Editorial Board

Associate Editor
Jagoda Mackowiak, MSc, Springer Nature, Germany

Jagoda’s background is interdisciplinary and revolves around molecular biology and neuropsychopharmacology. She graduated from Maastricht Science Program at Maastricht University in the Netherlands where her focus was on cognitive neuroscience. Following the move to Germany, she completed her master’s degree at Humboldt University of Berlin. At the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, she delved into CRISPR Cas9 methods. She gained publishing and medical education experience at MIND Foundation, where her focus was on psychedelic research and therapy. In that role she contributed to several projects; most recently coordinating the development of MOLECULES program, which is a part of the Augmented Psychotherapy Training. With the desire to advocate for open access, she joined the BMC Series as an Associate Editor and is the Editor for BMC Nursing and BMC Medical Education in 2023.

Editorial Quality Editor
Nyx Hills, BFA, Springer Nature, USA

Manuscript Editors
Harshal Dhondge, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Nikhil Ghate, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Akshay Ravindra Joshi, PhD, MPhil, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Raunaq Singh Nagi, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Noohi Nasim, PhD, Springer Nature, India
Vaishnavi Nimbalkar, MSc, Springer Nature, India
Rajasree K P, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Pranitha Pandit, PhD, MPhil, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Priya Sharma, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India
Varsha Shetty, PhD, Springer Nature, India
Neha Tiwari, PhD, M.Tech, B.Tech, Springer Nature, India
Pratibha Verma, PhD, MSc, BSc, Springer Nature, India

Senior Editorial Board Members 

Peter Anderson, DVM, PhD, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA
. Anderson, DVM, PhD is a professor of Pathology and Director of Pathology Undergraduate Education at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Medical Center, Schools of Medicine and Dentistry. His major area of research is cardiovascular pathophysiology with special emphasis on animal models of human disease. He is involved in numerous collaborative research activities of the vascular reaction to mechanical injury and intravascular stents. Dr. Anderson is also very active in educational pursuits, most notably in using technology to enhance teaching and learning. He holds leadership positions in many national and international educational organizations and has been a frequent guest speaker on issues related to medical education


Samy Azer, MD, PhD (Used), MEd (UNSW), FACG, MPH (UNSW), King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Professor Samy Azer is an Australian physician, author and medical academic. He was honoured to contribute to medical education in several countries. He graduated in medicine and completed his training in gastroenterology. He obtained a PhD from the University of Sydney, a Master in Education, and a Master in Public Health from New South Wales, Australia. He is a fellow of the American College of Gastroenterology (FACG). He was a Senior Lecturer at the University of Sydney and the University of Melbourne. He is a visiting professor at the University of Toyama, Japan, and was a professor of Medical Education at Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. Currently, he is a professor of medical education and Chair of Curriculum Development and Research at King Saud University college of medicine. He has been invited as a keynote speaker to conferences in South East Asia, Sweden, Turkey, Australia, the Middle East countries and the United States. He has over 100 original articles published in scientific journals and authored five medicine and medical education textbooks. He is Editor at PLOS ONE, Editor at MEDICINE, and the World Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology and BMC Medical Education. He is a Senior Editor at Health Professions Education. Recently he was granted Fellowship of the Association of Medical Education in Europe (FAMEE) for his leadership in medical education globally.

Salman Yousuf Guraya, PhD, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Professor Salman Guraya is a senior medical educator, laparoscopic surgeon, editor, and an academic professional. Currently, he is serving as Vice Dean of College of Medicine and Head of Surgical Unit University of Sharjah. He is an experienced minimally invasive surgeon with special interest in colorectal and endocrine surgery. His surgical and academic experience spans over several countries including UK, Scotland, France, Italy, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Prof. Guraya is Director of Basic Surgical Skills and CCrISP courses by the RCS England. He has authored numerous multi-center research articles with eminent scholars from Germany, Malaysia, Holland, KSA, Italy, Saudi Arabia and UK about surgical innovations and technologies, simulation and artificial intelligence and the use of technologies in MedEd. Dr. Guraya is an active editor of BMC Medical Education (Springer Nature), Frontiers in Surgical Oncology, and Advances in Biomedical and Health Sciences (Wolters Kluwer). In medical education, his main areas of expertise are curriculum interventions, simulation in teaching and learning, professionalism and ethics, getting scholarly work published in the peer review journals, using technologies in teaching and assessment, clinical training in the new normal, and program evaluation.

