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Direct linkHankin, Mark H.; Harmon, Derek J.; Martindale, James R.; Niculescu, Iuliana; Aschmetat, Adrienne; Mertens, Amy N.; Hanke, Rachel E.; Koo, Andrew S.; Kraus, Anthony E.; Payne, James A.; Feldman, Michael J.; Soltero Mariscal, Enrique – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2023
Curricular development and modification involve first identifying a problem and then performing a needs assessment, which can guide the design of curricular components. Pedagogical changes, coupled with reductions in curricular time for gross anatomy, pose challenges and impose restrictions within medical school curricula. In order to make anatomy…
Descriptors: Needs Assessment, Anatomy, Medical Students, Graduate Students
Keim, Sarah A.; Harmon, Derek J.; Martindale, James R.; Lopez, Elisabeth N.; Sanky, Charles; Brooks, William S.; Cotter, Meghan M.; Davies, David L.; Doroudi, Majid; Fahl, Jeffrey C.; Farias, Anna; Granite, Guinevere; Harrell, Kelly M.; Kar, Rekha; Kramer, Kenneth L.; Jackson, Jon; Jones, Shiloh; Lackey-Cornelison, Wendy; Laitman, Jeffrey T.; Latacha, Kimberly; Lewis, Steven R.; Lovejoy Mork, Amy; Marzban, Hassan; McNary, Thomas G.; McWhorter, David L.; Merchant, Aftab; Mussell, Jason C.; Quinn, Melissa M.; Reidenberg, Joy S.; Royer, Danielle; Sakaguchi, Alan; Sawyer, F. Kip; Topping, Daniel B.; Wainman, Bruce; Wineski, Lawrence E.; Zumwalt, Ann C.; Hankin, Mark H. – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2023
Clerkships are defining experiences for medical students in which students integrate basic science knowledge with clinical information as they gain experience in diagnosing and treating patients in a variety of clinical settings. Among the basic sciences, there is broad agreement that anatomy is foundational for medical practice. Unfortunately,…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Medical Education, Medical Students, Clinical Experience
Kibble, Jonathan D.; Bellew, Christine; Asmar, Abdo; Barkley, Lisa – Advances in Physiology Education, 2016
The goal of this review is to highlight the key elements needed to successfully deploy team-based learning (TBL) in any class, but especially in large enrolment classes, where smooth logistics are essential. The text is based on a lecture and workshop given at the American Physiological Society's Institute on Teaching and Learning in Madison, WI,…
Descriptors: Teamwork, Classroom Techniques, Teaching Methods, Case Studies
Download full textSilk, Hugh; Shields, Sara – Journal for Learning through the Arts, 2012
Humanities in medicine (HIM) is an important aspect of medical education intended to help preserve humanism and a focus on patients. At the University of Massachusetts Family Medicine Residency Program, we have been expanding our HIM curriculum for our residents including orientation, home visit reflective writing, didactics and a department-wide…
Descriptors: Graduate Medical Education, Family Practice (Medicine), Humanities Instruction, College Curriculum
Avery, Daniel M., Jr.; Wheat, John R.; Leeper, James D.; McKnight, Jerry T.; Ballard, Brent G.; Chen, Jia – Journal of Rural Health, 2012
Purpose: The Rural Medical Scholars Program (RMSP) was created to increase production of rural family physicians in Alabama. Literature review reveals reasons medical students choose careers in family medicine, and these reasons can be categorized into domains that medical schools can address through admission, curriculum, and structural…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Medical Students, Marital Status, Medical Schools
Benbassat, Jochanan; Baumal, Reuben – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2012
Undergraduate medical education is too long; it does not meet the needs for physicians' workforce; and its content is inconsistent with the job characteristics of some of its graduates. In this paper we attempt to respond to these problems by streamlining medical education along the following three reforms. First, high school graduates would be…
Descriptors: Medical Education, Medical Schools, Physicians, Public Health
Can Self-Declared Personal Values Be Used to Identify Those with Family Medicine Career Aspirations?
