DECEMBER 1997 CONTENTS VOLUME 19, NUMBER 4

EDITORIAL 237

ARTICLES
Rodney Gale & Janet Grant
AMEE Medical Education Guide No. 10:
managing change in a medical context:
guidelines for action 239

E. A. Hesketh & J. M. Laidlaw
'Selling' educational events to healthcare
professionals: twelve tips on the function and
design of trigger leaflets 250

Virginia Royston
How do medical students learn to communicate
with patients? A study of fourth-year medical
students' attitudes to doctor-patient
communication 257

V. Batenburg & J. A. Smal
Does a communication course influence medical
students' attitudes 263

Harith Swadi
The impact of primary language on the
performance of medical undergraduates in
communication skills 270

N. S. Gwele
The development of staff concerns during
implementation of problem-based learning in a
nursing programme 275

Georgette A. Stratos, Merlynn R. Bergen,
Cheryl L. Albright, Kelley M. Skeff &
Douglas K. Owens
Use of faculty development to improve
ambulatory-care education 285

Richard P. Foley & Mark H. Gelula
Medical Teachers' interests in faculty development
20 years ago and today 293

Sue Roff, Sean McAleer, Ronald M. Harden,
Mona Al-Qahtani, Ashraf Uddin Ahmed, Horacio Deza,
Guido Groenen & Praorn Primparyon
Development and validation of the Dundee
Ready Education Environment Measure (DREEM) 295

Margaret Brockett, E. Lynne Geddes, Muriel
Westmorland & Penny Salvatori
Moral development or moral decline? A discussion
of ethics education for the health care professions 301

SHORT COMMUNICATION
Evelyn C. Weir & Thomas E. Carline
Reactions of first-year podiatry students to
cadaver dissection 311

JOTTINGS 315

NEWS AND NOTES 317

DO YOU KNOW? 319

REVIEWS 321

CONFERENCES 323

Contents and Author Index, Volume 19 325

SEPTEMBER 1997 CONTENTS VOLUME 19, NUMBER 3

EDITORIAL 173

ARTICLES
J. Holzl
Twelve tips for effective PowerPoint presentations
for the technologically challenged 175

Diana H.J.M. Dolmans, Hetty Snellen-Balendong,
Ineke H.A.P. Wolfhagen & Cees P.M. van der Vleuten
Seven principles of effective case design for a
problem-based curriculum 185 

David Fleiszer, Tim Fleiszer & Ruth Russell
Doughnut Rounds: a self-directed learning
approach to teaching critical care in surgery 190

Sharon Allen, Ilene Harris, Steven Ytterberg,
David Anderson, Phillip Kofron, John Kvasnicka &
James H. Moller
Tailored Response Test: a new approach for
teaching in medical education 194 

Matti Nuutinen, Leena Vainionp, Jorma
Kokkonen, Heikki Rantala, Pivi Tapanainen,
Merja Mttnen, Marja Vyrynen & Matti Uhari
Practice-oriented evaluation of medical students
during a pediatric course 200

R.G. Bing-You
T²QM (teaching and total quality management)
for medical teachers 205

Hugh Rayner, Ann Morton, Ros McCulloch,
Linda Heyes & John Ryan
Delivering training in teaching skills to hospital
doctors 209 

A. Harrison
Incorporating human subject research
experience early in the medical curriculum 212 

SHORT COMMUNICATION
A. Tekian
An application of the SPICES model to the
status of medical curricula in the Eastern
Mediterranean Region 217

JOTTINGS 219 

NEWS AND NOTES 221 

DO YOU KNOW? 223

REVIEWS 224

BOOKS RECEIVED 225

CONFERENCES 226

Medical Teacher
An International Journal of Education in Practice
for Educators in the Health Sciences

JUNE 1997 CONTENTS VOLUME 19, NUMBER 2

EDITORIAL
Peter A. Leggat
Traditional and innovative approaches to medical
education in Australia and the move to graduate
schools 93

ARTICLES
Richard T. Sarkin, Larrie W. Greenberg &
Andrew P. Wilking
Twelve tips for a successful clerkship 95

H.A.P. Wolfhagen, W.H. Gijselaers, D. Dolmans,
G. Essed & H.G. Schmidt
Improving clinical education through evaluation 99

