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Increasing the use of community-based programs is an important trend in improving dental education to meet the needs of students and the public. To support this trend, understanding the history of programs that have established successful models for community-based education is valuable for the creat...
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PMID: 21828297
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Nursing education is now well established within the tertiary sector. Globally, recent years have seen the implementation of numerous admission pathways to a nursing degree, enabling applicants from varying backgrounds to enter the nursing profession. A major catalyst for these pathw...
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PMID: 21667882
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Incorporating health promotion strategies in practice, and in particular within healthy public policy based on the Ottawa Charter, is widely recognized as within the mandate of nursing, although evidence suggests that nurses are reluctant to take on this role. An innovative strategy was developed to...
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PMID: 21417191
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BACKGROUND. The relationship between personality and academic performance has long been explored, and a recent meta-analysis established that measures of the five-factor model (FFM) dimension of Conscientiousness have similar validity to intelligence measures. Although currently dominant, the FFM is...
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PMID: 21391963
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There is a proliferation of educational technologies. Many nursing faculty want to incorporate new methods but lack information on best practices. The authors describe the course revision of an onsite course to move all unidirectional content transmission to an online course environment, thereby free...
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PMID: 21366167
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Patients with comorbid mental and physical illnesses often present in the primary care setting. To explore the complexities of caring for these patients, a Behavioral Health Therapeutics course was developed and taught in the first semester of a Doctor of Nursing Practice program. This article descri...
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PMID: 21366165
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In teaching, nursing management, and professional development, the traditional one-to-one approach is used in the peer coach relationship. In clinical environments, the use of peer coaches is a creative way to implement practice change. Tailoring the concept of peer coaching to consider the dynamics...
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PMID: 21366160
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With diversity increasing in the United States, educators are struggling to find the most effective methods to prepare nursing students to care for diverse populations. This study's purpose was to determine the impact of immersion experiences and cultural classes on nursing students' transcultural co...
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PMID: 21323246
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The unique partnership between an affiliate of the Susan G. Komen for the Cure(©) foundation and a school of nursing offered faculty the ability to creatively inject breast cancer content into the baccalaureate curriculum. In-house breast cancer experts and external consultants developed seven breas...
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PMID: 21323248
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This paper will discuss the potential role of interventional radiologists in teaching of endovascular skills to vascular surgical trainees. Prerequisites and advantages of such a training will be discussed, as well as the secondary effect this kind of training program may have on developing multidisc...
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PMID: 21224811
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Reduced training times, increasing complexity of endovascular and open vascular interventions and concerns for patient's safety have necessitated a modernisation in surgical training. A more strategic approach is required to facilitate the acquisition of surgical skills outside the operating room and...
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PMID: 21224807
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Training in surgery has for a long time been based on the classical model of master-apprentice, leading to the creation of "schools" comparable to the famous painter schools of Rubens, Rembrandt and many others during the Middle Ages. Although it may offer some advantages, this model is no longer sui...
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PMID: 21224808
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During the last 50 years vascular surgery has met an enormous evolution, paving the way for the development of modern vascular and endovascular surgery. Although, vascular surgery (VS) has emerged from general (GS) and cardiothoracic surgery (CTS), the need for specialized training has been recognize...
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PMID: 21224809
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The authors present a model for microsurgery learning as well as a validated instrument to evaluate microsurgical competency.
Novice microsurgeons participated in three 3-hour sessions wherein they completed a number of increasingly complex, standardized microsurgical tasks. Performance was recorded...
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PMID: 21200214
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Nursing faculty members are responsible for assuring competence and safety in the preparation of prelicensure students who are preparing to deliver care in diverse settings. The growing complexity of care and the rapid expansion of knowledge have challenged the adequacy of traditiona...
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PMID: 21767817
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We sought to determine the learning curve (LC) for fetoscopic laser photocoagulation (FLP) as a model for the evaluation of training in surgical procedures.
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PMID: 21111398
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Knowledge of the warning signs of stroke may reduce the incidence of having a second stroke by receiving medical intervention in a timely manner. The need for stroke education is paramount to empower stroke patients to recognize the signs and symptoms of an impending stroke. The purpose of this pilo...
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PMID: 21207769
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To introduce a high-fidelity simulation series into a 5-year doctor of pharmacy (PharmD) curriculum to demonstrate a hybrid model for introductory pharmacy practice experience (IPPE) delivery.
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PMID: 21301603
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Changes in medical practice and a greater emphasis on lifelong learning are prompting a closer look at the efficacy of continuing medical education (CME). This article outlines the shortcomings of the current CME system, describes findings from two recent reports about its status, and presents recom...
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PMID: 21197882
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Regional training providers face many challenges in delivering vocational training to general practice registrars across Australia. They need to be able to respond to new learning theories and the ever expanding volume of medical knowledge, as well as the changing medical workforce. In 2008, the Vict...
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PMID: 21301663
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Nursing faculty perceptions of teaching undergraduate nursing students documentation skills using either paper-based or electronic health record systems were explored in this study. Twenty-five nursing faculty in a large urban public school of nursing were interviewed using a 13-item survey question...
