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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.

Development in Danish medical students’ empathy: study protocol of a cross-sectional and longitudinal mixed-methods study

Authors: E. Assing Hvidt, J. Søndergaard, N. C. Hvidt, S. Wehberg, A. Büssing and C. M. Andersen

Content type: Study protocol

19 February 2020
Comparative value of a simulation by gaming and a traditional teaching method to improve clinical reasoning skills necessary to detect patient deterioration: a randomized study in nursing students

Authors: Antonia Blanié, Michel-Ange Amorim and Dan Benhamou

Content type: Research article

19 February 2020
Simulation-based mastery learning compared to standard education for discussing diagnostic uncertainty with patients in the emergency department: a randomized controlled trial

Authors: Danielle M. McCarthy, Rhea E. Powell, Kenzie A. Cameron, David H. Salzman, Dimitrios Papanagnou, Amanda MB. Doty, Benjamin E. Leiby, Katherine Piserchia, Matthew R. Klein, Xiao C. Zhang, William C. McGaghie and Kristin L. Rising

Content type: Study protocol

19 February 2020
Revisiting the trajectory of medical students’ empathy, and impact of gender, specialty preferences and nationality: a systematic review

Authors: Freja Allerelli Andersen, Ann-Sofie Bering Johansen, Jens Søndergaard, Christina Maar Andersen and Elisabeth Assing Hvidt

Content type: Research article

17 February 2020
Debate: Why should gender-affirming health care be included in health science curricula?

Authors: Elma de Vries, Harsha Kathard and Alex Müller

Content type: Debate

14 February 2020

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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

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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