Advancing pain education: a cross-sectional study in the Portuguese medical schools by Joana Cristina Ferreira Mendes de Castro Bento, Isaura Tavares, Daniel Humberto Pozza

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Evaluating medical learners’ experiences with health literacy at a southeastern medical school by Faith Albertson, Ann Blair Kennedy, Shannon Stark Taylor, Nabil Natafgi

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Integrating High-Value Cost-Conscious Care into an Existing Medical School Curriculum by Sruthi Eapen, Aylmer Tan, Paul Gorman, Gretchen Scholl, Andrea Smeraglio

“…Incorporating HVCCC into a medical school curriculum can be challenging due to limited curricular time. …”
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Lessons learned from the expansion of medical schools in Brazil: a review of challenges and opportunities by Katia M. Avena, Katia M. Avena, Luiz F. Quintanilha, Luiz F. Quintanilha, Ricardo Luiz Luzardo Filho, Bruno B. Andrade, Bruno B. Andrade, Bruno B. Andrade

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Medical student experiences of Case-Based Learning (CBL) at a multicultural medical school by Catherine Bruen, Jan Illing, Ronan Daly, Frances Meagher, Caroline Delany, Gozie Offiah, Sally Doherty, Ellen Stuart, Martina Crehan, Helen Kelly

“…Conclusions This study explores how CBL can support active learning in a multicultural medical school. We identified that CBL did facilitate active learning and students engaged with it and enjoyed it. …”
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25th Anniversary of Traditional and Natural Medicine in the Medical School “Raúl Dorticós Torrado” by Silvia María Celorio Serrano, Omar Morejón Barroso

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Electrocardiography Interpretation Competency of Medical Interns: Experience from Two Ethiopian Medical Schools by Melaku Getachew, Temesgen Beyene, Sofia Kebede

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Applying principles of adult learning to rural health electives in a medical school curriculum by Lachlan Van Schaik, Tamekha Develyn, Kait Kelly, Anousha Yazdabadi, Cate Scarff, William Harvey, Julian Wright

“…Abstract The health disparities between rural and urban populations in Australia, driven by socioeconomic, environmental, and healthcare access factors, highlight the urgent need for rural-focused medical education. The Melbourne Medical School’s Rural Health Discovery program addresses this need by integrating adult learning principles within a redesigned curriculum that includes the Rural Health Foundations and Integrating Rural Health topics. …”
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Assessing Medical Students’ Learning Style Preferences at Kabale University Medical School, Uganda. by Muhaise, Hussein, Businge, Phelix Mbabazi, Ssemaluulu, Paul, Kyomugisha, Patricia

“…This article is based on an empirical study conducted to assess and establish the preferred learning styles of medical students in the Kabale University Medical School. The study was prompted by a paradigm shift in teaching-learning strategies from the conventional knowledge-based medical curriculum to competency-based medical education (CMBE). …”
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Does medical school research productivity predict a resident’s research productivity during residency? by Scott Kohlert, Laura Zuccaro, Laurie McLean, Kristian Macdonald

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‘Slowing down when you should’: optimising the translation of artificial intelligence into medical school curricula by Simon Kitto, Yih Yng Ng, Jennifer Cleland

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Are medical school preclinical tests biased for sex and race? A differential item functioning analysis by Esther Dasari Dale, Mohammed A. A. Abulela, Hao Jia, Claudio Violato

“…The present approach should be utilized in other medical schools to address the generalizability of the present findings. …”
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Evaluation of Medical School Students in Terms of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Emotional Regulation Difficulties by Ayşe Akan, Engin Burak Selçuk, Burcu Kayhan Tetik, Mustafa Akan, Ahmet Kadir Arslan

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Quantity and quality of conflict of interest policies at German medical schools: a cross-sectional study and survey by Sophie Gepp, Peter Grabitz, David Klemperer, Zoe Friedmann, Leonard Hess, Lisa Specht, Maja Struck, Sophie Kira Tragert, Tobias Walther

“…Objectives To assess the quantity and evaluate the quality of policies and curricula focusing on conflicts of interests (COI) at medical schools across Germany.Design Cross-sectional study, survey of medical schools, standardised web search.Setting Medical schools, Germany.Participants 38 German medical schools.Interventions We collected relevant COI policies, including teaching activities, by conducting a search of the websites of all 38 German medical schools using standardised keywords for COI policies and teaching. …”
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Effective and Engaging Active Learning in the Medical School Classroom: Lessons from Case-Based Collaborative Learning by Henrike C. Besche, Randall W. King, Keri M. Shafer, Sarah E. Fleet, Julia F. Charles, Tamara B. Kaplan, Katie A. Greenzang, Melanie P. Hoenig, Richard M. Schwartzstein, Barbara A. Cockrill, Krisztina Fischer

“…The case-based collaborative Learning (CBCL) pedagogy was instituted for pre-clerkship teaching at Harvard Medical School in 2015 with subsequent implementation at other medical schools. …”
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A didactic approach to develop professional skills in Elementary Physiology for Nursing students in Cienfuegos Medical School. by Leyla Georgina Pérez Piñeiro, José Carlos Pérez González, Juan Antonio Castellanos Álvarez

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Why are women still leaving academic medicine? A qualitative study within a London Medical School by Christopher J Peters, Lesley Regan, Victoria Salem, Clare Lloyd, Dhruti Hirani

“…Thematic analysis was performed on the transcribed conversations.Participants and setting Nine women physicians who completed a postgraduate degree (MD or PhD) at a large London Medical School and Academic Health Sciences Centre, Imperial College London, but did not go on to pursue a career in academic medicine.Results Influences to leave clinical academia were summarised under eight themes—career intentions, supervisor support, institutional human resources support, inclusivity, work–life balance, expectations, mentors and role models, and pregnancy and maternity leave.Conclusion The women in our focus group reported several factors contributing to their decision to leave clinical academia, which included lack of mentoring tailored to specific needs, low levels of acceptance for flexible working to help meet parental responsibilities and perceived explicit gender biases. …”
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Student perspectives of equity, diversity, and inclusion in the curriculum of a UK medical school—A mixed-methods study by Amirmohammad Heidari, Shravani Joshi, Mohamed H. Ahmed, Ibrahim Mahmoud, Jacqueline O’Dowd, Joanne Selway, Oladipo Phillips, Mohamed H. Taha

“…This paper aims to analyze trends and assess student attitudes toward ethnic equity, inclusion, and diversity within campus-based modules at the University of Buckingham Medical School, UK. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A mixed-methods approach was employed, involving 97 medical students aged 18–24 years (86.6%) between 2021 and 2023. …”
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‘Let's work together to pass medical school’: a qualitative study of medical student attitudes to teamwork, competition and collaboration by Helen R. Watson, Paul Millin, James Close, Robert Jeffery, Holly Stephenson, Daniel Zahra

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Investigating the threat of AI to undergraduate medical school admissions: a study of its potential impact on the rating of applicant essays by Joshua Choi, Jenny Zhao, Thuy-Anh Ngo, Lawrence Grierson

“… Background: Medical school applications often require short written essays or personal statements, which are purportedly used to assess professional qualities related to the practice of medicine. …”
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