Howard S. Barrows

13.8k total citations · 7 hit papers
76 papers, 9.5k citations indexed

About

Howard S. Barrows is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Education and Family Practice. According to data from OpenAlex, Howard S. Barrows has authored 76 papers receiving a total of 9.5k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 39 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 20 papers in Education and 19 papers in Family Practice. Recurrent topics in Howard S. Barrows's work include Innovations in Medical Education (38 papers), Problem and Project Based Learning (19 papers) and Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills (19 papers). Howard S. Barrows is often cited by papers focused on Innovations in Medical Education (38 papers), Problem and Project Based Learning (19 papers) and Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills (19 papers). Howard S. Barrows collaborates with scholars based in United States and Canada. Howard S. Barrows's co-authors include Robyn Tamblyn, Cindy E. Hmelo‐Silver, V R Neufeld, Nu Viet Vu, Stephen Abrahamson, Paul J. Feltovich, Jerry A. Colliver, S J Verhulst, John Feightner and Geoffrey R. Norman and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Neurology and Journal of neurosurgery.

In The Last Decade

Howard S. Barrows

75 papers receiving 8.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Problem-based learning : an approach to medical education

1980 1.8k citations Howard S. Barrows, Robyn Tamblyn Springer eBooks profile →
A taxonomy of problem‐based learning methods

1986 1.4k citations Howard S. Barrows Medical Education profile →
Problem‐based learning in medicine and beyond: A brief overview

1996 1.2k citations Howard S. Barrows profile →
An overview of the uses of standardized patients for teaching and evaluating clinical skills. AAMC

1993 681 citations Howard S. Barrows Academic Medicine profile →
Goals and Strategies of a Problem-based Learning Facilitator

2006 522 citations Howard S. Barrows et al. profile →
The “McMaster Philosophy”

1974 369 citations V R Neufeld, Howard S. Barrows Academic Medicine profile →
THE PROGRAMMED PATIENT: A TECHNIQUE FOR APPRAISING STUDENT PERFORMANCE IN CLINICAL NEUROLOGY.

1964 261 citations Howard S. Barrows et al. profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Howard S. Barrows United States	33	5.7k	3.6k	1.7k	1.6k	1.0k	76	9.5k
Diana Dolmans Netherlands	48	5.1k 0.9×	4.7k 1.3×	1.1k 0.7×	1.3k 0.8×	1.5k 1.5×	216	9.2k
Henk G. Schmidt Netherlands	76	9.9k 1.7×	8.2k 2.3×	3.5k 2.1×	4.9k 3.1×	1.9k 1.9×	337	21.1k
Henny P. A. Boshuizen Netherlands	49	3.4k 0.6×	3.5k 1.0×	1.9k 1.1×	2.8k 1.8×	917 0.9×	153	8.7k
Catherine So–kum Tang Hong Kong	52	6.1k 1.1×	1.4k 0.4×	1.2k 0.7×	120 0.1×	1.6k 1.6×	197	14.3k
Remy M. J. P. Rikers Netherlands	40	1.8k 0.3×	1.6k 0.4×	1.5k 0.9×	1.5k 1.0×	262 0.3×	112	5.3k
Tamara van Gog Netherlands	59	4.1k 0.7×	845 0.2×	5.5k 3.3×	1.0k 0.7×	200 0.2×	227	12.0k
Clemens Tesch‐Römer Germany	27	984 0.2×	754 0.2×	2.2k 1.3×	408 0.3×	999 1.0×	98	9.0k
Mien Segers Netherlands	43	5.9k 1.0×	691 0.2×	2.2k 1.3×	170 0.1×	346 0.3×	164	9.1k
Martín Valcke Belgium	56	7.7k 1.3×	745 0.2×	3.7k 2.2×	171 0.1×	307 0.3×	395	12.2k
James A. Kulik United States	58	5.5k 1.0×	628 0.2×	3.3k 2.0×	120 0.1×	934 0.9×	175	13.4k

