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Medical students’ perceptions of integrating social media into a narrative medicine programme for 5th-year clerkship in Taiwan: a descriptive qualitative study BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 Yosika Septi Mauludina, Bao Lan Hoang, Tsai-Yu Wang, Chang-Chyi Jenq, Chi-Hsien Huang, Chien-Da Huang
The growing demands in integrating digital pedagogies in learning (e.g., social media) contribute to disrupting many fields, including the medical humanities education. However, the strengths and barriers behind social media and medical humanities context are blurred and contradictive. We examined the perceptions of integrating social media – Facebook – into a narrative medicine (NM) programme for
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Handling the desire to die– evaluation of an elective course for medical students BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-18 M Schallenburger, J Schwartz, Yann-Nicolas Batzler, St Meier, R Küppers, Th Tenge, A Doll, K Kremeike, D Wetzchewald, M Neukirchen
The desire to die can occur in palliative care patients with a prevalence of up to 22%. Not every desire to die is accompanied by a pressure to act, but usually by a burden that can arise from various factors. To address this burden appropriately, health care workers should be trained. Based on an evaluated course on handling the desire to die, an elective course for medical students was developed
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Clinical virtual simulation: predictors of user acceptance in nursing education BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 José Miguel Padilha, Patrício Costa, Paulino Sousa, Ana Ferreira
Using virtual patients integrated in simulators expands students’ training opportunities in healthcare. However, little is known about the usability perceived by students and the factors/determinants that predict the acceptance and use of clinical virtual simulation in nursing education. To identify the factors/determinants that predict the acceptance and use of clinical virtual simulation in learning
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Predictors of student preparedness for advanced pharmacy practice experiences BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-16 Shantanu Rao
A capstone course often serves as the final checkpoint of student readiness before the commencement of experiential training. The purpose of this study was to determine if the assessment components from the capstone course can serve as predictors of student performance during their Advanced Pharmacy Practice Experiences (APPEs). Student data was analyzed to observe the correlation between performance
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Clinical supervisors’ experience of a first-time application of entrustable professional activities in clinical supervision of medical students: findings from a Swedish pilot study BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Paul Pålsson, Anna Cederborg, Monica Johansson, Helena Vallo Hult, Silvana Naredi, Katarina Jood
Recently, all medical universities in Sweden jointly developed a framework for Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) for work-based training and assessment. This framework is now being introduced nationally in the new 6-year undergraduate medical programme that directly lead to a licence to practise. When EPAs are introduced, it is of central importance to gain clinical supervisors’ acceptance
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Perceptions of students and faculty on NCAAA-accredited health informatics programs in Saudi Arabia: an evaluative study BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Haitham Alzghaibi
As the healthcare sector becomes increasingly reliant on technology, it is crucial for universities to offer bachelor’s degrees in health informatics (HI). HI professionals bridge the gap between IT and healthcare, ensuring that technology complements patient care and clinical workflows; they promote enhanced patient outcomes, support clinical research, and uphold data security and privacy standards
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Evaluation of bias and gender/racial concordance based on sentiment analysis of narrative evaluations of clinical clerkships using natural language processing BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Sonali Bhanvadia, Bharanidharan Radha Saseendrakumar, Joy Guo, Maxwell Spadafore, Michelle Daniel, Lina Lander, Sally L. Baxter
There is increasing interest in understanding potential bias in medical education. We used natural language processing (NLP) to evaluate potential bias in clinical clerkship evaluations. Data from medical evaluations and administrative databases for medical students enrolled in third-year clinical clerkship rotations across two academic years. We collected demographic information of students and faculty
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Attitudes towards career choice and general practice: a cross-sectional survey of medical students and residents in Tyrol, Austria BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Angelika Mahlknecht, Adolf Engl, Verena Barbieri, Herbert Bachler, Alois Obwegeser, Giuliano Piccoliori, Christian J. Wiedermann
