The medical literature almost uniformly addresses the positive aspects of role modeling. Still, some authors have questioned its educational value, a disagreement that is probably due to differing definitions If defined as demonstration skills, provision feedback, and emulation specific professional behaviors, then modeling an important component clinical training. However, if it learner's unselective imitation models uncritical adoption messages learning environment, benefits should be...

Most U.S. medical schools offer courses in the behavioral and social sciences (BSS), but their implementation is frequently impeded by problems. First, students often fail to perceive relevance of BSS for clinical practice. Second, are vaguely defined multiplicity topics that they include creates confusion about teaching priorities. Third, there a lack qualified teachers, because physicians may have received little or no instruction BSS, while scientists experience medicine. The authors...

Self-awareness is an individual's tendency to pay attention his or her own emotions, attitudes, and behavior in response specific situations. In the case of physicians, self-awareness their insight into how emotional makeup influences patient care. Conceivably, such may improve doctors' professional performance. The authors review published approaches aimed at enhancing medical students draw some problems these that call for further research. Published teaching programs be classified as...

The economic impact and ease of measurement all-cause hospital readmission rates (HRR) have led to the current debate as whether they are reducible, should be used a publicly reported quality indicators medical care.To assess efficacy broad clinical interventions in preventing HRR patients with chronic diseasesA meta-review published systematic reviews randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that included among patients' outcomes interest.Meta-analyses RCTs consistently found that, community,...

There is need for a teaching programme aiming to impart tolerance of error undergraduate medical students. The implementation such may have challenge the institutional norms that encourage authoritarianism, intolerance uncertainty and denial error. Acceptance prerequisite its candid reporting, reporting errors their analysis with view prevention. A curriculum on may, therefore, not only help students cope future mistakes, but also reduce frequency. Teaching intervention promote an acceptance...

The bio-psychosocial (BPS) approach to patient care has gained acceptance in medical education. However, reported teaching programs rarely describe the efficacy of alternative approaches continuing education aimed at promoting a BPS approach. objective was and evaluate effect two on learners' knowledge, management intentions, patient-centered attitudes, professional self-esteem, burnout, work related strain mental workload. learners were Israeli general practitioners. first ("didactic")...

This study estimated weight gain after smoking cessation and identified factors attenuating this gain.We conducted a prospective follow-up of 1209 male factory workers for 2 to 4 years. The independent variables were habits. age, sports activity, education, alcohol consumption, ethnicity, duration follow-up, body mass index (BMI, kg/m2) at entry. dependent variable was increase in BMI during follow-up.The mean age-adjusted entry into the 26.6 kg/m2 among past smokers 25.4 current smokers....

Summary. Undergraduate medical students of the Ben Gurion University were evaluated upon completion their fourthand sixth-year clerkships by a 17-item rating scale, multiple choice question (MCQ) test and patientoriented oral examination two academic staff members. Pearson's correlation coefficient between global ratings was r=o.44 (p≦0.001), while that MCQ scores r=o.54 p≦0.001). in sixth year r=o.25 (po.05). Stepwise regression analysis revealed on parameters...

The authors' threefold purpose in this article was to (a) propose a model of the relationship between emotional aspects physicians' attitudes medical errors (e.g., fear litigation) and their functional consequences tendency defensive practice); (b) develop measure some these attitudes; (c) provide empirical support for relationships model. Medical students physicians responded questionnaire concerning toward uncertainty error. dependent variables were two dimensions ("reluctance disclose...