Celebrating IME's First Impact Factor: Global Initiatives, Innovations, and New Directions in Medical Education

Dear Colleagues,

International Medical Education (IME) recently received its first Journal Impact Factor, an important milestone that reflects the journal's growing international visibility and the strength of the scholarship it has published. This Special Issue invites contributions that reflect on the initiatives, innovations and collaborations that have supported this progress and that chart new directions for the field going forward. Medical education continues to evolve rapidly in response to demographic change, technological innovation and the increasing internationalization of health professions training. Curricula are being redesigned around competency-based and problem-based learning, digital and simulation-based pedagogies and cross-cultural and cross-institutional partnerships, including joint and dual degree programs. Understanding which initiatives translate into measurable improvements in learner outcomes, faculty development and institutional capacity is essential for evidence-based education reform. This Special Issue aims to showcase the breadth of contemporary medical education research and practice, providing a platform for authors worldwide to share empirical studies, program evaluations, curriculum innovations and conceptual analyses. Suggested themes include, but are not limited to, problem-based and case-based learning; globalization and international partnerships in medical curricula; competency-based and outcomes-based education; digital, simulation-based and blended learning; faculty development and educator training; assessment methodologies; diversity, equity and inclusion in health professions education and the role of mentorship and international exchange in shaping future physicians and researchers. We welcome original research articles, systematic and narrative reviews, case studies and perspective pieces from educators, researchers and administrators across all health professions disciplines and world regions.

Dr. Branko Aleksic
Dr. Itzel Bustos-Villalobos
Guest Editors

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. International Medical Education is an international peer-reviewed open access quarterly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1000 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

• medical education
• problem-based learning
• curriculum innovation
• global health education
• faculty development
• digital and blended learning