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M Philbin

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PubMed2001

Antenatal hepatitis B screening - is there a need for a national policy?

Routine antenatal testing for hepatitis B carriage with maternal consent was introduced at the Rotunda in January 1998. The uptake of testing has been excellent; 99.98% of women presenting for antenatal care accepted hepatitis B (HBV) screening in the 30-months from January 1998 through June 2000. The prevalence of HBV carriage was 0.35% (58 pregnancies of 16,222 tested) increasing from 0.25% in 1998 (16 of 6227) to 0.45% in the first six months of 2000 (16 of 3484). Fifty-five women had 58 pregnancies (three women had two pregnancies). Two of these were e-antigen positive. HBV carrier status was previously unknown in 48 (87%). Two additional women had acute HBV infection in pregnancy. Forty-five infants have been born to mothers included in this screening programme. Audit of infant outcome reveals excellent compliance with immunisation and follow-up: 29 (64%) have completed the 3 dose HBV vaccination schedule to date. Thirteen infants (31%) are still attending; three are lost to follow-up including one whose family has emigrated. Routine antenatal screening for hepatitis B carriage is cost-effective and should be considered a standard of care in maternity practice.

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PubMed1990

Results of a survey on the use of standardized patients to teach and evaluate clinical skills.

In 1989, a survey was sent to each U.S. and Canadian medical school requesting information about how standardized patients are used for teaching and evaluating clinical skills, and 95% of the schools responded. Although there was widespread use of standardized patients throughout the curricula, the role and training of these patients varied markedly within a given school as well as across schools. One outcome of this survey is the development of a network to share resources, protocols, and training material to enhance the development of this educational strategy.

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PubMed1989

The Medical Education Evaluation Program of the state of Ohio.

In October 1988, seven foreign medical graduates participated in the first administration of the examination devised by the Medical Education Evaluation Program (MEEP) mandated by the State Medical Board of Ohio. The MEEP was established to provide an objective evaluation of an applicant's clinical competencies; passing the MEEP examination was intended to certify that the applicant's clinical skills were comparable to those of a medical student graduating from a school accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education. An applicant who successfully passed the MEEP examination and fulfilled the other Ohio licensure requirements would be eligible to take the Federation Licensing Examination (FLEX) and apply for an unrestricted license to practice medicine in Ohio. The paper describes the origin and development of the MEEP examination and the testing modalities selected (multiple-choice examinations and the use of standardized patients). Four fundamental areas were tested; these are named and described, along with the method for calculating scores for each area and the criteria for passing the different components of the examination. Although the small sample size prohibited meaningful data analysis for the performance of the first group of MEEP candidates, the MEEP examination appears to meet psychometric standards of certifying and licensing examinations, based on data from comparable tests taken by beginning fourth-year medical students in New England and NBME Part III examination examinees. Some potential pitfalls of the MEEP examination are mentioned, as well as the fact that it presents a challenge to boards of medical examiners of other states to implement performance-based assessments of physicians who graduate from non-accredited medical schools.

Clinical Competence↗
PubMed1969

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