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View article: Cultural influences on Asian health profession trainees seeking and receiving feedback: a scoping review
Cultural influences on Asian health profession trainees seeking and receiving feedback: a scoping review Open
Feedback was important and desired by trainees while Culture influenced the way feedback was given and received. High power distance and collectivism had the most obvious effects, inhibiting trainees from seeking or requesting clarificatio…
View article: Narrative inquiry for beginners: A practical guide for health professions education researchers
Narrative inquiry for beginners: A practical guide for health professions education researchers Open
Narrative inquiry (NI) is a rich methodological approach centered around the analysis of stories. While NI has great value within health professions education research, it may be overwhelming for novice researchers (or those new to NI) to …
View article: Cultural influences on non-Western health profession trainees seeking and receiving feedback: A Scoping Review
Cultural influences on non-Western health profession trainees seeking and receiving feedback: A Scoping Review Open
Background : Feedback is recognised as key to learning and development of health professionals. However, most literature in this area originates in Western contexts, leaving a significant gap in understanding how Cultural factors influence…
View article: Supporting doctors' professional identity development through specialist training
Supporting doctors' professional identity development through specialist training Open
Anatomy‐centric specialties such as surgery, radiology, and anatomical pathology (AP) have workforce shortages, with attrition during the training phase proposed as a contributing factor. Current understanding of the reasons behind trainee…
View article: Expanding worldviews on psychometric analysis of measurement tools in health professions education and research
Expanding worldviews on psychometric analysis of measurement tools in health professions education and research Open
Worldviews influence research—from design to interpretation and reporting. Historically, psychometrics has been predominantly situated within a positivist paradigm, while social research has often aligned with interpretivist or critical pa…
View article: Perceptions of the usefulness of an online simulated clinical examination
Perceptions of the usefulness of an online simulated clinical examination Open
MONSCE assessments appear to be useful for student assessment of skills like history taking and clinical counselling. Their role was considered complementary to in-person clinical skills assessment but not replace the complexity of real li…
View article: A review of trends in health professions education research at the turn of three decades (2000, 2010, and 2020)
A review of trends in health professions education research at the turn of three decades (2000, 2010, and 2020) Open
Despite positive trends in health professions education research (more studies, multi-institutional research, and balanced methodological approaches), our review of trends identified notable issues (e.g., limited country diversity, missing…
View article: Using Politeness Theory to Deconstruct How Preregistrant Pharmacists Approach Disagreement in the Workplace
Using Politeness Theory to Deconstruct How Preregistrant Pharmacists Approach Disagreement in the Workplace Open
This study shows that preregistrant pharmacists are aware of the principles of face-work. While the study only reflects what participants believe they would do, not their actual ability in professional disputes, it supports current researc…
View article: Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) in higher education: A systematic scoping review
Pedagogical content knowledge (PCK) in higher education: A systematic scoping review Open
This systematic scoping review explores how Pedagogical Content Knowledge (PCK) is conceptualised and investigated in peer-reviewed empirical studies within higher education. Our results indicate that PCK research in higher education is di…
View article: The <i>die‐hards</i> , <i>negotiators</i> and <i>migrants</i> : Portraits of doctors' career pathways through specialisation
The <i>die‐hards</i> , <i>negotiators</i> and <i>migrants</i> : Portraits of doctors' career pathways through specialisation Open
Introduction Global workforce shortages in medical specialties strain healthcare systems, jeopardising patient outcomes. Enhancing recruitment strategies by supporting professional identity (PI) development may be one way to address this w…
View article: ‘I was uncertain, but I was acting on it’: A longitudinal qualitative study of medical students' responses to uncertainty
‘I was uncertain, but I was acting on it’: A longitudinal qualitative study of medical students' responses to uncertainty Open
Purpose Uncertainty is ubiquitous within medical practice. Accordingly, how individuals respond to uncertainty, termed uncertainty tolerance (UT), is increasingly considered a medical graduate competency. Despite this, aspects of the UT co…
View article: Using contribution analysis to evaluate health professions and health sciences programs
Using contribution analysis to evaluate health professions and health sciences programs Open
Introduction/background Course evaluation in health education is a common practice yet few comprehensive evaluations of health education exist that measure the impact and outcomes these programs have on developing health graduate capabilit…
View article: Linking assessment to real life practice – comparing work based assessments and objective structured clinical examinations using mystery shopping
Linking assessment to real life practice – comparing work based assessments and objective structured clinical examinations using mystery shopping Open
Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) and Work Based Assessments (WBAs) are the mainstays of assessing clinical competency in health professions’ education. Underpinned by the extrapolation inference in Kane’s Validity Framewo…
View article: Linking assessment to real life practice - comparing work based assessments and objective structured clinical examinations using mystery shopping
Linking assessment to real life practice - comparing work based assessments and objective structured clinical examinations using mystery shopping Open
Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) and Work Based Assessments (WBAs) are the mainstays of assessing clinical competency in health professions’ education. Underpinned by the extrapolation inference in Kane Validity’s Framewo…
View article: Leadership during airway management in the intensive care unit: A video-reflexive ethnography study
Leadership during airway management in the intensive care unit: A video-reflexive ethnography study Open
Effective leadership is crucial to team performance within the intensive care unit. This novel study aimed to explore how staff members from an intensive care unit conceptualize leadership and what facilitators and barriers to leadership e…
View article: Responding to the healthcare workforce shortage: A scoping review exploring anatomical pathologists' professional identities over time
Responding to the healthcare workforce shortage: A scoping review exploring anatomical pathologists' professional identities over time Open
Anatomical pathology (AP) is an anatomy‐centric medical specialty devoted to tissue‐based diagnosis of disease. The field faces a current and predicted workforce shortage, likely increasing diagnostic wait times and delaying patient access…
View article: Identifying validity evidence for uncertainty tolerance scales: A systematic review
Identifying validity evidence for uncertainty tolerance scales: A systematic review Open
Purpose Uncertainty tolerance (UT) is increasingly valued as a medical graduate attribute and broadly measured among medical student populations. However, the validity evidence underpinning UT scale implementation has not been summarised a…
View article: Community of Inquiry framework to evaluate an online obstetric and neonatal emergency simulation workshop for health professional students in India
Community of Inquiry framework to evaluate an online obstetric and neonatal emergency simulation workshop for health professional students in India Open
Background We transitioned our obstetric neonatal emergency simulation (ONE-Sim) workshops to an online format during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, we evaluated key learning acquired by undergraduate medical and nursing students at…
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View article: Student and Educator Perspectives of Adapting to Remote Health Professions Education: A Mixed-Methods Study
Student and Educator Perspectives of Adapting to Remote Health Professions Education: A Mixed-Methods Study Open
During the COVID-19 pandemic, universities across the world transitioned rapidly to remote education. Engaging with a curriculum that has been transitioned from in-person to remote education mode is likely to impact how students and educat…
View article: Medical Student Experiences of Uncertainty Tolerance Moderators: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study
Medical Student Experiences of Uncertainty Tolerance Moderators: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study Open
Introduction Uncertainty tolerance (UT), a construct explicating individuals' response to perceived uncertainty, is increasingly considered a competency for effective medical practice. Lower UT among physicians is linked with negative outc…
View article: ‘A whole lot of uncertainty’: A qualitative study exploring clinical medical students' experiences of uncertainty stimuli
‘A whole lot of uncertainty’: A qualitative study exploring clinical medical students' experiences of uncertainty stimuli Open
Introduction Uncertainty tolerance (UT) describes how individuals respond to stimuli of uncertainty, with low UT among medical doctors and students linked to negative outcomes such as burnout. UT research in medical education has focused o…
View article: Culture and understanding the role of feedback for health professions students: realist synthesis protocol
Culture and understanding the role of feedback for health professions students: realist synthesis protocol Open
Introduction Clinical education has moved to a ‘competency-based’ model with an emphasis on workplace-based learning and assessment which, in turn, depends on feedback to be effective. Further, the understanding of feedback has changed fro…
View article: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on teaching and learning in health professional education: a mixed methods study protocol
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on teaching and learning in health professional education: a mixed methods study protocol Open
Background Due to the complex nature of healthcare professionals’ roles and responsibilities, the education of this workforce is multifaceted and challenging. It relies on various sources of learning from teachers, peers, patients and may …
View article: Exploring the use of self-assessment to facilitate health students’ generic skills development
Exploring the use of self-assessment to facilitate health students’ generic skills development Open
Employability skills for health graduates, and many disciplines within higher education, are considered vital to maximising their capacity to cope with the rapidly changing, uncertain and highly competitive labour market. Despite the incre…