Beach, Renee A.; Eva, Kevin W.; Reiter, Harold I. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2008
Purpose: Self-declaration of personal values has been suggested as a means of identifying students with greater predilection for future primary care careers. While statistically significant differences have been demonstrated, absolute differences between those interested in primary care and those interested in specialist careers tend to be small.…
Descriptors: Careers, Medical Students, Medical Schools, Family Practice (Medicine)
Harasym, Peter H.; Woloschuk, Wayne; Cunning, Leslie – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2008
Physician-patient communication is a clinical skill that can be learned and has a positive impact on patient satisfaction and health outcomes. A concerted effort at all medical schools is now directed at teaching and evaluating this core skill. Student communication skills are often assessed by an Objective Structure Clinical Examination (OSCE).…
Descriptors: Medical Schools, Family Practice (Medicine), Examiners, Error of Measurement
Lindow, Megan – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
Cyril Naidoo, who directs the department of family medicine at the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, conducts workshops to traditional healers on how to help patients with AIDS and HIV. In Dr. Naidoo's workshop, the group discusses how to counsel patients about HIV and AIDS, how to refer them for testing, and then…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Medical Schools, Access to Health Care, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Peer reviewedGaufberg, Elizabeth H.; Joseph, Robert C.; Pels, Richard J.; Wyshak, Grace; Wieman, Dow; Nadelson, Carol C. – Academic Medicine, 2001
Surveyed directors of internal medicine (IM) and family practice (FP) residency programs regarding the format, content, and quantity of psychosocial training in their programs, their opinions on topics related to such training, and program demographics. Found considerable variation in content and time devoted to psychosocial training within and…
Descriptors: Family Practice (Medicine), Internal Medicine, Medical Education, Medical Schools
Peer reviewedMeadows, John C., Jr.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1986
The contribution of private physicians to medical student education in ambulatory care was determined by a questionnaire directed to departments of family practice, internal medicine, and pediatrics in U.S. medical schools. Departments of family practice were most likely to offer ambulatory care courses. (Author/MLW)
Descriptors: Family Practice (Medicine), Higher Education, Internal Medicine, Medical Education
Schaff, Pamela – Journal for Learning through the Arts, 2006
Much has been written recently about medical professionalism, about how we define it, and about how to educate our students in this domain. While there seems to be consensus as to what constitutes professionalism, there remains a good deal of uncertainty as to how best to teach students to meet their obligations to their patients, to society, and…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Professionalism, Medical Education, Medical Students
Peer reviewedPisacano, Nicholas J.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1989
A system of medical classification based on the dimensions of body system, etiology, and stage of disease was evaluated by classifying the content of one specialty board's examinations. This classification system may allow a board to define the content of its examinations, monitor requirements for certification, and communicate its standards.…
Descriptors: Certification, Classification, Content Validity, Family Practice (Medicine)
Peer reviewedCampos-Outcalt, Doug; Senf, Janet H. – Academic Medicine, 1989
Five medical school characteristics previously identified as related to choice of family practice as a specialty were examined, with tuition level, for relationship to specialty choice among U.S. medical graduates between July 1986 and December 1987. Only two of the factors were found to be statistically relevant. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Family Practice (Medicine), Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics
Peer reviewedStine, Curtis; Kohrs, Francis P.; Little, David N.; Kaprielian, Victoria; Gatipon, Betty B.; Haq, Cynthia – Academic Medicine, 2000
Discusses the role of departments of family medicine in teaching preventive medicine through required clinical experiences, required nonclinical courses, electives, collaborative interdisciplinary clerkships, and interdisciplinary nonclinical courses. Offers examples of innovative programs at the Universities of Michigan, Wisconsin, Vermont,…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Educational Innovation, Family Practice (Medicine), Higher Education
