Distance education

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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…

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Evaluating professionalism

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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…

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Concepts in assessment

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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…

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Evidence-based medicine

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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…

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Clinical communication

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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…

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Postgraduate training

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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…

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How to manage a medical college

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Chapter 50 How to manage a medical college H. Hamdy Introduction Medical colleges and health profession education institutions are complex organizations interacting with different systems at the micro college level…

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Problem-based learning

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Chapter 20 Problem-based learning A.E. Sefton and M. Frommer Introduction Problem-based learning (PBL), now widely adopted in medical programmes internationally, was developed at McMaster University Medical School over 40 years…

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