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Radiology, Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Ulf Teichgraeber, Maja Ingwersen, Claudia Ehlers, Hans-Joachim Mentzel, Christoph Redies, Andreas Stallmach, Wilhelm Behringer, Orlando Guntinas-Lichius
Summary: This study aims to integrate US as a compulsory part into medical education and develop a spiral curriculum to build professional competencies in US. The curriculum includes four levels of training, which are closely linked to anatomy, physiology, and medical specialties. The goal of this curriculum is to integrate radiology with other disciplines and equip students with competencies needed for contemporary patient care.
INSIGHTS INTO IMAGING
(2022)
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Education & Educational Research
Elena Zelesniack, Viktor Oubaid, Sigrid Harendza
Summary: This study examines the perceptions of advanced undergraduate medical students regarding basic medical competences and specialty-specific competences. The findings show that students have a good understanding of the basic competences required for clinical practice, but there are variations in the specific competences needed for different specialties.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2022)
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Education & Educational Research
Patrick McCrossan, Dara O'Donoghue, Alf Nicholson, Naomi McCallion
Summary: The study highlights a knowledge gap between undergraduate students and junior doctors, with both groups performing lower than expected on an examination based on essential standards determined by front-line paediatricians.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2021)
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Education & Educational Research
Jemima Carter, Suzanne Capon, Claire Dyer, Maya Whittaker
Summary: The importance of integrating a clinical component within Quality Improvement education is outlined. The key difference between the two methods of teaching Quality Improvement was the clinical project undertaken by King's College Students. Integrating clinical experience could have benefited students in applying learned skills in their future careers.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Meral Demiroren, Burge Atilgan, Gulsen Tasdelen Teker, Sevgi Turan
Summary: Participants emphasized the importance of hands-on experience with real patients under supervision and involvement in healthcare teams for their preparation for the next stage in their careers. However, they noted differences in educational experiences during undergraduate medical education, particularly in community-based education, research training, group learning, internship, and clinical guidance. The transition period was described with concepts of identity change, high responsibilities, adaptation to new roles, and feelings of incompetence in a busy work environment. They also highlighted variations in curriculum, educational environments, assessment methods, and support systems between clinical departments. Enhancing competency-based practices in all professional aspects of postgraduate medical education was recommended in line with competency-based education principles.
POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL JOURNAL
(2021)
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Heather L. Moore, Allison Farnworth, Rose Watson, Karen Giles, David Tomson, Richard G. Thomson
Summary: The study aimed to understand the representation of person-centred care (PCC) in UK undergraduate medical/nursing education. It found differences in professional standards between medical and nursing fields, barriers in education delivery, and a lack of clarity regarding PCC definition, teaching/assessment, and competence expectations.
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
(2021)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Humairah Zainal, Xiaohui Xin, Julian Thumboo, Kok Yong Fong
Summary: Medical students in Singapore would benefit from a curriculum that teaches them to use digital technologies alongside core clinical skills, but concerns of clinicians need to be balanced.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2022)
Review
Nursing
Majid Purabdollah, Vahid Zamanzadeh, Akram Ghahramanian, Leila Valizadeh, Saeid Mousavi, Mostafa Ghasempour
Summary: Nursing competencies are crucial for providing quality and safe care. Identifying the core competencies necessary for undergraduate nursing students is significant for curriculum development and student evaluation.
Review
Education & Educational Research
Severin Pinilla, Eric Lenouvel, Andrea Cantisani, Stefan Kloeppel, Werner Strik, Soeren Huwendiek, Christoph Nissen
Summary: The use of EPAs in clinical rotations in UME shows promising results, with specialty-specific and context-adapted EPAs along with entrustment-supervision scales potentially enhancing formative assessment. Inconsistent validity frameworks were identified, and additional faculty time and resources were required for effective implementation strategies. More empirical research is needed to further explore the assessment and advancement of trainees from UME to graduate medical education based on summative entrustment decisions.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2021)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yue Shi, Huakang Du, Yunying Feng, Yihan Cao, Haiyang Zhang, Yingjing Ding, Yi Zhao, Lihan Zhang, Peifan Li, Sicheng Cai, Tong Li, Naiqian Cui, Haojie Wu, Jun Zhao
Summary: This study aimed to develop a scale to assess the global competence of medical students in China. A three-factor scale was identified and found to have good internal consistency. Factors such as stage of medical education, frequency of communicating with foreigners, multilingual ability, and grade level were found to influence the global competence of medical students.