Sigrid Harendza, Dr. med., MME, University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf

Sigrid Harendza, MD, MME, is full professor for internal medicine and educational research at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany. She worked as postdoctoral fellow at UCSF, San Francisco, and received a Master of Medical Education degree at the University of Bern, Switzerland, in 2004. At the Medical Faculty in Hamburg, she was vice-dean of education from 4/2006 until 3/2007 and received the Ars Legendi Award by the German Rectors’ Conference and the Stifterverand für die Deutsche Wissenschaft in 2006. She is board member of the German Association for Medical Education (GMA) since 2012. Her main research interests are clinical reasoning, competence-based assessment, and uncertainty. She joined the BMC Medical Education Editorial Board in 2013.

Blossom Yen-Ju Lin, PhD, Chang Gung University, Taiwan 

Blossom received a BS in pharmacy in China Medical University and a MS in biochemistry in National Taiwan University in Taiwan. She got a PhD at the Program of Health Services Organization and Research at Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, USA. Now she is a professor at Department of Medical Humanities and Social Sciences, School of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Taiwan. Blossom has worked in academia for more than 20 years. As a principal investigator, Blossom has got research funding from Taiwan National Science Council, Taiwan National Health Research Institute, and Taiwan Ministry of Health and Welfare, covering topics on medical education, and in health care.

Jacqueline McLaughlin, PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Jacqui McLaughlin, PhD is an associate professor and director of CIPhER (Center for Innovative Pharmacy Education and Research) at the UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy. She received her bachelor of science in Biological Engineering from North Carolina State University, master of science in Biomedical Engineering from University of Memphis/University of Tennessee, and doctor of philosophy in Educational Research and Policy Analysis from North Carolina State University. Dr. McLaughlin has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles about higher education, including studies about design thinking, diversity, experiential learning, flipped learning, graduate education, interprofessional education, and student selection. She has also received the Excellence in Assessment Award, Emerging Scholar in Teaching and Learning Award, and New Investigator Award from American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy.

Aloysius Gonzaga Mubuuke, PhD, Makerere University, Uganda

Chris Roberts, PhD, MBChB, MMedSci, University of Sheffield Medical School, UK
Chris Roberts MBChB MRCGP FRACGP MMedSci (Primary and Community Care) PhD is an Educational Consultant based in the UK. He is an Honorary Professor in Medical and Health Sciences Education at Sydney Medical School, and at Hull York Medical School in the UK. He has held a number of senior positions within Sydney Medical School, within the wider University of Sydney, and before that, in the UK at the Sheffield Medical School.  He has been a consultant to the Royal College of Australian Physicians and the former General Practice Education and Training on evaluating and developing national selection strategies. His medical and health science education research includes clinical learning and teaching, selection focussed assessment, and professionalism. He supervises an active group of doctoral students in medical education research. He has been an active clinical teacher for over 30 years, including developing and implementing large-scale interprofessional learning. He has received teaching awards at the Faculty, University, Australian national, and international levels.

Anne D Souza, MD,  Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, India

Olwyn Westwood, PhD, Brunel University London, UK
Professor Olwyn Westwood is a recognised medical educator and alumnus of King’s College London. Having academic and leadership roles within post-1992 and Russell Group institutions, and programme director for a Masters in Medical Education, she is a mentor to colleagues in pedagogic practice and research supervision.  A Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Olwyn is an advisor for Royal College membership examinations, and the UK’s National Prescribing Safety Assessment.      She is well-versed in quality assurance and enhancement, having been a GMC reviewer for around 10 years, she led two successful GMC audits at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London and the GMC’s process for Brunel University London to be permitted to recruit medical students for the launch a new medical school. She is a member of the HEE Medical Doctors’ Apprenticeship Implementation Group and been a board member of Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and Other Health Professions. She has extensive experience in the collaborative partnership for the development of UK primary medical awards. Her international advisory roles on curriculum and quality assurance, e.g. China, Malaysia, Brunei, Georgia, have facilitated her insight into the cultural, social and political requirements and issues in medical curriculum development and delivery.

