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Medical Editor Jigisha Patel, MRCP PhD
In-house Editor Lolu da-Silva
Welcome to BMC Medical Education published by BioMed Central
BMC Medical Education is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing medical
education.
BMC Medical Education (ISSN 1472-6920) is indexed/tracked/covered by PubMed, MEDLINE, CAS, Scopus, EMBASE and Google Scholar.
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BMC Medical Education 2007, 7 :50
While medical students and newly qualified doctors who experience illness tend to achieve lower undergraduate exam results, reflection on their experiences helps them to empathize and communicate better with their patients.
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Limitations of student-driven formative assessment in a clinical clerkship. A randomised controlled trial. Edward J Palmer, Peter G Devitt BMC Medical Education 2008, 8 :29 (11 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ]
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Innovations in curriculum design: a multi-disciplinary approach to teaching statistics to undergraduate medical students Jenny V Freeman, Steve Collier, David Staniforth, Kevin J Smith BMC Medical Education 2008, 8 :28 (1 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Harmonising Evidence-based medicine teaching: a study of the outcomes of e-learning in five European countries Regina Kulier, Julie Hadley, Susanne Weinbrenner, Berrit Meyerrose, Tamas Decsi, Andrea R Horvath, Eva Nagy, Jose I Emparanza, Sjors FPJ Coppus, Theodoros N Arvanitis, Amanda Burls, Juan B Cabello, Marcin Kaczor, Gianni Zanrei, Karen Pierer, Katarzyna Stawiarz, Regina Kunz, Ben WJ Mol, Khalid S Khan BMC Medical Education 2008, 8 :27 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Medical students' views about an undergraduate curriculum in psychiatry before and after clinical placements Clare Oakley, Femi Oyebode BMC Medical Education 2008, 8 :26 (25 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Evaluation of a web-based ECG-interpretation programme for undergraduate medical students Mikael Nilsson, Gunilla Bolinder, Claes Held, Bo-Lennart Johansson, Uno Fors, Jan Ostergren BMC Medical Education 2008, 8 :25 (23 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Requirements for effective academic leadership in Iran: A Nominal Group Technique exercise Ali Bikmoradi, Mats Brommels, Alireza Shoghli, Zohreh Sohrabi, Italo Masiello BMC Medical Education 2008, 8 :24 (22 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Assessment of an undergraduate psychiatry course in an African setting Benjamin J Baig, Anna Beaglehole, Robert C Stewart, Leonie Boeing, Douglas H Blackwood, Johan Leuvennink, Felix Kauye BMC Medical Education 2008, 8 :23 (22 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Training tomorrow's doctors in diabetes: self-reported confidence levels, practice and perceived training needs of post-graduate trainee doctors in the UK. A multi-centre survey Jyothis T George, David A Warriner, Jeffrin Anthony, Kavitha S Rozario, Sinu Xavier, Edward B Jude, Gerard A McKay BMC Medical Education 2008, 8 :22 (17 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The educational background and qualifications of UK medical students from ethnic minorities IC McManus, Katherine Woolf, Jane Dacre BMC Medical Education 2008, 8 :21 (16 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Students' perceptions of learning environment in an Indian medical school Reem Abraham, K Ramnarayan, P Vinod, Sharmila Torke BMC Medical Education 2008, 8 :20 (11 [Abstract ] [Full text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Case report
Kernicterus by glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency: a case report and review of the literature Gladys Cossio de Gurrola, Juan Jose Arauz, Elfilda Duran, Maribel Aguilar Medina, Rosalio Ramos Payan, Noemi Garcia Magallanes, Gerardo Vaca Pacheco, Eliakym Arambula Meraz Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008, 2 :146 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Script Concordance Tests: Guidelines for Construction Jean Paul Fournier, Anne Demeester, Bernard Charlin BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2008, 8 :18 (6 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Review
The somatically preoccupied patient in primary care: use of attachment theory to strengthen physician-patient relationships
Robert C Miller Osteopathic Medicine and Primary Care 2008, 2 :6 (29 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Obesity and prevalence of chronic diseases in the 1999-2000 Italian National Health Survey. Stefano Calza, Adriano Decarli, Monica Ferraroni BMC Public Health 2008, 8 :140 (28 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
Letter to the Editor
German surgical residency training Michael A Flierl Patient Safety in Surgery 2008, 2 :9 (25 [Abstract ] [Full Text ] [PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Diffusion of an e-learning programme among Danish General Practitioners: A nation-wide prospective survey Frans Boch Waldorff, Annette Plesner Steenstrup, Bente Nielsen, Jens Rubak, Flemming Bro BMC Family Practice 2008, 9 :24 (25 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Nursing students motivation toward their studies - a survey study Kerstin E L Nilsson, Margareta I Warren Stomberg BMC Nursing 2008, 7 :6 (25 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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Thinking styles and doctors' knowledge and behaviours relating to acute coronary syndrome guidelines Ruth M Sladek, Malcolm J Bond, Luan T Huynh, Derek PB Chew, Paddy A Phillips Implementation Science 2008, 3 :23 (25 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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An iconic language for the graphical representation of medical concepts Jean-Baptiste Lamy, Catherine Duclos, Avner Bar-Hen, Patrick Ouvrard, Alain Venot BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 2008, 8 :16 (24 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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The impact and effectiveness of pneumococcal
vaccination in Scotland for those aged 65 and over
during winter 2003/2004 John D Mooney, Amanda Weir, Jim McMenamin, Lewis D Ritchie, Tatiana V Macfarlane, Colin R Simpson, Chris Robertson, Syed Ahmed, Stuart C Clarke BMC Infectious Diseases 2008, 8 :53 (23 [Abstract ] [Provisional PDF ] [PubMed ] [Related articles ]
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