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Coursework Master's Programmes: The Student's Experience of Research and Research Supervision
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Drennan, Jonathan; Clarke, Marie – Studies in Higher Education, 2009
Although the coursework master's degree is becoming the principal conduit for the delivery of continuing education to the professions, it is one of the least understood or researched academic levels in higher education. Furthermore, little is known of coursework master's graduates' experience of research or research supervision following the…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Supervision, Continuing Education, Graduates
Challenging the Dual Assumption of the "Always/Already" Autonomous Student and Effective Supervisor
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Manathunga, Catherine; Goozee, Justine – Teaching in Higher Education, 2007
Postgraduate supervision, until recently, was regarded as an extension of research rather than as a form of teaching. Research students were assumed to be "always/already" autonomous scholars at the beginning of their candidature. So too, postgraduate supervisors were assumed to be "always/already" effective at supervising once they had endured…
Descriptors: Program Development, Graduate Study, Independent Study, Research Skills
An Experiment in Outpatient Subspecialty Medical Student Education.
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MacKinney, Archie A., Jr. – Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1993
A one-month subspecialty outpatient clinic program for third-year medical students is described. The clerkship featured high volume (60-70 patients) clinical practice, library research (12 short papers), and close mentor supervision. Pre- and posttest scores did not distinguish participants from others, but participants later reported improved…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, Clinical Teaching (Health Professions), Higher Education, Library Skills