Article
Veterinary Sciences
David C. C. Dorman, Robert H. H. Poppenga, Regina M. M. Schoenfeld-Tacher
Summary: This study surveyed the toxicology education in veterinary schools affiliated with AAVMC. The results showed that toxicology was included in all curriculum and most respondents believed their students were prepared for professional activities related to veterinary toxicology. However, the allocated time for toxicology education was considered inadequate.
VETERINARY SCIENCES
(2022)
Review
Veterinary Sciences
Martin Cake, Melinda Bell, Kate Cobb, Adele Feakes, Wendy Hamood, Kirsty Hughes, Eva King, Caroline F. Mansfield, Michelle McArthur, Susan Matthew, Liz Mossop, Susan Rhind, Daniel Schull, Sanaa Zaki
Summary: This paper presents a mini-review of employability in veterinary education, discussing key capabilities and dimensions essential for veterinary professional success. The framework highlights the importance of broad success outcomes and self as a major stakeholder, emphasizing resilience and sustainable well-being. It provides recommendations for incorporating these capabilities into veterinary curricula and suggests its adaptability to other professions, particularly in health disciplines.
FRONTIERS IN VETERINARY SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Surgery
Simon R. Turner, Brett Mador, Hollis Lai, Jonathan White, Michael Kim
Summary: The study found that most respondents supported the assessment of surgeons' technical skills and decision-making abilities, as well as the establishment of a mechanism to flag the need for targeted competency assessments. Interviews revealed that CBCPD has many benefits, but also presents challenges such as fair, data-driven assessments and consideration of patient outcomes.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SURGERY
(2021)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Huijuan Ma, Aifang Niu, Li Sun, Yu Luo
Summary: This study developed a competency-based curriculum for continuing professional development among military nurses in China. Through the use of Delphi method and pilot study, the effectiveness of the curriculum was evaluated, and factors such as learning motivation, professional growth, role models, and learning environment were found to influence the effectiveness.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2022)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Breanna Lepre, Claire Palermo, Kylie J. Mansfield, Eleanor J. Beck
Summary: Developing competency frameworks in health professions involves a range of stakeholders, but current studies show a focus on practitioners and academics, with limited involvement of service users and professionals from other disciplines. Future methodologies should aim to engage a variety of relevant stakeholders, such as external health professions and the community, to better align professional education with healthcare service demands.
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Anita Paisant, Stephen Skehan, Mathilde Colombie, Arthur David, Christophe Aube
Summary: This study develops and validates EPAs for sub-specialised hepatobiliary and gastrointestinal diagnostic imaging in Europe. After a thorough review of the European Society of Radiology and national curricula, preliminary EPAs were drafted and validated through a modified Delphi method. A total of 13 EPAs were validated during the process.
INSIGHTS INTO IMAGING
(2023)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Dalia Bajis, Asmaa Al-Haqan, Shepard Mhlaba, Andreia Bruno, Lina Bader, Ian Bates
Summary: The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) revised and updated the Global Competency Framework (GbCF) for early career pharmacists to ensure currency and relevance. The revised GbCFv2 added new competencies such as emergency response, digital literacy, and interprofessional collaboration, and expanded the leadership and self-regulation domain. This process guarantees the relevancy and currency of a 'fit for purpose' competency framework for global implementation.
RESEARCH IN SOCIAL & ADMINISTRATIVE PHARMACY
(2023)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Nidaa Bajow, Luc J. M. Mortelmans, Nisreen Maghraby, Salem Ali Alatef Sultan, Zakaria A. Mani, Samer Aloraifi
Summary: Saudi Arabia has made extensive efforts in disaster management, but there are challenges and obstacles in disaster health handling. Currently, there is a lack of comprehensive and consistent disaster education programs for health professionals involved in disaster responses. Short-term and intermediate-term evidence-based disaster health programs need to be improved.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Tuan D. Tran, Phuc M. Vu, Hong T. M. Pham, Luan N. Au, Hung P. Do, Hoa T. T. Doan, Nghia Huynh, Quynh T. V. Huynh, Bao K. Le, Dat Q. Ngo, Hanh T. M. Nguyen, Khanh D. Nguyen, Nghia A. Nguyen, Phong H. Nguyen, Tuan A. Nguyen, Thang C. Tran, Hoa N. Chau, Lan N. Vuong, Nu V. Vu
Summary: The University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Faculty of Medicine is undergoing a competency-based undergraduate curriculum reform. The objectives are to enhance students' competency, knowledge application, problem-solving skills, and clinical competence through the introduction of new features and institutional reforms.
LANCET REGIONAL HEALTH-WESTERN PACIFIC
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Alan M. Batt, Brett Williams, Madison Brydges, Matthew Leyenaar, Walter Tavares
Summary: Competency frameworks provide a connection between professional practice, education, training, and assessment, supporting downstream processes. However, existing guidelines may not fully consider the complexities of professional practice, requiring a systems thinking approach for more effective development.