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Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Sara Arsever, Barbara Broers, Bernard Cerutti, Joanne Wiesner, Melissa Dominice Dao
Summary: A study found that clinical vignettes used in undergraduate medical education at the Geneva Faculty of Medicine convey gender stereotypes and biases, which could have negative effects on patient care and gender equality. The study suggests the need for revision of the content to remove gender biases.
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yun Ting Ong, Chrystie Wan Ning Quek, Anushka Pisupati, Eleanor Kei Ying Loh, Vaishnavi Venktaramana, Min Chiam, Lalit Kumar Radha Krishna
Summary: This study evaluates the experiences of peer-mentors within a local research mentoring program and suggests that peer-mentoring not only fills the gaps in mentoring programs but also provides mentees with mentoring roles. The findings can guide the design and execution of peer-mentoring training and assessment programs for other organizations.
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Education & Educational Research
Lea Jebram, Sarah Prediger, Viktor Oubaid, Sigrid Harendza
Summary: In this study, the researchers compared the self-assessed competence profiles of medical students close to graduation with the competence profiles of their chosen specialty for postgraduate training. It was found that medical students overall had a better fit with person-oriented specialties, while technique-oriented specialties had higher requirement scores for mental abilities, psychomotor & multitasking abilities, and sensory abilities.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2023)
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Nicola Cooper, Maggie Bartlett, Simon Gay, Anna Hammond, Mark Lillicrap, Joanna Matthan, Mini Singh
Summary: Effective clinical reasoning is crucial for safe patient care, and medical schools are urged to explicitly integrate clinical reasoning teaching into their curriculum. The study identified successful teaching strategies for improving clinical reasoning abilities among medical students and provided practical recommendations for all medical schools to consider implementing a formal clinical reasoning curriculum.
Article
Education & Educational Research
Douglas Gruner, Yael Feinberg, Maddie J. Venables, Syeda Shanza Hashmi, Ammar Saad, Douglas Archibald, Kevin Pottie
Summary: This study developed a medical undergraduate curriculum framework for refugee and migrant health, emphasizing the importance of cross-cultural communication skills, exploration of barriers towards accessing care for newcomers, and system approaches to improve refugee and migrant healthcare.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Tammie Choi, Claire Palermo, Mahbub Sarkar, Joy Whitton, Charlotte Rees, Allie Clemans
Summary: This study aimed to identify research priorities for higher education at one Australian university. Through a mixed methods approach, it was found that the top three priorities were engaging students in learning, teaching creative and critical thinking skills, and promoting resilience, wellbeing and student connectedness.
HIGHER EDUCATION RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
(2023)
Article
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Mohammed Alharthi, Sion Scott, David Phillip Alldred, Richard Holland, Carmel Hughes, Linda Birt, Jeanette Blacklock, Christine Bond, Allan Clark, David Wright
Summary: A study conducted in UK care homes found that contextual factors may influence the likelihood of pharmacist-independent prescribers deprescribing medications.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY
(2023)
Editorial Material
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Lynn V. Monrouxe, Charlotte E. Rees
Review
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Samantha Schubert, Niels Buus, Lynn V. Monrouxe, Caroline Hunt
Summary: Our professional identity as health care professionals, including clinical psychologists, is crucial for the realization of health care reforms. The alignment of our professional identity with reform directions is important, and more research is needed to understand the development of professional identities in the mental health care field. Future research should focus on theoretical frameworks and improved methodologies to facilitate this process and enable the implementation of health care reforms.
Editorial Material
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Adam P. Sawatsky, Lynn V. Monrouxe
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Janeane Dart, Charlotte Rees, Susan Ash, Louise McCall, Claire Palermo
Summary: There have been considerable advances in professionalism assessment in dietetics education in Australia and New Zealand in recent years. These advances include approaching professionalism through a more interpretive lens, holistically and more student-centered. However, further development and transformation are needed to fully embed and strengthen curricula approaches across programs.
NUTRITION & DIETETICS
(2023)
Editorial Material
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Fernando Fernandez-Llimos, Shane Desselle, Derek Stewart, Victoria Garcia-Cardenas, Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar, Christine Bond, Ana Dago, Ramune Jacobsen, Lotte Stig Norgaard, Carlo Polidori, Manuel Sanchez-Polo, Bernardo Santos-Ramos, Natalia Shcherbakova, Fernanda S. Tonin
Summary: Pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences encompass various disciplines, and pharmacy practice focuses on studying the practice of pharmacy and its impact on healthcare systems and patient care. Clinical and social pharmacy practice disseminates research findings through scientific journals, and journal editors play a role in enhancing the quality of published articles. A group of clinical and social pharmacy practice journal editors gathered in Granada, Spain to discuss how journals could contribute to strengthening pharmacy practice, resulting in the compilation of the Granada Statements with 18 recommendations.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PHARMACY
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Samantha Schubert, Niels Buus, Lynn Monrouxe, Caroline Hunt
Summary: This study provides an in-depth exploration of novice healthcare professionals' identity development within formal educational interactions, focusing on clinical psychology trainee supervision. The findings reveal that supervisors' use of quality control or reflective frames in interrogations influences the construction of trainees' identities, and trainees employ impression management tactics to manage face-threat. Maintaining a reflective space in supervision during interrogations poses challenges.
SOCIAL SCIENCE & MEDICINE
(2023)
Article
Pharmacology & Pharmacy
Fernando Fernandez-Llimos, Shane Desselle, Derek Stewart, Victoria Garcia-Cardenas, Zaheer-Ud-Din Babar, Christine Bond, Ana Dago, Ramune Jacobsen, Lotte Stig Norgaard, Carlo Polidori, Manuel Sanchez-Polo, Bernardo Santos-Ramos, Natalia G. Shcherbakova, Fernanda S. Tonin
Summary: Pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences encompass various disciplines, including clinical pharmacy and social pharmacy. The Granada Statements emerged from a meeting of clinical and social pharmacy journal editors in Spain, discussing how journals can strengthen the discipline. The statements provide 18 recommendations, covering topics such as terminology, abstracts, peer reviews, journal scattering, and article performance metrics.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL PHARMACY
(2023)
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Kuo-Chen Liao, Rola Ajjawi, Chang-Hsuan Peng, Chang-Chyi Jenq, Lynn V. Monrouxe
Summary: This study used a narrative approach to investigate how medical trainees construct professional identities in clinical assessment contexts. Two key narrative plotlines were identified and the roles played by trainees in the assessment process were examined. The findings have implications for educators in improving assessment practices and facilitating trainee identity construction.
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Mahbub Sarkar, Corinne Davis, Olivia King, Kadheeja Wahid, Charlotte E. Rees
Summary: This study addresses the issue of medical student abuse within work-integrated learning by creating an online learning resource to improve stakeholders' understanding of workplace dignity and promote dignified practices. Through a pilot evaluation, the researchers found potential benefits and applications of learning from the resource and provided recommendations for improvement.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Merran Blair, Lana Mitchell, Simone Gibson, Charlotte E. Rees, Ella Ottrey, Lynn V. Monrouxe, Claire Palermo
Summary: This study aimed to explore the experiences of dietetics graduates in terms of employment and employability up to 6 months after completing their degree. The findings revealed that many graduates faced difficulties during the job application process, including repeated rejections. They also experienced an uncertain journey to employment and felt pressure from various sources. However, they were able to enhance their employability by utilizing resources. It suggests that providing more placement opportunities and assisting students in developing job-seeking skills, networking, and volunteering experiences during their education can improve their employability.
NUTRITION & DIETETICS
(2023)
Review
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Charlotte E. Rees, Corinne Davis, Van N. B. Nguyen, Dominic Proctor, Karen L. Mattick
Summary: Realist evaluation is increasingly used in health professions education research to understand the effectiveness of educational interventions, and realist interviewing plays a crucial role in this process. This article aims to provide guidance on conducting, reporting, and critiquing realist interviews in the field.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Lindsay Dalgarno, Linda Birt, Christine Bond, Jeanette Blacklock, Annie Blyth, Jacqueline Inch, Frances Notman, Amrit Daffu-O'Reilly, Maureen Spargo, Laura Watts, David Wright, Fiona Poland
Summary: This study aimed to understand the nature of the often invisible work conducted by researchers in the field during randomised controlled trials (RCTs). The results indicated that Research Associates (RAs) played a crucial role in the successful conduct of a complex RCT study, helping stakeholders and participants make sense of the research, building relationships for participant retention, operationalising data collection procedures, and reflecting on their experiences to inform trial procedure changes.
SSM-QUALITATIVE RESEARCH IN HEALTH
(2023)
