Reflection and reflective practice in health professions education: a systematic review

This article by Karen Mann and colleagues was just published online …
Mann K, Gordon J, MacLeod A. Reflection and reflective practice in health professions education: a systematic review. Advances in Health Sciences Education 2007 Nov 23; [Epub ahead of print; subscription required]
Abstract: The importance of reflection and reflective practice are frequently noted in the literature; [...]

Rigorous development does not ensure that guidelines are acceptable to a panel of knowledgeable providers

This study, just published online in the Journal of General Internal Medicine, examined the quality of five guidelines covering various musculoskeletal disorders. The panel concluded that despite rigorous development, the quality of the published guidelines did not always meet their high standards.
Nuckols TK, Lim YW, Wynn BO, Mattke S, Maclean CH, Harber P et al. [...]

Languages, living, dying and constructed …

Are you fascinated by the diversity of languages in the world, and saddened by how many of them are dying? According to the National Geographic, a language dies every two weeks. Why does this matter?
Language defines a culture, through both the people who speak it and what it allows speakers to say. Words that describe [...]

Plagiarism and punishment

  The following editorial and commentary were published in the November 10 issue of BMJ. [Full text is available free online.] (I can never hear the word plagiarize without thinking of Nicolai Ivanovich Lobachevsky.)
See also Writing & Publishing: all posts
Godlee F. Plagiarism and punishment [editorial]. BMJ  2007;335
Extract: Plagiarism is one of the three high crimes of [...]

A Google Scholar Primer

 Almost a year ago I wrote A Google Primer, which some of you have told me you have found useful. This week I took a careful look at Google Scholar, and I’ll pass on some of the things I discovered. Scholar’s advantages and disadvantages have been well documented and I won’t go into them in detail [...]

A guide to the Canadian Medical Association Handbook on Clinical Practice Guidelines

  A guide to the CMA Handbook on Clinical Practice Guidelines (published in July 2007) has just been published in the November 6, 2007 issue of CMAJ:
A guide to the Canadian Medical Association Handbook on Clinical Practice Guidelines
From the Canadian Medical Association CMA  Infobase Web site:
The Canadian Medical Association (CMA) published its new Handbook on Clinical [...]

Journal of Athletic Training: Open Access journal

  The Journal of Athletic Training is an Open Access, peer-reviewed journal, and the official publication of the National Athletic Trainers’ Association, Inc.
Mission: to enhance communication among professionals interested in the quality of health care for the physically active through education and research in prevention, evaluation, management and rehabilitation of injuries.
Free full text is available [...]

Advancing Medical Education: the new series of AMEE guides in medical education

  A new series of AMEE guides (Association for Medical Education in Europe) launches with the current issue of Medical Teacher:
Gibbs T. Advancing Medical Education: the new series of AMEE guides in medical education. Medical Teacher 2007; 29(6):525-526.  See also AMEE Medical Education Guides, 1-29
Excerpt: To capture an ever increasing body of interested parties, from [...]

Translating learning into practice: lessons from the practice-based small group learning program (PBSG)

  This article about the Practice-Based Small Group (PBSG) learning program appeared in the September issue of Canadian Family Physician. The program began in 1992 as a collaborative effort between McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, and the Ontario College of Family Physicians (OCFP). 3500 physicians across Canada now participate.
Armson H, Kinzie S, Hawes D, Roder [...]

Professionalism in Medicine: theme issue from Academic Medicine

  The November 2007 issue of Academic Medicine is a theme issue entitled Professionalism in Medicine. Selected titles [titles with links are Open Access]:
Professionalism in Medicine;  Viewpoint: Learning Professionalism: A View from the Trenches;  The Journey to Creating a Campus-Wide Culture of Professionalism;  Viewpoint: Professionalism and Humanism Beyond the Academic Health Center;  Viewpoint: Linking Professionalism [...]