Marjo Wijnen-Meijer, PhD, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Marjo Wijnen-Meijer, PhD, is professor of medical education and team leader of curriculum development at the Medical Education Center, School of Medicine, Technical University of Munich, Germany. Her responsibilities include development of medical curricula, design of faculty development programs and the coordination of (international) research projects in the field of medical education.




Tim Wilkinson, MD, PhD, MBChB, University of Otago, New Zealand
Tim Wilkinson is Professor in Medicine and medical education at the University of Otago, New Zealand.  He is deputy Dean for the University of Otago’s Christchurch campus. He was the MBChB programme director 2013-2021 and was Associate Dean (Medical Education) in Christchurch from 1997-2018.  He has a MClinEd, PhD and MD that are all in medical education. His research interests are assessment of clinical competence and performance, workplace learning, selection into medical school, career paths, and professionalism. He works as a consultant physician in geriatric medicine.



Editorial Board Members
Mohamed Elhassan Abdalla Elsayed, PhD, University of Limerick, Ireland
Enjy Abouzeid, PhD, Ulster University, UK
Usman Abubakar, PhD, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Siti Khadijah Adam, PhD, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
Tauseef Ahmad, PhD, King Saud Univerisity, Saudi Arabia
Soleiman Ahmady, PhD, KI and SBMU, Sweden
Samar Ahmed, Dr. med., Ain Shams University, Egypt
Yassar Alamri, MBChB, PhD, University of Otago, New Zealand
Tyler Albert, MD, VA Puget Sound Healthcare System and University of Washington School of Medicine, USA
Ibrahim Al-Busaidi, MB ChB, BMedSc(Hons), FRNZCGP, University of Otago, New Zealand
Shuliweeh Alenezi, MBBS, FRCPC, ABDPN, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia
Abdullah Alismail, PhD, Loma Linda University, USA
Dalia Almaghaslah, PhD, King Khalid University, Saudi Arabia
Basim Alsaywid, M.B, Ch.B; M Cli Epi, Saudi National Institute of Health, Saudi Arabia
Najim Alshahrani, M.D., University of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
Osama Alshogran, PhD, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan
Ashley Amick, MD, MS, University of Washington, USA
Mitra Amini, MD, Shiraz Medical School, Iran
Jörg Ansorg, MD, Professional Board of German Orthopaedics and Trauma Surgeons (BVOU), Germany
Ioannis Antonopoulos, MD, MSc, PhDc, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens , Greece
Sateesh B Arja, MBBS, MHPE, PhD, Avalon University School of Medicine, Curacao 
James Armitage, B.Optom, M.Optom, CertOcTher(ACO), PhD, Deakin University, Australia
Stefanie Attardi, PhD, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, USA
Hani Atwa, MBBCh, PhD, Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain
Dinesh Badyal, MBBS, MD, MHPE, Christian Medical College & Hospital Ludhiana, India
Chinthaka Balasooriya, MBBS, PhD, UNSW Sydney, Australia
Renren Bai, PhD,  Hangzhou Normal University, China
Nobutaro Ban, MD, PhD Aichi Medical University, Japan
Soham Bandyopadhyay, MA, BM BCh, PGCert, AFHEA, MPH, MRCS, AdvDip HFMA, FIoL, FRSPH, FRSA, University of Southampton, UK
Wegdan Bani-issa, University of Sharjah, UAE
Kyle Bauckman, PhD, Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Allopathic Medicine, USA
Shoaleh Bigdeli, PhD, School of Medicine & University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Elif Bilgic, PhD, McMaster University, Canada
Anna Harvey Bluemel, BSc(Hons) MBBS, Newcastle University , UK
Prateek Bobhate, MBBS, MD, Community Medicine All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Abdulaziz Boker, MBBS, King Abdulaziz Univesity, Saudi Arabia
Katharine Boursicot, Health Professional Assessment Consultancy, Singapore
James Boyle, University of Glasgow, UK
Malcolm Boyle, PhD, Monash University, Australia