The global primary healthcare workforce is declining, leading to a shortage of general practitioners. Although various educational models aim to increase interest in general practice, effective interventions are limited. The reasons for this low appeal among medical graduates remain unclear. This cross-sectional study surveyed medical students’ and residents’ attitudes towards general practice in Tyrol
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Development and effectiveness of a BOPPPS teaching model-based workshop for community pharmacists training BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Bingzheng Shen, Yating Chen, Yue Wu, Yu Lan, Xiaoqin He, Na Wang, Jun Liu, Yan Yu
With the pharmaceutical innovation and clinical knowledge updating, the continuing education and on-the-job training are extremely important for improving community pharmacists’ professional competence. Previous training often adopted traditional lecture-based teaching, and the efficacy was limited. The aim of this study is to develop a new strategy for community pharmacist training. Based on the BOPPPS
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Applying narrative medicine to prepare empathetic healthcare providers in undergraduate pharmacy education in Singapore: a mixed methods study BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Zhe Han, Keith C. Barton, Li-Ching Ho, Kai Zhen Yap, Doreen Su-Yin Tan, Shuh Shing Lee, Constance Xue Rui Neo, Amanda Han Lin Tan, Brian Ming Yao Boey, Charis Jia Yan Soon, Paul J. Gallagher
Narrative medicine demonstrated positive impact on empathy in medicine and nursing students. However, this pedagogical approach had not been evaluated in pharmacy education. This study sought to apply and evaluate the narrative medicine approach in extending empathy in Asian undergraduate pharmacy students. Narrative medicine was applied through workshops which used narratives of people with different
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Cultivating compassion in medicine: a toolkit for medical students to improve self-kindness and enhance clinical care BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Krisha K. Mehta, Shafkat Salam, Austin Hake, Rebecca Jennings, Afra Rahman, Stephen G. Post
Compassionate care lies at the foundation of good patient care and is a quality that patients and providers continue to value in the fast-paced setting of contemporary medicine. Compassion is often discussed superficially in medical school curricula, but the practical aspect of learning this skill is often not taught using a formal framework. In the present work, the authors present an 8-session curriculum
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Comparison of three-dimensional heads-up system versus traditional microscopic system in medical education for vitreoretinal surgeries: a prospective study BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Xin-yu Zhao, Qing Zhao, Ning-ning Li, Chu-ting Wang, Yin-han Wang, Li-hui Meng, Han-yi Min, You-xin Chen
To compare the value and efficiency of the three-dimensional (3D) heads-up surgical system and traditional microscopic (TM) system in teaching and learning vitreoretinal surgeries. Twenty ophthalmologists and scrub nurses were recruited as teachers, and 45 junior ophthalmology residents and trainee doctors, trainee nurses, and medical students were recruited as observers. Each teacher and observer
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Utilization of 3D evaluation for assessing selective caries removal practice in pre-clinical dental students: a pilot study BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Worachate Romalee, Nattira Suksudaj, Patchayaporn Doungkom, Ding-Han Wang, Ming-Lun Hsu, Piyaphong Panpisut
Practicing and assessment of selective caries removal techniques in dental students remain challenges in many dental schools. The aim of this study was to utilize a 3D assessment technique, within a designated acceptable range of deviation, to evaluate the tendency of dental students in performing selective caries removal (SCR). The correlation between 3D assessment results and the conventional rubric
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Factors influencing interprofessional collaboration in general and during multidisciplinary team meetings in long-term care and geriatric rehabilitation: a qualitative study BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Arno J. Doornebosch, Wilco P. Achterberg, Hanneke J. A. Smaling
Interprofessional collaboration is essential to maintain high-quality care in long-term care and geriatric rehabilitation. However, little is known regarding perceived factors influencing interprofessional collaboration by people involved in care. This concerns both long-term care and geriatric rehabilitation. Moreover, knowledge of using patient outcome measures to enhance interprofessional collaboration
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Assisting primary care teams and patients in a culturally diverse periphery: impact on medical students’ future career choices BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Nosaiba Rayan-Gharra, Lilach Malatskey, Marganit Ofir-Gutler, Rizan Sakhnini, Awni Yousef, Mohammad Khatib, Karl Skorecki, Sivan Spitzer
Medical students can assist in reducing healthcare disparities and promote health equity by engaging with rural communities and gaining insights into their unique healthcare needs. A two-arm student-delivered program was designed and implemented during COVID-19 in a social-geographic peripheral area to assist clinics with complex chronic and/or socially disadvantaged patients and improve preventive
