Medical Education

2010-06-01

Ross, Shelley, Campbell, Sandy, Behn Smith, Daniele

The poorer health status of First Nations, Inuit, Métis (FN/I/M) people in Canada is unacceptable and requires urgent attention. One potential means of improving FN/I/M health is to focus on improving training of medical students to enhance cultural safety. Experiential, community based...

2019-12-03

Borle, Sean C., Hillier, Tracey, Andrew, Susan, Surgin, Cody, Lai, Hollis

The Problem Timeliness of clinical assessment feedback for students is an essential part of medical education, but is difficult to achieve when programs are delivered across multiple sites with a large pool of instructors. Methods A data dashboard was developed to monitor the submission of...

2013-04-22

Chaudoir, Susan, White, Jonathan

(with Jonathan White, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry). Presentation at the 2013 Canadian Conference of Medical Education on April 22, 2013, Quebec City, Quebec. Dissemination of results from a 4-year study of questions posed by pre-clinical medical students about the practice of surgery. Themes...

2013-04-22

Chaudoir, Susan, White, Jonathan

Medical Education, 47(Suppl. 1), 61. Many authors have considered the question ‘what are the factors that attract students into surgery?’ with the intent of increasing recruitment into surgical careers. This study set out instead to determine what students actually want to know about surgeons and...

2010-05-06

Gnarpe, Judy A

Background: A multiplayer learning game was developed for use in the preclinical courses at our medical school. The resource was developed from two perspectives: student and instructor. Students use the game to review course concepts and to test themselves for exam preparation. Instructors have...

2020-03-27

Tan, Maria C.; Campbell, Sandy

Introduction: Every medical school integrates library based instruction in finding and evaluating evidence as part of its core curriculum. By the beginning of Year 3, undergraduate medical students have consolidated their preferred search methods and are given a refresher assignment to ensure...

2010-06-18

Gnarpe, Judy A

In the health professions, even more so than in other programs, a mastery of content related to patient care and infection control is of paramount importance. Nursing students and dental hygiene students are required to take MMI 133, Medical Microbiology for Health Professionals. This is a large...

2014-04-20

Hillier, T., Sundaram, Aishwarya, Dennett, Elizabeth, Campbell, Sandy

The objective of this study is to develop an evidence informed and expert assisted 4 year PS and QI curriculum for medical students at University of Alberta.

2010-04-27

Campbell, Sandy, Hartling, Lisa, Oswald, Anna E., O’Dunn-Orto, Alexandra

This review provides supportive evidence for the use of several instructional methods to teach MSK skills with most studies supporting patient educator, interactive small group teaching and computer assisted learning. As class sizes grow, interest in the use of alternate instructional methods is...

2009-05-01

Bolstad, J., Sundaram, Aishwarya, Shi, J., Pittman, E., Flynn, R.

The objective of this study is to engage students in learning about the principles, methods, and tools of Quality Improvement and Patient Safety through education and practice opportunities