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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Clinical Teachers' Perceptions of Medical Students' English Language Proficiency |
Author: | Chur-Hansen, A. Vernon-Roberts, J. |
Citation: | Medical Education, 1998; 32(4):351-356 |
Publisher: | WILEY |
Issue Date: | 1998 |
ISSN: | 0308-0110 1365-2923 |
Abstract: | Medical educators from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Adelaide, South Australia, have expressed reservations about the adequacy of some undergraduate medical students' English language proficiency for satisfactory academic and clinical performance. This study explores the occurrence and nature of the comments made in writing by clinical teachers about the English language proficiency of 568 students over a period of 4 years. The frequency and nature of the comments made by clinicians have important implications for the planning and implementation of pedagogical strategies to support non-English-speaking background medical students experiencing difficulties with their course due to language. Although the University of Adelaide has introduced initiatives in response to some of the problems that have been identified, it is recommended that any teaching interventions require careful evaluation through a longitudinal research design to ensure that their aims are being achieved. |
Keywords: | Humans Communication Emigration and Immigration Students, Medical Linguistics Australia |
DOI: | 10.1046/j.1365-2923.1998.00228.x |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2923.1998.00228.x |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Psychiatry publications |
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