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Tim Clement; Gerard Ingham; Katrina Anderson – Professional Development in Education, 2024
In Australia, doctors undertaking advanced training to become general practitioners work under the supervision of clinical educators. Primarily clinicians, these clinical educators participate in one day of teaching-related professional development annually, generally a workshop. Shortcomings with this form of professional development led to the…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Educational Improvement, Workplace Learning, Professional Development
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Khatami, Farnaz; Shariati, Mohammad; Motezarre, Asiyeh – Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning, 2021
Purpose: One of the major challenges in practicing family medicine residents (FMRs) is the choice of an appropriate pattern in training health centers (THCs) to provide high-quality health services to patients. This study aimed to design an efficient residency training model in Iranian healthcare centers. Design/methodology/approach: A four-phase…
Descriptors: Models, Graduate Medical Education, Family Practice (Medicine), Foreign Countries
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Nicola Gregson; Cathy Randle-Phillips; Sal Hillman – International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2024
Primary care health checks, screenings and GP consultations are often the gateway for people with intellectual disabilities to access their physical and mental healthcare. For a population who experience greater levels of health difficulties alongside significant health inequality, improving care quality and access is of major importance. This…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Medical Services, Family Practice (Medicine), Primary Health Care
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Savard, Isabelle; Côté, Luc; Kadhi, Abdelhamid; Simard, Caroline; Rheault, Christian; Lacasse, Miriam – Research and Practice in Technology Enhanced Learning, 2022
In recent decades, a number of training environments have moved toward program approaches targeting the development of competencies. Because of their complexity, monitoring the development of those competencies is a considerable challenge. Our hypothesis is that a computerized system could help overcome this challenge if it is well accepted by its…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Competency Based Education, Graduate Medical Education, Medical Students
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Asfour, Sara; Grad, Roland; Luctkar-Flude, Marian – Education for Information, 2020
The cancer survival rate has increased and family physicians (FPs) follow cancer survivors who experience long-term problems. Clinical practice guidelines outline best practices in cancer survivor care, but most FPs are unaware of this information. Little is known about specific barriers to survivorship guideline implementation in primary health…
Descriptors: Barriers, Guidelines, Cancer, Physicians
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Grad, Roland; Leger, Daniel; Kaczorowski, Janusz; Schuster, Tibor; Adler, Samara; Aman, Marya; Archibald, Douglas; Beaulieu, Marie-Claude; Chmelicek, John; Cornelissen, Evelyn; Delleman, Bethany; Hadj-Mimoune, Sonia; Horvey, Samantha; Macaluso, Steven; Mintsioulis, Stephen; Murdoch, Stuart; Ng, Brian; Papineau, Alain; Rangwala, Sohil; Rousseau, Mathieu; Rudkin, Teresa; Schabort, Inge; Schultz, Karen; Snow, Pamela; Wong, Eric; Wu, Pearson; Brailovsky, Carlos – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2021
Spaced education is a learning strategy to improve knowledge acquisition and retention. To date, no robust evidence exists to support the utility of spaced education in the Family Medicine residency. We aimed to test whether alerts to encourage spaced education can improve clinical knowledge as measured by scores on the Canadian Family Medicine…
Descriptors: Graduate Medical Education, Graduate Students, Medical Students, Family Practice (Medicine)
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van 't Hof, Maarten; van Nieuwenhuyzen, Annemyn D. Y.; van Berckelaer-Onnes, Ina; Deen, Mathijs; Hoek, Hans W.; Ester, Wietske A. – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2021
We investigated the effect of a live online educational program in 93 Dutch Youth and Family Center (YFC) physicians who were screening for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in the general child population. The educational program raised the physicians' level of specific ASD knowledge and it remained higher at six months follow-up (p < 0.01).…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Knowledge Level, Self Efficacy
