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Defining and tracking medical student self-monitoring using multiple-choice question item certainty

Self-monitoring is an important component of clinical practice. It is underpinned by the framework of self-efficacy which is concerned with judgments of how well one believes one can achieve or perform a task....

Authors: Mike Tweed, Gordon Purdie and Tim Wilkinson

Why should medical students (not) be recruited to care for patients with COVID-19?

Worldwide it is being discussed whether medical students might be of help during the present COVID-19 epidemic. Although this question is probably a legitimate one, one should however discuss this thoroughly b...

Authors: Ivan Bank and Marjo Wijnen-Meijer

Distance learning in clinical medical education amid COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan: current situation, challenges, and perspectives

As COVID-19 has been declared as a pandemic disease by the WHO on March 11th, 2020, the global incidence of COVID-19 disease increased dramatically. In response to the COVID-19 situation, Jordan announced the ...

Authors: Mahmoud Al-Balas, Hasan Ibrahim Al-Balas, Hatim M. Jaber, Khaled Obeidat, Hamzeh Al-Balas, Emad A. Aborajooh, Raed Al-Taher and Bayan Al-Balas

Education is an important factor in end-of-life care: results from a survey of Brazilian physicians’ attitudes and knowledge in end-of-life medicine

According to the Latin America Association for palliative care, Brazil offers only 0.48 palliative care services per 1 million inhabitants. In 2012, no accredited physicians were working in palliative care, wh...

Authors: Thais Ioshimoto, Danielle Ioshimoto Shitara, Gilmar Fernades do Prado, Raymon Pizzoni, Rafael Hennemann Sassi and Aécio Flávio Teixeira de Gois

Validation of the French translation of the Dutch residency educational climate test

The learning environment is one of the most influential factors in training of medical residents. The Dutch Residency Educational Climate Test (D-RECT) is one of the strongest instruments for measuring the lea...

Authors: Mohamed Anass Majbar, Yassin Majbar, Amine Benkabbou, Laila Amrani, Abdeslam Bougtab, Raouf Mohsine and Amine Souadka

Long-term impact of undergraduate community-based clinical training on community healthcare practice in Japan: a cross-sectional study

Community-based medical education (CBME) has been evolving globally. However, the long-term impacts of CBME programs on career intention are ambiguous. Therefore, this study aimed to reveal the long-term impac...

Authors: Shinsuke Yahata, Taro Takeshima, Tsuneaki Kenzaka and Masanobu Okayama

Needs assessment for a curriculum for difficult conversations -a survey from 5 Chinese accredited neurology residency training programs

Communication skill is a core competency in neurology residency training. Specific training in this area at the residency level is often lacking, especially regarding difficult conversations. The aim of this s...

Authors: Lixin Zhou, Bo Wu, Liyong Wu, Xin Cheng, Bo Hu, Ming Yao, Yicheng Zhu, Bin Peng, Liying Cui and Jun Ni

The role of 3D printed models in the teaching of human anatomy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Three-dimensional (3D) printing is an emerging technology widely used in medical education. However, its role in the teaching of human anatomy needs further evaluation.

Authors: Zhen Ye, Aishe Dun, Hanming Jiang, Cuifang Nie, Shulian Zhao, Tao Wang and Jing Zhai

Motivations of assessment item writers in medical programs: a qualitative study

The challenge of generating sufficient quality items for medical student examinations is a common experience for medical program coordinators. Faculty development strategies are commonly used, but there is lit...

Authors: Sowmiya Karthikeyan, Elizabeth O’Connor and Wendy Hu

Barriers to obtaining reliable results from evaluations of teaching quality in undergraduate medical education

Medical education is characterized by numerous features that are different from other higher education programmes, and evaluations of teaching quality are an integral part of medical education. Although schola...

