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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.

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Featured article: The impact of patient feedback on the medical performance of qualified doctors: a systematic review

Patient feedback is considered integral to quality improvement and professional development. However, while popular across the educational continuum, evidence to support its efficacy in facilitating positive behaviour change in a postgraduate setting remains unclear. This systematic review explores the evidence that supports or refutes the role of patience feedback on doctor performance.

Content type: Research article
| 20 November 2018

Institutionalizing healthcare hackathons to promote diversity in collaboration in medicine

Authors: Jason K. Wang, Shivaal K. Roy, Michele Barry, Robert T. Chang and Ami S. Bhatt
Content type: Research article
| 20 November 2018

Pharmacy students can improve access to quality medicines information by editing Wikipedia articles

Authors: Dorie E. Apollonio, Keren Broyde, Amin Azzam, Michael De Guia, James Heilman and Tina Brock
Content type: Research article
| 20 November 2018

Borderline grades in high stakes clinical examinations: resolving examiner uncertainty

Authors: Boaz Shulruf, Barbara-Ann Adelstein, Arvin Damodaran, Peter Harris, Sean Kennedy, Anthony O’Sullivan and Silas Taylor
Content type: Research article
| 20 November 2018

How does training in anesthesia residency shape residents’ approaches to patient care handoffs? A single-center qualitative interview study

Authors: Madhavi Muralidharan, Justin T. Clapp, Bridget Perrin Pulos, Sushmitha P. Diraviam, Dimitry Y. Baranov, Emily K. B. Gordon and Meghan B. Lane-Fall
Content type: Research article
| 20 November 2018

Effectiveness of PBL methodology in a hybrid dentistry program to enhance students’ knowledge and confidence. (a pilot study)

Authors: Ebtissam M. Al-Madi, Sree Lalita Celur and Mamoona Nasim

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Content type: Debate
| 15 August 2006

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: Research article
| 27 May 2009

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
| 26 March 2015

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
| 16 May 2012

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

Authors: Syeda Kauser Ali and Lubna A Baig
Content type: Debate
| 5 January 2005

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

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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.

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Liam Messin, BioMed Central

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Sigrid Harendza, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf
Danette McKinley, Foundation for International Medical Education and Research
Chris Roberts, Sydney Medical School
Terese Stenfors, Karolinksa Institute
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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