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Rahman, Muhammad Khalilur; Newaz, Md. Shah; Hemmati, Mina; Mallick, S. M. Yusuf – Health Education, 2021
Purpose: The purpose of this study is to explore the private general practice (GP) clinics' service environment, patients' satisfaction and their impact on word of mouth (WoM) for others for future treatment in GP clinics. Design/methodology/approach: Data are collected from 367 respondents using a paper-based survey questionnaire. Partial least…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Clinics, Family Practice (Medicine), Quality Assurance
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Seifert, Lukas; Manap, Arda; Sterz, Jasmina; Gerlach, Ferdinand; Sader, Robert – Electronic Journal of e-Learning, 2020
The Studentische Poliklinik is Germany's first student-run free clinic. Prior to fulfilling clinical obligations there, students must complete an extensive peer-assisted learning program (PAL). Due to capacity constraints, a web-based learning program involving virtual patients has been launched. The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare…
Descriptors: Peer Teaching, Web Based Instruction, Patients, Program Effectiveness
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Breau, Genevieve; Baumbusch, Jennifer; Thorne, Sally; Hislop, T. Greg; Kazanjian, Arminee – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2021
Primary care providers are the main point of contact with the healthcare system for individuals with intellectual disability, and they may have pre-existing attitudes towards this group that impacts care. We examined whether participants' gender, age, professional status and experience with individuals with intellectual disability were associated…
Descriptors: Primary Health Care, Allied Health Personnel, Physicians, Medical Students
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Hamadeh, Gracia; Antoun, Jumana; Romani, Maya – Health Education Journal, 2020
Background: Engaging with the psychological well-being of patients is central to patient care. The empathy and psychological skills of practitioners may be enhanced by Balint training during the residency years. However, there is scarce evidence concerning the outcomes of Balint training beyond graduation. Objective: The aim of the study was to…
Descriptors: Seminars, Training Methods, Experiential Learning, Program Effectiveness
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Antoun, Jumana; Bou Akl, Imad; Halabi, Zeina; Bou Khalil, Pierre; Romani, Maya – Health Education Journal, 2020
Background: Balint seminars are widely used educational activities in family medicine residency programs. However, their impact on measurable outcomes is uneven and controversial. The discussions in Balint seminars deal with perceiving and understanding the emotions of the participants. Objective: This study measures the effect of Balint seminars…
Descriptors: Seminars, Program Effectiveness, Training Methods, Emotional Intelligence
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Girvalaki, Charis; Papadakis, Sophia; Vardavas, Constantine; Pipe, Andrew L.; Petridou, Eleni; Tsiligianni, Ioanna; Lionis, Christos – Health Education & Behavior, 2018
Background: Rates of tobacco treatment delivery in primary care are suboptimal. Aims: We report on the effectiveness of the TiTAN Crete intervention on rates of patient-reported 4As (ask, advise, assist, arrange) tobacco treatment and general practitioner's (GP) knowledge, attitudes, self-efficacy, and intentions. Methods: A quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Smoking, Intervention, Family Practice (Medicine)
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Young, Amber; Tordoff, June; Leitch, Sharon; Smith, Alesha – Health Education Journal, 2018
Background: Discussing medicines with patients is the responsibility of prescribers and pharmacists. However, it is not well known whether patients are given the information they want or whether information provision continues when medicines are taken long-term. Objective: To determine how often general practitioners (GPs) and pharmacists provide…
Descriptors: Allied Health Personnel, Drug Therapy, Access to Information, Information Dissemination
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Werner, Perla; Gur, Ayelet; Porat, Amit; Zubedat, Mosa; Shinan-Altman, Shiri – Educational Gerontology, 2020
Primary care physicians play a central role in the process of providing a timely diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Recent reviews reported that their lack of knowledge and stigmatic beliefs about the disease are important barriers to providing an adequate diagnosis and even affect physicians' referral recommendations for help-seeking (HS).…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Help Seeking, Alzheimers Disease, Labeling (of Persons)
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