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‘First, do no harm’: systematic program evaluation of an equine veterinary service-learning initiative with Indigenous communities in Canada BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Jean-Yin Tan, Yvonne Poitras Pratt, Patricia Danyluk
Veterinary students have historically lacked meaningful experiential learning opportunities in equine medicine. At the same time, there are barriers to accessing veterinary care in Indigenous communities stemming from colonial injustices. In 2018–2019, a partnership was initiated where University of Calgary students began to provide equine veterinary services to Indigenous communities. As the first-documented
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Development and validation of an objective virtual reality tool for assessing technical aptitude among potential candidates for surgical training BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Noa Gazit, Gilad Ben-Gal, Ron Eliashar
Good technical skills are crucial for surgeons. Yet although surgical training programs strive to assess technical aptitude when selecting surgical residents, valid assessments of such aptitude are still lacking. Surgical simulators have been proposed as a potentially effective tool for this purpose. The current study aims to develop a technical aptitude test using a virtual reality surgical simulator
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices about research misconduct among medical residents in southwest China: a cross-sectional study BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Lulin Chen, Yizhao Li, Jie Wang, Yue Li, Xiaoli Tan, Xiaoyan Guo
With the emergence of numerous scientific outputs, growing attention is paid to research misconduct. This study aimed to investigate knowledge, attitudes and practices about research misconduct among medical residents in southwest China. A cross-sectional study was conducted in southwest China from November 2022 through March 2023. The links to the questionnaire were sent to the directors of the teaching
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Perception of Polish pharmacy students on simulation exercise in pharmaceutical care for diabetes—a pilot study BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Beata Plewka, Magdalena Waszyk-Nowaczyk, Magdalena Cerbin-Koczorowska, Piotr Przymuszała, Tomasz Osmałek
The transformation of a pharmacist’s role from that of a drug dispenser to an advisor and patient educator, partially accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, requires a thorough change in the pharmacy curriculum. Preparation for the provision of modern pharmaceutical services requires the use of the most advanced teaching methods, such as pharmaceutical simulation. Knowledge alone does not guarantee
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Self-reported preparedness of final year undergraduate dental students and interns in Saudi Arabia: a multi-institutional study BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Muhammad Qasim Javed, Ayman Moaz Abulhamael, Zaina Ahmad, Muhammad Muhammad, Muhammad Ali Faridi, Kiran Imtiaz Khan, Syed Rashid Habib, Kamran Ali
Contemporary undergraduate dental education aims to equip the dental students with clinical competence, empathy, and professionalism to enable them to deliver safe and effective dental care to the communities. The purpose of this study was to assess the self-reported preparedness of final year dental students and interns at three Saudi dental institutions, using the pre-validated Dental Undergraduates
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Descriptive feedback with targeted education to improve telephonic escalation of care: a simulation-based study BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Aster Kuriakose, Subodhini Puhambugoda Arachchige, Theophilus I Emeto, Matthew I Hiskens, Gopakumar Hariharan
Awareness of communication failures in healthcare has necessitated the implementation of standardized, validated handover tools such as Identification, Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation (ISBAR). Although educational sessions improve communication, the effectiveness of individualized care escalation communication training is unknown. The primary aim was to conduct a simulation-based
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Clinical reasoning skill of nurses working in teaching medical centers in dealing with practical scenarios of King’s model concepts BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Seyyed Reza Borzo, Fatemeh Cheraghi, Mahnaz Khatibian, Marzieh Jahani Sayad Noveiri
The present study was conducted to determine clinical reasoning of nurses working in teaching medical centers in dealing with practical scenarios of King’s concepts. The study population in this cross-sectional descriptive-analytical study comprised 133 nurses. Data were collected using scenarios based on the King’s model. Data were analyzed in SPSS-16. Mean age of the participating nurses was 27.71 ± 8
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Nursing students’ emotions, educational concerns, and the impact of study careers and professional futures during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Miaojing Song, Lin Zhang, Qiqi Ji, Pengjuan Ji, Jiashuang Xu, Yian Chen, Leilei Guo
