Introduction: The purpose of this study was to improve communication skills and knowledge of bioethics of last year medical students doing clerkship and to evaluate the effectiveness of using workshops for this purpose from students’ point of view, in order to continue such programs in future. Methods: After Ethical approval for the study a two-day workshop on teaching effective communication s...

OBJECTIVE To examine the hidden cost of medical education at the Sydney Medical School, for which the University of Sydney does not pay. METHODS All face-to-face teaching provided for students in the Sydney University Postgraduate Medical Program was listed under two headings: teaching by university employed staff; and teaching by other health providers not paid by the university. All teachin...

BACKGROUND Gibbs and Coffey (2004) have reported that teaching practices are influenced by teachers' conceptions of learning and teaching. In our previous research we found significant differences between teachers' conceptions in two medical schools with student-centred education. Medical school was the most important predictor, next to discipline, gender and teaching experience. Our research q...

The study, investigated in Luzhou Medical College, aims to find out whether the use of Multimedia Monitoring System is more effective for medical teachers’ training on teaching ability compared to full-time teaching. Two groups of medical teachers have been involved in for the study. The first group has been allowed to practice the skills through micro-teaching with the aid of Multimedia Monito...

background :evidence-based practice (ebp) provides nurses a method to use critically appraised and scientifically proven evidence for delivering quality health care and the best decision that leads to quality outcomes. the purpose of this study was to measure the practice, attitude and knowledge/skill of evidence-based practice of nurses in a teaching hospital in iran. methods : this cross-sect...

BACKGROUND Few medical teachers have received formal teaching education. Along with individual and organizational barriers to participation in teacher training programs, increasing numbers and altered distribution of physicians away from major teaching centers have increased the difficulty of attendance. Furthermore, it is not known if traditional faculty development formats are the optimal lea...

BACKGROUND Teaching is a key component of medical practice, but medical students receive little formal training to develop their teaching skills. A longitudinal Students as Teachers (SAT) program was created at the University of Toronto to provide medical students with opportunities to acquire an understanding of educational pedagogy and practice teaching early in their medical training. This p...

background:     purpose:       methods:       results:     conclusion:     eywords : faculty evaluation , student ' s survey the finding of this study showed there were no statistically differences between the dependent and independents variables. however the weak negative correlation was found between age and teaching experience. it means young and less experienced faculty gets better score in...