Original Article
The Epidemiology of Paediatric Intussusception in Singapore: 1997 to 2004
Intussusception (IS) is the most common cause of intestinal obstruction in infants and young children. The peak age of presentation is 4 to 8...
Travel Characteristics and Health Practices Among Travellers at the Travellers’ Health and Vaccination Clinic...
The South-east Asian region has seen recent increases in travel, and pre-travel health advice is important in protecting these travellers from risks. Travellers now...
A Problem-Based Learning Pathway for Medical Students: Improving the Process Through Action Research
Problem-based learning (PBL) is a student-centred, self-directed, integrated and contextual mode of learning. It has been widely perceived by many to confer advantages in...
A Simple Instrument for the Assessment of Student Performance in Problem-based Learning Tutorials
Assessment can be done in a variety of ways, for many purposes, and for different populations. It can occur at the classroom level, programme...
An Online Evaluation of Problem-based Learning (PBL) in Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan –...
The goal of problem-based learning (PBL) is to motivate students to develop self-learning skills in a small group. PBL embraces principles of good learning...
The Impact of Experiential Learning on NUS Medical Students: Our Experience With Task Trainers...
The realisation that students have different cognitive and learning styles has had major implications on medical curriculum design efforts. If the student’s learning style...
Evidence-based Medicine in Clinical Curriculum
Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is “the conscientious, explicit, and judicious use of the best evidence in making decisions about the care of individual patients.” Considering...
Leadership and Professionalism Curriculum in the Gross Anatomy Course
Healthcare delivery systems worldwide are currently undergoing significant changes to create resilient learning organisations that are able to adapt with ever-increasing speed to shifting...
Constructing Multiple Choice Questions as a Method for Learning
Students in general and medical students in particular are often described as “strategic learners”, but in reality many become superficial learners out of necessity...
Computer-based Versus Pen-and-paper Testing: Students’ Perception
Computer-based testing (CBT) has gained popularity as a testing modality, with large-scale professional examinations such as the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) adopting...