Authors: Zemiao Zhang, Qi Wu, Xinping Zhang, Juyang Xiong, Lan Zhang and Hong Le

Responsiveness to societal needs in postgraduate medical education: the role of accreditation

Social accountability in medical education has been defined as an obligation to direct education, research, and service activities toward the most important health concerns of communities, regions, and nations...

Authors: Ingrid Philibert and Danielle Blouin

Evaluation of continuous quality improvement in accreditation for medical education

Accreditation systems are based on a number of principles and purposes that vary across jurisdictions. Decision making about accreditation governance suffers from a paucity of evidence. This paper evaluates th...

Authors: Nesibe Akdemir, Linda N. Peterson, Craig M. Campbell and Fedde Scheele

Effective accreditation in postgraduate medical education: from process to outcomes and back

The accreditation of medical educational programs is thought to be important in supporting program improvement, ensuring the quality of the education, and promoting diversity, equity, and population health. It...

Authors: Glen Bandiera, Jason Frank, Fedde Scheele, Jolanta Karpinski and Ingrid Philibert

A “fit for purpose” framework for medical education accreditation system design

Accreditation is a key feature of many medical education systems, helping to ensure that programs teach and assess learners according to applicable standards, provide optimal learning environments, and produce...

Authors: Sarah Taber, Nesibe Akdemir, Lisa Gorman, Marta van Zanten and Jason R. Frank

The role of accreditation in 21st century health professions education: report of an International Consensus Group

Accreditation is considered an essential ingredient for an effective system of health professions education (HPE) globally. While accreditation systems exist in various forms worldwide, there has been little w...

Authors: Jason R. Frank, Sarah Taber, Marta van Zanten, Fedde Scheele and Danielle Blouin

The essential enterprise: the critical role of accreditation in the 21st century

Authors: Jason R. Frank, Sarah Taber, Marta van Zanten, Fedde Scheele and Danielle Blouin

Pre-graduation medical training including virtual reality during COVID-19 pandemic: a report on students’ perception

The Coronavirus Disease 19 (COVID-19) pandemic brought significant disruption to in-hospital medical training. Virtual reality simulating the clinical environment has the potential to overcome this issue and c...

Authors: Roberto De Ponti, Jacopo Marazzato, Andrea M. Maresca, Francesca Rovera, Giulio Carcano and Marco M. Ferrario

Grading reflective essays: the reliability of a newly developed tool- GRE-9

The main objective of this study is the development of a short reliable easy-to-use assessment tool in the aim of providing feedback to the reflective writings of medical students and residents.

Authors: Nisrine N. Makarem, Basem R. Saab, Grace Maalouf, Umayya Musharafieh, Fadila Naji, Diana Rahme and Dayana Brome

Comparison of different feedback modalities for the training of procedural skills in Oral and maxillofacial surgery: a blinded, randomized and controlled study

The feedback given to students plays an important role in their efficiency related to learning practical skills. In the present study, diverse feedback modalities have been investigated. Our hypothesis is that...

Authors: Lukas B. Seifert, Carlos Herrera-Vizcaino, Philipp Herguth, Jasmina Sterz and Robert Sader

Regional education on endoscopic surgery using a teleconference system with high-quality video via the internet: Saga surgical videoconferences

Effective education about endoscopic surgery (ES) is greatly needed for unskilled surgeons, especially at low-volume institutions, to maintain the safety of patients. We have tried to establish the remote educ...

Authors: Tatsuya Manabe, Mitsuhiro Takasaki, Takao Ide, Kenji Kitahara, Seiji Sato, Seiji Yunotani, Yoshimi Hirohashi, Akihiro Iyama, Masahiko Taniguchi, Toshiro Ogata, Shuji Shimizu and Hirokazu Noshiro

Medical interns’ reflections on their training in use of personal protective equipment

The current COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated that personal protective equipment (PPE) is essential, to prevent the acquisition and transmission of infectious diseases, yet its use is often sub-optimal in the...

