OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Medical Education Online is 7. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Digital competencies for Singapore’s national medical school curriculum: a qualitative study	215
Characterizing the initial effects of the single accreditation system merge on the ophthalmology residency match	101
Ambiguous motivations in medical school applicants: a retrospective study from Japan	68
Multi-institutional exploration of pediatric residents’ perspectives on anti-racism curricula: a qualitative study	45
Trainee perspectives on diversity, equity, and inclusion: a group concept mapping study	43
Advancing health professions education: a review of holistic admissions and competency-based admissions practices	40
‘Early identification of struggling pre-clerkship learners using formative clinical skills OSCEs: an assessment for learning program.’	40
Novel COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and acceptance, and associated factors, amongst medical students: a scoping review	31
Faculty knowledge, actions, and perceptions of sponsorship: an institutional survey study	30
Impact of COVID-19 on medical education in different income countries: a scoping review of the literature	29
Feedback, fairness, and validity: effects of disclosing and reusing multiple-choice questions in medical schools	28
COVID-19 related disruptions to medical education and perceived clinical capability of new resident physicians: a nationwide study of over 1200 first-year residents	27
COVID-19 vaccination telephone outreach: an analysis of the medical student experience	25
Implementing a graduate medical education anti-racism workshop at an academic university in the Southern USA	24
The influencing factors of stigma towards people with mental illness among nursing students: a mixed‐method systematic review	22
Development and evaluation of a pre-clerkship spiral curriculum: data from three medical school classes	21
First-generation and continuing-generation college graduates’ application, acceptance, and matriculation to U.S. medical schools: a national cohort study	21
Social justice in medical education: a student-led approach to addressing COVID-19 vaccine equity in the Hispanic/Latinx community	21
The impact of teacher’s presence on learning basic surgical tasks with virtual reality headset among medical students	20
Analyzing diversity, equity, and inclusion content on dermatology fellowship program websites	20
Optimizing cost-effectiveness in remote objective structured clinical examinations through targeted double scoring methodologies	20
Considering medical students’ perception, concerns and needs for e-exam during COVID-19: a promising approach to improve subject specific e-exams	20
Communication skills of residents: are they as good as they think?	19
The Pittman Scholar Program for junior faculty recognition at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine	19
Strategies to foster stakeholder engagement in residency coaching: a CFIR-Informed qualitative study across diverse stakeholder groups	19

A critical qualitative study to understand current black women medical student perspectives on anti-racist reform in US medical education	18
Students’ learning in clinical practice – a scoping review of characteristics of research in the Nordic countries	18
Chatbots for future docs: exploring medical students’ attitudes and knowledge towards artificial intelligence and medical chatbots	18
Students’ motivation and engagement in interprofessional education: the mediating role of peer relatedness	17
A KSA system for competency-based assessment of clinicians’ professional development in China and quality gap analysis	16
Preparing fourth year medical students to care for patients with opioid use disorder: how this training affects their intention to seek addiction care opportunities during residency	16
Collaborative 360° virtual reality training of medical students in clinical examinations	16
Digital health competences and AI beliefs as conditions for the practice of evidence-based medicine: a study of prospective physicians in Canada	16
Clicks for credit: an analysis of healthcare professionals’ social media use and potential for continuing professional development activities	15
Integrating Oral Health into Health Professions School Curricula	14
Can patient-physician interview skills be implemented with peer simulated patients?	14
A step-by-step guide for mentors to facilitate team building and communication in virtual teams	14
The emergence of academic pediatric acute and urgent care fellowships: entrustable professional activities	14
Exploring the impact of postponing core clerkships on future performance	13
Brief online implicit bias education increases bias awareness among clinical teaching faculty	13
Effectiveness of endotracheal intubation and mask ventilation procedural skills training on second-year student using modified Peyton’s Four-Step approach during COVID-19 pandemic	13
Rapid implementation of a medical student rotation in health systems operations and remote patient care in response to COVID-19	13
Association between grit and depressive symptoms among medical students, moderated by academic performance	12
Leveraging learning science to improve student outcomes in asynchronous online medical terminology education	12
Understanding burnout in Pediatric residency through the lens of the ‘Areas of worklife’	12
Factors associated with infectious diseases fellowship academic success	12
Emotions and team communication in the operating room: a scoping review	12
