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Volume 1, Issue 1 - September 2007



Volume 1, Issue 1
  • Foreword by Professor The Lord McColl CBE

"There has been an explosion in the volume of medical information related to clinical skills, which are essential in our efforts to maintain optimal patient care. The International Journal of Clinical Skills (IJOCS) aims to disseminate this…"

  • Mission Statement by Editor-in-Chief, Dr Humayun Ayub

"The clinical skills arena is an ever expanding field with an increasing wealth of knowledge; however there is no central resource for the sharing of evidence based research and information..."

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Developing the continuum of clinical skills teaching and learning; from simulation to reality

"The first Clinical Skills Centre was developed at the University of Limberg (now the University of Maastricht) in the mid 1970’s to compliment their new Problem Based learning (PBL) course..."


(597kb) (Abstract)
Patsy Stark


Medico-legal consequences in surgery due to inadequate training in anatomy

"You do not need to be a member of the medical profession to be aware of the frightening increase in medico-legal claims against surgeons in the U.K. Indeed, it seems that every day some newspaper has a report of some new..."

(714kb) (Abstract)
Harold Ellis


Development of clinical skills bus: making simulation mobile

"The Clinical Skills Centre at St Bartholomew’s Hospital was opened in 1994 and was the first of its kind in the UK. It is jointly managed by the School of Nursing & Midwifery at City University London and the School of Medicine & Dentistry at Queen Mary..."

(597kb) (Abstract)
Maggie Nicol, Angus Warren, Justin Connolly


Clinical communication: the emergence of a clinical discipline

"Communication between doctors and patients has always been important in medicine. There are endless quotes taken through the ages of wise words from doctors themselves..."


(836kb) (Abstract)
Elaine Gill


See one, do one, teach one – the uphill struggle for clinical skills acquisition

"Benner, (1984) proposed various degrees or levels of skills acquisition; novice, the advanced beginner, competent, proficient, and the expert. According to him, whilst the novice has little or no discretion..."

(601kb) (Abstract)
Raina Nazar, Henry O Andrews


Feedback to enhance student learning: facilitating interactive feedback on clinical skills

"Talk with any group of clinical educators about feedback and there is immediate confusion between feedback to learners and feedback from learners..."


(796kb) (Abstract)
Faith Hill


COMET: Clinically Observed Medical Education Tutorial – A novel educational method in clinical skills

"Tomorrow’s doctors need to be competent in core clinical skills which include history and examination, data interpretation, treatment planning, radiological diagnosis..."

(707kb) (Abstract)
Rajiv Nair, John Morrissey, Delia Carasco, Shani Desilva, Vinod Patel


Preparing for practice – use of simulation to identify sub-optimal levels of care with junior medical students

"Many medical conditions now require more than one expert in the delivery of standards of care and this has led to the development of multidisciplinary teams. Such teams comprise a group of..."


(600kb) (Abstract)
Jean Ker, Robert Steele


Assessment of final year medical students in a simulated ward: developing content validity for an assessment instrument

"Despite changes in undergraduate curricula and assessment, the United Kingdom is still graduating medical students who are ‘unfit for practice’..."

(699kb) (Abstract)
Louise McIlwaine, J.P.G.McAleer, Jean S. Ker


The use of medium fidelity simulation to develop technical and non-technical acute care skills early in the undergraduate curriculum

"This programme explored the benefit of using medium fidelity simulation to develop technical and non-technical acute care skills early in the undergraduate curriculum. Acute care skills are..."

(679kb) (Abstract)
Lucy Ambrose, Susan Sommerville, Jean Ker


Reducing errors in laboratory test requests

"Newly qualified doctors have been shown to be more error prone than experienced clinicians in relation to requests for laboratory tests. Over the past 20 years there has been..."



(723kb) (Abstract)
Lysa E. Owen, Louisa M.Mcllwaine, Jean S. Ker


Shibboleths of incompetence

...During examination of the hands..."I am looking for palmar arrhythmia"




(758kb) (Abstract)
Dason Evans


Patient safety skills

"Over the last few years the world has become increasingly intolerant of medical error. The increasing litigious nature of society, consumerism and the improved ability to gather data are all contributing factors..."

(732kb) (Abstract)
Melissa Bentley, Rick Johnson, Phil Higton


Face to face: a training DVD-ROM to develop skills to diagnose patients presenting with mental health problems

"Like most other areas of medicine good history taking and communication skills are essential for arriving at a differential diagnosis in patients who present with a mental health problem..."

(661kb) (Abstract)
Lisetta Lovett


Interview with Kuldip Birdi

"Where are you working at the moment? When did you first get involved in teaching clinical skills? What do you think about the ‘International Journal of Clinical Skills’?..."



(590kb) (Abstract)
Wing Mok


Correspondence

"I was very pleased to learn about your journal. We are expected in general practice to conduct our consultations in ten minutes, but in my GP training there has been no discussion..."




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