Evaluation of family medicine residents' reflection skills.

Background: While reflection skills have been extensively studied in undergraduate medical education, research on the reflection skills of residents remains limited in the Turkish literature. Therefore, a two-phase study was conducted. In the first phase, a methodological study adapted the Groningen Reflection Ability Scale (GRAS) for residents.

Development of Flood Preparedness Behavior Scale: A Methodological Validity and Reliability Study.

Background: Floods are the most frequent natural disasters with a significant share of their mortality. Preparedness is capable of decreasing the mortality of floods by at least 50%. This paper aims to present the psychometric properties of a scale developed to evaluate the behavior of preparedness to floods in Sudan and similar settings.

Developing a virtual patient: design, usability, and learning effect in communication skills training.

Background: Literature shows that Virtual Patients (VPs) find extensive usage in the field of health sciences, especially in the post-pandemic period. VPs are successfully utilized in developing various effective skills like medical interview. However, this technology is quite new in Turkey and has not yet been used in communication skills training in a structured form.

Simulation Use in Outreach Setting: A Novel Approach to Building Sustainability.

Simulation is a well-studied teaching tool for multidisciplinary teamwork, crisis resource management, and communication skills. These attributes are essential for successful international medical missions, which include healthcare providers with different familiarities with the outreach environment and each team member's role. However, immersive simulation remains underused in similar settings.

From the lens of the clinical residents: undergraduate to postgraduate medical education and the transition process.

The concept of continuity in medical education reflects the progressive professional and personal development that physicians need in education. The aim of this study is investigating the views of the residents about the adequacy of undergraduate and postgraduate education in the context of preparing them for the next stage and their perceptions about the transition period. This phenomenological study was conducted at Hacettepe University Medical School.

Determinants of self-regulated learning skills: the roles of tutors and students.

Problem-based learning (PBL) is an instructional method that offers students the opportunity to develop self-regulatory strategies as an explicit learning outcome. As a multifaceted PBL environment, the guidance of tutors is important to students as they develop self-regulatory learning (SRL) skills and self-efficacy, the most focused motivational element in SRL. The present study examines the relationship between academic achievement and PBL self-efficacy levels, as well as the role played by tutors.

Reliability of scores obtained from standardized patient and instructor assessments.

Introduction: To obtain more reliable results from observation-based assessments, high-quality raters are key. Although this quality can be obtained by using instructors, extra workload can be a burden on them. To overcome this problem, one alternative to instructor raters can be standardized patients (SPs).