Reform of undergraduate medical teaching in the United Kingdom: a triumph of evangelism over common sense.

What it found

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Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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6. Case item creation and video case presentation as summative assessment tools for distance learning in the pandemic era.Medical journal, Armed Forces India · 2021
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7. Addressing the failures of undergraduate anatomy education: Dissecting the issue and innovating a solution.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2021
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8. Recommendations for the reform of medical education in China: A SWOT analysis.Health policy OPEN · 2020
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9. The Analysis of Teaching of Medical Schools (AToMS) survey: an analysis of 47,258 timetabled teaching events in 25 UK medical schools relating to timing, duration, teaching formats, teaching content, and problem-based learning.BMC medicine · 2020
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10. Implementation of a Medical School Elective Course Incorporating Case-Based Learning: a Pilot Study.Medical science educator · 2020
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11. Model pedagogy of human anatomy in medical education.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2020
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12. Relooking the curriculum and assessment in undergraduate pathology.Journal of education and health promotion · 2019
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13. Problem-based learning in resource-poor settings: lessons from a medical school in Ghana.BMC medical education · 2015
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14. Virtual microscopy in the undergraduate teaching of pathology.Journal of pathology informatics · 2015
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15. Graduates from a reformed undergraduate medical curriculum based on Tomorrow's Doctors evaluate the effectiveness of their curriculum 6 years after graduation through interviews.BMC medical education · 2010
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16. Comparative attainment of 5-year undergraduate and 4-year graduate entry medical students moving into foundation training.BMC medical education · 2009
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17. An evaluation of the performance in the UK Royal College of Anaesthetists primary examination by UK medical school and gender.BMC medical education · 2009
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18. The management of poor performance.Postgraduate medical journal · 2007
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19. Students validate problem based learning.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2006
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20. Reform of undergraduate medical teaching in the United Kingdom: students are too many to be assessed individually in general hospitals.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2004
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Corrections and comments

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  Reform of undergraduate medical teaching in the United Kingdom: evidence base for problem based learning is growing.2004
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  Reform of undergraduate medical teaching in the United Kingdom: students are too many to be assessed individually in general hospitals.2004
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  Reform of undergraduate medical teaching in the United Kingdom: unfunded reform always ends in reaction.2004
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  Reform of undergraduate medical teaching in the United Kingdom: "problem based learning" v "traditional" is a false debate.2004
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  Reform of undergraduate medical teaching in the United Kingdom: evangelism triumphs over common sense for ophthalmology.2004
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  Students validate problem based learning.2006

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