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Successful doctor-patient communication is a critical component of effective medical treatment and therefore plays a crucial role already in medical training. The aim of this cross-sectional study was to emplo...
Abdominal pain is a leading cause of primary care visits and emergency department admissions. The recent surge in the implementation of point-of-care ultrasound into primary care underscores the necessity for ...
Although beneficial for patients through its minimally invasive nature, laparoscopic surgery creates unique training challenges due to limited instrument maneuverability, absence of stereovision, and inadequat...
Professional Identity Formation (PIF) involves a movement through a series of conceptually distinct developmental stages. Kegan’s theory of PIF is divided into 6 phases (stages 0–5). It is believed that studen...
In medical education, flipped classroom, providing innovative ideas for teaching reform, has been actively promoted. However, it requires completing preparatory work before the classroom, with workload burden,...
Black, Indigenous, and other People of Color (BIPOC) women faculty are underrepresented in biomedical sciences and higher education. This disparity has been highlighted in previous studies to harm productivity...
Mental health education is essential for preparing healthcare professionals to address the growing needs of patients with mental health challenges. The aim of this study was to understand the current landscap...
Medical residents often struggle with complex clinical scenarios that require sophisticated decision-making skills. While case-based discussion (CBD) is widely used in medical education, its effectiveness can ...
compassion plays a crucial role in providing high-quality healthcare. In recent years, there has been a growing emphasis on compassion and compassion competence within the nursing and healthcare professions. T...
Approximately half of all adverse events occur in the operating room, highlighting the critical role of non-technical skills in operating rooms. Effective non-technical skills among operating room nurses can s...
In health professions education (HPE), trainees’ resistance against structural harm and social injustice has gained prominence. However, understanding faculty perspectives on supporting such resistance remains...
Operational training is a key component of resident education. Recently, innovative virtual reality (VR) training methods have been introduced to enhance training efficiency. Image-based VR (IBVR), which incor...
Dental education focuses on the cultivation of students’ diagnosis and treatment ability, and improving the teaching effect is an important prerequisite for achieving this goal. This study evaluated whether th...
Large language models (LLMs) like GPT-4o have shown promise in advancing medical decision-making and education. However, their performance in Spanish-language medical contexts remains underexplored. This study...
Climate change is a significant global health threat, disproportionately impacting low- and middle-income countries. Urban centres like Karachi, Pakistan, face rising incidences of vector-borne and waterborne ...
Simulator-based training (SBT) transforms medical education from traditional methods to technology-driven simulations for safer, complex scenario learning. This study examines perceptions, benefits, drawbacks,...
The Dutch Medical Doctor-Global Health (MD-GH) prepares to work in low-resource settings (LRS) by completing a hybrid postgraduate training program of 2 years and 9 months, with clinical and public health expo...
A code blue is a medical emergency indicating a patient requiring immediate attention with a systematic hospital wide response handled in a team based approach. In academic hospital settings, medical trainees ...
Acquiring basic skills and achieving professional competence depends on the quality and quantity of training in the clinical environment. Any defects or inadequacies in the education process will impact the qu...
Academic Motivation forces students to work harder to achieve their educational goals and increases their academic achievement. Teaching methodologies are one of the ways to cater learning needs of students an...
Recruiting more rural origin applicants to medical school is a high priority for addressing rural workforce shortages, given evidence demonstrating they are more likely to practice rurally. Whether strategies ...
The practice of medicine occurs within a community of practice (CoP), where learning is shaped through shared purpose, the interaction of members, and the development of collective knowledge and skills. Throug...
Sharp object injuries (SOI) pose significant risks to dental healthcare workers. This study evaluated the impact of an educational intervention on dental students’ knowledge, attitudes, and practice habits reg...
Educational leadership plays a crucial role in the development of nursing students, significantly enhancing their clinical skills and preparing them to lead advancements in healthcare. This comprehensive educa...
