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Retrieval practice and spaced learning: preventing loss of knowledge in Dutch medical sciences students in an ecologically valid setting

Knowledge, once acquired, degrades over time. Exams that contain questions related to previously acquired knowledge (‘retrieval practice questions’) may promote retrieval practice and spaced learning, and subs...

Authors: Stijn C. M. Donker, Marc A. T. M. Vorstenbosch, Martin J. T. Gerhardus and Dick H. J. Thijssen

Symbiotic relationships through longitudinal integrated clerkships in general practice

Longitudinal integrated clerkships (LICs) are an innovation in medical education that are often successfully implemented in general practice contexts. The aim of this study was to explore the experiences and p...

Authors: Andrew O’Regan, Jane O’Doherty, James Green and Sarah Hyde

Effects of using an abdominal simulator to develop palpatory competencies in 3rd year medical students

Medical school faculty are hard pressed to provide clerkship students with sufficient opportunity to develop and practice their capacity to perform a competent clinical examination, including the palpatory exa...

Authors: Robert M. Hamm, David M. Kelley, Jose A. Medina, Noreen S. Syed, Geraint A. Harris and Frank J. Papa

Correction to: ‘I decided to attend to him because it’s my duty’: Student Nurses perception and attitude towards care of older adults

Authors: Priscilla Yeye Adumoah Attafuah, Ninon Amertil, Jacob Owusu Sarfo, David Atsu Deegbe, Delight Nyonator, Caleb Amponsah-Boama and Aaron A. Abuosi

Perceptions of oncology as a career choice among the early career doctors in Pakistan

Lack of oncologists is a growing global concern. With the rise in cancer burden across the world, the supply–demand mismatch of the oncology workforce is projected to increase. Furthermore, oncology is a low-r...

Authors: Muhammad Aemaz Ur Rehman, Hareem Farooq, Muhammad Ebaad Ur Rehman, Muhammad Mohsin Ali, Amjad Zafar and Muhammad Abbas Khokhar

How technology-enhanced experiential e-learning can facilitate the development of person-centred communication skills online for health-care students: a qualitative study

The COVID-19 pandemic brought a new challenge to medical education—health-care students had fewer opportunities to interact with and treat real patients in clinical settings. Interpersonal communication skills...

Authors: Faith Liao, David Murphy, Jeng-Cheng Wu, Chien-Yu Chen, Chun-Chao Chang and Po-Fang Tsai

Student perspectives of extended clinical placements in optometry: a qualitative study

The number of students enrolled in health courses at Australian universities is rising, increasing demand for clinical placements. Optometry students have historically undertaken clinical training in short-blo...

Authors: Jacqueline M. Kirkman, Sharon A. Bentley, James A. Armitage, Ryan J. Wood-Bradley and Craig A. Woods

Obstetrics and gynecology resident perception of virtual fellowship interviews

Travel restrictions amidst the COVID-19 pandemic reshaped interviewing for fellowships into a predominantly virtual process. How this impacts Obstetrics and Gynecology (OB/GYN) resident approaches to fellowshi...

Authors: Jia Jennifer Ding, Phinnara Has, B. Star Hampton and Dayna Burrell

Correction to: Parental leave policy information during residency interviews

Authors: Molly B. Kraus, Emily G. Reynolds, Jillian A. Maloney, Skye A. Buckner-Petty, Julia A. Files, Sharonne N. Hayes, Cynthia M. Stonnington, Laura A. Vallow and Natalie H. Strand

Correction to: Assessment of a massive open online course (MOOC) incorporating interactive simulation videos on residents’ knowledge retention regarding mechanical ventilation

Authors: Tai Pham, Francois Beloncle, Lise Piquilloud, Stephan Ehrmann, Damien Roux, Armand Mekontso-Dessap and Guillaume Carteaux

Advances in training of the specialized human resources for health in Tanzania: the case of Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences

Increasing the number of specialized human resources for health is paramount to attainment of the United Nations sustainable development goals. Higher learning institutions in low-and middle-income countries m...

