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The Influence of a "Gap Year" on Medical Students
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Paterson-Brown, Lucy; Paterson-Brown, Flora; Simon, Elizabeth; Loudon, Joanna; Henderson-Howat, Susanna; Robertson, Josephine; Paterson-Brown, Simon – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2015
This study reports the views of second year medical students from 6 Universities on the value or not of deferring entry to medical school in order to take a "Gap Year" obtained from an anonymous questionnaire. Data were analysed using Fisher's exact test to produce a two tailed P value, with significance defined as p <0.05. A total of…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Medical Education, Student Attitudes, Questionnaires
Human Anatomy: Let the Students Tell Us How to Teach
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Davis, Christopher R.; Bates, Anthony S.; Ellis, Harold; Roberts, Alice M. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2014
Anatomy teaching methods have evolved as the medical undergraduate curriculum has modernized. Traditional teaching methods of dissection, prosection, tutorials and lectures are now supplemented by anatomical models and e-learning. Despite these changes, the preferences of medical students and anatomy faculty towards both traditional and…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Human Body, Teaching Methods, Medical Education
'Global' Is Not Just 'Out There' but Also 'Right Here': Expectations and Experiences in Internationalised and Globalised Higher Education
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Allen, Jeanne Maree; Mohanna, Kay – Educational Practice and Theory, 2013
This paper reports on a study that took a cross-disciplinary and cross-institutional approach to investigate postgraduate student expectations and experiences in internationalised and globalised higher education. The researchers drew on Giddens' theory of structuration. They explored the way samples of specialist medicine trainees in the UK and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Global Approach, Expectation, Medical Students
The Significance of Scientific Capital in UK Medical Education
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Brosnan, Caragh – Minerva: A Review of Science, Learning and Policy, 2011
For decades, debates over medical curriculum reform have centred on the role of science in medical education, but the meaning of "science" in this domain is vague and the persistence of the debate has not been explained. Following Bourdieu, this paper examines struggles over legitimate knowledge and the forms of capital associated with…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Integrated Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Medical Students
The Mediators of Minority Ethnic Underperformance in Final Medical School Examinations
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Woolf, Katherine; McManus, I. Chris; Potts, Henry W. W.; Dacre, Jane – British Journal of Educational Psychology, 2013
Background: UK-trained medical students and doctors from minority ethnic groups underperform academically. It is unclear why this problem exists, which makes it dif?cult to know how to address it. Aim: To investigate whether demographic and psychological factors mediate the relationship between ethnicity and ?nal examination scores. Sample: Two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Medical Students, Cohort Analysis, Medical Schools
A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Anatomy Learning: Learning Styles and Strategies
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Mitchell, Barry S.; Xu, Qin; Jin, Lixian; Patten, Debra; Gouldsborough, Ingrid – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2009
Cultural influences on anatomy teaching and learning have been investigated by application of a questionnaire to medical students in British and Chinese Medical Schools. Results from the responses from students of the two countries were analyzed. Both groups found it easier to understand anatomy in a clinical context, and in both countries,…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Curriculum Design, Student Attitudes, Cross Cultural Studies