Review
Engineering, Biomedical
Jagoda Litowczenko, Marta J. Wozniak-Budych, Katarzyna Staszak, Karolina Wieszczycka, Stefan Jurga, Bartosz Tylkowski
Summary: Tissue engineering is an interdisciplinary field aimed at restoring or improving lost tissue function. Challenges include the need for multifunctional bioscaffolds to stimulate tissue regeneration, with many remaining unsolved challenges for scaffolds improvement.
BIOACTIVE MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Laila Alsuwaidi, Jorgen Kristensen, H. K. Amar, Saba Al Heialy
Summary: This study evaluated the effectiveness of incorporating Simulation-Based Medical Education (SBME) in teaching haematological aspects to medical students, finding that students rated the simulation sessions highly and found them to be a valuable learning experience.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2021)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Neha M. Kramer, Sean O'Mahony, Catherine Deamant
Summary: This article describes a novel approach using high-fidelity simulation to teach hospice and palliative medicine fellows the practical and nuanced aspects of brain death determination and communication. The three-hour workshop includes didactic sessions and simulated patient encounters, leading to significant improvements in fellows' confidence and knowledge.
JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Florian Recker, Gregor Barth, Hendra Lo, Nicolas Haverkamp, Dieter Nurnberg, Dmitrij Kravchenko, Tobias Raupach, Valentin Sebastian Schaefer
Summary: German medical students show a high level of interest and willingness to participate in ultrasound in medical education (USMed). They generally believe that USMed would be helpful throughout their medical studies, but there is disagreement on the best starting time for USMed. They also perceive insufficient time allotted for USMed in the curriculum and a lack of courses offered by medical faculty as significant barriers to participation. Additionally, peer teaching is seen as an effective method for realizing USMed by the majority of students surveyed.
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Rheumatology
Jason E. Liebowitz, Karina D. Torralba, Jason Kolfenbach, Bethany Marston, Anisha B. Dua, Kenneth S. O'Rourke, Kevin McKown, Michael J. Battistone, Joanne Valeriano-Marcet, Laura Edgar, Sydney McLean, Karen R. Gouze, Marcy B. Bolster
Summary: The study aimed to develop Rheumatology Milestones 2.0 and a supplemental guide to assist with implementation. The Rheumatology Milestones 2.0 provides a specialty-specific, competency-based evaluation tool for assessing the competencies of rheumatology fellows during training and measuring readiness for independent practice.
ARTHRITIS CARE & RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Nursing
Margaret Verkuyl, Jennifer L. Lapum, Oona St-Amant, Michelle Hughes, Daria Romaniuk
Summary: Virtual simulations play a crucial role in nursing education, particularly in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Instructors' engagement is essential for successful integration, and following the prebrief, enactment, debrief, and evaluation process is important for effective use of Virtual Gaming Simulations (VGS).
NURSE EDUCATION IN PRACTICE
(2021)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Amaya Ellawala, Rohana B. Marasinghe
Summary: This study evaluated students' perceptions of the educational environment at the Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, following a curriculum revision. Overall, perceptions improved post-revision, but certain negative areas still require further evaluation.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2021)
Review
Immunology
Katja Bieber, Khalaf Kridin, Shirin Emtenani, Katharina Boch, Enno Schmidt, Ralf J. Ludwig
Summary: Pemphigus and pemphigoid diseases are autoimmune bullous diseases characterized by autoantibodies targeting adhesion molecules in the skin and mucous membranes. Personalized medicine aims to tailor medical decisions based on individual patient's predicted response or risk factors. Milestones in personalized medicine for pemphigus and pemphigoid include verifying autoimmune pathogenesis, identifying autoantigens, and utilizing chimeric autoantigen receptor (CAAR) T cells for treatment.
FRONTIERS IN IMMUNOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Pauline McAleer, Victoria R. Tallentire, Suzanne Anderson Stirling, Simon Edgar, James Tiernan
Summary: This study aimed to explore the impact of an enhanced simulation-based mastery learning methodology in a UK medical boot camp. The results showed that the majority of learners achieved the required standard of performance and reported increased levels of skill confidence.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Ana Cernega, Marina Melescanu Imre, Alexandra Ripszky Totan, Andreea Letibia Arsene, Bogdan Dimitriu, Delia Radoi, Marina-Ionela Ilie, Silviu-Mirel Pituru
Summary: This paper analyzes the factors influencing defensive medical practice, including the doctor-patient relationship, medical malpractice, overspecialization of medical personnel, and the type of health system. It also highlights the consequences of defensive practice for the doctor-patient relationship and the healthcare system, such as increased costs and limited access to medical services. The increase in malpractice accusations has led to doctors practicing defensively to protect themselves, which further impacts the overall healthcare system.
Article
Clinical Neurology
Brynn K. Dredla, Laura Edgar, Hala Samman, Kanika Bagai, Ricky Mohon, Roneil Malkani, Kathleen Doo, Michelle Zeidler, Ian Weir, Vishesh Kapur, Anita Valanju Shelgikar
Summary: In 2015, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education highlighted the importance of sleep medicine and called for the creation of specialty-specific milestones to assess developmental progression during fellowship training.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL SLEEP MEDICINE
(2021)
Review
Education & Educational Research
Bruno Daniel Carneiro, Daniel Humberto Pozza, Isaura Tavares
Summary: This study explores the importance of Histology and Embryology in medical education and the perspectives of medical students towards teaching methods. The results show that students in clinical years are more likely to recognize the clinical relevance of these subjects. Most students suggest a clinical-oriented approach and the integration of Histology and Biopathology in the curriculum.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2023)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Samara B. Ginzburg, Margaret M. Hayes, Brittany L. Ranchoff, Eva Aagaard, Katharyn M. Atkins, Michelle Barnes, Jennifer B. Soep, Andrew C. Yacht, Erik K. Alexander, Richard M. Schwartzstein
Summary: This study used a modified Delphi method to explore the feasibility of teaching socio-cultural topics in undergraduate and graduate medical education. Through expert consensus, key learning objectives of social determinants of health were identified and allocated along the medical education continuum, with more objectives suitable for undergraduate education.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2022)
Article
Anesthesiology
Anuj Aggarwal, Meredith Barad, Diane W. Braza, Anne Marie McKenzie-Brown, Debbie Lee, Robert Samuel Mayer, Rene Przkora, Lynn Kohan, Anjali Koka, Alexandra Szabova
Summary: This study describes the process of revising the Pain Medicine Milestones 1.0 and implementing changes into the Pain Medicine Milestones 2.0, as well as the implications for pain medicine trainees. Redundant sub-competencies were merged or eliminated, reducing their number. Each sub-competency included a maximum of three rows representing skill, knowledge, behavior, and attitude. The aim of Milestones 2.0 was to create an improved tool for pain medicine training programs.
Article
Education & Educational Research
Naveen Karthik, Marjorie Greenfield, Todd Otteson
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the evolution of medical students' specialty interests throughout medical school and identify the factors that influenced their specialty choices. The results revealed that a significant portion of students changed their specialty interests during medical school, with those initially interested in surgery more likely to do so. Clinical years were found to have a greater impact on specialty choice compared to pre-clinical years.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2023)