Jeremy Branzetti, MD, MHPE, Geisinger Community Medical Center, USA
Jan Breckwoldt, Dr. med., MME, University of Zurich, Switzerland
Giampiera Bulfone, PhD, University of Catania, Italy
Bryan Burford, PhD, Newcastle University, UK
Tudor Calinici, PhD, Iuliu Hatieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Irene Cambra-Badii, PhD, University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia (UVIC-UCC), Spain
Michael Campbell, PhD, The University of the West Indies , Barbados
Elizabeth Cerceo, MD, Cooper University Health Care, USA
Thomas Chacko, M.B,B.S and M.D (Preventive & Social Medicine), Believers Church Medical College Hospital, India
Jessica Chacon, PhD, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso, USA
Yaw-Wen Chang, MD, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taiwan R.O.C.
Yu-Che Chang, MD, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
Fei Chen, PhD, University of North Carolina, USA
Xiaodong (Phoenix) Chen, PhD, MSc, BEng, The Ohio State University, USA
Yan Chen, PhD, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Yen-Yuan Chen, MD, PhD, Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Bioethics, National Taiwan University, Taiwan R.O.C.
Andrew Chung, PhD, Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Canada
Helen Church, PhD, University of Nottingham, UK
Dimitrios Chytas, MD, PhD, University of Peloponnese, Greece
Claire Condron, PhD, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Ireland
Joseph Conigliaro, MD, MPH, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, USA
Maurizio Costabile, PhD, University of South Australia, Australia
Ian Couper, MBChB, MFamMed, FCFP(SA), Stellenbosch University, South Africa
Lucélio Bernardes Couto, PhD, University of Ribeirao Preto, Brazil
Monica Cuddy, PhD, NBME, USA
Jonathan D'Angelo, PhD, MAEd, Mayo Clinic, USA
Suhad Daher-Nashif, PhD, Keele University, UK
Angelo Dante, PhD, University of L’Aquila, Italy
Mayssoon Dashash, PhD, MSc, MFDS RCS, MME (Eng), Damascus University, Syrian Virtual University, Syrian Arab. Rep.
Arnout Jan de Beaufort, MD, PhD, Leiden University Medical Centre, Netherlands
Aikaterini Dedeilia, MD, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA
Dianne Delva, MD, University of Ottawa, Canada
Andreas Demetriades, Dr., Royal Infirmary Edinburgh, University of Edinburgh, UK
Jennifer Dennis, PhD, MS, Kansas Health Science Center, USA
Oliver Devine, MB, PhD, University of Cambridge, UK
Ami DeWaters, Dr., Penn State College of Medicine, USA
Jacqueline Dias, University of Sharjah, Utd.Arab.Emir.
Jessica Dine, MD MSHP, University of Pennsylvania, USA
Rebecca Donkin, PhD, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia
Ashti Doobay-Persaud, MD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, USA
Jan P. Ehlers, MA, Witten/Herdecke University, Germany
Halle Ellison, MD, MAS PSHQ, Geisinger, USA
Zachary Eisner, BSE, Michigan Center for Global Surgery, USA
Mohamed El-Kishawi, PhD, University of Sharjah, UAE
Estivana Felaza, PhD, University of Indonesia, Indonesia
Michael Fleischmann, Master of Osteopathy, Victoria University/RMIT University, Australia
Jonathan Foo, PhD, Monash University, Australia
Chan Choong Foong, PhD, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Roma Forbes, PhD, The University of Queensland, Australia
Ryuji Furihata, MD, PhD, Kyoto University, Japan
Kamis Gaballah, PhD, University of Sharjah, U.A.E.
Fanny Gabrysz-Forget, MD, MSc, McGill University, Canada
Gaetano Gallo, MD, PhD, Sapienza University of Roma, Italy
Roghayeh Gandomkar, MD, PhD, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Fraide Ganotice, PhD, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Frank Hernández García, MD, PhD Fellow, University of Oviedo, Spain
Hosam Eldeen Elsadig Gasmalla, MBBS, MSc, PgDip., MHPE, PhD, FAcadMEd, University of Warwick, UK
Albena Gayef, Assoc.Prof., Trakya University, Turkey
