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Evaluating Medical Students’ Proficiency With A Handheld Ophthalmoscope: A Pilot Study, Gregory Gilmour, James M. Mckivigan
Evaluating Medical Students’ Proficiency With A Handheld Ophthalmoscope: A Pilot Study, Gregory Gilmour, James M. Mckivigan
College of Health & Human Services (TUN) Publications and Research
Introduction: Historically, testing medical students’ skills using a handheld ophthalmoscope has been difficult to do objectively. Many programs train students using plastic models of the eye which are a very limited fidelity simulator of a real human eye. This makes it difficult to be sure that actual proficiency is attained given the differences between the various models and actual patients. The purpose of this article is to introduce a method of testing where a medical student must match a patient with his/her fundus photo, ensuring objective evaluation as well as developing skills on real patients which are more likely to …
Treating Mentoring Programs As A Scholarly Endeavor, Shane P. Desselle
Treating Mentoring Programs As A Scholarly Endeavor, Shane P. Desselle
Faculty Publications & Research of the TUC College of Pharmacy
The author discusses mentoring programs for pharmacy school faculty and the research literature around forming these programs.