Authors: Emmanuel Balandya, Gimbo Hyuha, Matilda Mtaya, Joseph Otieno, Bruno Sunguya, Gasto Frumence, Projestine Muganyizi, Eligius Lyamuya, David Urassa, Appolinary Kamuhabwa and Andrea Pembe

Evaluation of statistical illiteracy in Latin American clinicians and the piloting evaluation of a short course across multiple timepoints

All clinicians require statistical interpretation skills to keep up to date with evidence-based recommendations in their field. However, statistical illiteracy among clinicians is a highly prevalent problem wi...

Authors: Adrian Soto-Mota, Eduardo Carrillo Maravilla, Jose Luis Cárdenas Fragoso, Óscar Arturo Lozano Cruz, Alfonso Gulías Herrero and Sergio Ponce De Leon Rosales

Effect of intensive education on stroke prevention and management ability of community doctors: a cross-sectional study

Prevention and treatment of stroke are extremely important to reduce the incidence of stroke-related disability and the associated death. This study aimed to investigate the current ability of community doctor...

Authors: Xue-min Zhong, Yao Huang, Lanying He and Jian Wang

Adaptation strategies in transnational education: a case study of an australian Master of Health Administration Course offered to chinese managers

Management decisions in health influence patient care outcomes; however, health management development courses in China are rare. This study aims to document and evaluate a transnational Master of Health Admin...

Authors: Chaojie Liu, Qunhong Wu, Zhanming Liang, Leila Karimi, J. Adamm Ferrier, Jane Sheats and Hanan Khalil

Interprofessional identity: an ethnography of clinical simulation learning in New Zealand

This article explores the experiences of clinical healthcare students on an interprofessional simulation course in Auckland, New Zealand. The four-day course aims to provide a formative learning experience for...

Authors: Pauline Cooper-Ioelu and Tanisha Jowsey

Association of a longitudinal, preclinical ultrasound curriculum with medical student performance

Point-of-care ultrasound (US) is used in clinical practice across many specialties. Ultrasound (US) curricula for medical students are increasingly common. Optimal timing, structure, and effect of ultrasound e...

Authors: David A Haidar, Ross Kessler, Neil K Khanna, Michael T Cover, John C Burkhardt, Nik Theyyunni, Ryan V Tucker, Rob D Huang, Elizabeth Holman, Patrick D Bridge, Katherine A Klein and Christopher M Fung

Does an endocrinology subspecialty residency rotation enhance resident endocrine clinical knowledge?

Internal Medicine (IM) programs offer elective subspecialty rotations in which residents may enroll to supplement the experience and knowledge obtained during general inpatient and outpatient rotations. Object...

Authors: Yeng M. Miller-Chang, Jacqueline L. Gauer, Logan Butler, Andrew P.J. Olson, Rupendra T. Shrestha and J. Bruce Redmon

How an EPA-based curriculum supports professional identity formation

Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) are widely used in medical education, and they might be an important incentive to stimulate professional identity formation (PIF) of medical students, by actively enc...

Authors: Anne E. Bremer, Marjolein H. J. van de Pol, Roland F. J. M. Laan and Cornelia R. M. G. Fluit

Benefits of applying virtual reality in pelvic movement training through a Wii Fit: a randomized controlled trial

Pelvic movement training has become compulsory for part of medical students. An increasing amount of research has focused on the influence of virtual reality (VR) on learning effectiveness. However, its applic...

Authors: Hui-Ting Lin, Hsin-Jen Tsai, Yen-I Li and Wen-Pin Hu

Autonomy and focus of attention in medical motor skills learning: a randomized experiment

The ‘OPTIMAL’ (Optimizing Performance Through Intrinsic Motivation and Attention for Learning) theory of motor learning suggests that autonomy, external focus of attention, and perceived competence can improve...

Authors: Franziska Pollok, David A. Cook, Nizamuddin Shaikh, V. Shane Pankratz, Mark E. Morrey and Torrey A. Laack

Barriers and facilitators to program directors’ use of the medical education literature: a qualitative study

It is unclear how often frontline clinical teachers are using this literature and its evidence base in teaching and assessment. Our study purpose was to examine postgraduate program director perspectives on th...

