Design and usability testing of an in-house developed performance feedback tool for medical students.

Background: Feedback is essential in a self-regulated learning environment such as medical education. When feedback channels are widely spread, the need arises for a system of integrating this information in a single platform. This article reports on the design and initial testing of a feedback tool for medical students at Charité-Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, a large teaching hospital.

Palliative Medicine Specialization in Latin America: A Comparative Analysis.

Background: Formal recognition of palliative medicine as a specialty has been one of the main drivers in the development of palliative care.

Aim: To provide a comparative, comprehensive overview on the status of palliative medicine as medical specialty across Latin America.

Methods: We conducted a comparative study of 19 Latin American countries.

Correction: Undergraduate Medical Competencies in Digital Health and Curricular Module Development: Mixed Methods Study.

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Undergraduate Medical Competencies in Digital Health and Curricular Module Development: Mixed Methods Study.

Background: Owing to an increase in digital technologies in health care, recently leveraged by the COVID-19 pandemic, physicians are required to use these technologies appropriately and to be familiar with their implications on patient care, the health system, and society. Therefore, medical students should be confronted with digital health during their medical education. However, corresponding teaching formats and concepts are still largely lacking in the medical curricula.

Evaluation of curricular relevance and actual integration of sex/gender and cultural competencies by final year medical students: effects of student diversity subgroups and curriculum.

Diversity issues play a key role in medical practice and have recently been more explicitly integrated into undergraduate medical curricula in Europe and worldwide. However, research on students´ perspectives on the relevance and curricular integration of diversity issues, such as sex/gender and culture-sensitive competencies, is still limited. The Charité Berlin (Germany) ran in parallel a traditional and a competency-based medical program.

Exploring the introduction of entrustment rating scales in an existing objective structured clinical examination.

Background: The concept of EPAs is increasingly applied to assess trainees' workplace performance by means of entrustment ratings. OSCEs assess performance in a simulated setting, and it is unclear whether entrustment ratings can be integrated into these exams. This study explores the introduction of an entrustment rating scale into an existing OSCE.

Student participation in the development of interprofessional education courses: Perceptions and experiences of faculty members and the students.

Student participation has shown positive effects on the curriculum development process for a single health profession. This qualitative study explores faculty members' and students' perceptions and experiences regarding student participation in interprofessional course development. Interprofessional courses were developed and implemented by interprofessional teams of faculty members and students.

Student engagement in medical education: A mixed-method study on medical students as module co-directors in curriculum development.

Beyond participation in evaluation of teaching, there is sparse research available on more active roles of medical students in curriculum development. We report on a model of student engagement where medical students function as module co-directors, and how this is experienced by faculty and student module directors. Student engage in co-development of their curriculum with a high level of autonomy in organizing their activities.

Introducing an assessment tool based on a full set of end-of-training EPAs to capture the workplace performance of final-year medical students.

Background: While literature on the theoretical value of entrustable professional activities (EPAs) for assessment is rapidly expanding, little experience exists on its application. The aims of this study are to develop and explore the utility of an EPA-based assessment tool for capturing the workplace performance of final-year medical students based on a full set of end-of-training EPAs.

Methods: The tool was developed in a systematic iterative process.

Experiences with using e-learning tools in orthopedics in an uncontrolled field study application.

Background: E-learning is widely used in undergraduate medical education and often in blended learning settings for students learning at home. This study should assess the educative value of e-learning tools in orthopedics and traumatology when used under "field" conditions, in comparison with a controlled laboratory-like setting.

Materials And Methods: Medical students were invited for their voluntary online participation in an uncontrolled study (UCS).

Doctors on the move: a qualitative study on the driving factors in a group of Egyptian physicians migrating to Germany.

Background: Migration of physicians has become a global phenomenon with significant implications for the healthcare delivery systems worldwide. The motivations and factors driving physician's migration are complex and continuously evolving. Purpose of this study is to explore the driving forces in a group of Egyptian physicians and final-years medical students preparing to migrate to Germany.

Deployment and Disaster Medicine in an Undergraduate Teaching Module.