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Dawson, Elizabeth, et al.. (2005). Problem-Based Learning Outcomes: The Glass Half-Full. Academic Medicine. 80(3). 294–299. 94 indexed citations

Swartz, Mark H., et al.. (1993). The effect of deliberate, excessive violations of test security on performance on a standardized-patient examination. Academic Medicine. 68(10). S76–8. 25 indexed citations

Barrows, Howard S.. (1993). An overview of the uses of standardized patients for teaching and evaluating clinical skills. AAMC. Academic Medicine. 68(6). 443–51. 681 indexed citations breakdown →

Vu, Nu Viet, et al.. (1992). Six years of comprehensive, clinical, performance-based assessment using standardized patients at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. Academic Medicine. 67(1). 42–50. 96 indexed citations

Colliver, Jerry A., Nu Viet Vu, & Howard S. Barrows. (1992). Screening test length for sequential testing with a standardized-patient examination. Academic Medicine. 67(9). 592–5. 21 indexed citations

Vu, Nu Viet, et al.. (1992). Standardized (simulated) patients' accuracy in recording clinical performance check‐list items. Medical Education. 26(2). 99–104. 84 indexed citations

Colliver, Jerry A., et al.. (1991). Sequential testing with a performance-based examination using standardized patients. Academic Medicine. 66(9). S64–6. 15 indexed citations

Colliver, Jerry A., et al.. (1991). Test security in examinations that use standardized-patient cases at one medical school. Academic Medicine. 66(5). 279–82. 32 indexed citations

Scott, Craig S., Howard S. Barrows, David Brock, & D. Daniel Hunt. (1991). Clinical behaviors and skills that faculty from 12 institutions judged were essential for medical students to acquire. Academic Medicine. 66(2). 106–11. 33 indexed citations

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Barrows, Howard S.. (1990). Inquiry: the pedagogical importance of a skill central to clinical practice. Medical Education. 24(1). 3–5. 34 indexed citations

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Vu, Nu Viet, et al.. (1990). Generalizability of standardized patientsʼ satisfaction ratings of their clinical encounter with fourth-year medical students. Academic Medicine. 65(9). S29–30. 7 indexed citations

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Williams, Reed G., Howard S. Barrows, Nu Viet Vu, et al.. (1987). Direct, standardized assessment of clinical competence. Medical Education. 21(6). 482–489. 70 indexed citations

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Vu, Nu Viet, Beth Dawson‐Saunders, & Howard S. Barrows. (1987). Use of a medical reasoning aptitude test to help predict performance in medical school. Academic Medicine. 62(4). 325–35. 10 indexed citations

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Barrows, Howard S. & Robyn Tamblyn. (1980). Problem-based learning : an approach to medical education. Springer eBooks. 1776 indexed citations breakdown →

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Barrows, Howard S., et al.. (1977). The portable patient problem pack. Academic Medicine. 52(12). 1002–4. 34 indexed citations

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Barrows, Howard S. & Robyn Tamblyn. (1976). An Evaluation of Problem-Based Learning in Small Groups Utilizing a Simulated Patient.. Academic Medicine. 64 indexed citations

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Barrows, Howard S., et al.. (1976). Preparing faculty for innovative educational roles. Academic Medicine. 51(7). 592–4. 3 indexed citations

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Neufeld, V R & Howard S. Barrows. (1974). The “McMaster Philosophy”. Academic Medicine. 49(11). 1040–50. 369 indexed citations breakdown →

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Barrows, Howard S.. (1964). PROBLEMS OF DYNAMIC NEUROLOGY: An International Volume—Studies on the Higher Functions of the Human Nervous System. Europe PMC (PubMed Central). 101(5). 414–415. 5 indexed citations

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Barrows, Howard S. & Donald H. Harter. (1962). TENTORIAL MENINGIOMAS. Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry. 25(1). 40–44. 17 indexed citations

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