COVID-19 is a challenge to education systems worldwide. The aim of the study was to explore the impact of COVID-19-pandemic-related emotions and COVID-19-related concern for education on the study careers and professional futures of nursing students. The study was completed between March and June 2023 using a multi-stage sampling design. A total of 1126 nursing students were recruited to complete the
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Sociocultural factors affecting first-year medical students’ adjustment to a PBL program at an African medical school BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Masego B. Kebaetse, Dominic Griffiths, Gaonyadiwe G. Mokone, Mpho S. Mogodi, Brigid G. Conteh, Oathokwa Nkomazana, John Wright, Rosemary Falama, Maikutlo Kebaetse
Besides regulatory learning skills, learning also requires students to relate to their social context and negotiate it as they transition and adjust to medical training. As such, there is a need to consider and explore the role of social and cultural aspects in student learning, particularly in problem-based learning, where the learning paradigm differs from what most students have previously experienced
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Exploring the effectiveness of virtual and in-person instruction in culinary medicine: a survey-based study BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Orli Glickman, Joanne Kakaty-Monzo, Michael Roberts, Farzaneh Daghigh
Culinary medicine, which has recently increased in popularity in medical education, incorporates food and nutritional interventions with principles of disease prevention and treatment. The ultimate goal is to improve overall health outcomes. The growing prevalence of diet-related chronic diseases indicates the need for physicians to have a deeper understanding of the interplay between nutrition and
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Importance of residency applicant factors based on specialty and demographics: a national survey of program directors BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Sarah A. Strausser, Kelly M. Dopke, Destin Groff, Sue Boehmer, Robert P. Olympia
With the transition away from traditional numerical grades/scores, residency applicant factors such as service, research, leadership, and extra-curricular activities may become more critical in the application process. To assess the importance of residency application factors reported by program directors (PDs), stratified by director demographics and specialty. A questionnaire was electronically distributed
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Effect of morality or capitalist ideology in choosing dentistry as a career in Türkiye: a cross sectional study BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Gonca Deste Gökay, Cansu Görürgöz, Ahmet Kılınç
Previous studies have provided important findings on the profession of dentistry and the motivators for choosing dentistry. This study has attempted to contribute to this accumulation by using a sociocultural perspective and interpreting the relationships among motivators from this perspective in a large Turkish sample. The aim of this study was to investigate what motivates dental students to choose
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Correction: Characterization of content associated with lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer individuals in Chilean medical schools: a cross-sectional survey BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Marcos Rojas, Joaquín Cánepa González, Nicolás Ortiz-López
Correction: BMC Medical Education (2024) 24:167 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-05150-6 Following publication of the original article [1], the authors informed us that Fig. 4 is missing, and instead of having the correct figure in that position, Fig. 3 is duplicated. The original article has been corrected. Rojas. et al. BMC Medical Education. 2024;24:167. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-024-05150-6
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CME providers’ experiences and practices in Pakistan: a case study BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Farhan Saeed Vakani, Apo Demirkol, Kerry Uebel, Chinthaka Balasooriya
Pakistan has made numerous attempts to establish and implement a national mandatory CME program which currently do not exist. The purpose of this study is to explore the views of major CME providers in order to identify possible strengths and weaknesses in the current program, and offer evidence-based recommendations to help further enhance the national CME program in Pakistan. An exploratory study
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Illustration of self-perceived knowledge, skills, and interests in undergraduate dental students using a visual metaphor– results of a monocentric cross-sectional study BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Gerhard Schmalz, Stefan Büchi, Rainer Haak, Dirk Ziebolz, Maria Strauß
Self-assessment and self-reflection of competencies are crucial skills for undergraduate students. This monocentric cross-sectional study aims to assess the self-perceived knowledge, skills and interests in conservative dentistry and periodontology of third-, fourth-, and fifth-year dental students by the Pictorial Representation of Illness and Self-measure (PRISM). Seventy-five undergraduate dental
