Articles

Self-reported knowledge, attitudes, practices and barriers in use of evidence-based medicine among resident physicians in Kenya: a mixed methods study

Evidence based medicine (EBM) helps clinicians to integrate latest research evidence into their daily clinical practice. There is a need for all healthcare professions to adopt it in order to provide safe and ...

Authors: Megha B. Unadkat, Caroline K. Mbuba, Anthony K. Ngugi and Dorothy Kamya

Integrating patient management, reflective practice, and ethical decision-making in an emergency medicine intern boot camp

Integration of clinical skills, ethical decision-making, and reflection skills have emerged as cornerstones of clinical teaching in medical schools. This study aimed to detect whether a multimodal learning env...

Authors: Serpil Yaylaci, Yesim Isil Ulman, Kevser Vatansever, Gamze Senyurek, Suha Turkmen, Hasan Aldinc and Cem Gun

When it’s needed most: a blueprint for resident creative writing workshops during inpatient rotations

Narrative Medicine may mitigate physician burnout by increasing empathy and self-compassion, and by encouraging physicians to deeply connect with patient stories/experiences. However, Narrative Medicine has be...

Authors: Lauren Michelle Edwards, Yeuen Kim, Matthew Stevenson, Tyler Johnson, Nora Sharp, Anna Reisman and Malathi Srinivasan

Career choice regret during COVID-19 among healthcare students and professionals in mainland China: a cross-sectional study

The COVID-19 epidemic affected the career choice of healthcare professionals and students. Career choice regret of healthcare professionals and students during COVID-19 outbreak and its affected factors are la...

Authors: Guoyi Yang, Ling Wang, Jia Wang, Zixian Geng, Huixin Liu and Tao Xu

Cross-cultural training program on mental health care for refugees - a mixed method evaluation

Refugees tend to have a higher risk of mental ill-health and use mental health services less than the native-born population during their first 10 years in Sweden. Intercultural interactions between refugees a...

Authors: Jordanos Tewelde McDonald, Marie Dahlin and Sofie Bäärnhielm

An observation of the peer-assisted learning (PAL) method in the clinical teaching of vertigo/dizziness-related diseases for standardized residency training (SRT) students in China: a randomized, controlled, multicenter study

Vertigo and dizziness (VD) are among the most frequently seen symptoms in clinics and are important for medical students, especially for those in Chinese standardized residency training (SRT). The aim of our s...

Authors: Rui Xu, Chunmei Duan, Qian He, Zhaoyou Meng, Gong Wang, Shu Liu, Meng Guo, Xiaoyan Chen, Yue Wang, Wei Duan, Qin Zhang, Qingwu Yang, Xiaojun Liang and Yang Bai

Assessment of psychometric properties of the questionnaire on supervisor-doctoral student interaction (QSDI) in Iran

One of the main elements that help students in research projects and composing dissertations is the student-supervisor relationship. A valid and reliable tool to measure this seems essential and it is the obje...

Authors: Hooman Daryoushi, Amir Jalali, Ehsan Karimi, Nader Salari and Parvin Abbasi

Challenges of peer assisted learning in online clinical skills training of ophthalmology module

Online communication has taken over in the last 2 years due to the frequent lockdowns because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Overburdened physicians in this pandemic are struggling to get enough time to teach clini...

Authors: Sumera Nisar, Usman Mahboob, Rehan Ahmed Khan and Durraiz Rehman

Covid-19 crisis impact on the next generation of physicians: a survey of 800 medical students

Many initiatives have emerged worldwide to handle the surge of hospitalizations during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. In France, the University of Paris North called on its medical students, whose status makes them ...

Authors: Sandrine Passemard, Albert Faye, Caroline Dubertret, Hugo Peyre, Camille Vorms, Victor Boimare, Stéphane Auvin, Martin Flamant, Philippe Ruszniewski and Jean-Damien Ricard

Correction to: COVID-19 and dental distance-based education: students’ perceptions in an Italian University

Authors: Paola Di Giacomo and Carlo Di Paolo

Response to: viva la VOSCE?