D. Barrington, L. Wing, K. Latimer, J. Alpers &
D. Prideaux
Evaluation of a change from traditional case
studies to patient-based, problem-based
learning: a case study 104

Heather Fry, Alison Jones, Elizabeth Davenport &
Alan Brook
Changing curricula: an evaluation from dentistry 108

Angelo J. Pinto & Howard J. Zeitz
Concept mapping: a strategy for promoting
meaningful learning in medical education 114

Jenny Routledge, Moya Willson, Margaret McArthur,
Barbara Richardson & Richard Stephenson
Reflection on the development of a reflective
assessment 122

Patricia M. Quinby, Klara K. Papp &
Sandra Kirchinger
Student involvement in the care of the
underserved 129

Una F. Jones
The reliability and validity of the Bordage, Grant &
Marsden diagnostic thinking inventory for use
with physiotherapists 133

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Anna O'Neill & Janice McCall
An overview of an educational programme
designed to develop competencies and skills 141

B.M. Miflin, D.A. Price, C.A. Mitchell,
M.G. Neely & K.L. Forbes
Briefing students before seeing patients 143

Irene Ilott & Marjorie Allen
Junior doctors: an examplar of integrated
competency 145

R.G. Chadwick
Basic IT skills of dental undergraduates: a case
for supplementary tuition at university? 148

Association for Medical Education in Europe
Abstracts of the AMEE Conference, Copenhagen,
Denmark, 1-4 September 1996, part 2 150

JOTTINGS 161

NEWS AND NOTES 164

DO YOU KNOW? 166

REVIEWS 167

MARCH 1997 CONTENTS VOLUME 19, NUMBER 1

EDITORIAL 5

ARTICLES

Fergus Gleeson
AMEE Medical Education Guide No. 9
Assessment of clinical competence using the
Objective Structured Long Examination Record
(OSLER) 7

Richard W. Schwartz, Michael B. Donnelly,
Amy V. Blue, David A. Sloan, Phyllis P. Nash &
W. Porter Mayo
Students' use of time in a problem-based
learning surgery clerkship 15

Richard W. Schwartz, James E. Burgett,
Amy V. Blue, Michael B. Donnelly &
David A. Sloan
Problem-based learning and performance-based
testing: effective alternatives for undergraduate
surgical education and assessment of student
performance 19

David A. Hill
A strategy for teaching and learning in the PBL
clerkship 24

Albert J. J. A. Scherpbier, Vijaya Faber &
Jet Yspeert-Gerards
The preclinical eye: do senior medical students
know what is normal? 29

G. B. Clack
Evaluation by graduates: a tool to stimulate
change? 32

Mark Friedberg & Shimon M. Glick
Evaluation of innovative school's graduates by
department heads at other hospitals 36

Robert G. Bing-You, Jay Paterson &
Mark A. Levine
Feedback falling on deaf ears: residents'
receptivity to feedback tempered by sender
credibility 40

Nicholas J. Hawkins, Robyn L. Ward &
Lance W. Smith
The Images of Disease Project: a computer-
based aid to the teaching of pathology 45

S. P. Ram, K. K. Phua & B. S. Ang
The effectiveness of a computer-aided instruction
courseware developed using interactive
multimedia concepts for teaching Phase III
MD students 51

Joseph C. Kolars, Larry D. Gruppen,
Peter G. Traber, Marilynn E. Paine, Wayne K.
Davis & James O. Woolliscroft
The effect of student- and teacher-centred
small-group learning in medical school on
knowledge acquisition, retention and application 53

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Rashid M. Al-Jomard
Problem-based learning trial in the Department
of Anatomy, Jordan University of Science and
Technology 58

Rein P. Zwierstra, Reyer T. Ottow & Albert
J. J. A. Scherpbier
A surgical resident course: five years' experience
in The Netherlands 60

Lam Tai-pong
Medical graduates' attitudes towards their
undergraduate general practice teaching in
Hong Kong 62

Association for Medical Education in Europe
Abstracts of the AMEE Conference,
Copenhagen, Denmark, 1-4 September 1996,
Part 1 65

JOTTINGS 78

NEWS AND NOTES 81

NEWS FOR AMEE MEMBERS 83

DO YOU KNOW? 84

CONFERENCES 86

DECEMBER 1996 CONTENTS VOLUME 18, NUMBER 4

EDITORIAL 273

ARTICLES

R.M. Harden
Twelve tips on teaching and learning how to
break bad news 275

Susan M. Bgels
Immediate and long-term effects of psychiatric
interview training on students' skills 279

