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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Characterizing the initial effects of the single accreditation system merge on the ophthalmology residency match	224
Ambiguous motivations in medical school applicants: a retrospective study from Japan	112
Novel COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and acceptance, and associated factors, amongst medical students: a scoping review	72
Multi-institutional exploration of pediatric residents’ perspectives on anti-racism curricula: a qualitative study	51
Trainee perspectives on diversity, equity, and inclusion: a group concept mapping study	44
Advancing health professions education: a review of holistic admissions and competency-based admissions practices	42
Faculty knowledge, actions, and perceptions of sponsorship: an institutional survey study	41
Digital competencies for Singapore’s national medical school curriculum: a qualitative study	39
Impact of COVID-19 on medical education in different income countries: a scoping review of the literature	36
‘Early identification of struggling pre-clerkship learners using formative clinical skills OSCEs: an assessment for learning program.’	35
COVID-19 related disruptions to medical education and perceived clinical capability of new resident physicians: a nationwide study of over 1200 first-year residents	33
Optimizing cost-effectiveness in remote objective structured clinical examinations through targeted double scoring methodologies	31
Feedback, fairness, and validity: effects of disclosing and reusing multiple-choice questions in medical schools	29
COVID-19 vaccination telephone outreach: an analysis of the medical student experience	28
Implementing a graduate medical education anti-racism workshop at an academic university in the Southern USA	23
Social justice in medical education: a student-led approach to addressing COVID-19 vaccine equity in the Hispanic/Latinx community	23
The influencing factors of stigma towards people with mental illness among nursing students: a mixed‐method systematic review	23
First-generation and continuing-generation college graduates’ application, acceptance, and matriculation to U.S. medical schools: a national cohort study	23
Development and evaluation of a pre-clerkship spiral curriculum: data from three medical school classes	23
Communication skills of residents: are they as good as they think?	22
The impact of teacher’s presence on learning basic surgical tasks with virtual reality headset among medical students	22
Considering medical students’ perception, concerns and needs for e-exam during COVID-19: a promising approach to improve subject specific e-exams	22
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	21
Students’ learning in clinical practice – a scoping review of characteristics of research in the Nordic countries	21
The Pittman Scholar Program for junior faculty recognition at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine	21

Analyzing diversity, equity, and inclusion content on dermatology fellowship program websites	20
Strategies to foster stakeholder engagement in residency coaching: a CFIR-Informed qualitative study across diverse stakeholder groups	20
Students’ motivation and engagement in interprofessional education: the mediating role of peer relatedness	19
Chatbots for future docs: exploring medical students’ attitudes and knowledge towards artificial intelligence and medical chatbots	19
A critical qualitative study to understand current black women medical student perspectives on anti-racist reform in US medical education	19
Digital health competences and AI beliefs as conditions for the practice of evidence-based medicine: a study of prospective physicians in Canada	19
The emergence of academic pediatric acute and urgent care fellowships: entrustable professional activities	18
A KSA system for competency-based assessment of clinicians’ professional development in China and quality gap analysis	18
Collaborative 360° virtual reality training of medical students in clinical examinations	18
Clicks for credit: an analysis of healthcare professionals’ social media use and potential for continuing professional development activities	17
Integrating Oral Health into Health Professions School Curricula	17
Can patient-physician interview skills be implemented with peer simulated patients?	17
Brief online implicit bias education increases bias awareness among clinical teaching faculty	17
Factors associated with infectious diseases fellowship academic success	16
A step-by-step guide for mentors to facilitate team building and communication in virtual teams	16
Teaching cognitive and affective empathy in medicine: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	15
Leveraging learning science to improve student outcomes in asynchronous online medical terminology education	15
Participation in Project ECHO to advance rural primary care providers’ ability to address patient mental health needs	15
Understanding burnout in Pediatric residency through the lens of the ‘Areas of worklife’	15
Applying North American medical education accreditation standards internationally in the United Arab Emirates	14
Association between grit and depressive symptoms among medical students, moderated by academic performance	14
Exploring the impact of postponing core clerkships on future performance	14
Literature review of the research on nursing students’ professional self-concept	14
Enhancing team development in an internal medicine resident continuity clinic	14
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	14
Rapid implementation of a medical student rotation in health systems operations and remote patient care in response to COVID-19	14
Who needs education on LGBTQIA+ healthcare inclusion?	14
Emotions and team communication in the operating room: a scoping review	13
Nourish : A pilot program to support self-Efficacy, learning, and wellness during USMLE step 1 preparation	13