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Interactive learning environment as a source of critical thinking skills for college students BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-12 Hao Song, Lianghui Cai
The cognitive skills underlying critical thinking include analysis, interpretation, evaluation, explanation, inference, and self-regulation. The study aims to consider the possibility and effectiveness of introducing the mobile game Lumosity: Brain Training into the learning process of first-year Philology students studying at Qiqihar University. The sample included 30 volunteers: 15 girls and 15 boys
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Interprofessional collaboration skills and motivation one year after an interprofessional educational intervention for undergraduate medical and nursing students BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-11 Carolyn Joyce Teuwen, Rashmi A. Kusurkar, Hermien Schreurs, Hester E. M. Daelmans, Saskia M. Peerdeman
The increasingly complex patient care in the twenty-first century is delivered by interprofessional health care teams. Interprofessional collaboration can be taught during interprofessional education. However, whether a long-term change in collaborative competencies can be achieved by interprofessional education has not been studied sufficiently. Our research questions were: How does motivation for
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Medical school origins of award-winning physicians; analysis of a complete national dataset BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Sinclair Steele, Gabriel Andrade, Nisha Shantakumari, Debadatta Panigrahi
Educators and medical students share the same objective of achieving success in medical practice. Both groups consider doctors’ successes to include optimum patient care outcomes and positive career progressions. Accordingly, identifying common educational features of such high-achieving doctors facilitates the generation of excellence amongst future medical trainees. In this study we use data from
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The relationship between Empathy and listening styles is complex: implications for doctors in training BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Amir Beheshti, Farzin Tahmasbi Arashlow, Ladan Fata, Farzaneh Barzkar, Hamid R. Baradaran
Effective communication is the key to a successful relationship between doctors and their patients. Empathy facilitates effective communication, but physicians vary in their ability to empathize with patients. Listening styles are a potential source of this difference. We aimed to assess empathy and listening styles among medical students and whether students with certain listening styles are more
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A spark of change: developing an innovative gerontological nursing intervention mapping initiative for training and education (IGNITE) BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 HeeKyung Chang, Young Joo Do
With an aging global population and advancements in medical technology, there is an urgent need for innovative gerontological nursing education programs. This study aimed to develop and evaluate the Innovative Gerontological Nursing Intervention Mapping Initiative for Training and Education (IGNITE) program. This program is a digital platform-based postgraduate nursing curriculum that employs the Intervention
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Current status and continuing medical education need for general practitioners in Tibet, China: a cross-sectional study BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Sen Yang, Huaxin Zhao, Hanzhi Zhang, Junpeng Wang, Hua Jin, Kyle Stirling, Xuhua Ge, Le Ma, Zhen Pu, Xiaomin Niu, Dehua Yu
The Tibetan area is one of China’s minority regions with a shortage of general practice personnel, which requires further training and staffing. This research helps to understand the current condition and demand for general practitioner (GP) training in Tibetan areas and to provide a reference for promoting GP education and training. We conducted a cross-sectional survey using stratified sampling targeting
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Application of lecture-and-team-based learning in stomatology: in-class and online BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Biyao Wang, Shan Jin, Minghao Huang, Kaige Zhang, Qing Zhou, Xinwen Zhang, Xu Yan
This study aimed to evaluate stomatological students’ learning efficacy and their attitude towards Lecture-Team-Based Learning (LTBL) on topics regarding the design of removable partial dentures via in-class, online, and both in combination. Students from seven distinct grades participated in the course in their fourth academic year (Years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, and 2021). Students of
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The unified state qualification exam STEP-1 as a marker of the success of the education of pediatric doctors in Ukraine and Bogomolets National Medical University BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Nataliya V. Obernikhina, Lesya V. Yanitska, Oksana V. Vygovska
Ukraine’s higher medical education goes deeper and deeper every year in the European integration processes in the field of «Health Care» knowledge. Since 2005, the integrated license integrated exam STEP “General medical training” has been introduced in the country to diagnose the quality of training of specialists in all medical specialties. Since 2019, Ukraine, unlike other countries in Europe and
