2026 March - 33 articles
Teaching empathy remains a challenge in medical education, particularly in anesthesiology, where physicians frequently care for patients at the end of life. Narrative Medicine, centered on communicative competence and patients’ lived experience...
(1) Background: Midwifery students require practical training experience to learn how to perform a medical history. Simulation-based training, such as chatbot exercises using large language models like GPT, provide structured practice but require ong...
The COVID-19 pandemic caused major disruption to healthcare education worldwide, forcing rapid transitions to online learning, interruptions to clinical placements, and heightened uncertainty that profoundly influenced student experiences. Given that...
Introduction: The potential aggravation of the shortage of skilled professionals in surgical specialties presents challenges. The lack of work–life balance and the pressure of training may deter aspiring surgeons. Surgical disciplines still rem...
Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) define key tasks expected of physicians. The entrustment levels that US pediatric gastroenterology (GI) fellowship program directors (FPDs) expect of graduating fellows remain unclear. This study aimed to id...
Background: Adequate nutritional knowledge among intensive care nurses is essential for early identification of nutritional risk and prevention of complications in critically ill patients. The questionnaire “Nurses’ perceptions of respons...
Artificial intelligence (AI), particularly generative AI, is rapidly reshaping medical education worldwide. While AI-enabled tools offer significant opportunities for personalized learning, feedback automation, and clinical reasoning support, they si...
This article adopts a focused comparative perspective on two medical schools to illuminate shared strengths and systemic challenges across educational and regulatory contexts. Undergraduate medical education at the University of New Mexico Health Sci...
The progressive digitalization of healthcare requires nursing students to develop digital competence to safely access, evaluate, and apply scientific information in clinical practice. This study described nursing students’ perceived digital com...
Health Professions Education research is playing an increasing role in ensuring evidence-based practice in Health Professions Education (HPE). To this end, HPE research uses, among other approaches, comparisons as a method in the sense of Comparative...
The competency-based medical education (CBME) curriculum was introduced recently for undergraduate courses in medical institutions in India. The program needs a paradigm shift in the teaching and assessment methods. Therefore, challenges at the indiv...
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI), particularly large language models (LLMs), into education, marks a profound shift in how knowledge is accessed, processed, and applied. These tools offer clear advantages—including improved effic...
Simulation-based learning experiences (SBLE) are widely used in health professions education to enhance clinical skills, confidence, and decision-making in a safe environment. In Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) programs, peer simulation offers a cos...
While the distribution of those underrepresented in medicine (URiM) varies across US medical specialties, it remains unclear whether residency website diversity messaging influences these patterns by specialty and geographic region. This study invest...
Background: This study evaluated the impact of high-fidelity simulation versus simulation with standardized patients on the development of reflective practice among medical students. Methods: A randomized controlled trial design with both pre- and po...
Racism within healthcare systems remains a critical barrier to equitable care for Indigenous Peoples. Despite calls from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada to integrate anti-racist frameworks into health education, implementation remai...
Background: Communication with patients and families at the end of life is key to quality care, allowing for informed decisions and emotional support. This study explores the experience of nursing students in clinical simulations, analyzing their emo...
Educators’ epistemological experience of facilitating medical students’ active learning is under-researched, especially concerning non-biomedical learning in integrated curricula. Longitudinal, qualitative research on problem-based learni...
Background: Many Canadian medical schools have introduced equity-focused admissions pathways for Black and Indigenous applicants, yet little is known about how current medical students perceive these policies. Understanding these perceptions is criti...
(1) Background: The evolving demands of general practice have increased stress, workload, and fatigue among patients and doctors. In 2022, the European Young Family Doctors Movement (EYFDM) identified wellbeing as a key competency for future GPs. Thi...
Background: Artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping health sciences education worldwide, yet regional data from Latin America remain scarce. Understanding students’ AI literacy and perceptions is essential for developing informed curricular s...
The use of interpreter services is an important component of medical care. It is critical for medical students to practice this during training. It is known that simulation and role play provide important opportunities for students to practice skills...
This pre–post study aimed to determine whether interprofessional education (IPE) combining online and in-person instruction enhanced medical students’ empathy. The IPE program was conducted during the academic years 2022 and 2023 for medi...
Background: Pathology education requires innovative experimental teaching approaches to enhance clinical competency. This study evaluated the integration of special staining techniques into pathology curricula to improve diagnostic confidence and pra...
Background: Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have produced ChatGPT-4o, a multimodal large language model (LLM) capable of processing both text and image inputs. Although ChatGPT has demonstrated usefulness in medical examinations, few...
Script Concordance Tests (SCTs) assess clinical reasoning under uncertainty. While construction guidelines exist, the feasibility of collaborative development approaches and educators’ real-time experiences remain underreported. This feasibilit...
Traditional assessment methods in dental education, such as written tests and multiple-choice questions, primarily measure theoretical knowledge but inadequately evaluate clinical and interpersonal competencies. The Objective Structured Clinical Exam...
The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) tools, such as the chat generative pre-trained transformer (ChatGPT), into health professions education is rapidly accelerating, creating new opportunities for personalized learning and clinical prepara...
Background: Gamification is an innovative pedagogical strategy for improving learning outcomes, motivation, engagement, and knowledge retention. Nevertheless, evidence on the effectiveness of gamification remains heterogeneous. Methods: A systematic...
(1) Background: Interprofessional supervision is an emerging approach in health professions education that strengthens collaborative practice competencies while maintaining profession-specific expertise. Understanding current evidence regarding super...
Background: Simulation-based laparoscopic training increasingly relies on portable, low-cost platforms that support home-based practice, but detailed descriptions of reproducible, do-it-yourself (DIY) trainers and their educational potential remain l...
This paper examines the 14-year journey of the Mongolian National University of Medical Sciences (MNUMS) in achieving and sustaining international accreditation for its undergraduate medical program. Beginning in 2010, MNUMS undertook a series of ins...
The Multiple Mini-Interview (MMI) model is a commonly used interviewing technique at the undergraduate medical education (UME) level for medical school admissions. In this interview, candidates discuss a scenario with their interviewer. While many un...