Authors: Asif Doja, Carolina Lavin Venegas, Lindsay Cowley, Lorne Wiesenfeld, Hilary Writer and Chantalle Clarkin

Knowledge, attitudes, practices and perceived barriers towards research in undergraduate medical students of six Arab countries

The involvement of the undergraduates in the research field requires a better view of their potential and the anticipated barriers facing them. This study aims to assess the undergraduates' knowledge, attitude...

Authors: Ahmed Assar, Sajeda Ghassan Matar, Elfatih A. Hasabo, Sarah Makram Elsayed, Mohamed Sayed Zaazouee, Aboalmagd Hamdallah, Alaa Ahmed Elshanbary, Asmaa Khaled, Helmy Badr, Hanan Abukmail, Khaled Mohamed Ragab and Shaimaa Sherif Soliman

Clinical clerkship students’ preferences and satisfaction regarding online lectures during the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused an unprecedented disruption in medical education. Students and lecturers had to adapt to online education. The current study aimed to investigate the level of satisfaction and ...

Authors: Shusuke Yagi, Daiju Fukuda, Takayuki Ise, Koji Yamaguchi, Kenya Kusunose, Muneyuki Kadota, Yutaka Kawabata, Tomomi Matsuura, Tomohiro Soga, Hirotsugu Yamada, Takeshi Soeki, Tetsuzo Wakatsuki, Shinji Kawahito and Masataka Sata

Online re-examination of postgraduate medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic

Postgraduate entrance examination (the Unified National Graduate Entrance Examination) is the major way for Chinese medical undergraduate student to apply for postgraduate studies. It consists of two stages: t...

Authors: Shixian Gu, Wenqing Yuan, Aijing Zhang, Gang Huo, Mengyun Jiang, Jiangli Han and Ning Shen

Determining the influence of different linking patterns on the stability of students’ score adjustments produced using Video-based Examiner Score Comparison and Adjustment (VESCA)

Ensuring equivalence of examiners’ judgements across different groups of examiners is a priority for large scale performance assessments in clinical education, both to enhance fairness and reassure the public....

Authors: Peter Yeates, Gareth McCray, Alice Moult, Natalie Cope, Richard Fuller and Robert McKinley

Assessing the implementation of community-based learning in public health: a mixed methods approach

The French government has set up a community-based learning programme on health promotion for undergraduate health students to involve them in key public health objectives. At the University of Lyon, students ...

Authors: Pierre Leblanc, Pauline Occelli, Jerome Etienne, Gilles Rode and Cyrille Colin

Quality of pre-service midwifery education in public and private midwifery schools in Afghanistan: a cross sectional survey

Midwives are the key skilled birth attendants in Afghanistan. Rapid assessment of public and private midwifery education schools was conducted in 2017 to examine compliance with national educational standards....

Authors: Partamin Manalai, Sheena Currie, Massoma Jafari, Nasratullah Ansari, Hannah Tappis, Faridullah Atiqzai, Young Mi Kim, Jos van Roosmalen and Jelle Stekelenburg

The mediating role of motivated strategies in the relationship between formative classroom assessment and academic well-being in medical students: a path analysis

The support of students' academic well-being is one of the main agendas of medical education. For medical students, well-being can help prevent burnout and provides students with grounds for their future healt...

Authors: Majid Yousefi Afrashteh and Shamsi Rezaei

Orientation of medical trainees to a new clinical environment (the ready-steady-go model): a constructivist grounded theory study

High-quality orientation of trainees entering a new clinical workplace is essential to support education and patient safety. However, few consultants receive extensive formal training to support new trainees a...

Authors: Anél Wiese and Deirdre Bennett

Making the grade: licensing examination performance by medical school accreditation status

Accreditation systems strive to ensure the quality of undergraduate (basic) medical education and encourage ongoing improvements. Despite increasing global emphasis on quality assurance activities, there is li...

