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Announcing the launch of In Review

BMC Medical Education, in partnership with Research Square, is now offering In Review. Authors choosing this free optional service will be able to:

Share their work with fellow researchers to read, comment on, and cite even before publication
Showcase their work to funders and others with a citable DOI while it is still under review
Track their manuscript - including seeing when reviewers are invited, and when reports are received

See the full range of benefits of In Review and how to opt-in

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Featured blog: Paving the desire paths of health information needs - Teaching students to edit Wikipedia

Research recently published in BMC Medical Education found that pharmacy students can improve access to quality medicines information by editing Wikipedia pages. Here, Prof. Tina Brock and Prof. Dorie Apollonio describe the research performed by themselves and their colleagues and its potential dual benefits for students and society.

Teacher questions and student responses in case-based learning: outcomes of a video study in medical education

Authors: Martin Gartmeier, Theresa Pfurtscheller, Alexander Hapfelmeier, Marc Grünewald, Janina Häusler, Tina Seidel and Pascal O. Berberat

Content type: Research article

5 December 2019
Virtual patients versus small-group teaching in the training of oral and maxillofacial surgery: a randomized controlled trial

Authors: Lukas B. Seifert, Octavian Socolan, Robert Sader, Miriam Rüsseler and Jasmina Sterz

Content type: Research article

4 December 2019
National recruitment scheme for pre-registration pharmacist training in England and Wales: a mixed method evaluation of experiences of applicant pharmacy students

Authors: Laura McEwen-Smith, Malcolm James Price, Gail Fleming, Tim Swanwick, Christine Hirsch, Asma Yahyouche, Jonathan Ward, Sharon Buckley, Atif Shamim and Vibhu Paudyal

Content type: Research article

4 December 2019
The timing of testing influences skill retention after basic life support training: a prospective quasi-experimental study

Authors: Enikő Kovács, Zsigmond Máté Jenei, Katalin Csordás, Gábor Fritúz, Balázs Hauser, V. Anna Gyarmathy, Endre Zima and János Gál

Content type: Research article

4 December 2019
Learning and coping through reflection: exploring patient death experiences of medical students

Authors: Travuth Trivate, Ashley A Dennis, Sarah Sholl and Tracey Wilkinson

Content type: Research article

4 December 2019

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Wikis, blogs and podcasts: a new generation of Web-based tools for virtual collaborative clinical practice and education

Authors: Maged N Kamel Boulos, Inocencio Maramba and Steve Wheeler

Content type: Debate

15 August 2006
Scientific writing: a randomized controlled trial comparing standard and on-line instruction

Authors: Amruta Phadtare, Anu Bahmani, Anand Shah and Ricardo Pietrobon

Content type: Research article

27 May 2009
Relationship between participants’ level of education and engagement in their completion of the Understanding Dementia Massive Open Online Course

Authors: Lynette R Goldberg, Erica Bell, Carolyn King, Ciaran O’Mara, Fran McInerney, Andrew Robinson and James Vickers

Content type: Research article

26 March 2015
Problems and issues in implementing innovative curriculum in the developing countries: the Pakistani experience

Authors: Syeda Kauser Ali and Lubna A Baig

Content type: Research article

16 May 2012
Sicily statement on evidence-based practice

Authors: Martin Dawes, William Summerskill, Paul Glasziou, Antonino Cartabellotta, Janet Martin, Kevork Hopayian, Franz Porzsolt, Amanda Burls and James Osborne

Content type: Debate

5 January 2005

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Aims and scope

BMC Medical Education is an open access journal publishing original peer-reviewed research articles in relation to the training of healthcare professionals, including undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing education. The journal has a special focus on curriculum development, evaluations of performance, assessment of training needs and evidence-based medicine.

Editor

Anne Menard, BioMed Central, UK

Manuscript Editor

Cecilia Pennica, BioMed Central, UK

Assistant Editor

Esther Fagelson, BioMed Central, UK

Section Editors

Sigrid Harendza, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf
Danette McKinley, Foundation for International Medical Education and Research
Chris Roberts, Sydney Medical School
Terese Stenfors, Karolinska Institute
Marjo Wijnen-Meijer, TUM Medical Education Center
Tim Wilkinson, University of Otago

Sigrid Harendza, Section Editor

Sigrid Harendza is professor for internal medicine and educational research at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany. Sigrid joined the BMC Medical Education Editorial Board in 2013.

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