and compare them with clinical skill levels expected by their teachers and those defined by a criterion standard. METHOD The study included all medical students (n=252) graduating from the Zagreb University School of Medicine in the 2004-2005 academic year and faculty ...

introduction: clinical education is a dynamic process in which- students, with presence in bedside, gain experience and interact with the teachers and the environment to apply learned concepts in practice. if the education fails to provide appropriate learning conditions, would be no possibility for clinical skills to nurture. this study was performed to deter­mine the satisfaction of medical i...