Medical teacher
-
Due to inadequate preparation, many medical professionals are unable to critically evaluate published research articles or properly design, execute and present their own research. ⋯ Our experience shows it is feasible to accomplish these objectives, with a high level of satisfaction, through a didactic program targeted to the general academic community.
-
Boyer and Glassick's broad definition of and standards for assessing scholarship apply to all aspects of education. Research on the quality of published medical education studies also reveals fundamentally important elements to address. In this article a three-step approach to developing medical education projects is proposed: refine the scholarly question, identify appropriate designs and methods, and select outcomes. ⋯ The authors emphasize statement of study intent, which is a study's focal point, and conceptual framework, which situates a project within a theoretical context and provides a means for interpreting the results. They then review study designs and methods commonly used in education projects. They conclude with outcomes, which should be distinguished from assessment methods and instruments, and are separated into Kirkpatrick's hierarchy of reaction, learning, behavior and results.
-
Competency-based models of medical education require reliable and valid assessment of multiple physician roles. ⋯ The OSCE may be useful as a reliable and valid method of simultaneously assessing multiple physician competencies.
-
This study examined attitudes toward professionalism in an academic medical center. The paper will describe the development and factorial validity of an instrument to measure attitudes toward professionalism in medical education among students, residents and faculty. ⋯ The Penn State College of Medicine Professionalism Questionnaire is one of the first valid and reliable surveys of attitudes among medical students, residents, and faculty that reflects seven elements of professionalism.
-
The aim of the study was to explore the feasibility of 360 degree assessment in early specialist training in a Danish setting. Present Danish postgraduate training requires assessment of specific learning objectives. Residency in Internal Medicine was chosen for the study. It has 65 learning objectives to be assessed. We considered 22 of these suitable for assessment by 360-degrees assessment. ⋯ The method was practical in busy clinical departments and was well accepted by the assessors. Reliability of the method was acceptable. It discrimintated satisfactorily between the good and not so good performers.