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Medical education
… prevocational training program, inadequate funding of education and skills training, and high service demands. To ensure a high quality medical workforce, the needs of doctors in training must be … which was launched in 2006, could affect prevocational medical training, as well as important issues regarding …
Med J Aust 2007; 186 (3): 114-116 Free
Medical education
… A dmission to medical school is highly competitive and generally based on … two tests are widely used: the Graduate Australian Medical School Admissions Test (GAMSAT) and the … reflect differences in admission criteria or the secondary education system; for example, schools in New South Wales …
Med J Aust 2007; 186 (3): 120-123 Free
Perspectives
… genuine engagement with Indigenous health issues challenges medical students and doctors alike. When participants in medical education analyse racism as a social determinant of health, …
Med J Aust 2012; 197 (1): 15 Free
Medical education
… S election of students into medical school is a high-profile, contentious, and … effective members of the profession. In Australia, most medical schools use a combination of prior academic … written examination developed by the Australian Council for Educational Research with the consortium of graduate-entry …
Med J Aust 2008; 188 (6): 349-354 Free
Medical education / Lessons from practice
… for cystic fibrosis, with instructions to seek prompt medical advice if she develops any recurrence of the SVCS … with a long life expectancy and often other significant medical comorbid conditions. However, anticoagulation use … facial plethora and prominent chest wall veins … Medical education … Lessons from practice … Catheter‐related …
Med J Aust 2024; 220 (5): 238-240 Free
Medical education
… carcinoma. 4 Thus, DRE is an essential skill for all medical students to acquire. Concern has arisen in Australia and overseas that medical students are no longer acquiring the skill of DRE … DRE and confidence about their findings. … Medical education … Experience and attitudes of final-year medical …
Med J Aust 2004; 181 (6): 323-325 Free
Medical education
… escalates, there is a growing imperative to ensure that medical practitioners are providing optimal, evidence-based, … treatment, but this relies on adequate undergraduate medical education in musculoskeletal science. The competition for …
Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 162-165 Free
Medical education
… T he use of interviews to select medical students is an internationally accepted practice … rating of interviewees, 1 - 3 and many Australian medical schools are adopting the multiple mini-interview … the effect of variance between interviewers. … Medical education … Interviewer bias in medical student selection …
Med J Aust 2010; 193 (6): 343-346 Free
Medical education
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… sweats but no fever, weight loss or incontinence. His past medical history included human leukocyte antigen B27 ( … Back Pain Clinical Care Standard emphasises management with education and physical activity. 8 , 9 In this case, … pain while physically supporting an older family member … Medical education … Lessons from practice … Back pain in an …
Med J Aust 2023; 219 (11): 523-525 Free
Medical education / Lessons from practice
… medicines information. In addition, the Monthly Index of Medical Specialties (MIMS) 7 also provides the list of … and weight gain of 2 kg due to fluid retention … Medical education … Lessons from practice … Hidden danger: …
Med J Aust 2024; 220 (4): 184-185 Free
Research
… of professionalism is currently a topic of interest in medical education research and often an explicit goal in medical curricula. Yet for over 25 years, research into the …
Med J Aust 2015; 203 (4): 185 Free
Medical education
… has been in the vanguard of trends to regionally based medical education in Australia. The first new Australian medical school in over 20 years was established at James …
Med J Aust 2009; 191 (2): 105-109 Free
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… skills required for referral practice. Here we discuss the educational and training needs of medical, nursing or allied health professionals who provide … deficits. Glare and Virik 3 have reported that Australasian medical schools place greater emphasis on disease …
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (6): S26 Free
Medical education
… that there is a need for evidence to underpin as much medical education as is feasible. Without such evaluation, … and effective manner. Of the many issues in undergraduate medical education under scrutiny, it is the …
Med J Aust 2005; 183 (5): 258-260 Free
Medical education
… A dmission to medical school in Australia and elsewhere is highly … are ongoing debates about the admission processes used by medical schools. 1 - 3 The demographic and social profile of … to ensure that factors such as social class, type of education (government or non-government school), ethnicity …
Med J Aust 2010; 192 (4): 212-216 Free
Medical education
… field is just one of the many outcomes of undergraduate medical education. Decisions to undertake primary training (the first level of formal or basic postgraduate medical training after medical school) and subspecialty …
Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 277-280 Free
Medical education
… Several Australian medical schools have moved to graduate-entry problem-based … Existing studies suggest that graduates of problem-based medical programs feel themselves better prepared in many … graduates' ratings for preparedness for postgraduate education. In our study, comments from training organisers …
Med J Aust 2003; 178 (4): 163-166 Free
Medical education
… Journal , 2 June 1897) G rand rounds have been an important educational activity in many Australian hospitals, but there … persist. The educational validity of formal continuing medical education (CME) activities such as grand rounds has … respondents was drawn from names supplied by postgraduate medical councils, from directors of clinical training and …
Med J Aust 2005; 183 (11): 592-594 Free
Medical education
… interprofessional learning (IPL) and interprofessional education (IPE) ( Box 1 ) are debated topics in health … practice; the ways IPL could be incorporated into medical curricula; how interprofessional skills can be … quality and safety agenda Adverse health care outcomes and medical errors are powerful catalysts for action to close …
Med J Aust 2012; 196 (11): 707 Free
Medical education
… University School of Medicine was the first Australian medical school to introduce a 4-year graduate-entry medical program. 1 Simultaneously, it piloted two new … location and age at admission ( P < 0.001), medical education program location ( P = 0.001) ( Box ), and rural …
Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 177-178 Free
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