ADVANCES IN HEALTH SCIENCES EDUCATION
(2021)
Review
Education & Educational Research
Mahmoud Kohan, Tahereh Changiz, Nikoo Yamani
Summary: This review examines the types and outcomes of faculty development programs based on the Harden teachers' role framework. The majority of programs identified were workshops focused on information providers, coaches, facilitators of learning, mentors, assessors, and diagnosticians. The educational outcomes of these programs were primarily at level 2B, level 1, and level 2A, indicating gains in knowledge and skills related to teaching methods and student assessment. The review suggests expanding the scope of faculty development programs beyond traditional roles and incorporating competency-based frameworks and individualized approaches.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2023)
Review
Education & Educational Research
Raziye Sancar, Deniz Atal, Deniz Deryakulu
Summary: Teachers' professional development is crucial for improving student outcomes, and effective PD needs to focus on assessment, research scale, duration, comprehensiveness, and other key elements. This study offers a new conceptual framework to guide the application of PD more effectively.
TEACHING AND TEACHER EDUCATION
(2021)
Review
Education & Educational Research
Stuart Gordon, Dianne Gardner, Jenny Weston, Charlotte Bolwell, Jackie Benschop, Tim Parkinson
Summary: The importance of teaching and assessing professional skills in veterinary education has been highlighted recently due to a lack of such skills and attitudes among new graduates, as recognized by employers and graduates themselves. In addition to traditional focus on content knowledge and clinical skills, veterinary education curricula must also include dedicated instruction in veterinary professionalism, covering communication skills, emotional intelligence, cultural awareness, teamwork abilities, and strategies for resolving challenges. Incorporating explicit learning activities to reinforce professionalism is necessary in order to address the reliance on observation and role modelling.
EDUCATION SCIENCES
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Yenchun Jim Wu, Chih-Hung Yuan
Summary: This study aims to organize crowdfunding literature and develop a crowdfunding curriculum based on output-based education. By having students develop a product and a crowdfunding plan within one semester, it addresses the funding challenges faced by entrepreneurs.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Yangjie Huang, Yajing Bu, Lanying Liu, Da Xu, Zengliu Xu, Guojing Zhao
Summary: Developing agriculture is crucial for poverty alleviation and economic development. Entrepreneurship, especially entrepreneurship education, plays a significant role in achieving these objectives. Improving the entrepreneurial mindset and skills of agricultural students is essential for the economic and social development of developing countries. This study found that entrepreneurship practice acts as a mediator between entrepreneurship education curriculum and satisfaction.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Annemarie Spruijt, Cecil C. Prins-Aardema, Marco Antonio de Carvalho-Filho, Debbie Jaarsma, Andres Martin
Summary: This article introduces the method of co-constructive veterinary simulation (CCVS), which focuses on learner-driven goals and individually tailored scenarios. It involves scriptwriting, blinded interaction, and reflective practice to achieve professional growth and co-evolution of veterinary practitioners.
JOURNAL OF VETERINARY MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2023)
Article
Nursing
Liesbeth Kool, Francois G. Schellevis, Irma Bax, Debbie A. D. C. Jaarsma, Esther I. Feijen-de Jong
Summary: Newly qualified midwives in the Netherlands find it difficult to adapt to their new responsibilities due to the autonomous nature of their work and the required accountability. Experienced midwives recognize the need to support newly qualified midwives in their transition, but face barriers in practice. The expectations of experienced midwives for newly qualified midwives differ from the reality.
Review
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Christel Grau Canet-Wittkampf, Agnes Diemers, Kristin van den Bogerd, Johanna Schonrock-Adema, Roger Damoiseaux, Dorien Zwart, Debbie Jaarsma, Saskia Mol, Katrien Bombeke, Esther de Groot
Summary: This study examines how healthcare learners and professionals learn patient-centredness through interventions involving standardized patients (SPs) in different healthcare educational contexts. The results reveal that interventions with SPs create a safe learning environment, facilitate reflective practice, and enable collaborative learning. These interventions trigger mechanisms such as confidence, comfort, safety, self-reflection, awareness, comparing & contrasting perspectives, and combining and broadening perspectives. Overall, the study proposes a program theory for learning patient-centredness through interventions with SPs.
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Johan Renes, Cees P. M. van der Vleuten, Carlos F. Collares
Summary: This study compares a novel multimodal test format called Proxy-CBA with the traditional MCQ-CBA and finds that Proxy-CBA has higher reliability and validity, while maintaining similar cognitive load, suggesting its utility as an alternative assessment format.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Charlotte Eijkelboom, Marianne Brouwers, Joost Frenkel, Petra van Gurp, Debbie Jaarsma, Roos de Jonge, Jur Koksma, Dante Mulder, Evelyn Schaafsma, Carolin Sehlbach, Franca Warmenhoven, Agnes Willemen, Anne de la Croix
Summary: Involving patients in healthcare education is crucial for person-centered care. This paper provides twelve practical tips for educators to involve patients at both the institutional and individual levels, emphasizing the need for sustainable partnerships and curriculum design. The article highlights the importance of recognizing that patient involvement in education is not a typical practice.
