Editor–I was pleased to see a further contribution to research into attitudes about workplace-
based assessment. Sandhu et al (Clin Med February 2010 pp 8–12) obtained the views of …

Editor–I was pleased to see a further contribution to research into attitudes about workplace-
based assessment. Sandhu et al (Clin Med February 2010 pp 8–12) obtained the views of …

BACKGROUND: General practice differs from hospital medicine in the personal nature of the
doctor-patient relationship and in the need to address social and psychological issues as …

To the Editor: We agree with the Perspective article by Lehman and Guercio (March 7 issue)
1 that national clinical exams are expensive. We also agree with First et al. 2 that such …

At medical school and beyond, a great deal of training focuses on the clinical consultation.
There is a vast literature devoted to the subject. Thousands of medical educators worldwide …

Scanning each day's appointment list, we think:'How many will be suitable for the Recorded
Consultation Assessment (RCA)?';'How many presentations are sufficiently complex, but …

Summary The University of Manchester Medical School has adopted problem-based
learning as its main educational method, with a change of emphasis from a biomedical to a …

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR arrange appraisals, the survey still identified one third as having
had no appraisals and one fifth as not knowing who their educational supervisor was …

To the Editor: Recently, we presented Clever and colleagues' report1 to our peers at Cardiff
University Journal Club. It was met with enthusiasm and sparked much debate, as all of us …

Comments on an article by ME Reinders et al.(see record 2010-00962-008) and AW Kramer
et al.(see record 2004-11091-005). Reinders et al. reported on their intriguing controlled trial …