Lauren Germain, PhD, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, USA
Neil Gesundheit, MD, MPH, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
Saeideh Ghaffarifar, MD, PhD, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Mustafa Ghanim, Associate Professor , An-najah National University, Palestinian territories
Mustafa Sait Gönen, Prof.Dr., Istanbul Universitesi-Cerrahpaşa, Turkey
Ipek Gonullu, MD, PhD, Ankara University Faculty of Medicine, Turkey
Andrew Gorgy, MD, MSc, McGill university, Canada
Megan Gray, MD, University of Washington, USA
Danielle Gulick, M.Ed., PhD, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, USA
Christina Gummesson, PhD, Malmö University and Lund University, Sweden
Sissel Guttormsen, Dr. phil., University of Bern, Switzerland
Siti Nurma Hanim Hadie, MD, MSc, PhD, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Faizal Aminmohamed Haji, MD, PhD, FRCSC, Queen’s University, Canada
Cheng-Maw Ho, National Taiwan University Hospital and College of Medicine, Taiwan
Laura Hopson, MD, University of Michigan Medical School, USA
Jianlin Hou, PhD, Peking University, China
Wen-Cheng Huang, MD, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
Zhengwei Huang, PhD, Jinan University, China
William Hung, MD, MPH, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA
Yera Hur, PhD,  Hallym University College of Medicine, South Korea
Polly Husmann, PhD, Indiana University, USA
Nabil Hussein, Castle Hill Hospital, UK 
 Jung joon Ihm, PhD, Seoul National University School of Dentistry, South Korea
Uzoma Ikonne, PhD, Eastern Virginia Medical School, USA
Rintaro Imafuku, PhD, Gifu University, Japan
Lena Jafri, MHPE, FCPS, Aga Khan University, Pakistan
Kshama Jaiswal, MD, University of Colorado, USA
Brian Jolly, PhD, MA(Ed), The University of Newcastle, UK
Jaime Jordan, MD, MAEd, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, USA
Satu Kajander-Unkuri, PhD (Health Sciences), Diaconia University of Applied Sciences and University of Turku, Finland
Salah Eldin Kassab, MD, PhD, Suez Canal University, Egypt
Rajneesh Kaur, University of Sydney, Australia
Gerald Kayingo, PhD, MBA, MMSc, PA-C, DFAAPA, University of Maryland, Baltimore, USA
Bhuvan KC, MPharm Cln. PhD, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Masego Kebaetse, PhD, University of Botswana, Botswana
Belinda Kenny, PhD, Western Sydney University, Australia
Jennifer Kesselheim, MD, EdM, Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center and Harvard Medical School, USA
Nagina Khan, PhD, Touro University Nevada, USA
Santosh Khanal, PhD, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Ophthalmologists, Australia
Priya Khanna Pathak, University of Sydney, Australia
Robin Klein, MD, PhD, Emory University School of Medicine, USA
Jacqueline Knapke, PhD, University of Cincinnati, USA
Umatul Khoiriyah, PhD, Universitas Islam Indoneesia, Indonesia
Lalit Krishna,PhD, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore
Jonathan Kuek, PhD, James Cook University, Singapore
Archana Prabu Kumar, PhD, College of Medicine and Medical Sciences, Arabian Gulf University , Bahrain
Ashok Kumbamu, PhD, Mayo Clinic, USA
Kevin Kuo, MD, MHPE, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
Jason Last, BMedSci, MB, BAO, BCh, MSc, University College Dublin, Ireland
Siew Tiang Lau, PhD, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Michelle Lazarus, PhD, Monash University, Australia
Renee LeClair, MAEd PhD, Virginia Tech , USA
Delyse Leadbeatter, PhD, The University of Sydney, Australia
Michael Lee, PhD, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, USA
Shuh Shing Lee, PhD, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Yew Kong Lee, PhD, Universiti Malaya, Malaysia
Kathleen Leedham-Green, BSc, MBBS, CDipAF, PGCertHE, MA Clin Ed, Imperial College London, UK
Breanna Lepre, PhD, The University of Queensland, Australia
