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Curriculum initiatives to enhance research skills acquisition by medical students: a scoping review

Although it is accepted that providing medical students with opportunities to engage in research activity is beneficial, little data has been collated on how medical degree curricula may address this issue. Th...

Authors: Crea Carberry, Geoff McCombe, Helen Tobin, Diarmuid Stokes, Jason Last, Gerard Bury and Walter Cullen

Training needs assessment: tool utilization and global impact

Global demand for standardized assessment of training needs and evaluation of professional continuing education programs across the healthcare workforce has led to various instrumentation efforts. The Hennessy...

Authors: Adelais Markaki, Shreya Malhotra, Rebecca Billings and Lisa Theus

Design and evaluation of a learning assignment in the undergraduate medical curricula on the four dimensions of care: a mixed method study

Chronic and palliative care are rapidly gaining importance within the physician’s range of duties. In this context, it is important to address the four dimensions of care: physical, psychological, social, and ...

Authors: Jolien Pieters, Daniëlle M. L. Verstegen, Diana H. J. M. Dolmans, Franca C. Warmenhoven and Marieke H. J. van den Beuken - van Everdingen

Application of PDCA cycle management for postgraduate medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic

The COVID-19 outbreak has exerted an enormous impact on various industries worldwide. During this pandemic, clinical teaching hospitals have faced unprecedented challenges regarding the management of postgradu...

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

A preliminary study on applying holistic health care model on medical education behavioral intention: a theoretical perspective of planned behavior

This study aimed to apply the theory of planned behavior to identify the medical education behavioral intention of holistic healthcare on teachers and students who influence the medical and healthcare professi...

Authors: Liang-Miin Tsai and Yu-Hua Yan

Medical education reform in Tajikistan: comparison of the conventional one-year family medicine residency program and the new two-year residency program for postgraduate medical education

The last two decades have seen a shift in former Soviet countries from highly specialized to more family medicine-focused systems. Medical education has slowly adjusted to these reforms, although the region is...

Authors: Leah F. Bohle, Edgar Valencia, Greta Ross, Davlyatova Dilbar Dzhabarovna, Shakhlo N. Yarbaeva, Zukhra A. Kasymova and Helen Prytherch

Whole consultation simulation in undergraduate surgical education: a breast clinic case study

Safe and effective clinical outcomes (SECO) clinics enable medical students to integrate clinical knowledge and skills within simulated environments. This realistic format may better prepare students for clini...

Authors: Alice Lee, Dalia Abdulhussein, Mohammad Fallaha, Olivia Buckeldee, Rory Morrice and Kathleen Leedham-Green

Mental health education in undergraduate medical curricula across Nepalese universities

Mental and substance use disorders account for 30 % of the non-fatal disease burden and 10 % of the overall disease burden but the treatment gap is daunting. With just one psychiatrist per 200,000 populations ...

Authors: Kedar Marahatta, Sagun Ballav Pant, Madhur Basnet, Pawan Sharma, Ajay Risal and Saroj Prasad Ojha

RE-AIMing COVID-19 online learning for medical students: a massive open online course evaluation

Clinical training during the COVID-19 pandemic is high risk for medical students. Medical schools in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) have limited capacity to develop resources in the face of rapidly de...

Authors: Yusuf Yilmaz, Ozlem Sarikaya, Yesim Senol, Zeynep Baykan, Ozan Karaca, Nilufer Demiral Yilmaz, Levent Altintas, Arif Onan and İskender Sayek

Teaching the social determinants of health through medical legal partnerships: a systematic review

Undergraduate and graduate medical education often includes the social determinants of health, but questions remain regarding how best to ensure that trainees become empowered to take action on the social dete...

Authors: Kristian Welch, Benjamin Robinson, Michaela Lieberman Martin, Amy Salerno and Drew Harris

Medical students’ preclinical service-learning experience and its effects on empathy in clinical training

Service learning (SL) is an educational methodology presumed to help medical students be more empathetic and compassionate. We longitudinally investigated the level of empathy in medical students and how precl...

Authors: Yi-Sheng Yang, Pei-Chin Liu, Yung Kai Lin, Chia-Der Lin, Der-Yuan Chen and Blossom Yen-Ju Lin

Influence of national culture on mentoring relationship: a qualitative study of Japanese physician-scientists

Nurturing of physician-scientists is an important mission of academic medical institutes. Although the importance of mentorship in developing future physician-scientists internationally is well established, no...

Authors: Haruo Obara, Takuya Saiki, Rintaro Imafuku, Kazuhiko Fujisaki and Yasuyuki Suzuki

How medical students cope with stress: a cross-sectional look at strategies and their sociodemographic antecedents

Medical training can be highly stressful for students and negatively impact their mental health. Important to this matter are the types of coping strategies (and their antecedents) medical students use, which ...

