BMC Medical Education

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List of Papers (Total 7,714)

“How is social media used for learning?”: relationships between social media use by medical students with their self-regulated learning skills

Social media is widely used by medical students, including for learning purposes since it facilitates their involvement in the communities of inquiry where they can share, express, and engage in the development of knowledge. Navigating the use of social media requires self-regulated learning (SRL) skills. Hence, studies on the relationships between social media use and SRL skills...

Becoming a doctor: using social constructivism and situated learning to understand the clinical clerkship experiences of undergraduate medical students

Despite the emphasis on the uniqueness and educational importance of clinical clerkships in medical education, there is a lack of deep understanding of their educational process and outcomes. Especially due to an inherent trait of clinical clerkships which requires participation in the workplace outside the classroom, it is difficult to fully comprehend their educational...

Motivational interviewing skills practice enhanced with artificial intelligence: ReadMI

Finding time in the medical curriculum to focus on motivational interviewing (MI) training is a challenge in many medical schools. We developed a software-based training tool, “Real-time Assessment of Dialogue in Motivational Interviewing” (ReadMI), that aims to advance the skill acquisition of medical students as they learn the MI approach. This human-artificial intelligence...

Using ACGME milestones as a formative assessment for the internal medicine clerkship: a consecutive two-year outcome and follow-up after graduation

This study evaluated the utility of using Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Milestones as a formative assessment tool for the fifth- and sixth-grade medical students’ performance in their internal medicine (IM) clerkship and the same students’ performance in their post-graduate year (PGY) IM training. Retrospective data were collected from 65 medical...

The SBAR tool for communication and patient safety in gynaecology and obstetrics: a Tunisian pilot study

In healthcare, inadequate communication among providers and insufficient information transmission represent primary contributors to adverse events, particularly in medical specialties such as obstetrics and gynecology. The implementation of SBAR (Situation-Background-Assessment-Recommendation) has been proposed as a standardized communication tool to enhance patient safety. This...

Analyzing the application of mixed method methodology in medical education: a qualitative study

Interest in mixed methods methodology within medical education research has seen a notable increase in the past two decades, yet its utilization remains less prominent compared to quantitative methods. This study aimed to investigate the application and integration of mixed methods methodology in medical education research, with a specific focus on researchers’ perceptions...

Medical student´s motivational changes during the COVID-19 university lockdown: a mixed-method study

During the crucial stage of the COVID-19 pandemic, face-to-face undergraduate medical education was disrupted and replaced with online teaching activities. Based on its emphasized impact on several outcomes, a deeper insight into the pandemic related effects on medical students´ motivation is aspirational. Therefore, this study aimed to assess the motivational changes that took...

Relationship between demographic and social variables and performance in virtual reality among healthcare personnel: an observational study

Virtual reality is emerging as an important component of medical education. Although the benefits of virtual reality are apparent, the optimal strategy to orient to or differentiate learners in the virtual space have not been delineated. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between demographic variables, social variables, and self-perceived comfort with...

Development and validation of the physician self-efficacy to manage emotional challenges Scale (PSMEC)

Medical students experience emotional challenges during their undergraduate education, often related to work-based learning. Consequently, they may experience feelings of uncertainty and self-doubt, which can negatively affect their well-being. Therefore, it is crucial to support students’ development of their ability to manage distressful situations. Self-efficacy beliefs may be...

A national survey on current state and development needs of clinical and academic emergency medicine in China

To characterize the current state of emergency medicine (EM) and the requirements for advancing EM clinical practice, education and research in China. An anonymous electronic survey was conducted by Chinese Society of Emergency Medicine during September to October 2021. The survey contained 30 questions divided into 2 sections: the current state of EM development and the...

Medical educators’ perception of race in clinical practice

While several medical societies endorse race as a social construct, it is still often used as a biological trait in medical education. How medical educators employ race while teaching is likely impacted by their beliefs as to what race represents and its relevance in clinical care. Understanding these beliefs is necessary to guide medical education curriculum reform. This was a...

Comparison of gamification and role-playing education on nursing students’ cardiopulmonary resuscitation self-efficacy

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is one of the most fundamental skills a nursing student should be trained in. Gamification in education involves using game elements to increase motivation, engagement, and personalization of the learning process. The gamification method creates competition among students using various methods, comparing to the role-playing method which is a...