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A case study: lessons learned from online tutorial to improve practice readiness for family medicine residents in Palestine BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Benjamin Colton, Lubna Saudi, Ann Smalldridge, Nicki Spicer, Therese Zink
Geopolitical and socioeconomic challenges limit faculty development and clinical teaching in Palestine and many other developing countries. The first, and still only, Family Medicine (FM) residency program is a four-year program based out of An-Najah University in the West Bank. Training in primary care clinics occurs in the final two years and there are many challenges to adequate supervision in the
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Training students to become responsive therapists: implications from a sequential mixed-methods study on situations that therapists find challenging BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Signe Hjelen Stige, Marion Hernes Torrissen, Yngvild Sørebø Danielsen, Reidar Jakobsen, Katharina Teresa Enehaug Morken, Ingrid Dundas
To draw implications for training of therapist responsiveness from a sequential mixed-methods study on challenging clinical situations. Study 1: online survey mapping frequency and perceived difficulty of 15 clinical situations in a representative sample of psychologists. Study 2: online survey mapping frequency and perceived difficulty of 19 clinical situations among therapists in child and adolescent
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“I’d have no idea how to go about this…” - a survey of Australian medical students’ perspectives on their men’s health education BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Zac E. Seidler, Ruben Benakovic, Michael J. Wilson, Jasmine M. Davis, Michelle Sheldrake, Margaret A. McGee
While there have been calls over the last 15 years for the inclusion of training in sex and gender-based medicine in medical school curricula and to sustain such improvements through a more gender responsive health system, little progress has been made. A related objective of the Australian National Men’s Health Strategy (2020-30) is to improve practitioner core learning competencies in men’s health
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Professional values at the beginning of medical school: a quasi-experimental study BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Sandra Vilagra, Marlon Vilagra, Renata Giaxa, Alice Miguel, Lahis W. Vilagra, Mariana Kehl, Milton A. Martins, Patricia Tempski
Teaching professionalism in medical schools is central to medical education and society. We evaluated how medical students view the values of the medical profession on their first day of medical school and the influence of a conference about the competences of this profession on these students’ levels of reflection. We studied two groups of medical students who wrote narratives about the values of
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Developing a national undergraduate medical education pain management and substance use disorder curriculum to address the opioid crisis: a program evaluation pilot study BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 N. Dalgarno, J. Turnnidge, N. Cofie, R. van Wylick, J. Mulder, F. Kirby, A. Hastings-Truelove, L. Graves
Pain and addiction are one of the most common reasons for adults to seek health care, yet educational programs focused on pain are often underrepresented in medical school curricula. In January 2021, the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada (AFMC) launched an online national, bilingual, competency-based curriculum for undergraduate medical (UGME) students in pain management and substance
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Investigating the role of clinical exposure on motivational self-regulation skills in medical students based on cognitive apprenticeship model BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Mahla Salajegheh, Azadeh Rooholamini, Ali Norouzi
The importance of motivation regulation in medical students is highly significant due to their unique educational circumstances, such as clinical exposure. However, the role of clinical exposure in learning motivational self-regulation skills in students has not been explored thus far. This current study aims to investigate the role of clinical exposure on motivational self-regulation skills in medical
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Medical students’ awareness of overdiagnosis and implications for preventing overdiagnosis BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Lucinda Colbert, Iman Hegazi, Kath Peters, Natalie Edmiston
Overdiagnosis is a growing health issue, yet our understanding of medical students’ exposure to this concept within medical education is limited. Our aim was to explore students’ experience of diagnostic learning to identify how overdiagnosis may be understood by students. During in-person and online semi-structured interviews throughout 2021, we explored the education experience of twelve Western
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“Everyone who wants to can practice on me”– a qualitative study of patients’ view on health profession students’ learning in an interprofessional clinical placement BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Catrine Buck Jensen, Anita Iversen, Madeleine Abrandt Dahlgren, Bente Norbye
