Artificial intelligence-powered generative language models (GLMs), such as ChatGPT, Perplexity AI, and Google Bard, have the potential to provide personalized learning, unlimited practice opportunities, and interactive engagement 24/7, with immediate...
Traditional approaches to marking short-answer questions face limitations in timeliness, scalability, inter-rater reliability, and faculty time costs. Harnessing generative artificial intelligence (AI) to address some of these shortcomings is attract...
Empathy is a crucial human quality that enables healthcare professionals to connect with patients, providing physical and emotional support to enhance patient-centered care. Empathy in healthcare is critical for establishing patient-provider (healthc...
(1) Background: Final-year medical students often feel under prepared for their transition into clinical practice. Clinical ward rounds and shadowing approach this issue by building transferable skills; however, they are highly variable, with teachin...
Student-centered active learning (SCAL) shifts the focus from the teacher to the student. Implementing SCAL requires the development of new forms of assessment beyond memorization and comprehension. This paper aims to demonstrate the effectiveness of...
Despite the potential benefits of generative artificial intelligence (genAI), concerns about its psychological impact on medical students, especially about job displacement, are apparent. This pilot study, conducted in Jordan during July–August...
This narrative review is a detailed look at how we make multiple-choice questions (MCQs) based on medical cases in today’s medical teaching. Moving from old-style MCQs to ones that are more related to real clinical situations is really importan...
South Africa faces healthcare challenges due to inefficiencies, resource constraints, and disease burden. The AfriMEDS curriculum framework was adopted as part of curriculum reform to facilitate the training of comprehensive healthcare professionals...
This study aims to investigate nursing interns’ training experiences in emergency departments (EDs) in Saudi Arabia and explore the factors influencing their experiences. A descriptive research design was employed utilizing a survey distributed...
Three-dimensional (3D)-printed models with high anatomic fidelity are an increasingly viable tool in simulation-based medical education. One advantage of 3D models is they provide enhanced tactile and spatial understanding of complex anatomy to devel...
Digital health, encompassing the use of digital technologies in healthcare, and telemedicine, facilitating healthcare delivery across long distances, have witnessed widespread applications across various healthcare domains. The COVID-19 pandemic acce...
Background: As a contribution to developing interprofessional education (IPE) synergy between medical education systems in the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), this review aims to describe the IPE experiences for undergraduate medical students...
Integrating artificial intelligence (AI) and mixed reality (MR) into orthopedic education has transformed learning. This review examines AI-powered platforms like Microsoft HoloLens, Apple Vision Pro, and HTC Vive Pro, which enhance anatomical visual...
Over the years, there has been an increase in the development of assistive technologies. To date, the stages of dementia that these technologies can be best implemented has been underexplored. In previous work, researchers developed an infographic pr...
For non-English-speaking nations such as Japan, proficiency in English has emerged as an indispensable skill, particularly in scientific fields like medicine. This research paper extends prior investigations into the motivations of Japanese medical s...
The integration of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) into health professions education (HPE) is rapidly transforming learning environments, raising questions about its impact on teaching and learning. This mixed methods study explores clinic...
Clinical academics experience dual workplaces, namely the clinical and the research environment. However, working in two workplaces leads to difficulties in forming an integrated identity, affecting a person’s work environment and well-being. The aim...
(1) Objective: This study evaluates the effects of simulation education at our institute on cardiac arrest resuscitation regarding knowledge, attitude, and practice (KAP) over a five-year period (2016–2020). (2) Subjects: Staff responded to the...
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, educational institutions globally were forced to close, resulting in a transition to online learning. However, this transition increased screen time and made e-learners more vulnerable to biopsychosocial issues. This stu...
Introduction: The purpose of our report is to describe the design and implementation of the first antimicrobial stewardship certificate program (ASCP) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Methods: The ASCP was implemented in January 2019. A needs asses...
Reviews of the literature on leadership training in undergraduate medical education have been conducted since 2014. Previous reviews have not identified networks, defined leadership, studied the selection criteria for instructors, nor analyzed leader...
Motivation is essential in education, with highly motivated learners engaging more deeply with content and more ably transferring knowledge to new contexts. However, the validity of scales to measure motivation has been underexplored in pre-clerkship...
Community engaged learning (CEL) is a teaching methodology which aims to bridge the gap between academia and society by collaborating on community-based projects. Inspired by theories of experiential learning and social constructivism, CEL celebrates...
Background. There are few studies about post myocardial infarction follow-up using telemedicine. We organized a post-discharge telemedicine service with a dedicated team. To do this, it was necessary that all stakeholders involved in the organization...