Authors: Marta van Zanten, John R. Boulet and Christine D. Shiffer

Student usage of open educational resources and social media at a Sri Lanka Medical School

The use of Open Educational Resources (OER) and Social Media (SM) for academic information seeking is common among undergraduates nowadays. There is limited data on OER and SM use for education in Sri Lanka. T...

Authors: Samankumara Hettige, Eshani Dasanayaka and Dileepa Senajith Ediriweera

Enhancing the effectiveness of flipped classroom in health science education: a state-of-the-art review

In a flipped classroom, students acquire knowledge before class and deepen and apply this knowledge during class. This way, lower-order learning goals are achieved before class and higher-order skills are reac...

Authors: Janique Oudbier, Gerard Spaai, Karline Timmermans and Tobias Boerboom

An educational approach for early student self-assessment in clinical periodontology

Self-assessment is a mandated educational requirement for use in dental undergraduate programmes. It is weakly supported for use in early clinical training and studies are criticized for the conceptual and met...

Authors: Shaun Ramlogan and Vidya Raman

Toward scientific dissemination of undergraduate thesis in physical therapy programs – a cross-sectional study

The execution of undergraduate thesis is a period in which students have an opportunity to develop their scientific knowledge. However, many barriers could prevent the learning process. This cross-sectional st...

Authors: Guilherme S. Nunes, Samantha L. Adami, Maitê M. Pellenz, Daniela Rigo, Rafael A. Estivalet, Ane Priscila Diel, Inaihá Laureano Benincá and Alessandro Haupenthal

Motivation and personality factors of Generation Z high school students aspiring to study human medicine

A new generation of medical students, Generation Z (Gen Z), is becoming the predominant population in medical schools and will join the workforce in a few years’ time. Medicine has undergone serious changes in...

Authors: Barbara M Holzer, Oriane Ramuz, Christoph E Minder and Lukas Zimmerli

Students’ intentions to practice primary care are associated with their motives to become doctors: a longitudinal study

Medical schools can contribute to the insufficient primary care physician workforce by influencing students’ career preferences. Primary care career choice evolves between matriculation and graduation and is i...

Authors: Eva Pfarrwaller, Lionel Voirol, Giovanni Piumatti, Mucyo Karemera, Johanna Sommer, Margaret W. Gerbase, Stéphane Guerrier and Anne Baroffio

Health care providers’ awareness on medical management of children with autism spectrum disorder: cross-sectional study in Russia

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a complex developmental range of conditions that involves difficulties with social interaction and restricted/repetitive behaviors. Unfortunately, health care providers often ...

Authors: Y. O. Mukhamedshina, R. A. Fayzullina, I. A. Nigmatullina, C. S. Rutland and V. V. Vasina

Variations of a group coaching intervention to support early-career biomedical researchers in Grant proposal development: a pragmatic, four-arm, group-randomized trial

Funded grant proposals provide biomedical researchers with the resources needed to build their research programs, support trainees, and advance public health. Studies using National Institutes of Health (NIH) ...

Authors: Anne Marie Weber-Main, Jeffrey Engler, Richard McGee, Marlene J. Egger, Harlan P. Jones, Christine V. Wood, Kristin Boman, Jiqiang Wu, Andrew K. Langi and Kolawole S. Okuyemi

Overcoming the language barrier: a novel curriculum for training medical students as volunteer medical interpreters

Over 41 million people in the United States speak Spanish as their primary language, of which 16 million have limited English proficiency (LEP). It is well-established that language barriers contribute to heal...

Authors: Erik S Carlson, Tatiana M Barriga, Dale Lobo, Guadalupe Garcia, Dayana Sanchez and Matthew Fitz

Benefits of semiology taught using near-peer tutoring are sustainable

Near-peer tutoring appears to be an efficient approach for teaching clinical skills. However, the clinical experience gained in the form of student medical internships may offset any interest in such tutoring ...

