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Using differential item functioning to evaluate potential bias in a high stak...
Background Fairness is a critical component of defensible assessment. Candidates should perform according to ability without influence from background characteristics such as... -
Female trainees believe that having children will negatively impact their car...
Background Medical training occurs during peak childbearing years. However, the intense workload, long work hours, and limited financial compensation are potential barriers to... -
Investigating the existence of social networks in cheating behaviors in medic...
Background Most studies on academic cheating rely on self-reported questionnaires and focus on the individual, overlooking cheating as a group activity. The aim of this study is... -
How to choose an evidence-based medicine knowledge test for medical students?...
Background There are a few studies of alignment between different knowledge-indices for evidence-based medicine (EBM). The aim of this study was to investigate whether the type... -
Educating patient-centered, systems-aware physicians: a qualitative analysis ...
Background Medical schools have a critical need to develop roles for students that are “value-added,” defined as “…experiential roles that can positively impact health outcomes... -
Skills acquisition for novice learners after a point-of-care ultrasound cours...
Background Few studies have compared the effectiveness of brief training courses on point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) skill acquisition of novice attending physicians vs.... -
Vienna Summer School on Oncology: how to teach clinical decision making in a ...
Background Clinical decision making in oncology is based on both inter- and multidisciplinary approach. Hence teaching future doctors involved in oncology or general health... -
Abortion education in Canadian family medicine residency programs
Background Abortion has been decriminalized in Canada since 1988 and is considered an essential medical service. There is concern that decreasing numbers of abortion providers... -
How does training in anesthesia residency shape residents’ approaches to pati...
Background Handoffs are a complex procedure whose success relies on mutual discussion rather than simple information transfer. Particularly among trainees, handoffs present... -
What should the African health workforce know about disasters? Proposed compe...
Background As part of efforts to implement the human resources capacity building component of the African Regional Strategy on Disaster Risk Management (DRM) for the health... -
Fostering clinical reasoning in physiotherapy: comparing the effects of conce...
Background Health profession learners can foster clinical reasoning by studying worked examples presenting fully worked out solutions to a clinical problem. It is possible to... -
Peer feedback for examiner quality assurance on MRCGP International South Asi...
Background The International Membership Examination (MRCGP[INT]) of the Royal College of General Practitioners UK is a unique collaboration between four South Asian countries... -
A searchable database of medical education objectives – creating a comparable...
Background Medical school curricula strives to teach as much material as can be retained in a limited amount of time. A common “gold standard” resource used building curricula... -
A one-day surgical-skill training course for medical students’ improved surgi...
Background Despite many high-quality programs in basic surgical-skill education, the surgical skill of junior doctors varies widely. This, together with the waning interest in... -
Dental hygienists’ perceptions of professionalism are multidimensional and co...
Background Due to the declining birth rate and aging of Japanese society, the roles and responsibilities of dental hygienists are continuously expanding. Medical professionalism... -
Avoid reinventing the wheel: implementation of the Ottawa Clinic Assessment T...
Abstract Background Workplace based assessment (WBA) is crucial to competency-based education. The majority of healthcare is delivered in the ambulatory setting making the... -
Effect of an audience on trainee stress and performance during simulated neon...
Background Neonatal intubation is a stressful procedure taught to trainees. This procedure can attract additional observers. The impact of observers on neonatal intubation... -
Healthcare students’ perceptions about their role, confidence and competence ...
Background Public health improvement has long been an important focus for the United Kingdom Department of Health. The Allied Health Professions (AHP) Federation has 84,000... -
Validation of the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy in Spanish medical stu...
Background The Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy is the most widely used instrument to measure empathy in the doctor-patient relationship. This work pursued cultural... -
Differences in opinions of occupational physicians on the required competenci...
Background The activities and work demands of medical professionals, including occupational physicians (OPs), fall into three categories: clinical, academic, and administrative....
