Objective This project aimed to contribute to ongoing efforts to improve the capability and capacity to undertake disease surveillance and Emergency Preparedness and Response (EPR) activities in India. The main outcome measure was to empower a cadre of trainers through the inter-related streams of training & education to enhance knowledge and skills and the development of collaborative networks...

BACKGROUND In contrast to objective structured clinical examinations (OSCEs), mini-clinical evaluation exercises (mini-CEXs) take place at the clinical workplace. As both mini-CEXs and OSCEs assess clinical skills, but within different contexts, this study aims at analyzing to which degree students' mini-CEX scores can be predicted by their recent OSCE scores and/or context characteristics. M...

AIMS First proposed in the 2004 White Paper Choosing Health, health trainers are a new addition to the public health workforce. Health trainers are recruited from local communities and provide support to enable individuals to adopt healthy lifestyles. The aim of this paper is to examine the emerging role of the health trainer in the context of one of the twelve early adopter programmes. The pap...

background and purpose: acquiring clinical skills is one learning goal for medical students. clinical skills are essential to diagnose diseases and to accomplish therapies. the aim of this study is to review status of clinical skills among interns in birjand university of medicine methods: this was a cross sectional study, in witch all interns of birjand university of medicine articipated. a qu...

Many patients attending general practice do not have an obvious diagnosis at presentation. Skills to deal with uncertainty are particularly important in general practice as undifferentiated and unorganised problems are a common challenge for general practitioners (GPs). This paper describes the management of uncertainty as an essential skill which should be included in educational programmes fo...

CONTEXT Psychological skills are alleged to augment sport-injury rehabilitation; however, implementation of mental imagery within rehabilitation programs is limited. OBJECTIVE To examine attitudes of athletic trainers (ATs) and physical therapists (PTs) on the effectiveness of mental imagery, goal setting, and positive self-talk to improve rehabilitation adherence and recovery speed of injure...

The Dispatcher-Assisted first REsponder programme aims to equip the public with skills to perform hands-only cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and to use an automated external defibrillator (AED). By familiarising them with instructions given by a medical dispatcher during an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest call, they will be prepared and empowered to react in an emergency. We aim to formalise...

In recent times, games-based learning has been attracting the attention of educators around the world. One of the challenges in deploying games-based learning to cover a larger proportion of the curriculum is the high costs associated with development of the games. Games development often requires specialized skills sets. Inputs from academic specialists for the learning content and pedagogy is...

The links between health and sustainability have become increasingly accepted in health policy. For many practitioners, however, sustainability and climate change remain marginal to day-today practice. The lack of modelled best practice, combined with GP trainers’ uncertainty about content expertise, has resulted in a skills gap for new registrars. We suggest teaching sustainability skills at t...