Healthcare services face significant challenges due to the aging population, increasing complexity of health issues, and a global shortage of health professionals. Health professions education needs to adapt and develop with healthcare services’ needs. Interprofessional education and patient partnership are two trends that are increasingly being reinforced. Health professions students worldwide are
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Graduate medical education well-being directors in the United States: who are they, and what does the role entail? BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Larissa R. Thomas, Jonathan A. Ripp, Jennifer G. Duncan
Institutional Graduate Medical Education (GME) Well-being Director (WBD) roles have recently emerged in the United States to support resident and fellow well-being. However, with a standard position description lacking, the current scope and responsibilities of such roles is unknown. This study describes the scope of work, salary support, and opportunities for role definition for those holding institutional
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Use of problem-based learning in orthopaedics education: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Ting Li, Ruohong Song, Wenjie Zhong, Wenao Liao, Jiang Hu, Xilin Liu, Fei Wang
Currently, problem-based learning (PBL) has been widely used in many disciplines, but no systematic review has explored the advantages and disadvantages of PBL in orthopaedics education. We searched the PubMed, Cochrane Library, Embase, Web of Science, Scopus, Chongqing VIP Database (VIP), Chinese National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), and Wanfang databases up to April 2023 to identify for relevant
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Obstetrics and gynecology applicant perceptions of residency program culture with virtual interviews: a qualitative analysis of social media posts BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Laura H Jacques, Elise S. Cowley, Shanaya M. Hebgen, Ryan J. Spencer, Corinne M. Hale
In the United States, Obstetrics and Gynecology residency interviews are instrumental in assessing the compatibility between medical student applicants and residency programs during the match process. Applicant perceptions of Obstetrics and Gynecology residency culture are a key component in determining how they rank residency programs. In 2020, residency interviews transitioned to a virtual format
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A blueprint for success: lessons learned from developing the official guide to Iranian undergraduate medical education accreditation BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Mahdi Aghabagheri, Babak Sabet, Abtin Heidarzadeh, Ebrahim Kalantar, Ali Norouzi, Maryam Alizadeh
We are excited to contribute our thoughts and insights to the discussion initiated by Gandomkar et al. in their article on the accreditation system in Iran (Gandomkar et al., BMC Med Educ 23:379, 2023). As individuals who have been directly involved in the process of meta-accreditation and possess a comprehensive understanding of the various stages of Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) accreditation
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Challenges faced by teachers of postgraduate health professions blended learning programs: a qualitative analysis BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Sana Shah, Usman Mahboob, Syed Muhammad Junaid, Sana Siddiqui, Brekhna Jamil, Saadia Rehman
Blended learning, which integrates classroom face-to-face teaching with both asynchronous and synchronous online learning elements, has swiftly gained acceptance in educational environments. However, the implementation of blended learning presents challenges that impact all stakeholders, necessitating thoughtful consideration. Teachers play a central role in shaping the instructional experience among
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Clearing the confusion about post-accreditation monitoring, meta-evaluation and meta-accreditation BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Roghayeh Gandomkar, Azim Mirzazadeh, Tahereh Changiz
We have recently published the experience of the accreditation body of undergraduate medical education in Iran on developing and validating standards based on the WFME framework (Gandomkar et al., BMC Med Educ 23:379, 2023). Agabagheri et al. extended our work and proposed a blueprint for post-accreditation monitoring based on their experience in developing an official guide in their Matters Arising
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AI in medical education: uses of AI in construction type A MCQs BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Assad Ali Rezigalla
The introduction of competency-based education models, student centers, and the increased use of formative assessments have led to demands for high-quality test items to be used in assessments. This study aimed to assess the use of an AI tool to generate MCQs type A and evaluate its quality. The study design was cross-sectional analytics conducted from June 2023 to August 2023. This study utilized