Boyle et al. discuss the development and implementation of a Virtual Objective Structured Clinical Examination due to the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown precluding face-to-face Objective Structured Clinical Examin...

Authors: Lucinda Zahrah Motie and Shahil Kaini

Undergraduate palliative care education in the United Arab Emirates: a nationwide assessment of medical school deans

The provision of comprehensive, high quality palliative care (PC) is a global public health concern. In the United Arab Emirates (UAE), palliative medicine services are limited, and most patients in need of PC...

Authors: Thana Harhara and Halah Ibrahim

Transferring the sandwich principle to instructional videos: is it worth the effort?

The sandwich principle is an educational concept that regularly alternates between collective and individual learning phases within one learning unit. Applying sandwich principle to lectures has proven to be m...

Authors: Bock Anna, Thomas Christina, Heitzer Marius, Winnand Philipp, Peters Florian, Lemos Martin, Hölzle Frank and Modabber Ali

Familiarity and genetic literacy among medical students in Indonesia

There is a lack of genetic knowledge among health care professionals especially in some developing countries such as Indonesia. Based on our experience, genetic disorders receive less attention in medical educ...

Authors: Yolanda Marthia Swandayani, Ferdy Kurniawan Cayami, Tri Indah Winarni and Agustini Utari

Learning to diagnose accurately through virtual patients: do reflection phases have an added benefit?

Simulation-based learning with virtual patients is a highly effective method that could potentially be further enhanced by including reflection phases. The effectiveness of reflection phases for learning to di...

Authors: Maximilian C. Fink, Nicole Heitzmann, Matthias Siebeck, Frank Fischer and Martin R. Fischer

Students’ view on supportive co-teaching in medical sciences: a systematic review

Supportive co-teaching (SCT) is the practice of employing two or more experts whose knowledge and experiences are needed simultaneously to make a connection across different disciplines in a classroom. Althoug...

Authors: Afsaneh Dehnad, Maryam Jalali, Saeed Shahabi, Parviz Mojgani and Shoaleh Bigdeli

Weekly team-based learning scores and participation are better predictors of successful course performance than case-based learning performance: role of assessment incentive structure

Incentives for preparation and participation in case-based (CBL) and team-based learning (TBL) differ by virtue of differences in assessment, allowing us to evaluate the role these incentives play in preparati...

Authors: Gonzalo A. Carrasco, Kathryn C. Behling and Osvaldo Lopez

Conceptions of clinical learning among stakeholders involved in undergraduate nursing education: a phenomenographic study

To prepare nursing students to become critical, autonomous members of the workforce, an agreement among stakeholders on how this can be achieved in the clinical setting is needed. However, a critical discussio...

Authors: Malou Stoffels, Stephanie M. E. van der Burgt, Terese Stenfors, Hester E. M. Daelmans, Saskia M. Peerdeman and Rashmi A. Kusurkar

Faculty perceptions of factors that indicate successful educational outcomes of medical students’ research projects: a focus group study

A growing number of medical schools have individual scholarly projects as a component of their curricula. The fact that all students, and not only those with research interests, have to carry out a project put...

Authors: Riitta Möller, Annika Wallberg and Maria Shoshan

Improving handover competency in preclinical medical and health professions students: establishing the reliability and construct validity of an assessment instrument

As part of the worldwide call to enhance the safety of patient handovers of care, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) requires that all graduating students “give or receive a patient handover t...

Authors: Meghan Michael, Andrew C. Griggs, Ian H. Shields, Mozhdeh Sadighi, Jessica Hernandez, Chrissy Chan, Mary McHugh, Blake E. Nichols, Kavita Joshi, Daniel Testa, Sonika Raj, Richard Preble, Elizabeth H. Lazzara and Philip E. Greilich

Use of WhatsApp®, for distance teaching during COVID-19 pandemic: Experience and perception from a sub-Saharan African setting

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, to palliate to the lockdown and cover academic programs, the faculty of medicine and pharmaceutical sciences (FMPS) of the university of Dschang (UDs) in Cameroon has imp...

