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| Medical Education | 8 |
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| Bain, D. J. G. | 1 |
| Behr, H. L. | 1 |
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| Gough, H. G. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedGough, H. G. – Medical Education, 1977
Answers from a survey of 248 doctors ranged from zero to 90 percent, with a mean of 20.61 percent. The estimates were related to doctors' own performance as pre-medical and medical students, and to personal qualities and dispositions as indicated by psychological assessment. Characteristics of doctors with higher estimates are discussed.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Medical Education, Medical Services, Patients
Peer reviewedKerr, M. G.; And Others – Medical Education, 1977
Simulated patients were trained to present a series of clinical problems in an undergraduate program of reproductive medicine. They were used in a variety of approaches and served to highlight communication skills and to force attention on the recognition, assessment, and management of patient problems. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Communication Skills, Foreign Countries, Gynecology
Peer reviewedWiggers, T. T.; And Others – Medical Education, 1977
New ways are proposed for evaluating the curricula that may be used not only to determine the best educational methods, but also to understand what skills and competence are important for a doctor to have in order to assist patients with their sexual problems. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Medical Education
Peer reviewedAlexander, D. A.; And Others – Medical Education, 1977
Observations were made of 108 pre-clinical medical students interviewing patients carefully selected by general practitioner instructors, under strict supervision in an audiovisual studio. Videotape replay, patient comments, and later group teaching were used to discover students with major defects in personal communication. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Communication Skills, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Peer reviewedGosling, R. H. – Medical Education, 1977
A postgraduate seminar on the psychological aspects of general practice was evaluated in which focus was on the developing doctor-patient relationship as revealed by the reporting doctor. Suggestions for improving such training sessions and their evaluation are offered. (LBH)
Descriptors: Attitudes, Empathy, Evaluation Methods, Family Practice (Medicine)
Peer reviewedBain, D. J. G. – Medical Education, 1977
The relationship between verbal exchange in doctor-patient consultations and patients' comprehension has been measured by audio-tape recordings. The results provide objective evidence of differences in outcomes for similar presenting illnesses in different social groups, supporting the hypothesis that people in lower socioeconomic classes do not…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Comprehension, Educational Objectives, Family Practice (Medicine)
Peer reviewedArmstrong, D. – Medical Education, 1977
The recurrent failure to adequately conceptualize the medical meaning of "disease" is explained as a function of the way this is taught in the curriculum, since it is transmitted within the internal structure relationships of the medical course. Curriculum reform therefore must stress educational structure as well as content change. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Curriculum Development, Diseases, Empathy
Peer reviewedBehr, H. L. – Medical Education, 1977
Small groups of medical students are asked to enact a situation in which family members visit their general practitioner with a problem regarding one of the children, and the diffusion of this problem within the family is traced during the course of the simulation. Discussion focuses on the feelings evoked by the simulation. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Child Psychology, Emotional Response, Family Counseling, Family Practice (Medicine)
