Article
Education & Educational Research
Ieda Francischetti, Ylva Holzhausen, Harm Peters
Summary: This article reports on a modified Delphi study conducted in a Brazilian community medical school, which successfully defined 11 EPAs for training medical students in community medicine. These EPAs cover comprehensive care for individual health, family health, and community health needs.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Derk Bransen, Erik W. Driessen, Dominique M. A. Sluijsmans, Marjan J. B. Govaerts
Summary: The study found that students in clinical clerkships engage others in their networks to support a range of self-regulated learning activities. As students progress through clinical training, whom they engage and the purpose of engagement seem to shift. Discussing self-reflections and self-evaluations were consistently among the most frequently mentioned purposes for which students engaged others.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
George Chukwuemeka Oyekwe, Muhammed Aizaz Us Salam, Sami Ahmad Ghani, Bilal Iyad Abedalaziz Alriyahi
Summary: The early workplace experience of medical students can help NHS address challenges such as resource scarcity, cost pressures, and communication issues, ultimately improving the quality of healthcare services.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2021)
Article
Anesthesiology
Andreas Weissenbacher, Robert Bolz, Sebastian N. Stehr, Gunther Hempel
Summary: Transferring competency-based medical education concepts into clinical practice is difficult, but the framework of Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) can effectively integrate this training and improve patient safety.
BMC ANESTHESIOLOGY
(2022)
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Anne E. Bremer, Larissa I. A. Ruczynski, Petra Bot, Cornelia R. M. G. Fluit, Marjolein H. J. Van De Pol
Summary: The use of entrustable professional activities (EPAs) in medical curriculum facilitates smooth transitions between clerkships and enhances students' learning processes. EPAs provide support and continuity during transitions, enabling students to build skills, confidence, and independence. Transitions are important learning opportunities that can be fully utilized by incorporating EPA guidance.
PERSPECTIVES ON MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2023)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Mikio Hayashi, Yusuke Karouji, Katsumi Nishiya
Summary: This study explores the professional identity development of remedial medical students, focusing on the difficulties they faced and the support they sought. It reveals that students' professional identities are closely linked to their pre-university identities, which affects the process of professional identity formation. The study emphasizes the importance of considering individual differences and collaborative discussions between students and faculty when developing support systems for remedial medical students.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2022)
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Claudio Violato, Michael J. J. Cullen, Robert Englander, Katherine E. E. Murray, Patricia M. M. Hobday, Emily Borman-Shoap, Ozge Ersan
Summary: Frequent assessments on EPAs provided a developmental picture of competence consistent with the negative exponential learning curve theory. This finding was true across a variety of EPAs and across students, and the time to attain the threshold level of performance on the EPA for entrustment varied by student and EPA. The results provide validity evidence for an EPA-based program of assessment. Students assessed using multiple observations performing the Core EPAs for entering residency demonstrate classic developmental progression toward the desired level of competence resulting in entrustment decisions. Future work with larger data samples will allow further psychometric analyses of assessment of EPAs.
Article
Education & Educational Research
Chung-Hsien Chaou, Shiuan-Ruey Yu, Yu-Che Chang, Shou-De Ma, Hsu-Min Tseng, Ming-Ju Hsieh, Ji-Tseng Fang
Summary: This prospective cohort study found that the preparedness for independent practice of medical students increases over time and is associated with their professional identity, teamwork experience, and objective clinical rotation endpoint. Educators should be aware of temporal fluctuations and individual differences in learners' preparedness despite the general trend of improvement.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2021)
Article
Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
Arianne D. Pieterse, Beerend P. Hierck, Peter G. M. de Jong, Thomas F. Ginn, Esther C. Hamoen, Marlies E. J. Reinders
Summary: The transition from the preclinical to the clinical phase of medical students' curriculum can lead to increased stress and anxiety. To address this, 360-degree video-based virtual reality applications were developed to provide virtual access to clinical situations and enhance learning experiences. A study evaluating the user experiences of these applications showed that most students found them realistic, informative, and enjoyable, with virtual reality being considered a good or excellent tool for learning. However, some students experienced physical discomfort, suggesting areas for improvement such as increased display resolution and decreased ambient noise.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Bruce L. Henschen, Sara Shaunfield, Blair P. Golden, Lauren A. Gard, Jennifer Bierman, Daniel B. Evans, Diane B. Wayne, Elizabeth R. Ryan, Monica Yang, Kenzie A. Cameron
Summary: Longitudinal clerkships in primary care help students develop a broad and nuanced perspective of the field, with an emphasis on continuity of care and relationships with patients. These experiences can aid all students in understanding the broad scope and importance of primary care, regardless of their eventual specialty choice. However, without numerous opportunities for continuity of care, students may perceive primary care as having limited scope and importance.