Introduction: Modern health systems have to respond to a wide variety of catastrophic scenarios, from natural disasters to terror attacks. It is reasonable to already start educational approaches for physicians in this field at medical school level. An approach combining civilian disaster medicine and military deployment medicine can be beneficial both for clinical strategies and in undergraduate teaching.

Twelve tips for enhancing student engagement.

Student engagement refers to a broad range of activities where students participate in management, education, research, and community activities within their institutions. It is a mutually beneficial collaborative approach between students and their institutions. This article provides practical advice for the implementation or further development of student engagement at medical, dental, and veterinary schools.

Moving a mountain: Practical insights into mastering a major curriculum reform at a large European medical university.

Aim: Undergraduate medical education is currently in a fundamental transition towards competency-based programs around the globe. A major curriculum reform implies a dual challenge: the change of the curriculum and the delivering organization. Both are closely interwoven.

Medical students' preparedness for professional activities in early clerkships.

Background: Sufficient preparedness is important for transitions to workplace participation and learning in clinical settings. This study aims to analyse medical students' preparedness for early clerkships using a three-dimensional, socio-cognitive, theory-based model of preparedness anchored in specific professional activities and their supervision level.

Methods: Medical students from a competency-based undergraduate curriculum were surveyed about preparedness for 21 professional activities and level of perceived supervision during their early clerkships via an online questionnaire.

Twelve tips for the implementation of EPAs for assessment and entrustment decisions.

The concept of entrustable professional activities (EPAs) reframes the approach to assessment in competency-based medical education. Key to this concept is the linking of assessment to decision making about entrusting learners with clinical responsibilities. Based on recent literature and the authors' experiences with implementing EPAs, this article provides practical recommendations for how to implement EPAs for assessment and entrustment decisions in the workplace.

Applying occupational and organizational psychology theory to entrustment decision-making about trainees in health care: a conceptual model.

In medical contexts around the world, supervising physicians continuously decide what degree of supervision to apply as trainees carry out professional activities. Although the implications for patients can be far-reaching, little is known about how these entrustment decisions are formed. The concept of 'Entrustable Professional Activities' has initiated interest and valuable research on factors that may influence the entrustment decision process.

Concept and evaluation of the German War Surgery Course - Einsatzchirurgie-Kurs der Bundeswehr.

Introduction: Military surgeons must be prepared to care for severe and complex life-threatening injuries rarely seen in the civilian setting. Typical civilian training and practice do not provide adequate exposure to the broad set of surgical skills required. The German Bundeswehr Medical Service has developed and refined the War Surgery Course (WSC) to meet this training gap.

Population pharmacokinetics of daptomycin in adult patients undergoing continuous renal replacement therapy.

Aim: The objective of this population pharmacokinetic (PK) analysis was to provide guidance for the dosing interval of daptomycin in patients undergoing continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT).

Methods: A previously published population PK model for daptomycin was updated with data from patients undergoing continuous veno-venous haemodialysis (CVVHD; n = 9) and continuous veno-venous haemodiafiltration (CVVHDF; n = 8). Model-based simulations were performed to compare the 24 h AUC, C and C of daptomycin following various dosing regimens (4, 6, 8, 10, and 12 mg kg every [Q] 24 h and Q48 h), with the safety and efficacy exposure references for Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia/right-sided infective endocarditis.

Superior Gain in Knowledge by Podcasts Versus Text-Based Learning in Teaching Orthopedics: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Objective: Digital learning (e-learning) has become a firm part of surgical undergraduate education. However, there is still a lack in analyzing e-learning tools in experimental settings without potentially biasing curricular influences. This study should compare students' learning outcome with podcasts versus book texts under laboratory conditions in the field of orthopedics.

Evaluation of the free, open source software WordPress as electronic portfolio system in undergraduate medical education.

Background: Electronic portfolios (ePortfolios) are used to document and support learning activities. E-portfolios with mobile capabilities allow even more flexibility. However, the development or acquisition of ePortfolio software is often costly, and at the same time, commercially available systems may not sufficiently fit the institution's needs.