Methods During 2001–2002, past participants in the IHFP completed a structured
questionnaire by mail regarding advanced training and medical specialty, practice setting and …

Background Studies in K-12 and college students show that their learning preferences have
been strongly shaped by new media technologies like video games, virtual reality …

Purpose The average age of medical school faculty is increasing, with 30% over age 55 in
2007. In 2012, 56% of Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) members were at least …

Prior investigations of empathy in medicine have used several available instruments for
assessment, including a scale developed by Hornblow, Hogan's empathy scale, the Carkhuff-…

The University of Wisconsin’s Tobacco Intervention Basic Skills curriculum (TIBS) was
inaugurated to begin training 147 first-year medical students in skills for promoting health …

PURPOSE: To survey community-based family physician-preceptors about teaching costs,
issues, and support desired. METHOD: In late 1994 a questionnaire was mailed to all 139 …

It has been suggested that learning style, as measured by the Learning Style Inventory, can
be associated with choice of a particular medical field and that individuals with certain …

Background and Objectives: Traditional medical school department-based clerkship structures
can lead to redundancy and/or gaps in curriculum, inefficient administrative systems, and …

Background.—Training in child advocacy is now required in pediatric residency program
curricula. No national consensus exists regarding the content of such advocacy training. …

Increasing interest in clinical teaching has led to the realization that the unique subset of
skills which characterizes effective clinical teaching needs to be identified. Such identification …