JOURNAL OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Review
Nursing
Taewha Lee, Dulamsuren Damiran, Kennedy Diema Konlan, Yoonjung Ji, Yea Seul Yoon, Hyunju Ji
Summary: This systematic review examines the factors and effective strategies related to nursing students' readiness for practice. A search was conducted in various databases using specific keywords, and 11 studies were identified as meeting the inclusion criteria. The main themes identified include personal characteristics, education-related factors, cognitive factors, psychological characteristics, and social factors influencing readiness to practice. Multiple factors interact in diverse ways to influence nursing students' readiness to practice.
NURSE EDUCATION IN PRACTICE
(2023)
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Daan A. H. Fris, Annelies E. M. van Vianen, Jessie Koen, Matthijs de Hoog, Anne P. J. de Pagter
Summary: This study explores factors that affect career decision-making stress among medical students. It found that a clearer future work self and higher career decision self-efficacy were associated with lower career decision-making stress, while experienced time pressure, competition, and study load were associated with higher career decision-making stress. As students' clerkships progressed, they gained a clearer future work self, but also experienced more time pressure. The study suggests that a competitive school climate and high study load foster career decision-making stress, while school support has limited effectiveness in diminishing this stress.
PERSPECTIVES ON MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Hiba Bawadi, Ayad Al-Moslih, Rula Shami, Xiangyun Du, Alla El-Awaisi, Hanan Abdul Rahim, Ghadir Fakhri Al-Jayyousi
Summary: This qualitative study explores the readiness of medical students to transition to virtual clerkships during the pandemic, from the perspectives of both faculty and students. The study found that medical students had limited readiness for virtual clerkships and expressed a desire to return to traditional training sites.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2023)
Article
Surgery
Douglas Grbic, Katherine A. Gielissen, Vivian Obeso, Jonathan M. Amiel, Amy Jayas, Dorothy A. Andriole
Summary: After surveying graduating medical students, it was found that students intending to enter surgery were more confident in their ability to perform the Core EPAs compared to students in other specialties, providing valuable insights for ensuring graduates' readiness for the start of residency.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Christina Gummesson, Stina Alm, Anna Cederborg, Mattias Ekstedt, Jarl Hellman, Hans Hjelmqvist, Magnus Hultin, Katarina Jood, Charlotte Leanderson, Bertil Lindahl, Riitta Moller, Bjorn Rosengren, Anders Sjalander, Peter J. Svensson, Stefan Sarnblad, Alexander Tejera
Summary: This study aimed to define Core EPAs for undergraduate medical education and explore the social validity of these constructs. Ten Core EPAs were defined and validated, and were assessed as relevant for Swedish undergraduate medical education. However, there was a gap between the perceived importance of these EPAs and the students' ability to perform them independently at the time of graduation.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2023)
Article
Sport Sciences
Lia Rigamonti, Patrick Kahle, Harm Peters, Bernd Wolfarth, Thomas Thouet, Klaus Bonaventura, David Alexander Back
Summary: This study tested the feasibility of instructing health care personnel through videos of ultrasound vascular measurements distributed by a social media messenger application. Physicians achieved significantly higher scores in the established objective structured assessment of ultrasound skills score, but there was no significant difference between the groups regarding overall performance and femoral artery measurements. Participants approved of the setting, showing that transmission of videos via social media applications can be an effective instructional tool in sports medicine.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Kim Gulbis, Theresa Kruger, Martin Dittmar, Harm Peters
Summary: Curriculum mapping plays a crucial role in competency-based medical education, as demonstrated by mapping an institutional undergraduate medical curriculum to a national competency-based outcome framework. Different mapping approaches, quantitative and qualitative, impact the depiction of coverage differently. Quantitative methods offer a general overview while qualitative methods provide a more in-depth representation.