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Knowledge, attitude, and practice of dental health professionals toward dental impression disinfection protocol during the COVID-19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia– a cross-sectional study BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Abdullah Salman Binassfour, Mohammad Abdul Baseer, Navin Anand Ingle
Despite the updated guidelines on dental impression disinfection protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic, adherence to such procedures has not been studied among dental health professionals in Saudi Arabia. Understanding DHPs’ knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding COVID-19 is crucial in assessing a willingness to adhere to the recommendations provided by health authorities in mitigating the
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Exploring the experiences of dentistry students of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences of academic motivation: a content analysis study BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Katayoun Katebi, Saeideh Ghaffarifar, Gholamali Dehghani, Ahmad Pourabbas
Students’ academic motivation is crucial to their academic performance, success, and future career performance. Understanding the experiences of students regarding academic motivation can help address this issue. This qualitative study aimed to explore the experiences of dentistry students of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences regarding academic motivation. This qualitative content analysis study
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Didactic program in dietetics (DPD) students’ experiences with pandemic learning and expectations for their future education: a descriptive study through a systems lens BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Kelsey E. Mueller, Sarah G. Bellini, Emily V. Patten
The systems approach has been used to evaluate higher education and explores inputs, transformation process, and outputs of a system that is also influenced by environmental factors such as COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic shifted many college students to different learning modes, changing their university experience. This study evaluated dietetics students’ education experiences and characteristics
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Development and validation of self-assessment instrument to measure the digital professionalism of healthcare professionals using social media BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Shazia Imran, Rahila Yasmeen, Memoona Mansoor
The use of social media across the globe has risen incrementally. During the COVID-19 pandemic, these sites undeniably provided new avenues for professional networking but also led to a surge in cases of online misconduct. Professionalism instruments and scales do not assess the digital attitude and behaviour of healthcare professionals (HCPs). The purpose of this study was to identify the domains and
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Swiss medical schools’ experiences with online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic in light of international experiences BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Artemisa Gogollari, Sharon Mitchell, Sissel Guttormsen
During the pandemic, all universities had to switch to digital learning and teaching (DLT), the experiences were diverse. The advantages and obstacles of DLT are well reported in research. To ensure a sustainable DLT implementation, the requirements of institutions, educators and students should be aligned. This paper aims at identifying and describing the experiences made at the Swiss medical schools
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Systemized approach to equipping medical students with naloxone: a student-driven initiative to combat the opioid crisis BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Shahin A. Saberi, Sydney Moore, Sienna Li, Rory Vu Mather, Mary B. Daniels, Amrita Shahani, Antje Barreveld, Todd Griswold, Patrick McGuire, Hilary S. Connery
Naloxone is an effective and safe opioid reversal medication now approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use with or without a prescription. Despite this, naloxone dissemination lags at a time when U.S. opioid-related mortality expands. The authors proposed distributing naloxone to all U.S. medical students using established statewide standing prescription orders for naloxone, eliminating
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The co-development and evaluation of an e-learning course on spinal cord injury physical activity counselling: a randomized controlled trial BMC Med. Educ. (IF 3.6) Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Femke Hoekstra, Heather L. Gainforth, Rogier Broeksteeg, Stephanie Corras, Delaney Collins, Electra Eleftheriadou, Sonja Gaudet, Emily E. Giroux, Laura S. Kuipers, Shannon McCallum, Jasmin K. Ma, Erica de Passillé, Diane Rakiecki, Shannon Rockall, Rita van den Berg-Emons, Anniek van Vilsteren, Megan Williamson, Jereme Wilroy, Kathleen A. Martin Ginis
Health, fitness and lifestyle professionals can play important roles in promoting physical activity in groups at risk of developing an inactive lifestyle, such as people with spinal cord injury (SCI). Tailored counselling is a promising tool to promote and improve physical activity levels. To support professionals to effectively have a conversation about physical activity with clients with SCI, evidence-based