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Using a virtue ethics lens to develop a socially accountable community placement programme for medical students
BACKGROUND: Community-based education (CBE) involves educating the head (cognitive), heart (affective), and the hand (practical) by utilizing tools that enable …
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Implementing and evaluating an e-portfolio for postgraduate family medicine training in the Western Cape, South Africa
BACKGROUND: In South Africa it is compulsory to submit a satisfactory portfolio of learning to gain entrance to the national …
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Measuring change in knowledge acquisition of Rwandan residents: using the American Board of Pediatrics International In-Training Examination (I-ITE) as an independent tool to monitor individual and departmental improvements during the Human Resources for Health program: an observational study
BACKGROUND: Rwanda is the only African country to use the pediatric International In-Training Examination (I-ITE). The objectives of this study …
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Training medical students: victim’s perceptions of selectively screening women for intimate partner violence in health care settings
BACKGROUND: Routine IPV screening is a controversial topic and there is no evidence to suggest that it improves the health …
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Evaluation of a surgical task sharing training programme’s logbook system in Sierra Leone
BACKGROUND: Personal logbooks are universally applied for monitoring and evaluation of surgical trainees; however, the quality and accuracy of such …
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Cuban medical training for South African students: a mixed methods study
BACKGROUND: Achieving universal health care coverage will require greater investment in primary health care, particularly in rural and underserved populations …
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The geographic and topical landscape of medical education research
BACKGROUND: Whether medical education research (MER) is primarily conducted in wealthy countries (in the "Realm of the Rich") is the …
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Reliability testing of a modified MISTELS score using a low-cost trainer box
BACKGROUND: Training programs such as the fundamentals of laparoscopic surgery (FLS) that are based on simulation are being currently used …
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Using deliberate practice framework to assess the quality of feedback in undergraduate clinical skills training
BACKGROUND: In this research paper we report on the quality of feedback provided in the logbooks of pre-clinical undergraduate students …
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The impact of a psychiatry clinical rotation on the attitude of South African final year medical students towards mental illness
BACKGROUND: Stigmatising attitudes of health care professionals towards mental illness can impede treatment provided for psychiatric patients. Many studies have …
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Designing faculty development: lessons learnt from a qualitative interpretivist study exploring students’ expectations and experiences of clinical teaching
BACKGROUND: Clinical teaching plays a crucial role in the transition of medical students into the world of professional practice. Faculty …
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Biomedical research ethics in Cameroon: a survey to assess training needs of medical residents and students
BACKGROUND: Training curricula in research ethics for potential and future researchers should be implemented and constantly updated. This requires data …
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Learning styles of physiotherapists: a systematic scoping review
BACKGROUND: Understanding students' learning styles, and modifying teaching styles and material accordingly, is an essential to delivering quality education. Knowing …
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Consequences, conditions and caveats: a qualitative exploration of the influence of undergraduate health professions students at distributed clinical training sites
BACKGROUND: Traditionally, the clinical training of health professionals has been located in central academic hospitals. This is changing. As academic …
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Impact of electronic and blended learning programs for manual perineal support on incidence of obstetric anal sphincter injuries: a prospective interventional study
Obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASIS) are associated with anal incontinence, dyspareunia and perineal pain. Bimanual perineal support technique (bPST) prevents …
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Practice intentions at entry to and exit from medical schools aspiring to social accountability: findings from the Training for Health Equity Network Graduate Outcome Study
BACKGROUND: Understanding the impact of selection and medical education on practice intentions and eventual practice is an essential component of …
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The Next Generation Scientist program: capacity-building for future scientific leaders in low- and middle-income countries
BACKGROUND: Scientific and professional development opportunities for early career scientists in low- and middle- income countries (LMICs) are limited and …
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Factors influencing the decision of GHANAIAN optometry students to practice in rural areas after graduation
BACKGROUND: Human resources for eye health are inequitably distributed in most developing countries including Ghana. In spite of this, most …
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Curriculum mapping as a tool to facilitate curriculum development: a new School of Medicine experience
BACKGROUND: Every curriculum needs to be reviewed, implemented and evaluated; it must also comply with the regulatory standards. This report …
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The development of a training course for clubfoot treatment in Africa: learning points for course development
BACKGROUND: Clubfoot is a common congenital musculoskeletal disorder that causes mobility impairment. There is a lack of trained mid-level personnel …