Authors: Dominique Enyama, Eric Vounsia Balti, Sylvain Raoul Simeni Njonnou, Christian Ngongang Ouankou, Fernando Kemta Lekpa, Diomede Noukeu Njinkui, Jovanny Tsuala Fouogue, Jeanne Mayouego Kouam, Guy Sedar Singor Njateng, Bruno Kenfack, Pierre Watcho and Simeon Pierre Choukem

Interprofessional survey on communication skills in veterinary and veterinary-related education in Germany

Communication is an indispensable skill in the everyday working life of a veterinary team. In German higher educational institutions, communication skills training is explicitly mentioned in the curricula of v...

Authors: Michèle Rauch, Sandra Wissing, Andrea Tipold and Christin Kleinsorgen

Investigating a Newly Developed Educational Orthopedic Application for Medical Interns in a Before-after Quasi-clinical Trial Study

In COVID 19 era, the literature on e-learning, or particularly m-learning, has considerably increased focusing on the subject of medical knowledge transfer. Considering the importance of orthopedic knowledge f...

Authors: Mahla Daliri B.O., Hassan M. Majd and Ali Moradi

Factors influencing resilience and burnout among resident physicians - a National Survey

Residency training exposes young physicians to a challenging and high-stress environment, making them vulnerable to burnout. Burnout syndrome not only compromises the health and wellness of resident physicians...

Authors: Cristina Nituica, Oana Alina Bota, John Blebea, Chin-I Cheng and Gus J. Slotman

Feasibility and acceptability of virtually coaching residents on communication skills: a pilot study

Developing communication skills is a key competency for residents. Coaching, broadly accepted as a training modality in medical education, has been proven a successful tool for teaching communication skills. L...

Authors: Marzena Sasnal, Rebecca Miller-Kuhlmann, Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell, Shannon Beres, Lucas Kipp, Sarah Lee, Zachary Threlkeld, Aussama K. Nassar and Carl A. Gold

Online education at the medical School of Tongji University during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study

The global reputation of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has led universities in China to conduct online teaching. However, the actual feedback from medical teachers and students regarding online education rema...

Authors: Yaxiang Song, Shu Wang, Yixian Liu, Xinying Liu and Ai Peng

Development of a valid and reliable pterygium surgery assessment scale for ophthalmology residents

Microsurgery training has become an important part of ophthalmology teaching and one of the main topics of examination. Accurate and effective evaluation of microsurgery skills is vital for the training and te...

Authors: Zhihua Zhang, Tianwei Qian, Bijun Zhu, Haiyun Liu, Xiaodong Sun and Xun Xu

Undergraduate audiology students’ perceived competence and confidence in conducting otoscopic examination following video otoscopic training

Emerging research indicates that video otoscopy can be used as a teaching tool to enhance students’ ability to identify outer and middle ear pathologies. However, there is little research on the perceptions of...

Authors: Ben Sebothoma and Katijah Khoza-Shangase

TV medical dramas: health sciences students’ viewing habits and potential for teaching issues related to bioethics and professionalism

Medical dramas have been popular since their inception, especially among medical students. We hypothesized that the recent increase in the availability of TV medical series through online streaming platforms h...

Authors: Irene Cambra-Badii, Elisabet Moyano, Irene Ortega, Josep-E Baños and Mariano Sentí

Conducting online OSCEs aided by a novel time management web-based system

Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) are an essential part of the assessment process for medical students. They have traditionally been face-to-face assessments, however, due to the COVID-19 pand...

Authors: Sami Shaban, Irfan Tariq, Margaret Elzubeir, Ahmed R Alsuwaidi, Alsajir Basheer and Mohi Magzoub

Comparison of conventional and wide field direct ophthalmoscopy on medical students’ self-confidence for fundus examination: a 1-year follow-up

Fundus examination is an easy, quick and effective way to diagnose sight- and life-threatening diseases. However, medical students and physicians report lack of proficiency and self-confidence in perform fundo...