Enhancing team development in an internal medicine resident continuity clinic	12
Literature review of the research on nursing students’ professional self-concept	11
Who needs education on LGBTQIA+ healthcare inclusion?	11
Participation in Project ECHO to advance rural primary care providers’ ability to address patient mental health needs	11
Matching into competitive surgical residencies: predictors of success	11
Applying North American medical education accreditation standards internationally in the United Arab Emirates	11
Nourish : A pilot program to support self-Efficacy, learning, and wellness during USMLE step 1 preparation	11
Exploring effective video-review strategies of patient encounters for medical students: precepted review versus peer discussion	10
Unpacking the perceptions and experiences of student facilitators in interprofessional education: a qualitative study	10
A structured multimodal teaching approach enhancing musculoskeletal physical examination skills among undergraduate medical students	10
Challenges and opportunities in cultivating medical students’ competencies: Participatory action research from a hierarchical cultural setting	10
Comparison of internal medicine applicant and resident characteristics with performance on ACGME milestones	10
COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on medical interns’ mental health of public and private hospitals in Guadalajara	10
The family medicine accelerated track at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center: results from a 10-year program to bend the primary care curve	10
Trauma-informed care in the emergency department: concepts and recommendations for integrating practices into emergency medicine	10
Gamification in medical education: identifying and prioritizing key elements through Delphi method	9
Medical student non-modifiable risk factors and USMLE Step 1 exam score	9
How much do Latin American medical students know about radiology? Latin-American multicenter cross-sectional study	9
Observation tool to measure patient-centered behaviors on rounds in an academic medical center	9
Resources for clinical learning environment orientation	9
The pipeline starts in medical school: characterizing clinician-educator training programs for U.S. medical students	9
Risky business: medical students’ feedback-seeking behaviours: a mixed methods study	9
Correction	9
A podcast to teach medical humanities at medical school: a text-mining study of students’ lived experience	9
No difference in subsequent trainee satisfaction associated with in-person exposure prior to remote interviews	9
‘Involve me and I learn’: an experiential teaching approach to improve dyspnea awareness in medical residents	9
Identity and uncertainty: art-mediated medical student reflections in a time of transition	9
A smartphone-based online platform for clinical skills training and assessment with standardized patients: platform development and pilot study outcomes	9

The effect of e-learning on point-of-care ultrasound education in novices	9
A Medical Education Research Library: key research topics and associated experts	8
Looking beyond the COVID-19 pandemic: the recalibration of student-teacher relationships in teaching and learning process	8
Mapping health, social and health system issues and applying a social accountability inventory to a problem based learning medical curriculum	8
Socio-culturally responsive medical professionalism and ethics education: A curriculum co-creation approach	8
Simulation training in suicide risk assessment and intervention: a systematic review and meta-analysis	8
“Ego massaging that helps”: a framework analysis study of internal medicine trainees’ interprofessional collaboration approaches	8
The future of medical education and research: Is ChatGPT a blessing or blight in disguise?	8
The Relationship between Burnout and Sense of School Belonging among the Resident Physicians in the Standardization Training in China	8
Self-assessment, and not continuous training, improves basic open suturing skills	7
A Literature Review of Barriers and Opportunities Presented by Digitally Enhanced Practical Skill Teaching and Learning in Health Science Education	7
Non-native English-speaking applicants and the likelihood of physician assistant program matriculation	7
Dutch and Indonesian teachers on teaching medical ethics: what are the learning goals?	7
Validation of the World Health Organization Well-Being Index (WHO-5) among medical educators in Hong Kong: a confirmatory factor analysis	7
Do they speak like me? Exploring how perceptions of linguistic difference may influence patient perceptions of healthcare providers	7
Bridging the procedures skill gap from medical school to residency: a simulation-based mastery learning curriculum	7
Narrative medicine and humanities for health professions education: an experimental study	7
Voices of the accelerated: key themes when considering implementation of an accelerated medical school program	7
The needs, barriers, and opportunities perceived by health professionals for an online competency-based interprofessional course to enhance the care of older adults with chronic musculoskeletal pain	7
Underground nursing students’ experiences in a face-to-face, hybrid, and online escape room model: a comparative analysis in Serbian context	7
Radiologist preferences for faculty development initiatives to improve resident feedback in the era of competency-based medical education	7
Applying a video recording, video-based rating method in OSCEs	7