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
(2023)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Alice Stephan, Gary Cheung, Cees van der Vleuten
Summary: This study aimed to explore the impact of entrustable professional activities (EPAs) on motivation and learning of psychiatry trainees. The results showed that the impact of EPAs on learning was mediated by the trainee's appraisals of subjective control, value, and the costs of engaging with EPAs. Positive appraisals encouraged focused and structured learning with the supervisor, while negative appraisals led to a superficial approach. The granularity of EPAs, alignment with clinical practice, and the supervisor's conscientiousness were found to influence trainee appraisals and subsequent motivation and learning.
ACADEMIC PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Alina Smirnova, Saad Chahine, Christina Milani, Abigail Schuh, Stefanie S. Sebok-Syer, Jordan L. Swartz, Jeffrey A. Wilhite, Adina Kalet, Steven J. Durning, Kiki M. J. M. H. Lombarts, Cees P. M. van der Vleuten, Daniel J. Schumacher
Summary: By analyzing electronic health record data, it is possible to use adjusted data to assess residents' clinical performance in pediatric emergency medicine and identify opportunities for quality improvement.
Article
Education & Educational Research
Diego Lima Ribeiro, Daniele Pompei Sacardo, Debbie Jaarsma, Marco Antonio de Carvalho-Filho
Summary: This study examined the impact of sacrifices made by medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil. The findings revealed that the initial emotional distress caused by sacrifices led to a negotiation process revolving around predisposition to sacrifice, sense of competence, and sense of belonging. This negotiation process resulted in three response patterns, namely no sense of duty, sense of duty with hesitation to act, and sense of duty with readiness to act. The readiness to engage with the sacrifices was found to reinforce students' professional identities.
ADVANCES IN HEALTH SCIENCES EDUCATION
(2023)
Review
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Rashmi A. Kusurkar, Cesar Orsini, Sunia Somra, Anthony R. Artino, Hester E. M. Daelmans, Linda J. Schoonmade, Cees van der Vleuten
Summary: The research found that assessments can have both positive and negative effects on student motivation for learning in health professions education. Assessments that stimulate controlled motivation tend to have negative outcomes, while those that stimulate autonomous motivation have positive outcomes. Students often focus on studying for assessments rather than acquiring knowledge relevant to professional practice.
Article
Education & Educational Research
Cassandra Barber, Cees van der Vleuten, Saad Chahine
Summary: This paper demonstrates how open access, pan-national health data can be used to create a reliable health index to assist schools in identifying societal needs and advance social accountability in health professions education. A final 5-factor multidimensional model was developed to help schools understand societal needs.
ADVANCES IN HEALTH SCIENCES EDUCATION
(2023)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Pedro Grilo Diogo, Vitor Hugo Pereira, Frank Papa, Cees van der Vleuten, Steven J. Durning, Nuno Sousa
Summary: This study analyzes student verbalizations during an Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) and correlates them with test scores and final medical degree (MD) scores. The results suggest that students with semantically richer and closer to the disease prototype verbalizations perform better academically.
Article
Education & Educational Research
Lonneke H. H. Schellekens, Wim D. J. Kremer, Marieke F. F. Van der Schaaf, Cees P. M. Van der Vleuten, Harold G. J. Bok
Summary: This study explores how educators perceive and achieve assessment quality, as well as their perceptions of the impact of assessment on student learning. The findings reveal that educators predominantly use traditional criteria to understand and achieve assessment quality, with limited awareness of quality criteria at the course and program levels. Additionally, educators perceive the impact of assessment on student learning in two distinct ways: as a source of information to monitor and direct learning, and as a tool to prompt learning.
FRONTIERS IN EDUCATION
(2023)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Lidwine B. Mokkink, Iris Eekhout, Maarten Boers, Cees P. M. van der Vleuten, Henrica C. W. de Vet
Summary: Reliability and measurement error are measurement properties that assess the impact of various sources of variation on individual measurements. Different designs can be used to evaluate reliability and measurement error, based on choices about which sources of variation are manipulated, which are controlled, and whether the entire measurement instrument or only part of it is repeated. This paper explains how these choices affect the calculation of intraclass correlation coefficients and standard errors of measurement using Venn diagrams, and provides recommendations for improving measurement and reporting study essentials.
PATIENT-RELATED OUTCOME MEASURES
(2023)
Review
Education & Educational Research
Marlies E. De Vos, Liesbeth K. J. Baartman, Cees P. M. van der Vleuten, Elly De Bruijn
Summary: One aim of vocational education is to educate students to become successful practitioners by developing their capacities. Learning at the workplace requires assessment and close communication between school and work. Workplace assessment is influenced by day-to-day work and relationships, and requires negotiated criteria and collaborative practices.
VOCATIONS AND LEARNING
(2023)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Janneke van der Steen, Tamara van Schilt-Mol, Cees van der Vleuten, Desiree Joosten-ten Brinke
Summary: This study investigates the difficulties teachers encounter while designing formative assessment plans and the strategies experienced teachers use to avoid those pitfalls. Through interviews, seven design strategies were identified that help to create effective formative assessment plans. However, experienced teachers still face challenges in decision-making and creating room for improvement. The lessons learned from these strategies can be incorporated into all teachers' design steps for formative assessment plans.
JOURNAL OF FORMATIVE DESIGN IN LEARNING
(2023)