Reinhard Pabst & Hermann-Josef Rothktter
Retrospective evaluation of a medical curriculum
by final-year students 288

L. W. T. Schuwirth, C.P.M. van der Vleuten,
C.A. de Kock, A.G.W. Peperkamp &
H.H.L.M. Donkers
Computerized case-based testing: a modern
method to assess clinical decision making 294

Celia McCrea
The quality delivery process: a useful frame-
work for quality improvement initiatives in
training? 300

Donald H.R. Mowat & Harriet M. Hudson
Early patient contact for medical students:
an exploration of GP teachers' perceptions 304

Philip Peplow
Videoconferencing for small-group discussion
sessions of a case-based learning programme in
anatomy 309

Jane Dacre & Maggie Nicol
The development of a clinical skills matrix to
plan and monitor contemporary teaching of
doctors and nurses 318

M. Vaz, S.T. Avadhany & B.S. Rao
Student perspectives on the role of formative
assessment in physiology 324

F. Scott Beadenkopf, Janet Smith, Peter Chantler,
Leo Cosio & Linda Z. Nieman
Assessing the impact of a videodisc histology
atlas on the instructional process in a first-year
histology course 327

A. Galil, S. Glick, H. Flusser, H. Lubetzky,
Y. Lavy, S. Kaplan, Martine Cohen, Michal
Cohen & C.Z. Margolis
Teaching medical students about disability:
a community-based approach 333

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
James F. Aiton, Susan Whiten & Hania Allen
Student-centred multimedia projects for
teaching and learning in pre-clinical medicine 338

Tim Usherwood & Rob Primhak
Problem-based learning and student
participation in a large class 341

S.J. Cox & S.M. Corr
Understanding roles: an educational challenge? 343

Debra L. Klamen, Linda S. Grossman &
David R. Kopacz
Attitudes about abortion among second-year
medical students 345

Michael Jenkins & Andrea Thomas
The assessment of general practitioner
registrars' consultations by a patient
satisfaction questionnaire 347

JOTTINGS 351

NEWS AND NOTES 354

NEWS FOR AMEE MEMBERS 356

DO YOU KNOW? 357

WHAT'S NEW IN MEDICAL EDUCATION 359

BOOKS RECEIVED 361

CONFERENCE 361

INDEX, VOLUME 18 363

Medical Teacher
An International Journal of Education in Practice
for Educators in the Health Sciences

SEPTEMBER 1996 CONTENTS VOLUME 18, NUMBER 3

EDITORIAL 187

ARTICLES
Joy CrosbyAMEE Medical Education Guide No. 8.
Learning in small groups 189

Yvonne Steinert
Twelve tips for effective small-group teaching
in the health professions 203

Louise Nasmith & Norma Daigle
Small-group teaching in patient education 209

J. Szebernyi, G. Bolgri, L. Komromy,
N. Nusser, M. Pap, . Sebk, Gy Stl Jr
& A. Tigyi
How molecular cell biology is taught at the
University Medical School of Pcs, Hungary 213

Mary Pat Mann, Pam Scholl & Margo Marazon
School visits: medical students as teachers 219

John B. Chessare, Anand B. Mutgi, David A.
Lacher & Douglas J. Federman
Impact of a medical school course in clinical
epidemiology and health care systems 223

M. Stiernborg & R. C. Bandaranayake
Medical students' approaches to studying 229

Shelley L. Janssen, Lorinda Brader &
Thomas M. Louis
The importance of customizing computer-assisted
education software to meet the particular needs
of learners 237

SHORT COMMUNICATION
R. R. West & S. C. Farrow
A comparison of different examination marking
systems for medical students 241

Association for Medical Education in Europe
Trends in medical education: abstracts of the
AMEE Conference, Zaragoza, Spain, 1995,
part 2 243

JOTTINGS 259

NEWS AND NOTES 261

DO YOU KNOW? 263

WHAT'S NEW IN MEDICAL EDUCATION 265

REVIEWS AND BOOKS RECEIVED 267

JUNE 1996 CONTENTS VOLUME 18, NUMBER 2

EDITORIAL 89

ARTICLES
R. M. Harden, Jennifer M. Laidlaw, Jean S. Ker
& Helen E. Mitchell
AMEE Medical Education Guide No. 7.
Task-based learning: an educational strategy for
undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing
medical education, Part 2 91

