Medical teacher
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The first major intake of medical students who studied the new GCSE occurred in Autumn 1990. These students have experienced a range of student-centred educational approaches to learning, but medical education in the UK remains committed to teacher-centred approaches. ⋯ An innovative course in medical sociology at the University of Sheffield is reported, which illustrates student-centred learning approaches including transferable activity-skills development and self-assessment profiling. An innovative approach to course evaluation is discussed.
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A pilot study of the levels of stress among residents was conducted in three departments in a university hospital prior to initiating a programme in stress management for residents. The Beck Depression Inventory, which is a brief, standardized self-report measure of depression, was given to residents in anaesthesiology, paediatrics and psychiatry. Six additional questions were asked about the functioning of peers and services residents would like to have available. ⋯ Residents felt that about 15% of their colleagues were emotionally impaired; 10% may have a drug and/or alcohol problem; 12% were having marital problems. Eighty per cent of all residents studied said that they would attend support groups if they existed. Approximately 60% thought coping skills/stress management seminars would be useful, and 30% of the paediatric and anaesthesiology residents (60% of the psychiatry residents) said they would use confidential individual psychotherapy if it were available.
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Medical education nowadays experiences an increasing gap between the potential didactic value of educational technology and the practical implementation thereof. One of the important obstacles is the tendency to separate media and media agencies from staff development. ⋯ For example instead of only offering technical audio-visual production services, medical teachers are also taught how to use different media effectively in teaching and learning. In this way media are directly related to staff development.