Authors: Gabriel Ayub, Rafael Boava Souza, Andrelisa Marina de Albuquerque and José Paulo Cabral de Vasconcellos

Assessment of medical students’ clinical performance using high-fidelity simulation: comparison of peer and instructor assessment

High-fidelity simulators are highly useful in assessing clinical competency; they enable reliable and valid evaluation. Recently, the importance of peer assessment has been highlighted in healthcare education,...

Authors: Ji Hye Yu, Mi Jin Lee, Soon Sun Kim, Min Jae Yang, Hyo Jung Cho, Choong Kyun Noh, Gil Ho Lee, Su Kyung Lee, Mi Ryoung Song, Jang Hoon Lee, Miran Kim and Yun Jung Jung

The perspective of undergraduate dental students on web-based learning in pediatric dentistry during the COVID-19 pandemic: a Korean multicenter cross-sectional survey

The COVID-19 pandemic changed the world and created a shift in the dental education program. This sudden change in the dental education program may have affected the academic standards of dental students. This...

Authors: Lan Herr, Myeong Kwan Jih, Jonghyun Shin, Yong Kwon Chae, Hyo-Seol Lee, Sung Chul Choi and Ok Hyung Nam

Interprofessional education on complex patients in nursing homes: a focus group study

An ageing population leads up to increasing multi-morbidity and polypharmacy. This demands a comprehensive and interprofessional approach in meeting patients’ complex needs. This study describes graduate stude...

Authors: K. Svensberg, B. G. Kalleberg, E. O. Rosvold, L. Mathiesen, H. Wøien, L. H. Hove, R. Andersen, T. Waaktaar, H. Schultz, N. Sveaass and R. Hellesö

Developing and implementing core competencies in children’s environmental health for students, trainees and healthcare providers: a narrative review

Knowledge of the health impacts of environmental exposures (such as pollution disasters, poor air quality, water contamination, climate change) on children’s health has dramatically increased in the past 40 ye...

Authors: Rose Hannah Goldman, Lauren Zajac, Robert J. Geller and Mark D. Miller

Attitude towards migration of psychiatric trainees and early career psychiatrists in Iran

Migration of medical professionals has been rapidly increasing in the past decades and it strongly affects origin and destination countries.

Authors: Negin Eissazade, Dina Hemmati, Niloofar Ahlzadeh, Mohammadreza Shalbafan, Adeleh Askari-Diarjani, Homa Mohammadsadeghi and Mariana Pinto da Costa

Dental students’ preference and perception on intraoral scanning and impression making

To investigate the preference and perception on intraoral scanning and impression making among dental students.

Authors: Walter Yu-Hang Lam, Ken Chung-Kan Mak, Ebrahim Maghami and Pedro Molinero-Mourelle

Self-compassion in medical students: a pilot study of its association with professionalism pressure

To be a “good doctor” and have “good medical practices” are apparent goals for both medical students and medical faculties. However, the associated implicit and explicit standards could be a source of distress...

Authors: Miroslav Světlák, Šárka Daňhelová, Barbora Kóša, Alena Slezáčková and Rastislav Šumec

Online class or flipped-jigsaw learning? Which one promotes academic motivation during the COVID-19 pandemic?

Due to the progress in COVID-19, education has undergone a huge change all around the world, leading all universities to move towards distance learning. In this context, the majority of instructors tend to mak...

Authors: Alireza Mortezaei Haftador, Fatemeh Shirazi and Zinat Mohebbi

Improvement of three-dimensional motion sickness using a virtual reality simulator for robot-assisted surgery in undergraduate medical students: A prospective observational study

A virtual reality (VR) simulator is utilized as an inexpensive tool for gaining basic technical competence in robotic-assisted surgery (RAS). We evaluated operator 3D motion sickness while using a VR simulator...