Authors: Adam Neufeld and Greg Malin

A multi-site study on the impact of an advance care planning workshop on attitudes, beliefs and behavioural intentions over a 6-month period

This study evaluated the impact of the adapted version of the Respecting Choices® The Living Matters Advance Care Planning (ACP) facilitator training programme on trainees’ attitudes on facilitation 6 months p...

Authors: C. C. Yu, E. J. Koh, J. A. Low, M. L. Ong, A. G. H. Sim, D. Y. Q. Hong, R. Chong, J. Low and R. Ng

Mismatch of corneal specialists’ expectations and keratoconus knowledge in general ophthalmologists - a prospective observational study in Switzerland

To assess whether Swiss general ophthalmologists have the minimal keratoconus knowledge that corneal specialists would expect them to have.

Authors: Philipp B. Baenninger, Lucas M. Bachmann, Katja C. Iselin, Oliver A. Pfaeffli, Claude Kaufmann, Michael A. Thiel and Gerd Gigerenzer

Use of an evidence-based health portal to improve teaching and learning in primary care: a mixed methods evaluation

Worldwide, primary care is for most people the gateway into many health systems. Offering solutions to the demands of the communities served requires the constant preparation of professionals, especially docto...

Authors: José Roberto Bittencourt Costa, Luiz Anastacio Alves, Anael Viana Pinto Alberto and Cristina Alves Magalhães de Souza

Microsurgical training course for clinicians and scientists: a 10-year experience at the Münster University Hospital

Microsurgical techniques are an important part of clinical and experimental research. Here we present our step-by-step microsurgery training course developed at the Münster University Hospital. The goal of thi...

Authors: Mazen A. Juratli, Felix Becker, Daniel Palmes, Sandra Stöppeler, Ralf Bahde, Linus Kebschull, Hans-Ullrich Spiegel and Jens P. Hölzen

Challenges in PhD education due to COVID-19 - disrupted supervision or business as usual: a cross-sectional survey of Swedish biomedical sciences graduate students

It remains unclear to what extent the SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 pandemic disrupted the normal progression of biomedical and medical science graduate programs and if there was a lasting impact on the quality and quan...

Authors: Emma Börgeson, Matus Sotak, Jamie Kraft, Grace Bagunu, Christina Biörserud and Stephan Lange

The roles of emotional intelligence, neuroticism, and academic stress on the relationship between psychological distress and burnout in medical students

Stress and burnout commonly threaten the mental health of medical students in Malaysia and elsewhere. This study aimed to explore the interrelations of psychological distress, emotional intelligence, personali...

Authors: Muhamad Saiful Bahri Yusoff, Siti Nurma Hanim Hadie and Mohd Azhar Mohd Yasin

A systematic scoping review of approaches to teaching and assessing empathy in medicine

Empathy is pivotal to effective clinical care. Yet, the art of nurturing and assessing empathy in medical schools is rarely consistent and poorly studied. To inform future design of programs aimed at nurturing...

Authors: Yi Cheng Zhou, Shien Ru Tan, Chester Guan Hao Tan, Matthew Song Peng Ng, Kia Hui Lim, Lorraine Hui En Tan, Yun Ting Ong, Clarissa Wei Shuen Cheong, Annelissa Mien Chew Chin, Min Chiam, Elisha Wan Ying Chia, Crystal Lim, Limin Wijaya, Anupama Roy Chowdhury, Jin Wei Kwek, Warren Fong…

One change, different effects: the impacts of reducing clerkship length

Medical school curricula are constantly evolving and change has potential positive and negative effects. At East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine, a broader understanding of the effects o...

Authors: Blair A. Reece, K. Ramsey McGowen, Kenneth E. Olive and Catherine R. Peeples

Self-worth and bonding emotions are related to well-being in health-care providers: a cross-sectional study

Interacting with patients can elicit a myriad of emotions in health-care providers. This may result in satisfaction or put providers at risk for stress-related conditions such as burnout. The present study att...

Authors: Sonja Weilenmann, Ulrich Schnyder, Nina Keller, Claudio Corda, Tobias R. Spiller, Fabio Brugger, Brian Parkinson, Roland von Känel and Monique C. Pfaltz

An online discussion between students and teachers: a way forward for meaningful teacher feedback?

Student evaluation is an essential component in feedback processes in faculty and learner development. Ease of use and low cost have made paper evaluation forms a popular method within teaching programmes, but...

Authors: Agra Dilshani Hunukumbure, Philippa Jane Horner, Jonathan Fox and Viral Thakerar

Assessing the validity of an OSCE developed to assess rare, emergent or complex clinical conditions in endocrinology & metabolism

Assessment of emergent, rare or complex medical conditions in Endocrinology and Metabolism (E&M) is an integral component of training. However, data is lacking on how this could be best achieved. The purpose o...