Authors: Benjamin Gripay, Thomas André, Marie De Laval, Brice Peneau, Alexandre Secourgeon, Nicolas Lerolle, Cédric Annweiler, Grégoire Justeau, Laurent Connan, Ludovic Martin and Loïc Bière

Communication in the face of death and dying - how does the encounter with death influence the patient management competence of medical students? An outcome-evaluation

As part of an elective course, the Interdisciplinary Centre for Palliative Medicine at Duesseldorf University Hospital offers medical students the opportunity to personally meet and talk to a seriously ill pat...

Authors: T. Thyson, M. Schallenburger, A. Scherg, A. Leister, J. Schwartz and M. Neukirchen

Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the clinical training of last year medical students in Mexico: a cross-sectional nationwide study

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented changes to medical education. However, no data are available regarding the impact the pandemic may have on medical training in Mexico. The aim of our study was t...

Authors: Maximiliano Servin-Rojas, Antonio Olivas-Martinez, Michelle Dithurbide-Hernandez, Julio Chavez-Vela, Vera L. Petricevich, Ignacio García-Juárez, Alice Gallo de Moraes and Benjamin Zendejas

‘I decided to attend to him because it’s my duty’: Student Nurses perception and attitude towards care of older adults

Nurses perception and attitude towards an older patient can positively or negatively influence the quality rendered. As students under training, the views of this population needs to be sought and shaped to im...

Authors: Priscilla Yeye Adumoah Attafuah, Ninon Amertil, Jacob Owusu Sarfo, David Atsu Deegbe, Delight Nyonator, Caleb Amponsah-Boama and Aaron A. Abuosi

E-learning and the virtual transformation of histopathology teaching during COVID-19: its impact on student learning experience and outcome

Medical and pathology education has gone through an immense transformation from traditional face-to-face teaching mode to virtual mode during the COVID-19 pandemic. This study evaluated the effectiveness of on...

Authors: Samantha Waugh, James Devin, Alfred King-Yin Lam and Vinod Gopalan

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

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

Training on involving cognitions and perceptions in the occupational health management and work disability assessment of workers: development and evaluation

In order to improve work participation of workers with a chronic disease, it is important for occupational health professionals (OHPs) to focus on those factors that can influence work participation. Cognition...

Authors: Mariska de Wit, Nina Zipfel, Bedra Horreh, Carel T. J. Hulshof, Haije Wind and Angela G. E. M. de Boer

Learning clinical reasoning in the workplace: a student perspective

Clinical reasoning is a core competency for every physician, as well as one of the most complex skills to learn. This study aims to provide insight into the perspective of learners by asking students about the...

Authors: Larissa IA Ruczynski, Marjolein HJ van de Pol, Bas JJW Schouwenberg, Roland FJM Laan and Cornelia RMG Fluit

A focus on the future of opioid prescribing: implementation of a virtual opioid and pain management module for medical students

The United States opioid epidemic is a devastating public health crisis fueled in part by physician prescribing. While the next generation of prescribers is crucial to the trajectory of the epidemic, medical s...

Authors: Jenna R. Adalbert and Asif M. Ilyas

Multiple stakeholder perspectives of factors influencing differential outcomes for ethnic minority students on health and social care placements: a qualitative exploration

Despite considerable efforts there continues to be a degree awarding gap within the United Kingdom (UK) between the proportion of White British students receiving higher classifications, compared to ethnic min...

Authors: Julie Nightingale, Jackie Parkin, Pete Nelson, Shirley Masterson-Ng, Jacqui Brewster, Temitope Labinjo, Deborah Amoakoh, David Lomas, Ifrah Salih and Deborah Harrop

Comparison of OSCE performance between 6- and 7-year medical school curricula in Taiwan

The year 2013 marks a watershed in the history of medical education in Taiwan. Following Taiwan’s Taskforce of Medical School Curriculum Reform recommendations, the medical school curriculum was reduced from 7...

Authors: Jr-Wei Wu, Hao-Min Cheng, Shiau-Shian Huang, Jen-Feng Liang, Chia-Chang Huang, Ling-Yu Yang, Boaz Shulruf, Ying-Ying Yang, Chen-Huan Chen, Ming-Chih Hou and Wayne Huey-Herng Sheu