Authors: Ryo Takata, Mitsugu Kanehira, Yoichiro Kato, Tomohiko Matsuura, Renpei Kato, Shigekatsu Maekawa and Wataru Obara

Entrustment in physician-patient communication: a modified Delphi study using the EPA approach

Competency based curricula across the globe stress on the importance of effective physician patient communication. A variety of courses have been used to train physicians for this purpose. However, few of them...

Authors: Ayesha Younas, Rehan Ahmed Khan and Raheela Yasmin

Associations between occupational therapy students’ academic performance and their study approaches and perceptions of the learning environment

Relationships between students’ academic performance and their employed study approaches have been studied extensively. However, research using study approaches and learning environment factors as concurrent p...

Authors: T. Bonsaksen, T. A. Magne, L. Stigen, A. Gramstad, L. Åsli, G. Mørk, S. G. Johnson and T. Carstensen

Online learning during COVID-19 produced equivalent or better student course performance as compared with pre-pandemic: empirical evidence from a school-wide comparative study

The COVID-19 pandemic forced dental schools to close their campuses and move didactic instruction online. The abrupt transition to online learning, however, has raised several issues that have not been resolve...

Authors: Meixun Zheng, Daniel Bender and Cindy Lyon

A story half told: a qualitative study of medical students’ self-directed learning in the clinical setting

Medical educators have promoted self-directed learning (SDL) as an important means of enabling students to take responsibility for their own learning throughout their training and practice. While SDL has been ...

Authors: Tzu-Hung Liu and Amy M. Sullivan

Virtual reality-based neurological examination teaching tool(VRNET) versus standardized patient in teaching neurological examinations for the medical students: a randomized, single-blind study

The conventional methods for teaching neurological examination with real patients to medical students have some limitations if the patient with the symptom or disease is not available. Therefore, we developed ...

Authors: Sang Gil Han, Young Dae Kim, Tae Young Kong and Junho Cho

Online training in evidence-based medicine and research methods for GP registrars: a mixed-methods evaluation of engagement and impact

Evidence-based medicine (EBM) is a core skillset for enhancing the quality and safety of patients’ care. Online EBM education could improve clinicians’ skills in EBM, particularly when it is conducted during v...

Authors: Hania Rahimi-Ardabili, Catherine Spooner, Mark F. Harris, Parker Magin, Chun Wah Michael Tam, Siaw-Teng Liaw and Nicholas Zwar

Front-loading of anatomy content has no effect on long-term anatomy knowledge retention among physical therapy students: a prospective cohort study

Information learned over a longer period of time has been shown to result in better long-term knowledge retention than information learned over a shorter period of time. In order to address multiple curricular...

Authors: Amy H. Amabile, Kim Nixon-Cave, Larry J. Georgetti and Ashley C. Sims

Solutions to bridge the theory-practice gap in nursing education in the UAE: a qualitative study

The theoretical knowledge of nursing underpins the practice, while the practice environment determines the circumstances within which the theoretical knowledge is applied. The biggest challenge facing nursing ...

Authors: Ahmad Saifan, Briliya Devadas, Fares Daradkeh, Hadya Abdel-Fattah, Mohannad Aljabery and Lintu Maria Michael

Impacts of a gross anatomy laboratory course on medical students’ emotional reactions in Taiwan: the role of high-level emotions

Gross anatomy laboratory course at medical school is usually an important learning subject for medical students; however, seeing a cadaver often makes them feel uncomfortable. According to the broaden-and-buil...

Authors: Ruei-Jen Chiou, Po-Fang Tsai and Der-Yan Han

Antimicrobial stewardship: Assessment of knowledge, awareness of antimicrobial resistance and appropriate antibiotic use among healthcare students in a Nigerian University

Inappropriate use of antibiotics is a major cause of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Inadequate knowledge about AMR among healthcare students could affect their practice of antimicrobial stewardship as future ...

Authors: Wuraola Akande-Sholabi and Amen T. Ajamu