Zachary J. Eisner, BSE, MD (2025), University of Michigan, USA
Md Anwarul Azim Majumder, MBBS, MHPEd, PhD, FHEA, The University of the West Indies, Barbados
Curtise K.C. Ng, BSc(Hons), PhD, SFHEA, Curtin University, Australia
Hongbin Wu, PhD, Peking University, China
Zachary J. Eisner, BSE, MD (2025), University of Michigan, USA
Md Anwarul Azim Majumder, MBBS, MHPEd, PhD, FHEA, The University of the West Indies, Barbados
Curtise K.C. Ng, BSc(Hons), PhD, SFHEA, Curtin University, Australia
Dr. Ng was the Associate Editor of the Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Sciences between 2013 and 2019 and guest editor of Children over the last 2 years. He has been an Editorial Board Member of BMC Medical Education since 2022.
Hongbin Wu, PhD, Peking University, China
Medical education serves as the cornerstone of healthcare systems, shaping the competencies and perspectives of future health professionals. While strides have been made to enhance medical education throughout the world, disparities persist, particularly in LMICs. Economically developing nations often lack adequate financial resources to invest in medical education infrastructure, including facilities, equipment, technology, and faculty development programs. This can result in a number of disadvantages for not only students and educators, but also future patients; outdated teaching materials, overcrowded classrooms, and a shortage of skilled educators are but a few examples. Moreover, cultural complexities, such as language barriers, differing regional health priorities, and the socioeconomic backgrounds of students, further impact the quality and accessibility of medical education in these areas. Despite these obstacles, innovative approaches and solutions are emerging, driven by the dedication and ingenuity of educators, policymakers, and healthcare practitioners.
This Collection aimed to shed light on the diverse landscape of medical education in LMICs, exploring both the obstacles encountered and the strategies employed to overcome them. We invited contributions that delve into various aspects of medical education within this context, including but not limited to:
This Collection supports and amplifies research related to SDG 3: Good Health and Well-being and SDG 10: Reduced Inequalities.
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Intergenerational transmission refers to the transfer of occupations, knowledge, or skills across generations. There is a consensus in the medical field that children of doctors are more likely to want to beco...
Clinical reasoning is essential for healthcare professionals to ensure patient safety. Various teaching and assessment methods, such as comprehensive integrative puzzles (CIP), have been developed to enhance c...
Low anaesthesia workforce numbers contribute to shortfalls in access to surgical care globally. Investment in contextualised education and training can help address this issue by inspiring graduates to enter i...
The College of Surgeons of East, Central, and Southern Africa (COSECSA) training program requires completion of a mandatory rotation in vascular and cardiothoracic surgery. However, few accredited training sit...
Standard setting is widely practised in healthcare education programmes and specialty examinations in many countries. However, Malaysian dental institutions still arbitrarily set a fixed 50% pass-fail assessme...
Although role models significantly impact medical students’ professional identity, empirical evidence is relatively scarce, and our understanding of the mechanisms behind this influence is limited. Through the...
In Türkiye, over 100 medical faculties implement integrated medical education, but integration levels vary and are often at initial stages of the integration ladder. Istanbul University Istanbul Faculty of Med...
The training model for Clinical Associates (Clin-As), initially centered on district hospitals, has increasingly involved primary healthcare (PHC) facilities over the past few years. This study explore and com...
Communicating bad news (BBN) is a significant challenge in medical practice, particularly in oncology, as it directly impacts patient care and follow-up. Despite existing protocols to aid this process, both pa...
Rapid expansion of higher education and graduation rate in Ethiopia, doesn’t tell much about quality of core processes like teaching and learning. Despite the fact that preparation of a good item is essential,...
E-learning facilitates the learning process for medical students by allowing them to enhance their knowledge, skills, and professional experiences, thereby improving quality and standards in education. The obj...
Medical Education (ME) in South Africa has a century long legacy which continues to make a significant impact globally through its graduates. The aim of this paper is to showcase the evolving landscape of ME i...
Interprofessional training programmes are now widely used for training junior doctors and nurses. This study aimed to evaluate the educational efficacy of an obstetric operative simulation programme in both ju...
