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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:

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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.

The association between health professionals’ international experience and the academic output of their students in Harbin, China

Authors: Tingjiao Liu, Liming Zhang, Tingting Zhao and Nan Chen

Content type: Research article

20 November 2019
The impact of gender and academic achievement on the violation of academic integrity for medical faculty students, a descriptive cross-sectional survey study

Authors: Müesser Özcan, Neşe Yeniçeri and Edip Güvenç Çekiç

Content type: Research article

20 November 2019
Contributions of a blended learning based on peer evaluation for teaching drug-drug interactions to undergraduate pharmacy students

Authors: Roland Lawson, Hélène Géniaux, Serge Bailly, Christelle Pouget, Catherine Fagnère, Marie-Laure Laroche, Jacques Monteil, Jean-Jacques Moreau and Nicolas Picard

Content type: Research article

19 November 2019
Do clerkship schemes effectively improve pharmacy students’ understanding of and attitudes regarding pharmaceutical care?——a pre-post study in China Pharmaceutical University

Authors: Yuankai Huang, Dongning Yao, Weiwei Zhang, Yitao Wang and Wenbing Yao

Content type: Research article

15 November 2019
Interactive whiteboard use in clinical reasoning sessions to teach diagnostic test ordering and interpretation to undergraduate medical students

Authors: Fares Gouzi, Christophe Hédon, Léo Blervaque, Emilie Passerieux, Nils Kuster, Thierry Pujol, Jacques Mercier and Maurice Hayot

Content type: Research article

15 November 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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