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February 22, 2005

PDAs in medical education

Two articles in Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries:

Teolis M G, Dee C R, Todd A D Personal digital assistants (PDAs): barriers but opportunities Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries 2004 1(4): 17-30

Mays B E, Boston B J Introducing PDAs in preclinical medical education Journal of Electronic Resources in Medical Libraries 2004 1(4): 85-92

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February 21, 2005

BMJ on education

There's a bumper crop of education articles in the latest BMJ:

Dogra N, Conning S, Gill P, Spencer J, Turner M. Teaching of cultural diversity in medical schools in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland: cross sectional questionnaire survey. BMJ. 2005 Feb 19;330(7488):403-4.

Kidd J, Patel V, Peile E, Carter Y. Clinical and communication skills
BMJ. 2005 Feb 19;330(7488):374-5

Norcini J, Anderson MB. What the educators are saying. BMJ. 2005 Feb 19;330(7488):405.

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February 11, 2005

Letters on academic medicine

There's a number of letters on academic medicine in this week's BMJ including one on a learning package on effective teaching and another giving a bibliometric analysis from which the authors conclude that the funding gap bewteen basic science and clinical research is growing. PDF version here.

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