Palliative care training at the undergraduate level is poor in India. With the need for palliative care rising in India and globally, it is possible to train physicians in resource-limited settings in palliati...
Plastic surgery is an evolving surgical specialty, which has areas of overlap with other specialties in surgery. Common misunderstandings about the discipline are found among the general public, medical profes...
patient-ventilator asynchrony (PVA) describes a condition in which a suboptimal interaction occurs between a patient and a mechanical ventilator. It is common and often undetected, with a negative impact on pa...
Despite the growth of Emergency Medicine (EM) globally, shortages of EM-trained physicians persist in many countries, disproportionately affecting lower middle/low-income countries (LMIC/LIC). This study exami...
Healthcare resources have been concentrated in urban areas, leaving rural regions vulnerable to poorer health outcomes. The Problem Solving for Better Health (PSBH) program was implemented to enhance healthcar...
Reflection fosters self-regulated learning by enabling learners to critically evaluate their performance, identify gaps, and make plans to improve. Feedback, in turn, provides external insights that complement...
Residency selection is crucial for enhancing the healthcare workforce. Most research on this topic arises from the global north, leaving a gap from the global south perspective. Hence, this study aimed to eval...
Simulation-based learning (SBL) and augmented reality (AR) /virtual reality (VR) are increasingly adapted and investigated globally to aid traditional teaching methods of clinical skills in several fields of c...
Combination of Standardized Patient (SP) and Case Based Learning (CBL) is a common method in medical education, but traditional SP (TSP) may not be conducive to students’ mastery of basic medical knowledge and...
Following the worldwide lockdown due to COVID-19, education globally switched from classroom to online learning. This transition impacted the teaching techniques used in dental education. Thus, the objective o...
The topic of patient safety and attitudes toward patient safety among health professionals is a main priority of healthcare systems globally. This study aims to investigate the psychometric properties of APSQ-...
Point of Care ultrasound (POCUS) is rapidly gaining popularity in resource constrained settings. Optimising training is important to ensure safe and effective implementation. To expand POCUS expertise in Ghana...
Mobile phones are essential tools worldwide, including for the academic training of medical students. However, their role in Latin America (LATAM) remains underexplored. This study aimed to evaluate cell phone...
The healthcare sector is rapidly evolving with the rise of digital technology and data-driven decision-making. However, traditional medical education has yet to fully integrate training on managing health-rela...
In the face of ongoing conflicts and economic instability, researchers in low- and middle-income countries, particularly in regions like Syria and Palestine, grapple with significant financial barriers to publ...
Patient education is an important aspect of physiotherapy. Effective education is based on quality communication and understanding of patients’ needs. For a successful practice, it is necessary to recognize th...
Understanding students’ career intentions through evidence-based approaches is crucial for developing effective career guidance and intervention strategies. Although there has been considerable attention in th...
In South Africa, newly qualified physiotherapists transition to the workplace during community service, often in diverse healthcare settings, attending to patients with complex ailments. The transition is comp...
Simulation training provides safe environment for skill acquisition and retention. This study addresses a critical challenge in Africa – umbilical cord and placenta management after childbirth – aiming to brid...
Examining the factors influencing students’ academic achievement can lead to improved educational planning and enhanced teaching and learning outcomes. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of mi...
The basic science course is the foundation of medical knowledge, and how and in what form the teaching of this course is a vital issue. A successful curriculum should include everything medical students need i...
Leadership is a critical competency for medical professionals, yet it is often neglected in medical training. For ObGyn residents, leadership training is particularly crucial as it significantly impacts both m...
Medical students perceive the transition to clerkship education as stressful and challenging and view themselves as novices during their rotation in clerkship education. The developmental perspective is thus i...
To achieve quality midwifery education, understanding the experiences of midwifery educators and students in implementing a competency-based pre-service curriculum is critical. This study explored the experien...
This study investigates the effectiveness of panel discussions, a specific interactive teaching technique where a group of students leads a pre-planned, topic-focused discussion with audience participation, in...
Faculty development programs can bring about both individual and organizational capacity development by enhancing individuals’ attitudes, values, and skillsto enable them to implement organizational change. Un...
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