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PMID: 20509587
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In this project, 119 undergraduates responded to a questionnaire tapping three psychological constructs implicated in Garrison's model of self-directed learning: self-management, self-monitoring, and motivation. Mediation analyses showed that these psychological constructs are interrelated and that...
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PMID: 20977009
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In this issue of Academic Medicine, Walling and Merando's literature review on the senior-year curriculum finds a broad consensus that this final year underperforms educationally at many U.S. medical schools, but little agreement on how to improve it. The review challenges us to consider how best to...
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PMID: 20980849
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Quality improvement (QI) in health care involves activities ranging from enhancing personal practice to reforming the larger health care system. The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education recognizes this broad definition of QI in its requirement that physicians-in-training demonstrate...
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PMID: 20881823
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Abraham Flexner's 1910 report, Medical Education in the United States and Canada, was hardly noticed in the Netherlands, and though his 1925 book, Medical Education: A Comparative Study, was extensively discussed in the Dutch Medical Journal, it did not and could not affect medical education in the...
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PMID: 20980851
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We describe a novel approach to teaching EBM which makes use of five guiding principles: (1) Journal clubs have important limitations, (2) understanding the quantitative aspects of research promotes an in-depth understanding of papers, (3) physician numeracy can form the basis of an EBM course, (4)...
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PMID: 20671540
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To identify expert recommendations and examples of programs that could be incorporated into curricular renewal of the fourth year of medical school.
In 2009, the authors searched the relevant literature published from 1974 to 2009 using PubMed; they then searched bibliographies and related articles....
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PMID: 20881826
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At the start of the 20th century, Abraham Flexner proposed a number of reforms for medical education in his seminal 1910 report, Medical Education in the United States and Canada. His recommendations were wide ranging, including a strong scientific basis, use of pedagogical methods, and faculty whos...
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PMID: 20980850
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We recruited families in the dermatology clinic of a teaching hospital.
We collected complete information for 371 families of which 181 were in the safe home model group and 190 were in the TIPP group. There were no differences between groups in percent minority race, education, or insurance; the pa...
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PMID: 20938315
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We recommend that the use of professional patients is considered in the training of medical students....
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PMID: 20846063
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Healthcare policy makers have advocated the introduction of work-based learning (WBL) methods to help improve care. Some healthcare professionals and academics do not support WBL, however, possibly because they experienced, and value, traditional learning methods. This article reports on one of the...
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PMID: 20945631
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Nurse educators make decisions that affect students in profound ways. This decision-making process may follow an intuitive-humanistic decision-making model. The author most connected with developing the intuitive model and the distinction between theoretical knowledge and experiential knowledge in t...
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PMID: 20202908
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Collaborative processes which enable problem solving and decision making are reported as being essential to professional practice within contemporary health care. Action learning is a process reported on as a systematic approach to effective problem solving, whilst action learning sets are increasin...
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PMID: 20188630
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We recommend the use of this type of training sessions where students are allowed to work more independently and train in the role as a doctor under supervision of the teacher....
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PMID: 20726831
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Each United Kingdom regional postgraduate deanery offers courses and educational support for the NHS (National Health Service) primary care dental team, primarily through networks of tutors (dental educators). After reporting literature on effective continuing education and the role of evaluation, t...
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PMID: 20679459
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These results suggest that use of preclinical training models in local anesthesia teaching may have beneficial effects....
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PMID: 20679457
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The use of haptic devices in the medical field has become widespread in the last decade. In this study, a visio-haptic dental training system is developed using haptic and stereoscopic devices. Several advantages are offered by such a simulation system, including effective learning without any fear...
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PMID: 20679458
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We describe the development of a BScN (Honors) Program in a large Canadian university. We describe the elements of the program, including the application of a research apprenticeship model as the core of the program. We provide examples of student learning experiences culminating in the Honors proje...
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PMID: 20031283
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Emotions are inextricably bound with nursing practice. For that reason, we argue that much can be gained from raising emotions in a manner that helps nursing students - or indeed nurses and other practitioners - gain a deeper self-understanding. In turn, this can enhance therapeutic use of self.
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PMID: 20042254
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The Learning in Teams model can support individual team skills development, enhance institutional team performance in academic health centers, and provide a basis for research in team skills development and team process improvement. It can be adapted to various programs to enhance skills in teamwork...
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PMID: 20671456
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Many factors led to the emergence of medical education research in the late 1950s within a particular sociohistorical context. The nature of research in this field, which is currently the subject of debate, is also of necessity historically situated and contingent, drawing on its roots in this era....
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PMID: 20453814
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The programme of research fits under an overarching theme of "Growing a professional workforce". Seven key areas of activity have been identified: engaging in community and clinical learning environments; improving recruitment and retention; improving phases of transition; assessing professional beh...
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PMID: 20651864
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The Institute of Medicine, Office of Minority Health, and the Health Resources and Services Administration have called for culturally competent teaching methods to promote the success of Hispanic nursing students. The article responds to this call by analyzing an innovative clinical practicum teachi...
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PMID: 20210269
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The current study reports student use and perceptions of podcasted course lectures in an undergraduate Bachelor of Science in Nursing program. Prior to the current study, the majority of students were not familiar with the use of podcasts in education. Student use of the podcasts grew as they became...
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PMID: 20210270
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