Mobile learning (m-learning)
Chapter 28 Mobile learning (m-learning) J.E. Sandars and G.S. Frith Introduction Over the last few years, an increasing range of devices with computing capability have become available for use whilst…
GENERAL & FAMILY MEDICINE
Professionalism
Chapter 32 Professionalism P.M. Gliatto and D.T. Stern Introduction Consider the following scenarios: • A professor strongly urges his preclinical students to attend a session on the doctor–patient relationship because one…
Distance education
Chapter 15 Distance education J. Grant and A. Zachariah Before you begin … This chapter looks different from the other chapters in this book. It is presented as a distance…
Preparing for general practice
Chapter 6 Preparing for general practice T. Gibbs Introduction It is Monday morning. You are getting towards the end of your morning surgery. So far today you have seen 12…
Evaluating professionalism
Chapter 41 Evaluating professionalism S. Ginsburg Evaluating professionalism in medical education has become much more explicit over the past decade. All important regulatory and accreditation bodies (such as the Royal…
Concepts in assessment
Chapter 35 Concepts in assessment J. Norcini and M. Friedman Ben-David Even a cursory review of the assessment literature reveals a bewildering array of dichotomies and concepts. These are often…
Simulated/standardized patients
Chapter 26 Simulated/standardized patients M. Cantrell and E.A. Gephardt Introduction Lay people who have been trained to portray patients have come under many names since the 1960s. Initially they were…
Evidence-based medicine
Chapter 33 Evidence-based medicine C. Heneghan and P. Glasziou Introduction The process of lifelong, self-directed learning includes recognition of clinically important questions about diagnosis, therapy, prognosis and other aspects of…
Clinical communication
Chapter 30 Clinical communication J.R. Skelton Introduction The importance of clinical communication is now taken for granted. It is routinely taught and tested at the undergraduate and postgraduate level, often…
Postgraduate training
Chapter 4 Postgraduate training D. Wall and N.G. Patil This chapter is about postgraduate medical education and training, once the doctor has already qualified after a variable number of years…