Authors: Stephanie Dizon, Janine C Malcolm, Jan-Joost Rethans and Debra Pugh

Development of a European competency framework for health and other professionals to support behaviour change in persons self-managing chronic disease

Healthcare and other professionals are expected to support behaviour change in people living with chronic disease. However, effective behaviour change interventions are largely absent in routine encounters. Th...

Authors: Mara Pereira Guerreiro, Judith Strawbridge, Afonso Miguel Cavaco, Isa Brito Félix, Marta Moreira Marques and Cathal Cadogan

A study of Chinese medical students’ communication pattern in delivering bad news: an ethnographic discourse analysis approach

Breaking bad news is inevitable for prospective doctors, it is important for medical students to learn how to humanely communicate devastating news to patients. This study explores the discourse strategies use...

Authors: Jack Pun

Qualitative exploration of medical student experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic: implications for medical education

During the Covid-19 pandemic medical students were offered paid roles as medical student healthcare assistants. Anecdotal reports suggested that students found this experience rich for learning. Previous studi...

Authors: Helen Nolan and Katherine Owen

Otoskills training during covid-19 pandemic: a before-after study

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the surgical training of residents. There is a real concern that trainees will not be able to meet their training requirements. Low-fidelity surgical simulation appe...

Authors: Maxime Fieux, Antoine Gavoille, Fabien Subtil, Sophie Bartier and Stéphane Tringali

A mixed methods evaluation of a 4-week geriatrics curriculum in strengthening knowledge and comfort among orthopaedic surgery residents

In 2014, the University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine implemented a 4-week “Orthogeriatrics” rotation for orthopaedic surgery residents. We sought to assess the rotation’s impact on trainees’ knowledge, attit...

Authors: Adrian C H Chan, Victoria Chuen, Andrew Perrella, Guillaume Limfat, Karen Ng and Vicky Chau

A qualitative study exploring contributors to the success of a community of practice in rehabilitation

Communities of Practice (CoPs) focus on learning, knowledge sharing, and creation, and research indicates they can improve healthcare performance. This article describes the development of a CoP that focused o...

Authors: Jennifer L. Moore, Cato Bjørkli, Richard Tidemann Havdahl, Linn Lien Lømo, Mari Midthaug, Marita Skjuve, Mari Klokkerud and Jan E. Nordvik

PICU Passport: Pilot study of a handheld resident curriculum

To explore the impact of an educational tool designed to streamline resident learning during their pediatric intensive care (PICU) rotations.

Authors: Adrian D. Zurca, Conrad Krawiec, Daniel McKeone, Adil Z. Solaiman, Brandon M. Smith and Gary D. Ceneviva

Culinary nutrition course equips future physicians to educate patients on a healthy diet: an interventional pilot study

Poor-quality diet is associated with one in five deaths globally. In the United States, it is the leading cause of death, representing a bigger risk factor than even smoking. For many, education on a healthy d...

Authors: Nathan I. Wood, Rebecca D. Gleit and Diane L. Levine

Career-computer simulation increases perceived importance of learning about rare diseases

Rare diseases may be defined as occurring in less than 1 in 2000 patients. Such conditions are, however, so numerous that up to 5.9% of the population is afflicted by a rare disease. The gambling industry atte...

Authors: Babak Sarrafpour, Shwetha Hegde, Eduardo Delamare, Ruth Weeks, Rebecca A. Denham, Alix Thoeming and Hans Zoellner

Development and evaluation of an integrated diabetes-periodontitis nutrition and health education module

A good understanding of the bi-directional relationship between diabetes and periodontitis is essential to ensure the successful management of both diseases. This study aimed to develop and evaluate an integra...

Authors: Nor Aini Jamil, Shin Hwa Chau, Nabihah Iman Abdul Razak, Iffa Izzwani Shamsul Kamar, Shahida Mohd-Said, Haslina Rani and Mohd Jamil Sameeha

Training interns in nutrition and dietetics: a cross-sectional study of the barriers and motivators to being a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist preceptor

As is common across the health professions, training of Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDNs) requires experiential learning for interns/students to gain skills and demonstrate entry-level competency. Prec...

Authors: Andrea M. Hutchins, Donna M. Winham, Jinette P. Fellows and Michelle M. Heer

Flipped classroom combined with case-based learning is an effective teaching modality in nephrology clerkship

The flipped classroom (FC) is recognized as an effective teaching approaches by emphasizing on the development of high-order abilities; however, the implementation of FC has not been well explored in nephrolog...