Joseph L'Huillier, MD, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, USA
Steven Lillis, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Erle Lim, m med (int med), FRCP, National university of Singapore, Singapore
Youn Seon Lim, PhD, University of Cincinnati , USA
Mutahira Lone, PhD, University College Cork, Ireland
Jessica Luc, MD, MSc, University of British Columbia, Canada
Alessandra Lamas Granero Lucchetti, MD, PhD, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora, Brazil
Kayley Lyons, University of Melbourne, Australia
Russyan Mark Mabeza, MD, MPH, University of California San Francisco, USA
Mohi Eldin Magzoub, PhD, United Arab Emirates University, United Arab Emirates
Rajiv Mahajan, MBBS, MD, PhD, Adesh University, India
Md Anwarul Azim Majumder, PhD, The University of the West Indies, Barbados
Marta Makowska, PhD, Kozminski University, Poland
Russell Seth Martins, MD, Hackensack Meridian Health, USA
Ken Masters, PhD, Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Yasushi Matsuyama, PhD, Jichi Medical University, Japan
Douglas McHugh, PhD, MHPE, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University, USA
Margaret McNulty, PhD, Indiana University School of Medicine, USA
Lisa Meeks, PhD, MA, The University of Michigan Medical School, USA
Eiman Abdel Meguid, PhD, Queen’s University Belfast, UK
Briseida Mema, MD, MHPE, Hospital for Sick Children, Canada
Tarig Merghani, MD, PhD, RAK Medical and Health Sciences University, UAE
Walter C. Millanzi, PhD, The University of Dodoma (UDOM), Tanzania
Himel Mondal, MBBS, MD, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Tracy Moniz, MA, PhD, Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada
Alexandre Moura, MPH, PhD, Faculdade Santa Casa BH, Brazil
Angelina Müller, PhD, Goethe University, Institute of General Practice, Germany
Francisco Wilker Mustafa Gomes Muniz, Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil
Peter Musaeus, PhD, Aarhus University, Denmark
David Musick, PhD, Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, USA
Jason Mussell, PhD, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans (LSUHSC-NO), USA
Sareesh Narayanan Naduvil, PhD, University of Central Lancashire, UK
Romesh Nalliah, DDS, MHCM, University of Michigan, USA
Deirdre Nally, FRCS, MCh MSc, RUH Bath, UK
Asmaa Abdell Nasser, PhD, Suez Canal University, Egypt
Leizl Joy Nayahangan, RN., MHCM., MHPE, Copenhagen Academy for Medical Education and Simulation (CAMES), Denmark
Kari Nelson, PhD, MA, University of Nebraska Medical Center, USA
Curtise K. C. Ng, PhD, Curtin University, Australia
Stella Ng, University of Toronto , Canada
Marios Nicolaides, MBBS, MSc, PGDip, Queen Mary University of London & Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, UK
Yuji Nishizaki, MD, MPH, PhD, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Japan
Geoffroy Noel, PhD, University of California, San Diego, USA
Ali Aahil Noorali, MBBS, Johns Hopkins University (current), USA
Kathleen Norman, PhD, Queen's University, Canada
Nkem Nonyel, PharmD, MPH, Howard University College of Pharmacy, USA
Madeleine Norris, PhD, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Champion N. Nyoni, PhD, University of the Free State, South Africa
Maree O'Keefe, PhD, MBBS, DCCH, The University of Adelaide, Australia
Eng Koon Ong, PhD, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore
Ravi Parekh, MBChB (Hons) BSc (Hons) DRCOG MRCGP FHEA M(Ed), Imperial College London, UK
So-Youn Park, MD, PhD, Kyung Hee University, College of Medicine, South Korea
Robert Parker, MD MPH, Tenwek Hospital, Kenya
Andrew Parsons, MD, MPH, University of Virginia School of Medicine, USA
Krupal Patel, MD, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, USA
Caroline Paul, MD, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, USA
José Miguel Pêgo, PhD, University of Minho, Portugal
Harm Peters, MD, MHPE, Dieter Scheffner Center for Medical Education, Germany
