Surveying Undergraduate Medical Students' Motivational Orientations and Learning Strategies in the First and Last Year of Medical School.

Motivation to learn has been linked to learning outcomes, academic performance, learner well-being, and choice of medical specialty. Previous studies showed successful educational interventions to optimize students' levels of motivation and learning strategies. The purposes of this study are (1) to describe undergraduate medical students' motivational orientations and learning strategies in the first and last year at a Canadian university and (2) to analyze possible differences between undergraduate medical students' motivational orientations and learning strategies in those two academic years.

Medical students' perspectives on and understanding of anesthesiology: a Canadian cross-sectional survey.

Purpose: In Canada, three out of 17 medical schools do not mandate an anesthesia rotation in their clerkship curriculum. Understanding the effects of a mandatory anesthesiology rotation is important in determining its value to the specialty and guiding decision-making for medical educators. We sought to determine whether a mandatory anesthesia rotation affected students' understanding of anesthesiology, as well as their perspectives on anesthesia.

Undergraduate Learners' Receptiveness to Feedback in Medical Schools: A Scoping Review.

Unlabelled: Feedback from educators to learners is considered an important element of effective learning in medical school. While early studies were focused on the processes of providing feedback, recent work has showed that factors related to how learners receive feedback seems to be equally important. Considering that the literature on this topic is new in medical education, and studies are diverse and methodologically variable, we sought to conduct a scoping review to map the articles on receptiveness to feedback, to provide an overview of its related factors, to identify the types of research conducted in this area, and to document knowledge gaps in the existing literature.

Characteristics of good clinical teachers in anesthesiology from medical students' perspective: a qualitative descriptive study.

Purpose: Learning needs are influenced by the stage of learning and medical specialty. We sought to investigate the characteristics of a good clinical teacher in anesthesiology from the medical students' perspective.

Methods: We conducted a qualitative descriptive study to analyze written comments of medical students about their clinical teachers' performances.

Maintenance of certification for practicing physicians: a review of current challenges and considerations.

Maintenance of certification (MOC) has become increasingly important in medicine to ensure maintenance of competence throughout a physician's career. This paper reviews current issues and challenges associated with MOC in medicine, including how to define medical competencies for practicing physicians, assessment, and how best to support physicians' lifelong learning in a continuous and self-motivated way. We explore how the combination of self-monitoring, regular feedback, and peer support could improve self-assessment.

A literature review on observational learning for medical motor skills and anesthesia teaching.

Motor skill practice is very important to improve performance of medical procedures and could be enhanced by observational practice. Observational learning could be particularly important in the medical field considering that patients' safety prevails over students' training. The mechanism of observational learning is based on the mirror neuron system, originally discovered in the monkey pre-motor cortex.

Perioperative management of patients with obstructive sleep apnea: a survey of Canadian anesthesiologists.

Introduction: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) may increase the incidence of postoperative complications when undiagnosed. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the perspectives of Canadian anesthesiologists regarding the perioperative management of patients with diagnosed or suspected OSA.

Methods: This study was conducted as a survey of Canadian anesthesiologists using a self-administered scenario-based questionnaire.