Background: The development of clinical reasoning (CR) abilities in Thai medical students during their pre-clinical years lacked well-designed establishment. Methods: This study utilized a pre-test and post-test design without a control group and was...
The rapid integration of artificial intelligence (AI) into healthcare has reshaped medical education and clinical practice. While technological innovation is vital, soft skills are essential for preserving trust, ethical accountability, and humanisti...
Introduction: In this narrative review, we identified concepts related to the process of transforming a psychiatry curriculum for New Zealand medical students. Method: A literature search was performed on four databases (Embase, Medline, PsycInfo, an...
Effective communication is key for healthcare providers to provide optimal care for patients. Pharmacists’ fluency in a patient’s native language is important for effective communication. Additionally, language concordance improves patien...
Background: Physician burnout is increasingly recognized as a problem in physician well-being and may negatively affect patient care outcomes. Burnout can begin at any point of training or practice, potentially as early as the first year of medical s...
Background and Aim: Medical students are required to complete a number of clinical rotations in hospital departments, affiliated with the Azrieli Faculty of Medicine, under the supervision of a department tutor. Our experience shows that departments...
Background: The effect of the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed medical education and is likely to have long-lasting effects on student learning, mental well-being, and eating behaviour. This study aimed to examine the learning behaviours of medical...
Problem-based learning (PBL) is an active learning technique that promotes a life-long learning approach to understanding and using the principles of clinical medicine. It does so by helping learners hone their critical thinking skills in a team-base...
The integration of sociology into medical education is essential for cultivating a nuanced understanding of the complex interplay between social determinants and health outcomes. This national cross-sectional survey utilized a qualitative, descriptiv...
Plastic surgery is a diverse speciality relevant to non-plastic doctors, as plastic surgeons frequently collaborate with other specialities and its basic principles are transferable across multiple specialities. Foundation-year (FY) doctors are the m...
(1) The purpose of this project was to create and collect validity evidence for a lifestyle medicine objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) station to assess medical students’ performance related to lifestyle medicine competencies. (2...
Interprofessional service-learning programs can help to break down the education and training silos between public health and health care in the United States. This paper describes the development and implementation of one such program between the Un...
The field of radiology heavily relies on image interpretation and reporting. Radiology residents undergo evaluations primarily based on their interpretation skills, often encountering varied cases with differing complexities. Assessing resident perfo...
A major aspect of transition of care is the patient handover, during which miscommunication can significantly cause medical error and harm in patient care. Few medical schools in the U.S. offer formalized instructions on patient handovers, with most...
Through the pivot to emergency remote teaching during the pandemic, most universities have managed to become ‘digital’, at least in the delivery of educational programmes and business operations. And yet, the purposeful design and use of...
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) in the medical sector necessitate the development of AI literacy among future physicians. This article explores the pioneering efforts of the AI in Medicine Association (AIM) at Brigham Young University, which...
Purpose: Mental health care is limited worldwide, especially for children and adolescents. Moreover, there are barriers to using mental health services for children and adolescents, including a shortage of standardized training programs and the subse...
For feedback to be productive, it relies on the interactions of participants, design elements, and resources. Yet, complexities in clinical education pose challenges for feedback practices in students and teachers, and efforts to improve feedback oft...
In recognition of the critical role of residency programs in narrowing healthcare inequalities, Global Health scholarships were introduced at Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) in 2011. Since then, at least 154 postgraduate students...
Junior faculty are often called upon to deliver high-stakes large-group presentations. Training in the skills needed to do this effectively is often lacking. We devised a 1.25 h coaching program. The coach analyzed a practice run of the presentation...
Reflection facilitates medical education and professional practice by enhancing active and deep learning from experiences. The reflection period is a time for self-awareness and self-assessment of learning events and experiences to improve future exp...
The use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes), or vaping, has risen significantly over the past decade as an alternative to traditional smoking. Despite growing evidence of vaping’s adverse health effects, limited data exist on medical studen...
International medical graduates (IMGs) make up a significant proportion of general practitioners (GPs) in high-income countries such as the United Kingdom (UK), the United States of America (USA), Australia, and Canada. This paper compares views abou...
Simulation is widely used in healthcare, with VR simulation replacing physical scenarios with virtual ones. Participants observe based on predefined learning objectives and reflect on them during debriefing sessions. De-escalation is recommended as t...
Service learning across medical schools is non-standardized and the skills that they learn can vary. Project HEART, a volunteer-based outreach program focused on teaching cardiovascular health and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) at public high sc...
Immunology is an important component of the medical curriculum. It provides a foundation for understanding the cellular and molecular processes by which the body protects itself from external substances and the immunological responses that contribute...
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