Matching into competitive surgical residencies: predictors of success	13
COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on medical interns’ mental health of public and private hospitals in Guadalajara	12
Trauma-informed care in the emergency department: concepts and recommendations for integrating practices into emergency medicine	12
Challenges and opportunities in cultivating medical students’ competencies: Participatory action research from a hierarchical cultural setting	12
The family medicine accelerated track at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center: results from a 10-year program to bend the primary care curve	12
A structured multimodal teaching approach enhancing musculoskeletal physical examination skills among undergraduate medical students	12
Risky business: medical students’ feedback-seeking behaviours: a mixed methods study	11
Gamification in medical education: identifying and prioritizing key elements through Delphi method	11
Comparison of internal medicine applicant and resident characteristics with performance on ACGME milestones	11
Identity and uncertainty: art-mediated medical student reflections in a time of transition	11
Unpacking the perceptions and experiences of student facilitators in interprofessional education: a qualitative study	11
Medical student non-modifiable risk factors and USMLE Step 1 exam score	11
How much do Latin American medical students know about radiology? Latin-American multicenter cross-sectional study	11
Exploring effective video-review strategies of patient encounters for medical students: precepted review versus peer discussion	11
‘Involve me and I learn’: an experiential teaching approach to improve dyspnea awareness in medical residents	10
A smartphone-based online platform for clinical skills training and assessment with standardized patients: platform development and pilot study outcomes	10
Correction	10
The pipeline starts in medical school: characterizing clinician-educator training programs for U.S. medical students	10
How much time do internal medicine residents spend on self-directed learning and on which resources: a multi-center study	10
Observation tool to measure patient-centered behaviors on rounds in an academic medical center	10
No difference in subsequent trainee satisfaction associated with in-person exposure prior to remote interviews	10

A podcast to teach medical humanities at medical school: a text-mining study of students’ lived experience	10
Looking beyond the COVID-19 pandemic: the recalibration of student-teacher relationships in teaching and learning process	9
Simulation training in suicide risk assessment and intervention: a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
The future of medical education and research: Is ChatGPT a blessing or blight in disguise?	9
“Ego massaging that helps”: a framework analysis study of internal medicine trainees’ interprofessional collaboration approaches	9
Resources for clinical learning environment orientation	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	9
Underground nursing students’ experiences in a face-to-face, hybrid, and online escape room model: a comparative analysis in Serbian context	9
Mapping health, social and health system issues and applying a social accountability inventory to a problem based learning medical curriculum	9
The Relationship between Burnout and Sense of School Belonging among the Resident Physicians in the Standardization Training in China	9
Socio-culturally responsive medical professionalism and ethics education: A curriculum co-creation approach	9
Peer-assisted learning in critical care: a simulation-based approach for postgraduate medical training	9
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	8
Radiologist preferences for faculty development initiatives to improve resident feedback in the era of competency-based medical education	8
Narrative medicine and humanities for health professions education: an experimental study	8
Do they speak like me? Exploring how perceptions of linguistic difference may influence patient perceptions of healthcare providers	8
Validation of the World Health Organization Well-Being Index (WHO-5) among medical educators in Hong Kong: a confirmatory factor analysis	8
A Literature Review of Barriers and Opportunities Presented by Digitally Enhanced Practical Skill Teaching and Learning in Health Science Education	8
Self-assessment, and not continuous training, improves basic open suturing skills	8
Applying a video recording, video-based rating method in OSCEs	7
Physician Perception of the Importance of Medical Genetics and Genomics in Medical Education and Clinical Practice	7
Enhancing interprofessional collaboration and interprofessional education in women’s health	7
Career adaptability and job burnout of pediatric residents: the role of psychological resilience and insomnia	7
Biometrically measured sleep in medical students as a predictor of psychological health and academic experiences in the preclinical years	7
Objective assessment for open surgical suturing training by finger tracking can discriminate novices from experts	7
Predominant aspects of knowledge and practical skills among medical students with online learning during the COVID-19 pandemic era	7
Education in lifestyle medicine for future physicians – a strategy to reduce the burden of cardiovascular disease	7
Voices of the accelerated: key themes when considering implementation of an accelerated medical school program	7
Bridging the procedures skill gap from medical school to residency: a simulation-based mastery learning curriculum	7
Non-native English-speaking applicants and the likelihood of physician assistant program matriculation	7
Using learning analytics in clinical competency committees: Increasing the impact of competency-based medical education	7
Dutch and Indonesian teachers on teaching medical ethics: what are the learning goals?	7