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  1. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20(Suppl 1):309
    Content type: Review Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 20 Supplement 1

  2. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20(Suppl 1):308
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 20 Supplement 1

  3. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20(Suppl 1):307
    Content type: Review Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 20 Supplement 1

  4. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20(Suppl 1):306
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    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 20 Supplement 1

  5. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20(Suppl 1):305
    Content type: Research Published on:

    This article is part of a Supplement: Volume 20 Supplement 1

  7. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:332
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  8. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:331
    Content type: Technical advance Published on:

  9. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:330
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  10. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:329
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  11. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:328
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  12. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:327
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  14. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:325
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  15. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:324
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  16. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:323
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  17. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:322
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  18. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:321
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  20. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:319
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  21. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:318
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  22. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:316
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  23. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:315
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  24. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:317
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  25. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:314
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  26. 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…
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:313
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  27. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:312
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  28. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:311
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  29. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:310
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  30. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:303
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  32. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:301
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  33. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:300
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  34. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:299
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  35. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:298
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  36. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:297
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  37. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:296
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  38. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:295
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  39. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:294
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  40. 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
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:293
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  42. As medical students, we recognise how the various stages of medical school can influence one’s perception of their educational environment, as illustrated by the work of Yoo and Kim. Throughout this article, v...

    Authors: Sami Ahmad Ghani, Muhammed Aizaz us Salam, George Chukwuemeka Oyekwe and Sharfraz Riaz Choudhury
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:291
    Content type: Correspondence Published on:

  43. Effective interprofessional collaboration (IPC) is essential for the delivery of chronic care. Interprofessional education (IPE) can help support IPC skills. This makes IPE interesting for GP practices where c...

    Authors: R. van der Gulden, N. D. Scherpbier-de Haan, C. M. Greijn, N. Looman, F. Tromp and P. W. Dielissen
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:290
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  44. Delirium is a neuropsychiatric syndrome that affects patients’ attention and awareness as a result of a physical condition. In recent years, persistent gaps in delirium education have led to suboptimal deliriu...

    Authors: Kiki R. Buijs-Spanjers, Anne Harmsen, Harianne H. Hegge, Jorinde E. Spook, Sophia E. de Rooij and Debbie A. D. C. Jaarsma
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:289
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  45. Medical student mental health and wellbeing is highly topical and the subject of much research. While theoretically informed definitions of wellbeing abound, how do medical students themselves understand and p...

    Authors: Christine Byrnes, Vaishnavi Anu Ganapathy, Melinda Lam, Lise Mogensen and Wendy Hu
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:288
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  46. Considering the increasing popularity of electronic learning, particularly smartphone-based mobile learning, and its reportedly optimal efficacy for instruction of complicated topics, this study aimed to compa...

    Authors: Amin Golshah, Fatemeh Dehdar, Mohammad Moslem Imani and Nafiseh Nikkerdar
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:287
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  47. To investigate the effectiveness of technology-enhanced teaching and assessment methods of undergraduate preclinical skills in comparison to conventional methods.

    Authors: Khaled Khalaf, Mohamed El-Kishawi, Shahd Mustafa and Sausan Al Kawas
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:286
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  48. The closure of educational activities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic resulted in an unplanned shift from traditional learning to a setup that exclusively involves digital t...

    Authors: Rehana Khalil, Ali E. Mansour, Walaa A. Fadda, Khaled Almisnid, Mohammed Aldamegh, Abdullah Al-Nafeesah, Azzam Alkhalifah and Osama Al-Wutayd
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:285
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  49. Proficiency in medical terminology is an essential competence of physicians which ensures reliable and unambiguous communication in everyday clinical practice. The attendance of a course on medical terminology...

    Authors: Anna-Henrikje Seidlein, Hartmut Bettin, Philipp Franikowski and Sabine Salloch
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:284
    Content type: Technical advance Published on:

  50. The number of UK foundation doctors choosing to go straight into speciality training has fallen drastically over the last 10 years: We sought to explore and understand the reasons for this change.

    Authors: Alexander Conor Hollis, Jack Streeter, Clare Van Hamel, Louise Milburn and Hugh Alberti
    Citation: BMC Medical Education 2020 20:282
    Content type: Research article Published on:
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