El-Khodary, Basel Alshawamreh, Siham Salah, Mariam Abu Hamada, Amro Alhendawi, Baraa Alhabil, Mohammed Alemour, Younis Zaqout, Hadil Wadi, Ezz Aldeen
Published in
Middle East Current Psychiatry
Background This study investigates the relationship between exposure to stress, trait emotional intelligence (trait EI) and mental health problems (anxiety and depression symptoms) amongst basic-year medical students during COVID-19. The sample consists of 379 basic-year medical students. Off them, 160 (42.4%) were male and 218 (57.5%) were female....
Möller, Riitta Wallberg, Annika Shoshan, Maria
Published in
BMC Medical Education
Background A growing number of medical schools have individual scholarly projects as a component of their curricula. The fact that all students, and not only those with research interests, have to carry out a project puts high demands on the projects and their supervision. Evidence is lacking for how to produce scholarly projects with satisfactory ...
Song, Yang Sznajder, Kristin Cui, Can Yang, Yilong Li, Ying Yang, Xiaoshi
Published in
Journal of Affective Disorders
Background The majority of medical students in China have experienced home confinement and a reliance on online resources to study medicine since the outbreak of COVID-19. More time spent studying online during the COVID-19 pandemic may be a potential risk factor for problematic smartphone use, since smartphones have become the most commonly used d...
Humphreys, Hilary Stevens, Niall Burke, Louise Sheehan, Mariam Glavey, Siobhán Keogan, Mary Rasheed, Erum
Published in
Irish Journal of Medical Science
Pathology is important in training to become a medical doctor but as curricula become more integrated, there is a risk that key aspects of pathology may be excluded. Following a survey of the current delivery of teaching in Ireland under the auspices of the Faculty of Pathology at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, suggested components of ...
Světlák, Miroslav Daňhelová, Šárka Kóša, Barbora Slezáčková, Alena Šumec, Rastislav
Published in
BMC Medical Education
Background To be a “good doctor” and have “good medical practices” are apparent goals for both medical students and medical faculties. However, the associated implicit and explicit standards could be a source of distress in the form of pressure to achieve professionalism. Self-compassion has been identified as a transtherapeutic factor that plays a...
Krauss, F. Giesler, M. Offergeld, C.
Published in
Hno
Hintergrund Aufgrund der aktuellen COVID-19-Pandemie musste innerhalb kurzer Zeit das curriculare Lehrangebot an medizinischen Fakultäten digitalisiert werden. Im Hinblick auf die Vermittlung praktischer Fertigkeiten stellt dies eine besondere Herausforderung dar. Zielsetzung Überprüft wurde, inwieweit praktische Fertigkeiten im Rahmen eines komple...
Shaw, Sebastian C. K. Hennessy, Laura R. Anderson, John L.
Published in
Advances in Health Sciences Education
Dyslexia is a Specific Learning Difficulty that impacts on reading and writing abilities. During the COVID-19 pandemic, medical schools have been forced to undertake distance learning and assessment. The wider literature suggested that e-learning might pose additional challenges for dyslexic students. Here we explore their overall experiences of le...
Bani Hani, Amjad Alaridah, Nader Abu Abeeleh, Mahmoud Shatarat, Amjad Rayyan, Rama Kamal, Amer Alhafez, Laila Odeh, Rasha Al-Taher, Raed Nael
Published in
Annals of Medicine and Surgery
• Clinical medical students are more likely to contract COVID-19 infection than pre-clinical medical students. • The risk of contracting the virus may be increased by spending long hours in the hospital and the social behaviors of students. • Additional strategies, such as vaccinations, should be implemented to protect students. • Deficiencies in c...
Liu, Tzu-Hung Sullivan, Amy M.
Published in
BMC Medical Education
Background Medical educators have promoted self-directed learning (SDL) as an important means of enabling students to take responsibility for their own learning throughout their training and practice. While SDL has been well-studied in classroom settings, it remains a story half told: barriers to and facilitators of SDL in the clinical setting are ...
Ponampalam, R Pong, Jeremy Zhenwen Wong, Xiang-Yi
Published in
World Journal of Critical Care Medicine
Disasters resulting in mass casualty incidents can rapidly overwhelm the Emergency Department (ED). To address critical manpower needs in the ED’s disaster response, medical student involvement has been advocated. Duke-National University of Singapore Medical School is in proximity to Singapore General Hospital and represents an untapped manpower r...
