Biomedical subjects
D R Hannay
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Student experience in family medicine at McMaster and Glasgow Universities.
The experiences of two small groups of medical students were recorded when they were doing their main teaching in Family Medicine at McMaster University in Canada, and Glasgow University in Scotland. Time-log diaries were completed for 2 weeks with details of the patients seen. The results are compared in the context of two different approaches to medical education.
Teaching interviewing with simulated patients.
The use of social-work students as simulated patients for teaching interviewing to general practice trainees, is described. The results of analysing the video-tape feedback for one such patient, with a small group of trainees, are given to illustrate the method used.
Academic departments of general practice in Ontario and Scotland.
The departments of family medicine in Ontario are compared with departments of general practice in Scotland. The former are mainly involved with postgraduate training and are much larger than the Scottish departments which are primarily concerned with undergraduate teaching. Because of the difference in numbers the full time staff in the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University were compared with those in all four Departments of General Practice in Scotland. A self-completed questionnaire was used to find out where the full-time academic staff had come from; what they were doing at present; and where they saw academic family medicine going in the future. The results are discussed in the context of health care provision and medical education in Canada and the United Kingdom.
Educational methods at McMaster University, Canada.
The methods of education currently being used at McMaster University, Ontario, Canada are new and radical and the principles are described. Some of these methods may have special application in education for general practice.
Graduate training for general practice in Scotland.
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The 'iceberg' of illness and 'trivial' consultations.
The medical symptom 'iceberg' and 'trivia' were defined in terms of people's own perceptions of their symptoms and their subsequent referral behaviour. The data were collected by household interviews of patients registered at a health centre and included information on personal and environmental characteristics. Bivariate and multivariate analysis was used to explore associations between those who were part of the symptom 'iceberg' or 'trivia', and factors which might have caused such incongruous referral behaviour.
Postgraduate examinations for general practice in Canada and the United Kingdom.
The membership examination of the Royal College of General Practitioners (M.R.C.G.P.) emphasises factual knowledge, and it is suggested that a clinical component should be included, perhaps using simulated patients as in the certificate examination of the Canadian College of Family Physicians (C.C.F.P.).
Factors associated with formal symptom referral.
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Use of recording booklets to evaluate teaching in general practice.
Recording booklets have been introduced for students during their course of general practice teaching at the University of Glasgow. The booklets guide the students with patients in the community who have chronic and complicated diseases. Each case history in the booklet was marked and this provided an evaluation of the teaching. This showed an improvement in the students' overall ability but was most marked in the areas of social history and problem list, thus fulfilling the aims of the teaching.
Year one of the first general practitioner medical unit in the greater Glasgow area.
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An opportunity for innovation in general practice teaching.
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Paramedical training in Guyana and the future of medical auxiliaries.
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Symptom prevalence in the community.
The prevalence of physical symptoms among a sample of patients registered at a health centre is described as recorded from home interviews. The number of physical symptoms per person is then correlated with personal characteristics and environmental factors, using computer programmes.
Medical undergraduate teaching of paediatrics in the community.
The undergraduate teaching of childhood illness in the community is described. This teaching includes a cross-section of acute childhood illness together with some contact with handicapped children in their own homes. Although there were only four teaching sessions, the frequency of conditions studied approximated to that in general practice
Introduction of recording booklets in general practice teaching.
A system of recording booklets had been introduced for fifth-year students during their course of teaching in general practice. The booklets guide the student in his study of the development, presentation and future prognosis of patients with chronic and complicated disease in the community. The students abilities and the teaching were assessed using case histories in a system of computer assisted learning.
Teaching decision making to medical undergraduates by computer-assisted learning.
Undergraduate medical students improve their ability to make patient management decisions through using computer-assisted learning. With this problem-solving approach an improvement in their factural knowledge also occurs and they retain a significant amount of the content.