Article
Education & Educational Research
Yadira Roa Romero, Hannah Tame, Ylva Holzhausen, Mandy Petzold, Jan-Vincent Wyszynski, Harm Peters, Mohammed Alhassan-Altoaama, Monika Domanska, Martin Dittmar
Summary: This study developed a feedback tool for medical students at Charite-Universitatsmedizin, Berlin, which was positively received by students and showed good usability during testing. The tool is open source and can be adapted by other medical faculties, with plans for further optimization and integration of additional features based on user recommendations.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2021)
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Anne Franz, Miriam Alexander, Asja Maaz, Harm Peters
Summary: This study applies Bourdieu's sociological concept of field to understand the perceptions and social mechanisms operating within a planning committee for major curriculum reform. The findings reveal that the curriculum committee represents a social field of intense competition and conflicts, where group members struggle for different forms of capital to maintain and increase their power and social position in the medical programme.
Article
Education & Educational Research
Anne Franz, Sebastian Oberst, Harm Peters, Ralph Berger, Ronja Behrend
Summary: Students utilize a wide range of low, moderate, and high-utility learning techniques. The use of learning techniques has an impact on the difficulties perceived by students. Therefore, knowledge and application of high-utility learning techniques could benefit students in their learning process.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Ieda Francischetti, Ylva Holzhausen, Harm Peters
Summary: This article reports on a modified Delphi study conducted in a Brazilian community medical school, which successfully defined 11 EPAs for training medical students in community medicine. These EPAs cover comprehensive care for individual health, family health, and community health needs.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Marwa Schumann, Maria Sepke, Harm Peters
Summary: This study provides a comprehensive understanding of the social integration process of Middle Eastern physicians in Germany, highlighting the significance of language and cultural adaptation and emphasizing the need for targeted orientation programs or cross-cultural training to facilitate social integration.
GLOBALIZATION AND HEALTH
(2022)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Nicholas Alexander, Asja Maaz, Harm Peters, Jan Kottner
Summary: This scoping review aims to describe the current body of evidence regarding EPA implementation in nursing education. EPAs, or entrustable professional activities, define units of professional practice that can be fully entrusted to sufficiently competent professionals. The concept of EPAs bridges the gap between competency-based education and the daily tasks of health professions in the workplace.
Article
Genetics & Heredity
Birute Tumiene, Harm Peters, Bela Melegh, Borut Peterlin, Algirdas Utkus, Natalja Fatkulina, Gyoergy Pfliegler, Holm Graessner, Sanja Hermanns, Maurizio Scarpa, Jean-Yves Blay, Sharon Ashton, Lucy McKay, Gareth Baynam
Summary: People living with rare diseases still face unmet needs due to insufficient care systems and lack of rare disease knowledge among healthcare workforce. Rare disease education and training should be rethought to engage and empower patients and develop a coherent strategy. Multiple stakeholders, including universities, professional organizations, and patient groups, should be involved in developing and implementing this strategy.
ORPHANET JOURNAL OF RARE DISEASES
(2022)
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Anabel Bach, Irmela Bluthmann, Ines Wulff, Ina Thierfelder, Martin Krebber, Rainer Watermann, Felicitas Thiel, Harm Peters
Summary: The study developed and validated a questionnaire to capture facilitation activities in Problem-Based Learning (PBL), providing a comprehensive understanding of collaborative learning processes and the interplay between facilitation activities by the tutor and the group.
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Ronja Behrend, Doreen Herinek, Rolf Kienle, Franziska Louisa Arnold, Harm Peters
Summary: The aim of this study was to develop and validate a framework of interprofessional (IP) learning outcomes at Charite - Universitatsmedizin Berlin. Using a systematic, 2-step approach, a framework including four competency domains was successfully developed and validated, serving as a basis for the implementation of interprofessional education.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Tania Pastrana, Liliana De Lima, Mark Stoltenberg, Harm Peters
Summary: Although some Latin American countries have formally recognized palliative medicine as a medical specialty, most countries have yet to do so. Specialty and sub-specialty training programs are scarce in the region, and the existing programs vary widely in duration, structure, and content.
JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Pia Djermester, Christian Groeschke, Robert Gintrowicz, Harm Peters, Antje Degel
Summary: This study aims to design an online module to compensate for the practical learning objectives of bedside teaching (BST) that cannot be mirrored in online formats. By developing paper cases and surveys, providing individual feedback and sample solutions, students are helped to understand the concepts of BST and clinical reasoning.
GMS JOURNAL FOR MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2021)