Kristina Harris Petersen, PhD, New York Medical College - about to move to Washington University in St. Louis, USA
Eva Pfarrwaller, MD, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Brid Phillips, PhD, The University of Western Australia, Australia
Gillian Li Gek Phua, MMeD, National Cancer Centre Singapore, Singapore
Juan Pimentel, MD, MSc, PhD, McGill University, Canada
Vitaliy Popov, PhD, University of Michigan Medical School, USA
Carl Preiksaitis, PhD, Stanford University School of Medicine, USA
Piotr Przymuszała, MD, PhD, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Poland
Sue Pullon, MD, University of Otago, New Zealand 
Luiz Fernando Quintanilha, PhD, Zarns Medical School, Brazil
Sayeeda Rahman, PhD, American University of Integrative Sciences, Barbados
Preman Rajalingam, PhD, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Niki Rashidian, MD PhD, Ghent University, Belgium
Tobias Raupach, Dr. med., MME (Master of Medical Education), University of Bonn, Germany
Florian Recker, MD, et MME, University Hospital Bonn, Germany
Linda Regan, MD, M. Ed., Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, USA
Qamar Riaz, MBBS, MPH, MHPE, Aga Khan University , Pakistan
Charlotte Richardson, PhD MPharm, Newcastle University, UK
Daniel Ricotta, MD, Harvard Medical School, USA
Victoria Roach, PhD, University of Washington, USA
José Rodríguez, MD, University of Utah Health/Spencer Fox Eccles School of Medicine, USA
Bidyadhar Sa, PhD, MA, MPhil, The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
Saniya Sabzwari, MD, MHPE, Aga Khan University Karachi, Pakistan
Gregory Salinas, PhD, CE Outcomes, LLC, USA
Smita Salunke, PhD, University College London School of Pharmacy, UK
Dujeepa Samarasekera, MD, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Anita Samuel, PhD, Uniformed Services University, USA
Stefano Sandrone, PhD, MEd, Imperial College London, UK
Suhaila Sanip, PhD, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Malaysia
Mahbub Sarkar, PhD, Monash University, Australia
Ralf Schmidmaier, Ludwig Maximilians University Munich, Germany
Kai Schnabel, MME, Universität Bern, Switzerland
Yavuz Selim Kıyak, MD, PhD, Gazi University, Turkey
Tegbar Sendekie, MD, Johns Hopkins Program for International Education in Gynecology and Obstetrics, Ethiopia
Nicola Serra, PhD,  University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Pathiyil Ravi Shankar, MD, International Medical University, Malaysia
Mohamed Hany Shehata, MD, CMMS-Arabian Gulf University, Bahrain
Kiyoshi Shikino, MD, PhD, MHPE, Chiba University, Japan
Lisa Shook-Chiles, DHPE, MA, MCHES, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, USA
Saurabh Shrivastava, MD, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College and Research Institute, India
Jason Silvestre, MD, Medical University of South Carolina, USA
Ravikiran Singapogu, Dr., Clemson University, USA
Veena Singaram, PhD, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Tanmay Sinha, Dr. Sc., National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
Kawin Sipiyaruk, PhD, Mahidol University, Thailand
Tony Skapetis, PhD, University of Sydney, Australia
Diantha Soemantri, MD, MMedEd, PhD, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
Marinos Sotiropoulos, MD, Harvard Medical School, USA
Dinesh Kumar Srinivasan, PhD, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Jennifer Swails, MD, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth in Houston, USA
Meenakshi Swamy, MBBS, MD, FHEA, Newcastle University, UK
Olga Szafran, MHSA, University of Alberta, Canada
Leszek Szalewski, PhD, Digital Dentistry Lab Department of Dental and Maxillofacial Radiodiagnostics Medical University of Lubli, Poland
Parinaz Tabari, PhD, University of Salerno, Italy
Meng-Wong Taing, B.Pharm(Hons), PhD, GCTIM, The University of Queensland, Australia
Chengxiang Tang, PhD, Macquarie University Centre of Health Economy, Australia
