OBJECTIVE This study was carried out to determine the place of lecture as a mode of instruction in undergraduate medical education by examining the views of the students about some selected aspects of the lecturing sessions and their ability to recall the varying percentages of the content of the delivered lecture after a specified period of time. METHODS An observational cross sectional stud...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of high-fidelity simulation for teaching root cause analysis (RCA) in graduate medical education. METHODS Thirty clinical anesthesiology-1 through clinical anesthesiology-3 residents were randomly assigned to 2 groups: group A participants received a 10-minute lecture on RCA and participated in a simulation exercise where a med...

INTRODUCTION The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relative and absolute importance of individual standards used by accreditation agencies throughout the world. METHOD We developed a 150-item survey that consisted of all World Federation for Medical Education standards, supplemented with additional standards used around the world. International accreditation experts rated the standard...

Curriculum integration is the "process of experiencing and understanding connections and, because of this, seeing things as a whole". In the domain of medicine it involves combining basic and clinical sciences to provide a holistic rather than a fragmented or segregated approach to learning. Problem-based learning, on the other hand is a student centered pedagogical technique used in integrated...

Problem-based learning (PBL) is a proven method to learn medicine during the first years of studies. In the clinical phase the active, self-directive student may experience difficulties in adapting to the life of professionals in health care units, where students usually have to attend and work according to preplanned timetables. Task-based learning (TBL) can serve as an intermediary in the mee...

Based on a model of industry support that aligns with the emerging performance-improvement approach to continuing medical education (CME), a call to action is made for the transformation of commercial support. Today, commercial support, like the CME profession, is linked largely to educational activities of far less value to patients than the model now emerging to address professional practice ...

Although there is some published literature regarding choice of Pre-Registration House Officer posts and North American Residency programmes, there is a paucity of research relating to choice of FP. This study aims to ascertain the factors influencing final year medical students’ choice of FP. This has significance, not only for students, but for those co-ordinating both undergraduate medical e...

Presently, there is a major initiative to rekindle the humanistic qualities in the practice of medicine. Although there have been many suggestions on ways to rejuvenate this initiative, it has not been a primary focus of graduate medical education until recently. Surgery residents are expected to maintain a high standard of ethical behavior; demonstrate a commitment to continuity of patient car...

Integrated learning is the need of the hour. We at Shifa College of Medicine switched to an integrated modular curriculum last year. In the present article, we describe our experience with the renal module in year 2 of a 5-yr undergraduate medical curriculum. A multidisciplinary renal modular team developed the relevant objectives, themes, and clinical cases. The learning strategies used were l...