{"id":458,"date":"2020-02-13T13:09:56","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T05:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/taps\/?post_type=issues&#038;p=458"},"modified":"2020-05-15T13:54:11","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T05:54:11","slug":"editorial","status":"publish","type":"issues","link":"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/taps\/issues\/editorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Editorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It is with pride and joy that we take this opportunity to communicate with the readership of our online journal The Asia Pacific Scholar (TAPS). Of course we greatly appreciate the professional advice provided by our Board of Advisers as well as the patience of Reviewers of manuscripts submitted to TAPS for publication. To one and all we say a big thank you to you. We would also like to convey special thanks to our home team who have worked so conscientiously to ensure the success of our humble contribution to medical education; our educational venture would not have been able to reach this milestone without the hardwork of our home team. A very special thank you to everyone in the team.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In this issue of TAPS\u00a0 (Volume 2, Number 2, May 2017) we have published several interesting aspects that relate to medical education, not only in our region, but also globally, namely:<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"ul-align-formet\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\r\n\t<li>ORIGINAL ARTICLES<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<ol class=\"ul-align-formet\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\r\n\t<li>Sleep, fatigue and burnout in postgraduate year 1 residents have been studied: the authors conclude that faculty are more likely than residents to \u201cpossess protective mechanisms\u201d against \u201cburnout\u201d.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>The authors of this investigation concluded that research studies should have clear study aims that would contribute to \u201cclarification research purpose\u201d.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>A highly illuminating and global view of \u2018leadership theories\u2019 that contribute to \u2018identity formation\u2019 in the health professions.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>A useful investigation into the educational value of the \u2018Flipped Classroom Model\u2019 with an interesting conclusion by the authors.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<ul class=\"ul-align-formet\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\r\n\t<li>SHORT COMMUNICATIONS<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The perceptions of medical and physiotherapy undergraduates on the important \u2018roles and qualities of a medical teacher\u2019 were investigated: the authors applied the 12-role model of the teacher proposed by Harden and Crosby (2000) and concluded that \u201cStudents perceived that good communication skills, professional skills, knowledge and respect for patients as most important qualities in an educator.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<ul class=\"ul-align-formet\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\r\n\t<li>LETTER TO THE EDITOR<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The author specifically draws attention to the<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>educational value<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>of<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>\u2018Brainstorming Activity in Class\u2019<\/em><span>\u00a0<\/span>and the likely impact of<span>\u00a0<\/span><em>\u2018technology\u2019<\/em>.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">We wish you pleasant reading and learning. Please provide<span>\u00a0<\/span><strong>feedback<\/strong><span>\u00a0<\/span>should you wish to communicate with us or any of our authors directly. Thank you.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dujeepa D Samarasekera &amp; Matthew C E Gwee<br \/>\r\nCentre for Medical Education (CenMED), NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine,<br \/>\r\nNational University Health System, Singapore<\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"template":"","issues_category":[11],"archive_category":[],"issue_type":[],"volume_category":[32],"class_list":["post-458","issues","type-issues","status-publish","hentry","issues_category-editorial","volume_category-volume-2-number-2-may-2017"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Editorial - The Asia Pacific Scholar<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/medicine.nus.edu.sg\/taps\/issues\/editorial\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Editorial - The Asia Pacific Scholar\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"It is with pride and joy that we take this opportunity to communicate with the readership of our online journal The Asia Pacific Scholar (TAPS). 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