Title of Document: INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT FOR CONTINUING MEDICAL EDUCATION EVALUATION Jing Tian, Doctor of Philosophy, 2007 Directed By: Assistant Professor Nancy L. Atkinson Department of Public and Community Health University of Maryland School of Public Health The purpose of this study was to develop a valid, reliable and adaptable CME evaluation instrument to facilitate the future CME evalu...

This paper represents a systematic evaluation of the Core Medical Training Curriculum in the UK. The authors critically review the curriculum from a medical education perspective based mainly on the medical education literature as well as their personal experience of this curriculum. They conclude in practical recommendations and suggestions which, if adopted, could improve the design and imple...

Background & Aims of the Study : The effective clinical training is from essential and important parts of medical education. Survey theviewpoints of medical students in this area as the pivot of education can be an effective step in planning of clinical education program and effective and efficient evaluation of it. This study was conducted by the aim of determination of medical externs and int...

prevention of coronary heart disease, mainly by reducing the levels of known risk factors in the population, remains a priority in public health. this cross-sectional study on randomly selected medical students during their internship was conducted from july 2001 to april 2002 in order to determine the prevalence of major coronary artery disease (cad) risk factors. this survey was done by filli...

background: medical education should be considered as a dynamic process. if necessary, the program should be changed. considering rapid advantages in the field of virology, it seems to be necessary to review and change the virology course of medical students. therefore we decided to analyze the view of iranian medical students of the quantity and quality of virology course. methods: medical stu...

BACKGROUND Multi-source feedback (MSF) offers doctors feedback on their performance from peers (medical colleagues), coworkers and patients. Researchers increasingly point to the fact that only a small majority of doctors (60-70 percent) benefit from MSF. Building on medical education and social psychology literature, the authors identified several factors that may influence change in response ...

The goal of simulation-based medical education and training is to help trainees acquire and refine the technical and cognitive skills necessary to perform clinical procedures. When designers incorporate simulation into programs, their efforts should be in line with training needs, rather than technology. Designers of simulation-augmented surgical training programs, however, face particular prob...

CONTEXT All assessment data, like other scientific experimental data, must be reproducible in order to be meaningfully interpreted. PURPOSE The purpose of this paper is to discuss applications of reliability to the most common assessment methods in medical education. Typical methods of estimating reliability are discussed intuitively and non-mathematically. SUMMARY Reliability refers to the...

INTRODUCTION Patients and family members can contribute to resident assessment in competency-based medical education. However, few studies have examined the use of patient/family member feedback generated from questionnaire-based assessments. To implement appropriate assessment strategies and optimize feedback use, we need to understand how residents and physician-educators would use feedback f...