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Volume 5, Issue 1 - April 2010



Volume 5, Issue 1
  • Foreword by Professor Harry Owen, Mr Serge Ravet

"Patients trust that healthcare professionals will possess the clinical skills to provide safe and effective treatment. Serious failures of medical care, through the actions of individuals and the inaction of organisations, have shaken that trust and led to a…"

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‘Physician, know thyself ’: a role for self-assessment in ePortfolios?

Mr Alex Haig, Ms Karen Beggs, Dr Claire Tochel

"Self-assessment is being used in an ever-widening number of contexts across the health professions, despite the fact there is little evidence of its effectiveness..."


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ePortfolios in general dental practice:validating CPD activity for improved performance

Ms Julia O’Sullivan, Dr Robert Morgan

"The Faculty of General Dental Practice (UK) [FGDP(UK)] at the Royal College of Surgeons of England is introducing an ePortfolio to support members to record, evaluate and produce..."


(1.19Mb) (Abstract)


Effective embedding and integration of ePortfolios in medical and dental curricula

Mr Simon Cotterill, Mr Paul Horner, Mr David Teasdale, Dr Janice Ellis, Professor J Mark Thomason, Mr Chris Vernazza, Dr Philip Bradley, Mr John Peterson, Mr Gordon Skelly, Dr Steve Ball

"The extent to which ePortfolios and Personal Development Planning (PDP) are embedded in medical and dental education curricula..."


(1.79Mb) (Abstract)


‘Knowing me, knowing you’: tutor practices of encouraging student learning through ePortfolio

Mr Christopher Murray, Miss Delia Muir

"The tutor role is a pivotal aspect of ePortfolio learning, but there has been very little research centred on tutor usage in comparison with the output..."


(1.27Mb) (Abstract)


Do I dare disturb the universe? An ePortfolio vision fostering independent mindedness in healthcare

Ms Anne-Marie Howes

"Assessment and Learning in Placement Settings (ALPS) facilitated a student led ePortfolio project to address the requirements of 16 different..."


(1.19Mb) (Abstract)


Evaluating the WHO ‘Five Moments for Hand Hygiene’ as a new way of teaching hand hygiene to junior medical students

Mr George Hogg

"The teaching of effective compliance with hand hygiene has been foremost in the early education of junior medical students within the Clinical Skills Centre at..."


(1.63Mb) (Abstract)


Factors motivating ‘Clinical Training Associates’ (CTAs) to work with medical students to teach pelvic examinations

Ms Annette Burgess, Dr Kirsten Black

"Clinical Training Associates (CTAs) teach medical students the communication and technical skills to undertake a pelvic examination and Pap smear,..."


(1.18Mb) (Abstract)


‘There isn’t a right or a wrong way to do it’: supporting student reflection in professional practice, a qualitative action research study

Miss Kate Rowe-Jones

"Having discussed the role of reflective journals to assess the learning experience from clinical placements in healthcare undergraduate programmes in a..."


(1.47Mb) (Abstract)


What factors influence decision making by graduate nurses initiating medication?

Miss Loretta J Garvey, Dr Virginia Plummer

"The aim was to identify the educational, human and organisational factors, which contribute to decision support for nurses in their graduate year..."


(1.33Mb) (Abstract)


Cranial nerve examination

Dr Rachel Asghar, Mr Kumar Abhinav

"Cranial nerve examination is often perceived by some as a challenging examination which is time consuming, difficult to interpret and often involves..."

(1.63Mb) (Abstract)


Holistic approach to resuscitation: required skills beyond advanced life support

Dr Noraliza Mohd Ariffin, Dr Zulkernain Ahmad, Dr Hilwani Kaharuddin

"Resuscitation can have long term unwanted effects on the patient’s family members, as well as the healthcare professionals involved, especially..."


(1.37Mb) (Abstract)


Teaching to suture: an innovative training tool

Mr David T Walker

"With the advent of the 48 hour working week in the UK, time at the operating table for surgical trainees has diminished. Junior doctors are finding themselves..."


(1.36Mb) (Abstract)


ePortfolio Abstracts

Various Authors

"Following the extremely successful 8th International ePortfolio Conference 2010, the International Journal of Clinical Skills is pleased to publish 10 of the best abstracts and 5 of the highest awarded..."


(1.20Mb) (Abstract)


Correspondence

Various Authors

"During a recent Accident & Emergency rotation, I found Foundation Year 2 (FY2) doctors to be generally apprehensive about working in paediatrics...."



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