Linda Haggarty
What is …content analysis? 99

C. P. M. van der Vleuten, G. M. Verwijnen &
W. H. F. W. Wijnen
Fifteen years of experience with progress testing
in a problem-based learning curriculum 103

Y. Y. Wong, S. H. Shahabudin, A. B. Suleiman &
M. Nordin
An adaptation of the simulated patient methodology
to study preventive health advice by doctors 111

Richard W. Schwartz, Amy V. Blue, Charles D. Griffith
III, Janet Felts &Michael B. Donnelly
The structure of a combined medicine and
surgery clerkship 115

Jane Tracy & Philip Graves
Medical students and people with disabilities: a
teaching unit for medical students exploring
the impact of disability on the individual and the
family 119

Craig S. Roth
A worksheet to structure teaching and learning
outpatient internal medicine 125

Charles D. Griffith III, Amy V. Blue, Arch G. Mainous
III & Philip A. DeSimone
Housestaff attitudes toward a problem-based
clerkship 133

M. Elan Preston-Whyte, Ros McCulloch &
Robin C. Fraser
Establishing the face validity of the criteria of
teaching competence in the Leicester package for
the assessment of teaching skills (L-PAST) for
tutor-led, task-orientated small-group teaching 135

Mandira Das, Farouk El-Sabban &
Abdulbari Bener
Student and faculty perceptions of the
characteristics of an ideal teacher in a classroom
setting 141

Klara K. Papp & Frank B. Miller
The answer to stimulating lectures is the question 147

Association for Medical Education in Europe
Trends in medical education: Abstracts of the
AMEE Conference, Zaragoza, Spain, 1995 151

JOTTINGS 171

NEWS AND NOTES 173

NEWS FOR AMEE MEMBERS 175

DO YOU KNOW? 176

WHAT'S NEW IN MEDICAL EDUCATION 177

REVIEWS 178

BOOKS RECEIVED 179

CONFERENCES 180

MARCH 1996 CONTENTS VOLUME 18, NUMBER 1

EDITORIAL 5

ARTICLES
R. M. Harden, Jennifer M. Laidlaw, Jean S. Ker &
Helen E. Mitchell
AMEE Medical Education Guide No. 7.
Task-based learning: an educational strategy for
undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing
medical education, Part 1 7

Paul Hager & Andrew Gonczi
What is competence? 15

P. J. McLeod, C. Cuello, R. Capek & B. Collier
A multidimensional evaluation system in a basic
science course in medicine 19

P. J. McLeod & L. Snell
Student-generated MCQs 23

Lesley J. Fallowfield
Things to consider when teaching doctors how
to deliver good, bad and sad news 27

David Snadden & John Yaphe
General practice and medical education:
what do medical students value? 31

A. Harrison, N. Glasgow & T. Townsend
Communication skills training early in the
medical curriculum: the UAE experience 35

Rudolph Gino Villani
Motivation to learn physiology using self-study 43

A. D. Gilbert & N. M. Nuttall
Blood-borne viruses: recommendations
regarding the teaching of the clinical management
of dental patients to undergraduate dental students 47

Gunnar Birgegrd, Ulla Lindquist &
Sverker Ljunghall
An intensive course in clinical skills: the Uppsala
model 51

Paul Finucane & Isobel Rolfe
Graduates' verdict on medical teachers: the
minority who teach do it well 57

Paramjit S. Gill & David Adshead
Teaching cultural aspects of health: a vital
part of communication 61

D. Mark Chaput de Saintonge, Annie Cushing &
Doris Dunn
Self-assessment identification of needs and
teaching (SAINT) in medicine 65

PERSONAL VIEW
W. F. Hendry
Why no urology? A plea for undergraduate
teaching 71

SHORT COMMUNICATIONS
Tim J. J. Inglis
Teaching problem-solving skills by analogy 73

Mohan P. Joshi & P. T. Jayawickramarajah
A problem-orientated pharmacotherapy package
for undergraduate medical students 75

JOTTINGS 77

NEWS AND NOTES 79

DO YOU KNOW? 80

CONFERENCES 82

BOOK REVIEW AND NOTES 83

REVIEWERS 1995 84