Authors: Fuye Yang, Wanbing Lin and Yan Wang

Professional satisfaction of health professional undergraduates and influencing factors in Hebei province, China

Professional satisfaction of health professional students can impact on their medical professional achievement. Understanding the professional satisfaction of health professional students and identifying its r...

Authors: Yatian Liu, Xiaofeng Sun, Yuqi Yuan, Ye Zhang, Jieru Liu, Yufan Duan and Longmei Tang

A physician assistant entry-level doctoral degree: more harm than good?

As most health professions in the United States have adopted clinical or practice doctorates, there has been an ongoing debate on whether physician assistants (PAs) should transition from a master’s to a docto...

Authors: Violet Kulo, Shani Fleming, Karen L. Gordes, Hyun-Jin Jun, James F. Cawley and Gerald Kayingo

The role of undergraduate medical students training in respect for patient confidentiality

Encouraging professional integrity is vital for providing a standard of excellence in quality medical care and education and in promoting a culture of respect and responsibility. The primary objective of this ...

Authors: Cristina M Beltran-Aroca, Rafael Ruiz-Montero, Fernando Labella and Eloy Girela-López

Medical students’ experience with accessing medical records in Saudi Arabia: a descriptive study

Medical students can enhance their knowledge by accessing patients’ medical records and documenting patient care. This study assessed medical students’ access to paper medical records and electronic health rec...

Authors: Jwaher A. Almulhem

Use of simulation in teaching haematological aspects to undergraduate medical students improves student’s knowledge related to the taught theoretical underpinnings

Simulation is an educational method which has several modalities and applications. In the last few decades Simulation-Based Medical Education (SBME) has become a significant influence in medical education. Des...

Authors: Laila Alsuwaidi, Jorgen Kristensen, Amar HK and Saba Al Heialy

Virtual patients reflecting the clinical reality of primary care – a useful tool to improve cultural competence

Virtual patients are educational tools that may be described as case-based interactive computer simulations of clinical scenarios. In terms of learning outcomes, improved clinical reasoning skills and knowledg...

Authors: Erica Rothlind, Uno Fors, Helena Salminen, Per Wändell and Solvig Ekblad

Let’s ask the patient – composition and validation of a questionnaire for patients’ feedback to medical students

Adequate communication and maintaining a patient-centered approach throughout patient encounters are important skills for medical students to develop. Feedback is often provided by clinical teachers. Patients ...

Authors: Karin Björklund, Terese Stenfors, Gunnar H. Nilsson, Hassan Alinaghizadeh and Charlotte Leanderson

Correction to: Medical students’ attitudes towards careers in primary care in Singapore

Authors: Humairah Zainal and Helen Elizabeth Smith

The experiences, attitudes and understanding of research amongst medical students at an Australian medical school

Research engagement plays an integral role in developing clinicians that practice effective, evidence-based medicine. Research participation by clinicians, however, is declining. Given the link between researc...

Authors: Jaidyn Muhandiramge, Tony Vu, Megan J. Wallace and Eva Segelov

Why clinical training in China should improve: a cross-sectional study of MD graduates

China is experiencing major medical education reforms that include establishing national training standards, standards for health professionals, and advanced health delivery system requirements. Graduate medic...

Authors: Xiaoning Zhang, Chong Li, Cailing Yue, Xue Jiang, Junli Cao and Olle ten Cate

Stigma about mental disease in Portuguese medical students: a cross-sectional study

The stigma about mental diseases is common in the population and also in medical students, where it may condition their future practice and the way they deal with these patients.

Authors: Ana-Raquel Moreira, Maria-Joao Oura and Paulo Santos

A Q-method approach to perceptions of professional reasoning in occupational therapy undergraduates

Professional reasoning provides a firm basis for the development of teaching and assessment strategies to support the acquisition of skills by healthcare students. Nevertheless, occupational therapy educators ...

Authors: Luis-Javier Márquez-Álvarez, José-Ignacio Calvo-Arenillas, Estíbaliz Jiménez-Arberas, Miguel-Ángel Talavera-Valverde, Ana-Isabel Souto-Gómez and Pedro Moruno-Miralles

Are different medical school admission tests associated with the outcomes of a simulation-based OSCE?

Medical school admission procedures have the common goal to select applicants with the greatest potential of becoming successful physicians. Hamburg Medical Faculty selects medical students by grade point aver...

Authors: Lisa Bußenius and Sigrid Harendza

Clinical teachers’ perceptions of role modeling: a qualitative study

Role modeling has been significantly considered in medical education in recent decades. In the clinical course, students learn necessary skills and accordingly their professional identity is formed by observin...

Authors: Elaheh Mohammadi, Azim Mirzazadeh, Hooman Shahsavari and Amir Ali Sohrabpour