Introduction: The ability to function as an effective member of the healthcare team is essential for graduate nurses upon entry into practice. Team training is therefore, an important element of nursing education. A convenient and cost-effective approach to providing team training to nursing students is through the TeamSTEPPS R © curriculum. The purpose of the study was to determine if an inten...

The importance of communication skills training in undergraduate medical education is now widely accepted. However little is known about student attitudes towards their own communication skills and whether their attitudes changes as a result of participating in communication skills courses. The aim of the present study was to identify these attitudes prior to commencing such a course and to fur...

Abstract Aim To identify potential barriers in undergraduate medical students to surgical training. Method One hundred and one third-year students, with no prior experience, were asked what they consider be a barrier Results Seventy-eight responded total of eighty-eight reasons given (n = 88). Of these, 17 (19%) cited lack exposure or 10 (11%) stated manual dexterity, 3 (3%) anatomical knowledg...

INTRODUCTION Problem-based learning (PBL) is resource-intensive, particularly as it relates to tutors for small group learning. This study explores the factors that contributed to tutor participation in PBL in a medical training program, examining tutor recruitment and retention within the larger scope of teacher satisfaction and motivation in higher education. METHOD From 2007 to 2010, follo...

CONTEXT The global shortage of doctors is of concern. This is particularly true in French-speaking regions of New Brunswick, Canada, where there is no medical school. Since 1981, francophone medical students from New Brunswick have been able to undertake part of their training in their province through an agreement with medical schools in another province. We studied the effects of frequency an...