Authors: Ruth Barratt, Mary Wyer, Su-yin Hor and Gwendolyn L. Gilbert

Professional development arising from multiple-site workplace learning: boundary crossing between the education and clinical contexts

This research explores the value of an inter-organisational jurisdiction, on the professional development of faculty members in their roles of researcher and educator. Faculty members from a Dutch university o...

Authors: Margot Barry, Wietske Kuijer-Siebelink, Loek A. F. M. Niewenhuis and Nynke Scherpbier

CLASSIE teaching – using virtual reality to incorporate medical ethics into clinical decision making

Teaching medical ethics (ME) in the clinical environment is often difficult, uncalibrated and medical students get variable exposure to skilled educators. Explicit discussion of ethical dimensions of patient m...

Authors: Adrienne Torda

Variability of residents’ ratings of faculty’s teaching performance measured by five- and seven-point response scales

Medical faculty’s teaching performance is often measured using residents’ feedback, collected by questionnaires. Researchers extensively studied the psychometric qualities of resulting ratings. However, these ...

Authors: Maarten P. M. Debets, Renée A. Scheepers, Benjamin C. M. Boerebach, Onyebuchi A. Arah and Kiki M. J. M. H. Lombarts

A novel structure for online surgical undergraduate teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic necessitated the delivery of online higher education. Online learning is a novel experience for medical education in Sri Lanka. A novel approach to undergraduate surgical learning was tak...

Authors: P. C. Chandrasinghe, R. C. Siriwardana, S. K. Kumarage, B.N.L Munasinghe, A. Weerasuriya, S. Tillakaratne, D. Pinto, B. Gunathilake and F. R. Fernando

Application of a classroom-based positive psychology education course for Chinese medical students to increase their psychological well-being: a pilot study

Anxiety and depression have been increasing among Chinese medical students. The psychological well-being of Chinese medical students has become a critical focus of attention for the medical education community...

Authors: Xiao-Qin Zhang, Bao-Shuai Zhang and Meng-Die Wang

Active involvement of patients in pharmacist education has a positive impact on students’ perspective: a pilot study

Patient-led education contributes to the implementation of practical experience of working with patients in health care professional curricula. There are few descriptions of patients’ involvement in pharmacist...

Authors: Caroline Hache, Stéphane Honoré and Guillaume Hache

Has teaching about intellectual disability healthcare in Australian medical schools improved? A 20-year comparison of curricula audits

People with intellectual disability (ID) have multiple and complex health needs, more frequent healthcare episodes, and experience poorer health outcomes. Research conducted two decades ago showed that medical...

Authors: Julian N. Trollor, Claire Eagleson, Beth Ruffell, Jane Tracy, Jennifer J. Torr, Seeta Durvasula, Teresa Iacono, Rachael C. Cvejic and Nicholas Lennox

Relationship between level of empathy during residency training and perception of professionalism climate

Empathy is one of the vital personality attributes for all physicians. It is essential for establishing general interpersonal relationships among doctors and patients. Unfortunately, there is evidence for the ...

Authors: Aliya B. Aziz and Syeda Kauser Ali

Value and feasibility of South-South Medical Elective Exchanges in Africa

An elective is part of the curriculum where students have the flexibility to choose both the study topic and location. International medical electives are a well-established part of curricula at most medical s...

Authors: Katy Daniels, Emma Thomson, Faith Nawagi and Maaike Flinkenflögel

Informed self-assessment versus preceptor evaluation: a comparative study of pediatric procedural skills acquisition of fifth year medical students

Simulation training is widely used in medical education as students rarely perform clinical procedures, and confidence can influence practitioners’ ability to perform procedures. Thus, this study assessed stud...

Authors: Muhammed Elhadi, Hazem Ahmed, Ala Khaled, Wejdan K. Almahmoudi, Samah S. Atllah, Ahmed Elhadi and Hamida Esahli

Differences in clerkship development between public and private Brazilian medical schools: an overview

Around the world, it is very expensive to become a physician. Although public medical schools are less expensive than private medical schools, tuition fees are charged at public medical schools in the majority...

