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Avoiding Work Authorization Status Related Conscious And Explicit Bias
My opinion: As elicited by Balhara et al [1], graduate medical education (GME) in the United States (US) is finally lapping up to objectively recognize and ostracize bias [2]. However, this pursuit of equitable recruitment freed of unconscious and implicit bias will be incomplete without addressing the conscious and explicit bia..
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Questions Worth Raising: Automated Writing Evaluations And Legacy Admissions
My opinion: As medical education researchers, we have a vision and that is why we are raising these questions. Can automated writing evaluations of personal statement help in objective assessments of applications? Can legacy admissions be objectively streamlined in graduate medical education?..
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2019 College Admissions Story And ERAS/NRMP/GME
My opinion: 2019 College Admissions Story is pertaining to Honest Services Fraud statute [1-2]. This federal statute safeguards the third party from the harms caused by transactions between two parties whereby the transactions have caused the recipient party to be non-compliant in its duty to provide honest services to the collate..
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Self-Healing Ceiling
My opinion: The prominent weightage accrued to letters of recommendation and personal statements make one wonder whether the standardized examination-adjudged meritocracy misses out on applicants’ assessment as whole persons. However, the origin of letters of recommendation and personal statements a century back may be speaking ..
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Obtaining a clearer perspective on the differently abled: a case study from a Caribbean medical school
Abstract : Movies are used in medical schools for a variety of purposes ranging from learning of professionalism, public health, drug dependence, disability among others. In a medical school in Aruba, Dutch Caribbean movies and activities were used to strengthen learning of communication skills, empathy, professionalism, and deat..
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The Knowledge And Skills Of Surgical Foundation Year One Doctors In A Teaching Hospital In The UK: A Review And Results Of A Survey
Abstract : Introduction:Junior doctors had acquired knowledge and skills in the past using weekly specialty based teaching sessions and on the job learning.They currently learn on the job as before (with the restraints of less working hours). However, generic hospital wide teaching programmes have replaced the specialty teaching ..
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The Reliability And Validity Of The Postgraduate Stressor Questionnaire (psq) Among Postgraduate Medical Trainees
Abstract: Objective: To determine the construct validity and the internal consistency of the Postgraduate Stressor Questionnaire (PSQ) among postgraduate medical trainees hence in the future it could be used as a valid and reliable instrument to identify stressors among them. Methods: Items of the PSQ were derived from a review ..
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Promoting integrated learning and open-book examinations in South Asian medical schools
My opinion: South Asia has a good proportion of the world’s medical schools and creates a large percentage of the world’s health manpower. The examination pattern remains largely traditional and emphasizes factual knowledge and mastery of information. Rote learning is emphasized throughout school in South Asia. Educational ob..
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21st Century Teaching For Students Of Medical Laboratory Technology: A Problem-Based Learning Approach
Abstract : Introduction: The expected knowledge base required for newly qualified laboratory technicians in practice setting is immense. However it is almost impossible to include all the information required at entry into professional practice into the teaching curricula. Problem based learning (PBL) is intended to develop lifel..
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The Construct Validity and Internal Consistency of the Adult Learning Inventory (AL-i) among Medical Students
Abstract: Objective: To determine the internal consistency and construct validity of the AL-i among first year medical students. Methods: Cross sectional study was done on 196 first year medical student in Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM). The items of AL-i were framed based on the adult learning principles. The Cronbach’s a..
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