The development of an evaluation tool to assess professional behavior and clinical competencies from the graduates' perspective.

Purpose: This study was designed to develop an evaluation tool for assessing professional behavior and clinical competencies from the graduates' perspective.

Methods: This study employed mixed method in a sequential exploratory design. The semi-structured interviews were conducted with three graduates from different cohorts.

Development of an Instrument for Preceptor Evaluation of Medical Graduates' Performance: the Psychometric Properties.

Background: A preceptor has a key role in evaluating medical graduate's performance in the clinical setting. This study is conducted to develop an instrument for preceptor evaluation of medical graduates' performance in the clinical setting.

Method: A mixed-method study design, sequential exploratory approach was chosen to develop the instrument.

Cultural considerations in forgoing enteral feeding: A comparison between the Hong Kong Chinese, North American, and Malaysian Islamic patients with advanced dementia at the end-of-life.

Cultural competence, a clinical skill to recognise patients' cultural and religious beliefs, is an integral element in patient-centred medical practice. In the area of death and dying, physicians' understanding of patients' and families' values is essential for the delivery of culturally appropriate care. Dementia is a neurodegenerative condition marked by the decline of cognitive functions.