All Outputs (3)

The Clinical Conscientiousness Index: a valid tool for exploring professionalism in the clinical undergraduate setting (2012)
Journal Article
Kelly, M., O'Flynn, S., McLachlan, J., & Sawdon, M. (2012). The Clinical Conscientiousness Index: a valid tool for exploring professionalism in the clinical undergraduate setting. Academic Medicine, 87(9), 1218-1224. https://doi.org/10.1097/acm.0b013e3182628499

Purpose: The need to develop effective tools to measure professionalism continues to challenge medical educators; thus, as a follow-up to a recent examination of the “Conscientiousness Index” (CI, a novel measure of one facet of professionalism) in o... Read More about The Clinical Conscientiousness Index: a valid tool for exploring professionalism in the clinical undergraduate setting.

Do students learn to be more conscientious at medical school? (2012)
Journal Article
Chaytor, A., Spence, J., Armstrong, A., & McLachlan, J. (2012). Do students learn to be more conscientious at medical school?. BMC Medical Education, 12, Article 54. https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6920-12-54

Background Professionalism in medical students is not only difficult to define but difficult to teach and measure. As negative behaviour in medical students is associated with post-graduate disciplinary action it would be useful to have a model where... Read More about Do students learn to be more conscientious at medical school?.

Widening access to UK medical education for under-represented socioeconomic groups: Modelling the impact of the UKCAT in the 2009 cohort (2012)
Journal Article
Tiffin, P., Dowell, J., & McLachlan, J. (2012). Widening access to UK medical education for under-represented socioeconomic groups: Modelling the impact of the UKCAT in the 2009 cohort. eBMJ (London), Article e1805. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.e1805

Objective: To determine whether the use of the UK clinical aptitude test (UKCAT) in the medical schools admissions process reduces the relative disadvantage encountered by certain sociodemographic groups. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: Ap... Read More about Widening access to UK medical education for under-represented socioeconomic groups: Modelling the impact of the UKCAT in the 2009 cohort.