The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is a test of skills, behaviour, attitudes and application of knowledge, which has been an integral part of medical and dental curricula since late 1970s. As a procedural exam, it has been successfully supplementing other outcome-oriented assessment methods in order to measure students’ preparedness to practice. In addition to making a judgeme...

OBJECTIVE The importance of involving patients in reporting on safety is increasingly recognized. Whilst studies have identified barriers to clinician incident reporting, few have explored barriers and facilitators to patient reporting of safety experiences. This paper explores patient perspectives on providing feedback on safety experiences. DESIGN/PARTICIPANTS Patients (n=28) were invited t...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the literature for evidence that workplace based assessment affects doctors' education and performance. DESIGN Systematic review. DATA SOURCES The primary data sources were the databases Journals@Ovid, Medline, Embase, CINAHL, PsycINFO, and ERIC. Evidence based reviews (Bandolier, Cochrane Library, DARE, HTA Database, and NHS EED) were accessed and searched via the ...

BACKGROUND GI endoscopy simulation-based training augments early clinical performance; however, the optimal manner by which to deliver training is unknown. OBJECTIVE We aimed to validate a simulation-based structured comprehensive curriculum (SCC) designed to teach technical, cognitive, and integrative competencies in colonoscopy. DESIGN Single-blinded, randomized, controlled trial. SETTI...

this study is a typological description of written formative feedback in an efl context in iran. twenty m.a. students of tefl participated in the study. they were required to summarize a scholarly article in each session on which the instructor would provide written corrective feedback (cf). written formative comments were extracted, coded, and categorized into various types, such as asking for...

The field of simulation-based procedural education in medicine is undergoing rapid development, with significant improvements in both graphic and tactile fidelity. As a consequence, the use of simulation for competency assessment and credentialing is evolving rapidly. Establishing the conceptual framework for developing such assessments using simulation is becoming critical to the expansion of ...

current research examines the impact of perceived justice (including distributive justice, procedural justice and interactional justice) on perceived service quality and customer behavioral intentions (including word of mouth, trust and revisit intention).statistical sample comprises 120 customers of iran insurance company in shiraz holding automobile insurance and have record of visiting the c...

The first neurobiologically detailed theory of multiple systems in category learning, called COVIS, was originally conceived in 1998. COVIS, which is now well established, postulates two systems that compete throughout learning—a frontalbased declarative system that uses logical reasoning and depends on working memory and executive attention, and a basal ganglia-mediated system that uses proced...