Search Results - "Boker, John R"
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Relationship of creative projects in anatomy to medical student professionalism, test performance and stress: an exploratory study
Published in BMC medical education (03-11-2009)“…The anatomy course offers important opportunities to develop professionalism at an early stage in medical education. It is an academically significant course…”
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Short-term impact of a robot-assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy 'mini-residency' experience on postgraduate urologists' practice patterns
Published in The international journal of medical robotics + computer assisted surgery (01-03-2006)“…Introduction To assist practising urologists acquire and incorporate robot‐assisted laparoscopic prostatectomy (RALP) into their practice, a 5 day…”
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A prospective study of the longitudinal effects of an embedded specialty curriculum on physical examination skills using an ophthalmology model
Published in Academic medicine (01-11-2009)“…To prospectively evaluate effects of a longitudinal specialty curriculum on acquisition and retention of ophthalmic screening examination skills in a single…”
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National survey of bedside ultrasound use in pediatric critical care
Published in Pediatric critical care medicine (01-11-2011)“…The use of bedside ultrasound in critically ill adults has become standard practice. The current state of bedside ultrasound use in pediatric critical illness…”
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Construct Validity Testing of a Laparoscopic Surgical Simulator
Published in Journal of the American College of Surgeons (01-05-2006)“…We present initial data on the construct, content, and face validity of the LAPMentor (Simbionix), virtual reality laparoscopic surgical simulator. Medical…”
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Teaching empathy to first year medical students: evaluation of an elective literature and medicine course
Published in Education for health (Abingdon, England) (01-03-2004)“…Empathy is critical to the development of professionalism in medical students, and the humanities-particularly literature-have been touted as an effective tool…”
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The effect of a 13-hour curriculum To improve residents' teaching skills: A randomized trial
Published in Annals of internal medicine (17-08-2004)“…Although resident physicians often teach, few trials have tested interventions to improve residents' teaching skills. A pilot trial in 2001-2002 found that 13…”
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Assessing medical students' skills in working with interpreters during patient encounters: a validation study of the Interpreter Scale
Published in Academic medicine (01-05-2009)“…Interpreted patient encounters require distinct communication skills. The absence of available reliable, valid, and practical measures hinders the assessment…”
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Using Virtual Patients to Improve Cardiac Examination Competency in Medical Students
Published in Clinical cardiology (Mahwah, N.J.) (01-07-2008)“…Background Cardiac examination (CE) skills are in decline. Most prior studies employed audio recordings, evaluating only one aspect of CE (i.e., auscultation)…”
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Short-Term Impact of a Laparoscopic “Mini-Residency” Experience on Postgraduate Urologists’ Practice Patterns
Published in Journal of the American College of Surgeons (01-11-2006)“…To assist practicing urologists incorporate laparoscopic urology into their practice, a 5-day mini-residency (M-R) program with a mentor, preceptor, and…”
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Faculty training in evidence-based medicine: Improving evidence acquisition and critical appraisal
Published in The Journal of continuing education in the health professions (2007)“…Introduction: Evidence‐based medicine (EBM) integrates published clinical evidence with patient values and clinical expertise, the output of which is informed…”
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Immediate impact of an intensive one-week laparoscopy training program on laparoscopic skills among postgraduate urologists
Published in Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons (01-01-2008)“…Laparoscopic techniques are difficult to master, especially for surgeons who did not receive such training during residency. To help urologists master…”
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Competency in cardiac examination skills in medical students, trainees, physicians, and faculty: a multicenter study
Published in Archives of internal medicine (1960) (27-03-2006)“…Cardiac examination is an essential aspect of the physical examination. Previous studies have shown poor diagnostic accuracy, but most used audio recordings,…”
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A pilot randomized, controlled trial of a longitudinal residents-as-teachers curriculum
Published in Academic medicine (01-07-2003)“…To determine whether a longitudinal residents-as-teachers curriculum improves generalist residents' teaching skills. From May 2001 to February 2002, 23…”
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Reliability and Validity of an Objective Structured Teaching Examination for Generalist Resident Teachers
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Innovative web-based multimedia curriculum improves cardiac examination competency of residents
Published in Journal of hospital medicine (01-03-2008)“…BACKGROUND: Proper diagnosis of cardiac disorders is a core competency of internists. Yet numerous studies have documented that the cardiac examination (CE)…”
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Initial impact of a dedicated postgraduate laparoscopic mini-residency on clinical practice patterns
Published in Journal of endourology (01-04-2005)“…Laparoscopic surgical techniques are difficult to master, especially for surgeons who did not receive this type of training during their residencies. We have…”
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The on-line Clinical Teaching Perception Inventory: a "snapshot" of medical teachers
Published in Family medicine (01-01-2005)“…Medical educators need practical and accurate instruments for evaluating clinical teaching. Our purpose was to develop norms for the Clinical Teaching…”
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An international physician education program to support the recent introduction of family medicine in Egypt
Published in Family medicine (01-11-2004)“…There are few reports of systematic international physician development programs to create family medicine as a new specialty in a developing nation. This…”
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Evaluating a 'service elective' in clinical teaching for medical students
Published in Medical teacher (01-11-2003)“…Many medical students wish to begin developing clinical teaching skills before residency. Faculty at the University of California, Irvine developed a 60-hour,…”
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