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Utilization of Artificial Intelligence as Simulated Patients to Enhance Student Interviewing Skills in the Pharmacy Curriculum Across Multiple Programs.

BACKGROUND: Traditional methods to practice patient interviewing skills for student pharmacists include the use of actors and role-playing. … y to use, helped with their interviewing skills, and wanted to see it utilized more in the pharmacy curriculum. Future activities should find ways to incorporate more real-life components.

Advancing clinical exercise physiology and integrative health policy in Tunisia: An international perspective on curriculum reform and professional recognition.

Sedentary and non-communicable diseases continue to rise in Tunisia. Yet, graduates from the country's four institutes of Sport Sciences face persistent barriers to employment and lack legal recognition within the healthcare system. Although these graduates receive academic learning and training in exercise physiology, biomechanics, adapted physical activity, and performance sciences, current legislation prevents them from prescribing exercise or working with clinical populations. Across worldwide, many countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, and Canada have established

A student-led pilot lecture in nutrition as a catalyst for curriculum change: A case study from one medical school.

BACKGROUND: Poor diet is the leading cause of global disability and premature death, contributing to 11 million deaths annually. Despite thi … med to expand nutrition education longitudinally with additional lectures to be integrated into the curriculum. This trajectory illustrates how even a small pilot can stimulate institutional dialogue and student-led momentum. We discuss key elements of an effective, multifaceted nutrition curriculum and propose a roadmap adaptable to other institutions.

Improving Learner Confidence in Managing Patients With Opioid Use: A Standardized Patient Curriculum for Medical and Physician Assistant Students.

BACKGROUND AND INTRODUCTION: The opioid epidemic has prompted health professions educators to update curricula around pain and opioid management. University of Colorado School of Medicine learners complete a novel open-source curriculum on pain and opioid management which includes standardized patient (SP) encounters. SPs are specialists trained to portray patient scenarios for the instruction and/or assessment of clinical skills in health professional trainees. We hypothesized that participation in the novel curriculum would increase learners' confidence in managing encounters involving discu…

The Curriculum of Resistance: Medical Education as a Critical Line of Defense Against Policy Disaster for Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Individuals.

Transgender and gender nonconforming (TGNC) individuals in the United States have faced escalating legislative hostility for more than a decade, with a marked acceleration following the legalization of marriage equality in 2015. Federal executive actions and state-level policies enacted in early 2025 represent an unprecedented escalation of this trend, sharply restricting access to gender-affirming care, legal recognition, and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) protections. Collectively, these actions constitute a policy-driven public health disaster with profound and potential

Structured robotic surgery training in Germany: a five-year evaluation of the German curriculum for robot-assisted radical prostatectomy.

Robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) has become a standard procedure for the surgical management of localized and locally advanced prostate cancer (PC). Surgical outcomes are closely linked to the training and experience of the operating surgeon. In 2017, the German Society for Robot-assisted Urology (DGRU) in cooperation with the working group Robotics and laparoscopy of the German Urology Society (DGU) launched a structured national curriculum designed to train new console surgeons through a standardized, competency-based educational program. This study evaluates the first five years …

Снимок новаторского подхода к комплексному преподаванию медицинской биохимии в рамках учебной программы для оценки результатов.

Медицинская биохимия (МБ) обычно преподается в начале медицинской программы, в которой практически отсутствует клинический контекст. Время родов и устаревшие методы обучения изображают БМ в негативном свете, ограничивая понимание его важности в медицинской практике. Для решения этой проблемы авторы разработали спирально интегрированный подход к преподаванию этой темы, в рамках которого основные темы, связанные с БМ, намеренно переплетаются по всей учебной программе, предшествующей стыковке, что позволяет учащимся пересматривать и углублять свое понимание материалов в все более клинических и ме

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Medical biochemistry (MB) is usually taught at the inception of a medical curriculum with little to no clinical context. The timing of delivery and the antiquated teaching methods have portrayed MB in a negative light, limiting the appreciation of its importance in medical practice. To address the issue, the authors have developed a spirally integrated appro…

Integrating disability and language access education in undergraduate medical training: a curriculum mapping study at a rural medical school.

This study offers a detailed analysis of how disability and English as a Second Language (ESL) competencies are incorporated into undergraduate medical curricula. Using systematic curriculum mapping at a rural LCME-accredited medical school, the research quantifies the hours dedicated to these areas-approximately 202 hours for disability-related topics and 177 hours for ESL-distributed across all four years. The curriculum emphasizes foundational knowledge in social determinants of health, cultural humility, communication strategies, and health disparities, with increasing clinical application…

The European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgeons Cataract Simulation Curriculum: Wet Lab and Virtual Reality Pathways to Competency.

Cataract surgery training across Europe remains heterogeneous despite high procedural demand, and a harmonized simulation pathway is lacking. This Special Report proposes an ESCRS cataract simulation curriculum that national training bodies and educators can adapt to existing programmes. It synthesizes European training surveys, evidence on simulation-related performance and safety benefits, and European Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery (ESCRS) educational infrastructure. The pathway comprises entry assessment, foundation skills, core phacoemulsification, complication management, sup…

A narrative discussion on the impact of respiratory infectious diseases on dental education in China: implications for curriculum design and student outcomes.

OBJECTIVE: Recent outbreaks of respiratory infectious diseases, transmitted via aerosols, have placed dental healthcare workers at high risk … utcomes-including knowledge acquisition, clinical reasoning, and skill retention-while also shaping curriculum design. Future preparedness requires sustained investment, faculty development, equitable access, and rigorous longitudinal research to validate skill transfer to clinical practice, ensuring that technological advances ultimately translate into meas …

"Stepping Out of a Comfort Zone": Evaluating the Impact of a Leadership Skills Curriculum on Surgical Residents' Transition to Senior Roles.

