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Changing the narrative around obesity in the UK
Carly A Hughes, Amy L Ahern, Harsha Kasetty, Barbara M McGowan, Helen M Parretti, Ann Vincent, Jason CG Halford
Jul 05, 2021
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the perceptions, attitudes, behaviours and potential barriers to effective obesity care in the UK using data collected from people with obesity (PwO) and healthcare professionals (HCPs) in the...
Effectiveness of virtual and augmented reality for improving knowledge and skills in medical students
Zain Hussain, Dominic Mark Ng, Nouf Alnafisee, Zakariya Sheikh, Nathan Ng, Ateeb Khan, Amir Hussain, Debbie Aitken, Aziz Sheikh
Sep 17, 2021
INTRODUCTION: Virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) technologies are increasingly being used in undergraduate medical education. We aim to evaluate the effectiveness of VR and AR technologies for improving knowledge...
Order effects in high stakes undergraduate examinations
Clinical Competence Educational Measurement MEDICAL EDUCATION & TRAINING Adult Clinical Competence Confidence Intervals Education Medical Undergraduate Educational Measurement Female Humans Male Medical History Taking Obstetrics Pediatrics Physical Examination Reproducibility of Results Schools Medical Students Medical United Kingdom
Current provision of myelopathy education in medical schools in the UK
Oliver Mowforth, Benjamin Davies, Max Stewart, Sam Smith, Alice Willison, Shahzaib Ahmed, Michelle Starkey, Iwan Sadler, Ellen Sarewitz, Sybil Stacpoole, Mark Kotter
Aug 28, 2020
Introduction: Degenerative cervical myelopathy (DCM) is a common, disabling and progressive neurological condition triggered by chronic compression of the cervical spinal cord by surrounding degenerative changes. Early diagnosis...
Comparing single-best-answer and very-short-answer questions for the assessment of applied medical knowledge in 20 UK medical schools
OBJECTIVES: The study aimed to compare candidate performance between traditional best-of-five single-best-answer (SBA) questions and very-short-answer (VSA) questions, in which candidates must generate their own answers of...
assessment MEDICAL EDUCATION & TRAINING applied medical knowledge Academic performance Clinical Competence Cross-Sectional Studies Decision Making Education Medical Undergraduate Educational Measurement Humans Knowledge learning Schools Medical Students Medical Surveys and Questionnaires United Kingdom
Language spoken at home and the association between ethnicity and doctor-patient communication in primary care
MEDICAL EDUCATION & TRAINING PRIMARY CARE Adult Asian People communication Communication Barriers Cross-Sectional Studies Ethnicity Female Health Care Surveys Humans language Male Physician-Patient Relations Primary Health Care Quality of Health Care Surveys and Questionnaires United Kingdom White People
Leadership and management in the undergraduate medical curriculum
Thelma Quince, Mark Abbas, Sughashini Murugesu, Francesca Crawley, Sarah Hyde, Diana Wood, John Benson
Nov 15, 2019
OBJECTIVE: To explore undergraduate medical students' attitudes towards and opinions about leadership and management education. DESIGN: Between 2009 and 2012 we conducted a qualitative study comprising five focus group...
Nutrition competencies for medicine
OBJECTIVE: Globally, 11 million deaths are attributable to suboptimal diet annually, and nutrition care has been shown to improve health outcomes. While medically trained clinicians are well-placed to provide nutrition care...
Effect of medical school attended on the chances of successfully embarking on a clinical-academic career in the UK.
PURPOSE OF THE STUDY: This study aimed to investigate whether, in the UK, medical school attended influences the propensity to apply to and be successful in obtaining an offer from the Academic Foundation Programme (AFP), thus...
Changing the narrative around obesity in the UK
Carly A Hughes, Amy L Ahern, Harsha Kasetty, Barbara M McGowan, Helen M Parretti, Ann Vincent, Jason C G Halford
Jul 07, 2021
Objectives: To investigate the perceptions, attitudes, behaviours and potential barriers to effective obesity care in the UK using data collected from people with obesity (PwO) and healthcare professionals (HCPs) in the...
Current provision of myelopathy education in medical schools in the UK
Oliver Mowforth, Benjamin Davies, Max Stewart, Sam Smith, Alice Willison, Shahzaib Ahmed, Michelle Starkey, Iwan Sadler, Ellen Sarewitz, Sybil Stacpoole, Mark Kotter
Jul 06, 2020
Factors determining development of researchers within a research network on cancer diagnosis in primary care (CanTest)
Esther de Groot, Debbie Vermond, Valerie A Sills, Saskia SL Mol, Fiona M Walter, Greg Rubin, Niek J de Wit
Mar 17, 2022
OBJECTIVES: Developing connections with other researchers in a network, learning informally through these connections and using them to reach goals, is expected to increase research capacity and strengthen performance. So far...
Can achievement at medical admission tests predict future performance in postgraduate clinical assessments? A UK-based national cohort study.
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether scores on two undergraduate admissions tests (BioMedical Admissions Test (BMAT) and University Clinical Aptitude Test (UCAT)) predict performance on the postgraduate Membership of the Royal...
Agreement between patient's description of abdominal symptoms of possible upper gastrointestinal cancer and general practitioner consultation notes
Victoria Hardy, Juliet Usher-Smith, Stephanie Archer, Rebecca Barnes, John Lancaster, Margaret Johnson, Matthew Thompson, Jon Emery, Hardeep Singh, Fiona M Walter
Jan 10, 2023