To explore how a teaching model that integrates bridge-in, objective/outcome, pre-assessment, participatory learning, post-assessment, and summary (the BOPPPS model) and flipped classroom teaching will affect ...
Medical students are the future doctors and play an essential role in the management of health issues. Their understanding of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is not only required but also necessary to provide the bes...
Self-perceived stress is a common problem among university participants with relatively high-stress levels. This study aimed to determine perceived stress levels and associated factors among preclinical partic...
Pharmaceutical care (PC) is a pharmacist’s responsibility, and its provision of medication-related care is meant to improve patients’ quality of life. The future of PC is in the hands of graduating pharmacy st...
Effective healthcare relies on strong collaboration between nurses and physicians. Interprofessional education [IPE] plays a vital role in fostering positive attitudes of medical and nursing students toward th...
In nursing education, telenursing presents many challenges that contribute to psychological distress among nursing students. Understanding these challenges is essential for improving learning outcomes and stud...
Telehealth interventions have proven essential in maintaining healthcare delivery during the global pandemic. However, its broader adoption within different healthcare settings has been impacted by inconsisten...
The aim of this study was to introduce and validate an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) as a robust assessment tool for evaluating clinical skills in audiology among third-year audiology and sp...
Burnout is a pervasive issue among medical students, with implications for their mental health, academic performance, and future careers in healthcare. Medical students face unique stressors, including heavy a...
Literature exploring the medical profession through a generational lens is sparse. Every generation has unique priorities, values, and career expectations influencing their choices and behavior. The motives be...
Over the last thirteen years, there has been a notable increase in both research and practice related to student-staff partnerships in higher education. However, within health professional education (HPE), stu...
Antimicrobial resistance, anticipated to cause 10 million deaths and cost $100.2 trillion by 2050, is particularly severe in West Africa. While bacteria naturally resist antibiotics over time, their misuse int...
The national OSCE examination has recently been adopted in France as a prerequisite for medical students to enter accredited graduate education programs. However, the reliability and generalizability of OSCE s...
Medical end-of-life decisions, including voluntary active euthanasia (lethal injection), (physician-)assisted dying (prescribing lethal substances), passive euthanasia (refraining from or ceasing life-sustaini...
Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) are widely used in medical education to assess students’ clinical and professional skills. Recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) offer opportuni...
As part of Saudi Vision 2030, there is increasing demand for dentistry colleges to provide training in the student assessment process. Assessment is the process of accurately determining a learner’s skills acr...
The development of competencies in anaesthesia residents is assessed by direct observation of their performance and written and oral examinations. Little is known about how residents’ competencies are reflecte...
The benefits of Early Clinical Exposure (ECE) in medical education are often stated but there is limited evidence on how to effectively maximize its learning value. The challenge for medical educators lies in ...
Stigmatisation directed towards LGBTQ + individuals poses a considerable threat to their psychological well-being. LGBTQ + college students frequently report exposure to perceived stress and microaggressions. ...
This article examines the success and effectiveness of a further education and training program on wrinkle injections for plastic and aesthetic surgeons using the Kirkpatrick model. Data on course satisfaction...
Scientific research is a key component of medical education, fostering critical thinking and evidence-based practice. However, international studies have reported wide variability in medical students’ attitude...
Clinical reasoning education is a very systematic and highly logical medical learning process, but the existing teaching models and methods often divide this process into several stages for separate training u...
Clinical reasoning is critical to the medical profession and should be a central component of the medical curriculum. However, there are different explanations of how clinical reasoning works, and there is lit...
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is vital for saving patients experiencing cardiac arrest. Teaching CPR skills through short videos offers numerous advantages. However, potential inaccuracies or misinformat...
Staff working at inpatient psychiatric hospitals are at greater risk of being exposed to workplace aggression, with an incidence rate over 32% worldwide. Workplace aggression includes behaviours or actions tha...
Specialty preferences among medical students significantly influence healthcare workforce distribution and equity. Nigeria, with its low physician-to-patient ratio, faces critical challenges in addressing heal...
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