The transition of the United States Medical License Exam Step 1 examination to pass/fail was implemented in January 2022 with the intent to reduce medical student stress levels while ensuring that students maintained a sufficient degree of medical knowledge in order to continue in their educational journey. While this is an admirable goal,…

This study assesses the acceptability, appropriateness, feasibility, and efficacy of a novel asynchronous video-based intervention for teaching respiratory physiology and anatomy to medical students in resource-limited settings. A series of short video lectures on pleural anatomy, pulmonary physiology, and pathophysiology was created using…

Experts perceive and evaluate domain-specific visual information with high accuracy. In doing so, they exhibit eye movements referred to as "expert gaze" to rapidly focus on task-relevant areas. Using eye tracking, it is possible to record these implicit gaze patterns and present them to histology novice learners during training. This…

In modern medical curricula, embryology is typically taught through lectures, with a few institutions providing tutorials. The use of 3-D videos or animations enables students to study these embryological structures and how they change with time. The aim of this study was to assess the quality of cardiac embryology videos available on YouTube. A…

The current research is based on two educational changes introduced in an English class for prospective medical doctors. These changes involved a shift in the educational process: first, adopting an English for Medical Purposes (EMP)based approach that emphasizes communicative skills, designed following a comprehensive needs assessment due to its…

Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand (AANZ) medical schools have been impacted by curricular changes and the introduction of virtual microscopy (VM). No survey has explicitly described the outcome of these events on histology education in AANZ. This study provides a cross-sectional overview of histology education in accredited medical schools across…

The Program Director and Program Coordinator of medical residency programs are vital in developing future physicians around the United States. The relationship between these leaders could alleviate burnout in healthcare by providing stability and a united front that could help residents feel safe to perform and excel. As the program's leaders, the…

Medical education continually adapts to the needs of future health care professionals, with student motivation in research being a pivotal aspect. This study at Alfaisal University aimed to explore the motivations, benefits, and challenges faced by medical students in extracurricular research activities. Using a mixed-method approach, we combined…

The mental health of medical students is impacted by stressors. The problem was that medical students experienced high levels of stress compared to the general public. The research gap was the underexplored area of underrepresented minority students in medicine. The purpose of this quantitative descriptive research study was to assess and…

Engagement through the use of technology requires a level of vulnerability and trust amongst teachers and learners. The emotional and social aspects of engagement can be significantly affected by the nuances of the learning setting. The study goal was to explore learner needs related to uploaded lecture-captured recordings and examine how the use…

Objective: To investigate the influences of feedback on manual therapy skill acquisition as presented in the literature. Data Source(s): An electronic search was conducted across 4 databases: PubMed, EBSCOhost, SPORTDiscus, and CINAHL. The key words that were used in the search included "manual therapy," "physiotherapy,"…

The need for longitudinal and holistic support of medical students throughout their training has led to the development of formal mentoring programs. Whilst success of formal mentoring programs has been attributed to: (1) pairing mentees with trained and experienced mentors (matching); (2) the quality of mentoring interactions; and (3) the…

Interprofessional education (IPE) provides healthcare students with educational experiences that will prepare them for the evolving team-based approach to healthcare. With significant differences in training approaches, areas of expertise, commitment to IPE, and resources among disciplines, curricular developers must be strategic and deliberate to…

Knowledge transfer is a key goal of learning, which this study aimed to investigate using an online training exercise for chest X-ray diagnosis. Junior medical students were trained to recognise the features of chest X-ray conditions and asked to provide diagnoses on these images and other unseen images to test for knowledge transfer. Transfer was…

Peer tutoring consists of specific teaching and learning roles where the tutor administers course knowledge to the tutee for their benefit. This systematic review examined how peer tutoring impacts undergraduate and medical students by collecting, analyzing, and combining relevant literature that conveyed tutor, tutee, faculty involvement with…