Assessment of knowledge, attitude, and practice on early childhood caries among dental undergraduates and residents in China

Early childhood caries (ECC) causes severe, widespread oral health issues in children. Dental undergraduates and residents are expected to have a solid understanding of ECC for children’s oral health promotion. This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge, attitude, and clinical practice on ECC among dental undergraduates and residents in China. A 23-item electronic questionnaire...

Usage and attitude of medical students towards mobile medical applications during and after COVID-19 lockdown: repeated cross-sectional study

COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift toward e-learning, particularly in medical education. Mobile medical applications (apps) have become integral tools for e-learning due to the prevalence of smartphones among medical students. Therefore, we aim to assess the usage and attitude of undergraduate Egyptian medical students towards mobile medical apps during and after the...

Unleashing excellence: using a project management approach to effectively implement a simulation curriculum to improve residents’ preparedness

Integrating innovative, simulation-based training programs into medical curricula frequently encounters familiar challenges, including scepticism, limited faculty time, and financial constraints. Recognized for its success in business projects, the Harvard Project Management Theory emerges as a promising approach to optimizing the implementation process and achieving sustainable...

Learning to teach with patients and caregivers: a focused ethnography

Little is known about what happens when patients and caregivers are involved in an academic setting as co-teachers and how healthcare professionals approach a new model of partnership-based teaching. This study aimed to explore the learning and behavioural patterns of a group of healthcare professionals who were learning to teach with patients and caregivers as co-teachers in a...

Does hematology rotation impact the interest of internal medicine residents in considering hematology as a career?

The ongoing need for hematologists is not met in many parts of the world. The hematology rotation during internal medicine residency is an opportunity to attract more physicians to the hematology field. This study aimed to assess the impact of a hematology rotation on internal medicine residents’ interest in considering a hematology career. Internal medicine residents were...

Health literacy competency requirements for health professionals: a Delphi consensus study in Taiwan

Cumulative evidence supports the importance of health literacy in determining the quality of healthcare delivery and outcomes. To enhance health literacy competencies among professionals and alleviate healthcare barriers owing to patients’ inadequate health literacy, evidence-based health literacy competency guidelines are needed for the development of health professionals...

Challenges facing international students at Iranian universities: a cross-sectional survey

This study examines the challenges faced by international students at Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS) and provides insights into their experiences and needs. A self-developed structured questionnaire was administered to international students who completed their first year at TUMS. Data were collected from 165 participants (76% response rate) and analyzed using SPSS...

Medical student perceptions of assessments of clinical reasoning in a general surgery clerkship

Components factoring into general surgery clerkship grades vary by institution, and while evaluators attempt to remain unbiased when evaluating medical student performance, subjectivity and implicit bias remain an issue. Our institution recently implemented a case-based structured oral examination to provide the general surgery clerkship director objective insight into students...

Medical school origins of award-winning psychiatrists; analysis of a complete national dataset

Britain attracts doctors from all over the world to work in the National Health Service. Elucidating the educational backgrounds of award-winning doctors working in the country is potentially an important medical education issue and a merit award audit. Using the British clinical merit award schemes as outcome measures, we identify medical school origins of award-winning doctors...

The Clinical Teaching Fellow role: exploring expectations and experiences

Many UK junior doctors are now taking a year out of the traditional training pathway, usually before specialty training, and some choose to work as a clinical teaching fellow (CTF). CTFs primarily have responsibility for delivering hospital-based teaching to undergraduate medical students. Only a very small amount of literature is available regarding CTF posts, none of which has...

Application of practice-based learning and improvement in standardized training of general practitioners

In the context of standardized training for general practitioners, the emphasis is still primarily on clinical skills, which does not fully encompass the overall development of general practitioners. This study implemented a practice-based learning and improvement (PBLI) project among students and evaluated its effectiveness based on indicators such as learning outcomes, students...

Assessment of the effectiveness of the BOPPPS model combined with case-based learning on nursing residency education for newly recruited nurses in China: a mixed methods study

Expanding new nurse training and education is a priority for nursing educators as well as a critical initiative to stabilize the nursing workforce. Given that there is currently no standardized program for the training of new nurses in China, we investigated the effectiveness of the bridge-in, objective, pre-assessment, participatory learning, post-assessment, and summary model...

Australian rural service learning student placements: a national survey

This preliminary national study is the first of its kind to investigate how service learning placements are implemented in real world settings in rural Australia and what factors enable or hinder their implementation. An anonymous survey was distributed to 17 University Departments of Rural Health (UDRH) in Australia. Numerical data were analysed descriptively. Textual data were...