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Hoftvedt, Bjorn Oscar; Mjell, Johnny – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1993
Nine local groups of general practitioners in Norway participated in a study of the usefulness of peer group discussion of actual cases as a means of professional development. Physicians brought referral cases and feedback (correspondence) from the specialist concerned to the group for analysis and received suggestions for further study. (MSE)
Descriptors: Collegiality, Family Practice (Medicine), Foreign Countries, Group Dynamics
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Schwiebert, L. Peter; Davis, Alan – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1993
In cases where private medical practitioners volunteer as preceptors in medical clerkships, standardizing and evaluating the learning experience is a concern. A study investigated the effectiveness of feedback to the volunteer teachers as a means of improving instruction in identified deficiency areas. Results indicate some problems persist.…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Family Practice (Medicine), Feedback, Higher Education
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Packman, Charles H.; Krackov, Sharon K. – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1993
The University of Rochester has developed a third-year medical school clerkship in which students spend the second half of the clerkship in the offices of practicing internists. Participating faculty are carefully chosen and trained. Experience indicates the approach is feasible, academically effective, and acceptable to students and faculty.…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Clinical Experience, Experiential Learning, Faculty Development
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Levinson, Wendy; And Others – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1990
Attitudes of 120 residents from three teaching hospitals about psychosocial aspects of patient care and the feasibility of teaching psychosocial skills to residents were compared to those of 86 practicing internists, 42 psychiatrists, 29 academic general internists, and 63 surgeons. The newly developed scale was seen as useful in evaluating…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Comparative Analysis, Graduate Medical Education, Graduate Medical Students