Behavioural science theory in medical education

1975 ◽  
Vol 9 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 493-499 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard Volpe
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Behavioural Science ◽  
Science Theory

scholarly journals Quality of Teaching-learning in Undergraduate Medical Education in Bangladesh - Views of Stakeholders

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 34-42
Author(s):  
Md Nizam Uddin ◽  
AKM Asaduzzaman ◽  
Md Humayun Kabir Talukder ◽  
Susane Giti
Keyword(s):  
Medical Education ◽  
Undergraduate Medical Education ◽  
Science Communication ◽  
Clinical Teaching ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Second Phase ◽  
Behavioural Science ◽  
Cross Sectional

This descriptive type of cross-sectional study was carried out in 4 government and 4 non-government medical colleges of Bangladesh to assess the quality of undergraduate medical education. The study was conducted during the period of July 2018 to June 2019. The total sample size was 576, out of which there were 440 fifth year medical students, 114 clinical teachers and 22 Key informants. Convenience sampling technique was adopted. Two self - administered semi- structured questionnaires and one in-depth-interview schedule were utilized for the study. The study revealed that there was shortage of teaching staffs and infrastructure facilities. However numbers of hospital beds, indoor and outdoor patients were found to be sufficient. Study revealed that most of the students learned to take history, examine the patients; but had difficulties to make a provisional diagnosis. The clinical teaching in evening session was found to be neglected. Teachers could not ensure students’ learning of optimum skills and attitude. The study recommended reviewing the curriculum. Course burden should be reduced by removing redundant contents. The subjects namely Pathology, Microbiology and Pharmacology need to be rearranged to shift those to second phase. Emphasis is required to be given on behavioural science, communication skills and medical ethics. Bangladesh Journal of Medical Education Vol.11(2) 2020: 34-42

scholarly journals Designing behaviourally informed policies for land stewardship: A new paradigm

2015 ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Don W Hine ◽  
R Crofts ◽  
John Becker
Keyword(s):  
The European Union ◽  
Land Restoration ◽  
New Paradigm ◽  
Behavioural Science ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Land Owners ◽  
Science Theory ◽  
Social License ◽  
Social Scientific ◽  
Traditional Approaches

This paper argues the case for a new approach to the stewardship of land resources that uses behavioural science theory to support the design and application of policies that facilitate changes in behaviour by those who develop policy and the farmers who implement it. Current approaches have: focused on legally-based expert system; and have been devised by national and international bureaucracies with little or no knowledge of how land owners and managers are motivated, and how they think, behave and operate as stewards of their natural resources. A review of current approaches from the social scientific literature is provided, with a particular focus on principles from social psychology. This is followed by an examination of how these principles can be applied to influence behaviour related to land restoration and soil conservation. Examples of the problems with traditional approaches and the evolution of new approaches with full engagement of farmers as the delivery agents are provided from within the European Union, Iceland and Scotland. In the light of these examples and emerging thinking in other parts of the world, the paper sets out the basis for a new approach based on behavioural science theory and application, reinforcing the arguments already made in the literature for a social license for farming.

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