OBJECTIVE: We previously designed and implemented a 4-part leadership skills curriculum for rising senior general surgery resident physicians at 2 institutions. To evaluate the utility of this curriculum, we explored participants' perceptions about how it impacted their transition to senior resident roles. DESIGN: Semi-structured interviews were performed with residents who previously participated in our leadership curriculum and then completed one of their first rotations as a clinical team leader. Transcripts were analyzed inductively, and thematic analysis performed. A conceptual model was…

"Sucking the trouble" out of troubleshooting wound vacs: Video based curriculum development and implementation in a live tissue model.

We hypothesized that non-surgeon, Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT) naïve participants would better identify device functions and troubleshoot failures after being exposed to a video curriculum (VC) compared to similar participants exposed to clinical practice guidelines (CPGs). VC and critical action step development was followed by randomization of 115 non-surgical, NPWT naïve participants into either the CPG or VC study groups. Participants individually identified components of the NPWT system and then worked as a team to troubleshoot three scenarios on an in vivo porcine model. VC par…

End-of-Life Care Training for Patients with Traumatic Brain Injury in Ghana: A Novel Curriculum and Its Initial Implementation.

The implementation and practice of palliative medicine have numerous boundaries in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), stemming from various cultural, legal, and religious concerns. Additionally, professional education in palliative care medicine in these countries is severely lacking, especially when compared with developed countries. Background/Objectives: To enhance and demystify palliative medicine practice to health care providers in LMICs. Methods: We developed a novel and comprehensive course in palliative care medicine and end-of-life (EOL) care, specifically within the context o

Appraisal of Sexual Education Curriculum in Secondary Schools With Inclusion of Practical Implications and Evaluation, Based on Rural-Urban Residence.

Introduction The primary objective of this study was to review the comprehensibility of sexual education content and the age at which this curriculum was received by participants within middle and high school through a descriptive study on osteopathic medical students. The secondary objective involves a comparison of sexual education content within middle and high schools based on rural-urban residence. Methods An IRB-approved survey was created utilizing Qualtrics software and was administered to school-issued email accounts of Alabama osteopathic medical students within the classes of 2023 t…

A scoping review of guidelines on caries management for children and young people to inform UK undergraduate core curriculum development.

BACKGROUND: Current evidence in cariology teaching is not consistently reflected in paediatric dentistry in the United Kingdom (UK). Many dental schools are not consistently teaching biological approaches to caries management, with outdated or complex methods being taught outwith the purview of general dental practitioners. This scoping review aimed to map current guidelines on the management of caries in children and young people. This is part of a work package to inform the consensus and development of a UK-wide caries management curriculum for paediatric dentistry. METHODS: A search of ele…

Design and implementation of a community-based rehabilitation curriculum for training multidisciplinary rehabilitation teams to serve people aging with disabilities.

OBJECTIVES: We aimed to design and implement a community-based rehabilitation (CBR) curriculum to promote community engagement by multidisciplinary teams. METHODS: Participants in this prospective interventional study at a rehabilitation institution for people aging with disabilities included learners, the chief executive officer of the institution, program auditors, and community members. A customized CBR curriculum was developed using systems thinking design. Thirty-five learners were trained through 36 instructional contact hours and 60 hours of guided self-directed learning. Learners comp…

Achieving 'something that everybody has invested in': perspectives of diverse stakeholders during co-creation of a transition to residency curriculum.

Co-creation of education within the context of student inclusion alongside diverse stakeholders merits exploration. We studied the perspectives of students and teachers from different institutions who participated in co-creating a transition to residency curriculum. We conducted post-hoc in-depth interviews with 16 participants: final-year medical students, undergraduate, and postgraduate medical education stakeholders who were involved in the co-creation sessions. Findings build on the Framework of Stakeholders' Involvement in Co-creation and identify the four key components of co-creation wi…

Evaluation of the Online Component of a Blended Learning Electroconvulsive Therapy Curriculum for Psychiatry Residents to Treat Depression in Older Adults.

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to evaluate the online component of a blended curriculum for psychiatry residents on the use of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) to treat depression in older adults. METHODS: Second- and third-year general psychiatry residents completed a blended learning curriculum during their core geriatric psychiatry rotation. The curriculum consisted of didactic seminars, hands-on clinical management, and two online clinical cases focused on the management of late-life depression with ECT. Knowledge acquisition following module completion was measured using a nin…

Cross-sectional comparison of spiral versus block integrated curriculums in preparing medical students to diagnose and manage concussions.

BACKGROUND: An integrated curriculum is designed to be repetitive yet progressive and the concept has rapidly established itself within medical education. National organizations have recommended a shift to a spiral curriculum design, which uses both vertical and horizontal integration. This study examined differences between the recently implemented integrated spiral (class of 2019) and conventional block (classes of 2016-2018) MD curricula at the University of British Columbia (UBC) with respect to knowledge of concussion. METHODS: Cross-sectional online survey (FluidSurveys: Fluidware, Otta…

Effect of Novel Continuing Medical Education Curriculum on Attitudes and Understanding of Primary Care Medicine for the Naval Surface Provider.

INTRODUCTION: Naval Surface Forces provide care in austere environments with unique facility, personnel, and material limitations that can p … face provider knowledge and attitudes in a variety of subject areas after implementation of a novel curriculum tailored specifically to address the unique considerations for practice at sea. Material was beneficial to all trainees despite significant differences in training background. Confidence gained as a result of the course was directly correlated to pe …