Authors: Mauricio Braz Zanolli, Derly Silva Streit, Dione Tavares Maciel, Evelin Massae Ogata Muraguchi, Milton Arruda Martins and Iolanda Fátima Lopes Calvo Tibério

Faculty perceptions of student plagiarism and interventions to tackle it: a multiphase mixed-methods study in Qatar

The widespread use of the internet and other digital resources has contributed to the escalation of plagiarism among medical students and students of other healthcare professions. Concerns were raised by facul...

Authors: Mai A. Mahmoud, Ziyad R. Mahfoud, Ming-Jung Ho and John Shatzer

Learning outcomes of a flipped classroom teaching approach in an adult-health nursing course: a quasi-experimental study

New teaching strategies must be developed not only to enhance nurse’s competence but also to allow nurses to respond to the complex health care needs of today’s society. The purpose of this study was to explor...

Authors: Jun-Yu Fan, Ying-Jung Tseng, Li-Fen Chao, Shiah-Lian Chen and Sui-Whi Jane

Performance of China’s new medical licensing examination for rural general practice

To evaluate the performance of China’s new medical licensing examination (MLE) for rural general practice, which determines the number of qualified doctors who can provide primary care for China’s rural reside...

Authors: Xinxin Han, Xiaotong Li, Liang Cheng, Zhuoqing Wu and Jiming Zhu

Impact of panelists’ experience on script concordance test scores of medical students

The evaluation process of French medical students will evolve in the next few years in order to improve assessment validity. Script concordance testing (SCT) offers the possibility to assess medical knowledge ...

Authors: Olivier Peyrony, Alice Hutin, Jennifer Truchot, Raphaël Borie, David Calvet, Adrien Albaladejo, Yousrah Baadj, Pierre-Emmanuel Cailleaux, Martin Flamant, Clémence Martin, Jonathan Messika, Alexandre Meunier, Mariana Mirabel, Victoria Tea, Xavier Treton, Sylvie Chevret…

How to assess? Perceptions and preferences of undergraduate medical students concerning traditional assessment methods

Medical students’ perception of traditional assessments have an important impact on their approaches to learning. Even though these assessment formats such as Multiple-Choice Question (MCQ), Short Answer Quest...

Authors: Anita Holzinger, Stefan Lettner, Verena Steiner-Hofbauer and Meskuere Capan Melser

Supporting migrants and refugees with posttraumatic stress disorder: development, pilot implementation, and pilot evaluation of a continuing interprofessional education for healthcare providers

Refugees and migrants face an increased risk of developing posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Adequate care can be insufficient due to language barriers, cultural differences, and knowledge deficits of heal...

Authors: Stefan Jobst, Matthias Windeisen, Alexander Wuensch, Michael Meng and Christiane Kugler

The Sandwich principle: assessing the didactic effect in lectures on “cleft lips and palates”

A teaching concept, that takes individual learning and personal belongings into account, is called the “sandwich principle.” This didactic method is an educational concept that alternates consecutively between...

Authors: Anna Bock, Bianca Idzko-Siekermann, Martin Lemos, Kristian Kniha, Stephan Christian Möhlhenrich, Florian Peters, Frank Hölzle and Ali Modabber

Adaptive tutorials versus web-based resources in radiology: a mixed methods analysis in junior doctors of efficacy and engagement

Radiology education is limited in undergraduate Medicine programs. Junior doctors might not have the necessary background to effectively order and interpret diagnostic imaging investigations. Furthermore, juni...

Authors: Stuart W. T. Wade, Michelle Moscova, Nicodemus Tedla, Daniel A. Moses, Noel Young, Merribel Kyaw and Gary M. Velan

Knowledge of CT exposure parameters among Norwegian student radiographers

Improvements in the competency levels of student radiographers in computed tomography examinations (CT) are important due to the increasing number of these examinations being undertaken in imaging departments....

Authors: Sundaran Kada

The effect of a stress and anxiety coping program on objective structured clinical examination performance among nursing students in shiraz, Iran

Evaluation of the competence and practical skills of nursing students, using the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE), is an integral part of the nursing education program. However, their performan...

Authors: Sadaf Mojarrab, Leila Bazrafkan and Azita Jaberi

Step-by-step teaching method: improving learning outcomes of undergraduate dental students in layering techniques for direct composite resin restorations

Layering techniques for direct composite resin restorations might be complicated for inexperienced learners, as a number of materials and instruments are required at each step. The present study aimed to compa...

Authors: Jia-xue Yuan, Ke-yu Yang, Jing Ma, Zhen-zhen Wang, Qing-yu Guo and Fei Liu

Championing women working in health across regional and rural Australia – a new dual-mentorship model

Mentoring is a critical component of career development and job satisfaction leading to a healthier workforce and more productive outputs. However, there are limited data on mentorship models in regional areas...

Authors: Teresa M. Wozniak, Esther Miller, Kevin J. Williams and Amelia Pickering

Evaluation of an educational concept for risk-oriented prevention in undergraduate dental education

Aim of this observational study with a three-month follow-up was to evaluate an educational concept for risk-oriented prevention applied by fifth-year undergraduate dental students.

Authors: Gerhard Schmalz, Felix Krause, Martin Grzelkowski, Cordula Merle, Daisy Rotzoll, Rainer Haak and Dirk Ziebolz

Qualitative evaluation of the general practitioner chronic non-communicable diseases training programme

In China, general practitioners have limited ability to provide care for common chronic non-communicable diseases because they lack postgraduate training. In an attempt to improve general practitioners’ skills...

Authors: Chunyu Zhang, Fang Fang, Mingqiang Peng, Ying Zhao, Ruixue Liu and Cunbo Jia

Stress, anxiety, self-efficacy, and the meanings that physical therapy students attribute to their experience with an objective structured clinical examination

Excessive stress and anxiety can impair learning. The objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) is a valuable tool to assess and promote the acquisition of clinical skills. However, significant OSCE-rel...

Authors: Érica de Matos Reis Ferreira, Rafael Zambelli Pinto, Paula Maria Machado Arantes, Érica Leandro Marciano Vieira, Antônio Lúcio Teixeira, Fabiane Ribeiro Ferreira and Daniela Virgínia Vaz

Burnout level and associated factors in a sub-Saharan African medical setting: prospective cross-sectional survey

Burnout in the hospital environment is a problem that affects care and training. Often explored in the high-income medical context, burnout is poorly studied in low and middle-income countries characterized by...

Authors: Jean-Rodolphe Mackanga, Emeline Gracia Mouendou Mouloungui, Josaphat Iba-ba, Pierre Pottier, Jean-Baptiste Moussavou Kombila and Jean-Bruno Boguikouma

Evaluation of a novel intervention to reduce burnout in doctors-in-training using self-care and digital wellbeing strategies: a mixed-methods pilot

Burnout for doctors-in-training is increasingly cause for concern. Our objectives were to assess the feasibility, acceptability and impact of a novel intervention to reduce burnout and improve wellbeing. This ...

Authors: Antonia Rich, Amira Aly, Marta E. Cecchinato, Laura Lascau, Magdalen Baker, Rowena Viney and Anna L. Cox

Assessment of the effect of application of an educational wiki in flipped classroom on students’ achievement and satisfaction

Active participation in group assignments is an invaluable way to realize collaborative learning; however, there are several challenges attributed to the traditional way of doing group assignments. This study ...

Authors: Ali Ahmadian Khoynaroud, Amirhossein Akbarzadeh, Morteza Ghojazadeh and Saeideh Ghaffarifar