Livio Tarchi, MD, University of Florence, Italy
David Taylor, PhD, Gulf Medical University, UAE
Kimberly Templeton, MD, University of Kansas Medical Center- Kansas City, USA
Angelique Timmerman, PhD, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
Ying Pin Toh, MBBS, MRCPCH, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Daniel Tolks, Dr. rer. biol. hum,  Leuphana University Lueneburg, Germany
Michal Tombs, Cardiff University, USA
Marco Tomietto, Northumbria University, UK
David Topor, PhD, MS-HPEd., VA Boston Healthcare System, USA
Annie Topping, PhD, University of Huddersfield, UK
Adrienne Torda, PhD, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Sevgi Turan, PhD, Hacettepe University, Turkey
Elizabeth Vaughan, DO, MPH, University of Texas Medical Branch, USA
Sunil Pazhayanur Venkateswaran, MBBS, DCP, DNB(Path),PGCertHPE and MHPE Scholar, IMU University, Malaysia
Gianluca Montanari Vergallo, Associate Professor, "Sapienza" University of Rome, Italy
Martin Veysey, MD, Gosford Hospital, Australia
Majed Wadi, PhD, College of Medicine, Qassim University, Saudi Arabia
Matthew Wanat, PharmD, University of Houston, USA
Phillip Wanduru, Master of Public Health, Karolinska Institute and Makerere University, Uganda
Ling Wang, PhD, Michigan State University, USA
Bernadette Watson, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Alexandra Webb, BSc, MChiro, PhD, Australian National University, Australia
Hong Wei-Han, PhD, University of Malaya, Malaysia
Johannes Weimer,  University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany
BobbieAnn White, EdD, MA, MGH Institute of Health Professions , USA
Kerry Wilbur, PhD, Qatar University, Qatar
Andrea Woltman, PhD, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Netherlands
Anouk Wouters, PhD, VU University Medical Center, Netherlands
Anette Wu, MS MPh PhD, Columbia University, USA
Hongbin Wu, PhD, Peking University, China
Peter Wyer, MD, Columbia University, USA
Junhua Xiao, PhD, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Xuesong Yang, PhD,  Jinan University, China
Ying-Ying Yang, PhD, Taipei Veteran General Hospitals, Taiwan R.O.C.
Milko Zanini, University of Genova, Italy
Nahid Zarifsanaiey, PhD, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Marko Zdravkovic, MD, PhD, University Medical Centre Maribor, Slovenia
Daniel Zahra, PhD, Peninsula Medical School, UK
Abebe Bekele Zerihun, MD, University of Global Health Equity, Rwanda
Boris Zevin, MD, PhD, Queen's University, Canada
Jan Zottmann,  Dphil, Institute of Medical Education, LMU University Hospital, LMU Munich, Germany

Editorial Advisors
Mark Albanese, University of Wisconsin Medical School, USA
Vanessa Burch, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Chris Candler, University of Oklahoma, USA
Philip Davies, Centre for Management and Policy Studies, UK
Richard M Frankel, Regenstrief Institute, USA
Trisha Greenhalgh, University College London Medical School, UK
Margaret Holmes-Rovner, Michigan State University, USA
Michael Hortsch, University of Michigan Medical School, USA
Cindy L Lam, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Harold P Lehmann, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Chris McManus, University College London, UK
Charlotte E Rees, University of Dundee, UK
Muhammad Raihan Sajid, MBBS, FCPS, FHEA, MMED, Alfaisal University, Saudi Arabia
Matthias Siebeck, University of Munich, Germany
Deborah Simpson, Medical College of Wisconsin, USA
John R Skelton, University of Birmingham, UK
James Wofford, Wake Forest University, USA
Fredric M Wolf, University of Washington Medical Center, USA

Statistical Advisors
Patrick Barlow, The University of Iowa, USA
Rose Calixte, Winthrop University Hospital, USA
Melanie Goodman, Washington University, USA
Marianna LaNoue, Vanderbilt University, USA
Yoon Soo Park, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA