185 research outputs found
ANATOMY AND PROFESSIONALISM IN AN UNDERGRADUATE MEDICAL CURRICULUM
Get PDFName: Gabrielle Maria Finn
Title of thesis: Anatomy and professionalism in an undergraduate medical curriculum
Higher degree for which submitted: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Year of submission: 2010
This thesis describes two themes within the undergraduate medical curriculum; innovations in anatomy teaching, and the assessment of professionalism. Methodologies from both the quantitative and qualitative paradigms were utilised.
The main findings were:
1) The Virtual Human Dissector™ (VHD) was shown to be equally as effective as cadaveric prosections as a tool for learning cross-sectional anatomy.
2) Body painting was demonstrated as being a highly motivating and engaging exercise for students. Students reported that the bold colours and kinaesthetic nature of body painting promotes retention of knowledge and informed their approach to future patients when painting was coupled with simultaneous peer-physical examination (PPE).
3) Contextual learning and simulation were shown to directly impact upon retention of knowledge through the use of clothing in anatomy education. This highlighted how when implementing simulation small and seemingly trivial details, such as clothing, are important.
4) The Conscientiousness Index (CI) has been demonstrated as an objective and scalar measure of one element of professionalism, conscientiousness. The CI identified students at the positive and negative end of the behavioural spectrum, and this correlated with peer and staff judgements on the professionalism exhibited by students at these extremes of behaviour.
5) Students were able to accurately assess the conscientiousness of their peers, however were unable to self-assess conscientiousness. The reliability of such peer assessments was improved when peers assessed only those in their tutor groups, with whom they had the majority of academic contact, compared to when assessing the entire cohort. This demonstrated the importance of assessor familiarity in assessments.
6) Critical incident reporting, of extremes in professionalism, was shown to promote reflection in students. Critical incident reports, as with the Conscientiousness Index, offers faculty a tool by which outlying students can be identified.
7) Students were unclear about the constituent elements of professionalism and the contexts in which professionalism was relevant. Three contexts were identified; the clinical, the academic (University), and the virtual (online) context. The impact of professionalism assessments and the scrutiny on students has led students to struggle with identity negotiation. This was with respect to their personal and professional identities and the expectations of different stake holders, such as faculty, the media and prospective patients
The Future of Healthcare is Feminist:Philosophical Feminism in Health Professions Education
No full textGender inequality is an ongoing issue within society at large and, more specifically, in medical and health professions education. Philosophical feminism employs philosophical methods to feminist topics and questions, and so holds the potential to illuminate ongoing issues within health professions education, such as gender bias, in new and critical ways within medical education. Philosophical feminist inquiry is motivated by desire for social justice and so, through scrutinising social, cultural, political, and economic phenomena within medical education using feminist thought, recommendations regarding confronting structural inequalities within medicine may be made. Philosophical feminism will also be considered more broadly, considering the ways in which gender intersects with issues of race, class, disability, sexuality and gender identity, and feminist theories of agency in relation to healthcare are explored. Finally, this chapter offers practical implications for considering how feminist theory manifests within contemporary healthcare curricula.</p
Maria Chapdelaine ou le Paradis retrouvé de Gabrielle Gourdeau analyse de l'hypertexte
No full textThe article is an attempt to classify the novel of Gabrielle Gourdeau entitled “Maria Chapdelaine ou le Paradis retrouvé”, which retells the story of the emblematic character of French-Canadian literature (formerly portrayed by Louis Hémon in his novel “Maria Chapdelaine”). With the use of the theory of “hypertext” by Gérard Genette, the author shows that Gourdeau does not merely “continue” Hémon’s narrative but re-visions and re-invents the character of Maria Chapdelaine, by means of such techniques as transposition, transtylization and transvalorization.
Key-words: intertextuality; hypertext; the Maria Chapdelaine myth; continuation; transposition
Maria Chapdelaine ou le Paradis retrouvé de Gabrielle Gourdeau - analyse de l\u27hypertexte
Get PDFThe article is an attempt to classify the novel of Gabrielle Gourdeau entitled “Maria Chapdelaine ou le Paradis retrouvé”, which retells the story of the emblematic character of French-Canadian literature (formerly portrayed by Louis Hémon in his novel “Maria Chapdelaine”). With the use of the theory of “hypertext” by Gérard Genette, the author shows that Gourdeau does not merely “continue” Hémon’s narrative but re-visions and re-invents the character of Maria Chapdelaine, by means of such techniques as transposition, transtylization and transvalorization.Key-words: intertextuality; hypertext; the Maria Chapdelaine myth; continuation; transposition
Twelve tips for running a successful body painting teaching session
No full textBody painting in the medical education context is the painting of internal structures on the surface of the body with high verisimilitude. Body painting has many educational benefits, from the obvious acquisition of anatomical knowledge, to the less obvious benefits of improved communication skills and greater body awareness. As with any activity, which involves physical examination and undressing, sensitive delivery is imperative. The 12 tips given in this article offer advice on the practicalities of running a successful body painting session in a supportive environment, thus promoting maximum student participation
Current perspectives on the role of body painting in medical education
Get PDFBody painting is a popular teaching and learning tool within medical education. Art-based approaches, such as body painting, allow students to learn in a fun and engaging manner. They are particularly useful fo students who struggle with cadaveric study of anatomy. Body painting is not only limited to use for anatomical study but it can also be beneficial as a mechanism for introducing clinical examination and associated communication skills. The use of vibrant color adds to its appeal and is often cited as the mechanism through which students effectively learn
The philosophy of education: Freire’s critical pedagogy [invited chapter]
No full textMultiple social, educational, and clinical discourses influence medical education but few more so than the strongly positivist biomedical tradition, the Foucauldian clinical gaze, and societal privilege. Paulo Freire’s critical pedagogy offers a radical reorientation for medical education, focusing on power and structural inequalities. Freire denounced the mindless banking models of education, instead advocating the development of conscientização (critical consciousness), a phenomenological way of being in the world and with the world that flattens power structures and empowers learners to address inequality. Using a case study of teaching undergraduate medical students within the clinical context of General Practice in a UK medical school, we demonstrate and model the affordances of this clinical domain to move past the banking model approach, building disruptive dialogic and dialectic educational activities. Personal clinical storytelling and the use of pedagogy as an activist endeavours to embrace knowledge as generative, shared, interactive, co-constructed, and goal-orientated. We end this chapter with a series of suggestions for others to move beyond the banking approach in medical education toward the development of critical consciousness in future doctors
30-Second Anatomy:The 50 Most Important Structures and Systems in the Human Body, Each Explained in Half a Minute
No full textThe 30-Second... series takes a revolutionary approach to learning about all those subjects that you feel you should really understand. Each title takes a popular topic and dissects it into the 50 most significant, intriguing, or thought-provoking ideas at its heart. Each idea, no matter how complex, is explained using a mere two pages, 300 words, and one picture: all easily digested in only half a minute
30-Second Anatomy:The 50 Most Important Structures and Systems in the Human Body, Each Explained in Half a Minute
No full textThe 30-Second... series takes a revolutionary approach to learning about all those subjects that you feel you should really understand. Each title takes a popular topic and dissects it into the 50 most significant, intriguing, or thought-provoking ideas at its heart. Each idea, no matter how complex, is explained using a mere two pages, 300 words, and one picture: all easily digested in only half a minute
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