Advances in Medical Education
A special issue of Education Sciences (ISSN 2227-7102).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2026 | Viewed by 1675
Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
As medical education moves beyond traditional didactic models, the focus has shifted toward creating dynamic, inclusive and technologically rich learning environments. In a period where clinical knowledge doubles every few months, the challenge for both academia and practice is to move beyond traditional teaching approaches, toward fostering innovations that are engaging educational interventions with a focus on cultural humility for the next generation of medical learners.
This transformation is timely and required; as healthcare systems become more complex and patient populations more diverse, educational environments must adapt to disrupt systemic biases while leveraging novel technological innovation. This Special Issue aims to present and disseminate the most recent advances related to transformative pedagogical approaches and inclusive learning pedagogies. We consider contributions addressing the intersection of high-tech instructional tools and the human-centric values of equity and diversity. By including these themes, this issue provides a critical lens on how innovation can serve as a vital element for both clinical excellence and social equity, ensuring that the future of medical education is as diverse as the communities it serves. This Special Issue, “Advances in Medical Education,” is a collection of pioneering research and theoretical frameworks that addresses the critical challenges of training the next generation of medical doctors and health professionals.
Topics of interest for publication include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Innovative Pedagogical Approaches:Implementation of digitally adaptive learning, gamification and high-fidelity simulation in clinical reasoning.
- Inclusive Learning Environments: Strategies for integrating EDI (equity, diversity and inclusion) into curricula and mitigating bias in medical assessment.
Dr. Marghalara Rashid
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- medical pedagogy
- learning environments
- educational technology in medical education
- equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI)
- clinical reasoning
- innovative teaching approaches
- digital pedagogy
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