OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Medical Education Online is 10. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Faculty knowledge, actions, and perceptions of sponsorship: an institutional survey study	264
Novel COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy and acceptance, and associated factors, amongst medical students: a scoping review	163
Advancing health professions education: a review of holistic admissions and competency-based admissions practices	101
Characterizing the initial effects of the single accreditation system merge on the ophthalmology residency match	92
Ambiguous motivations in medical school applicants: a retrospective study from Japan	65
Multi-institutional exploration of pediatric residents’ perspectives on anti-racism curricula: a qualitative study	59
Trainee perspectives on diversity, equity, and inclusion: a group concept mapping study	58
Near-peer mentorship for newly qualified doctors; what are the benefits, and what methods can be used to overcome the pitfalls?	57
Early exposure to a primary care course: a co-created transformative approach in health systems science	48
Digital competencies for Singapore’s national medical school curriculum: a qualitative study	41
Progress or stagnation? Is neurosurgery remaining a men’s world?	36
Development of clinical teaching competency framework and scale for physician teachers in China: an exploratory sequential mixed methods study	36
A critical narrative review of the experiences of Latinas, Hispanic, or Spanish origin (LHS+) women in medical field using Latina/Chicana feminist perspective	35
The impact of exposure to scientific research and inclusive mentoring style on medical undergraduates’ perceptions of critical thinking, communication, and passion	34
Social justice in medical education: a student-led approach to addressing COVID-19 vaccine equity in the Hispanic/Latinx community	34
The influencing factors of stigma towards people with mental illness among nursing students: a mixed‐method systematic review	34
COVID-19 vaccination telephone outreach: an analysis of the medical student experience	32
Feedback, fairness, and validity: effects of disclosing and reusing multiple-choice questions in medical schools	32
Strengthening novice diagnostic problem solving through explicit metacognitive scaffolding in emergency medicine education	31
Optimizing cost-effectiveness in remote objective structured clinical examinations through targeted double scoring methodologies	31
The Pittman Scholar Program for junior faculty recognition at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Heersink School of Medicine	30
Development and evaluation of a pre-clerkship spiral curriculum: data from three medical school classes	30
Analyzing diversity, equity, and inclusion content on dermatology fellowship program websites	30
COVID-19 related disruptions to medical education and perceived clinical capability of new resident physicians: a nationwide study of over 1200 first-year residents	30
Digital health competences and AI beliefs as conditions for the practice of evidence-based medicine: a study of prospective physicians in Canada	29

Strategies to foster stakeholder engagement in residency coaching: a CFIR-Informed qualitative study across diverse stakeholder groups	28
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	27
Considering medical students’ perception, concerns and needs for e-exam during COVID-19: a promising approach to improve subject specific e-exams	26
A critical qualitative study to understand current black women medical student perspectives on anti-racist reform in US medical education	24
Students’ learning in clinical practice – a scoping review of characteristics of research in the Nordic countries	24
Chatbots for future docs: exploring medical students’ attitudes and knowledge towards artificial intelligence and medical chatbots	23
Students’ motivation and engagement in interprofessional education: the mediating role of peer relatedness	23
Communication skills of residents: are they as good as they think?	22
Clicks for credit: an analysis of healthcare professionals’ social media use and potential for continuing professional development activities	22
The emergence of academic pediatric acute and urgent care fellowships: entrustable professional activities	22
A step-by-step guide for mentors to facilitate team building and communication in virtual teams	22
Collaborative 360° virtual reality training of medical students in clinical examinations	22
Assessing LLM-generated vs. expert-created clinical anatomy MCQs: a student perception-based comparative study in medical education	22
Large language models for generating key-feature questions in medical education	22
Integrating Oral Health into Health Professions School Curricula	21
Rapid implementation of a medical student rotation in health systems operations and remote patient care in response to COVID-19	21
Exploring the impact of postponing core clerkships on future performance	21
MOOC-virtual simulation integration enhances surgical clinical skills: a quasi-experimental study	20
Understanding burnout in Pediatric residency through the lens of the ‘Areas of worklife’	20
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	20
Leveraging learning science to improve student outcomes in asynchronous online medical terminology education	19
Participation in Project ECHO to advance rural primary care providers’ ability to address patient mental health needs	19
Enhancing team development in an internal medicine resident continuity clinic	19
Factors associated with infectious diseases fellowship academic success	19
Association between grit and depressive symptoms among medical students, moderated by academic performance	18
Literature review of the research on nursing students’ professional self-concept	18
Stress, coping, and other determinants of poor sleep quality among healthcare students in a conflict region: a cross-sectional study	17
Advancements in artificial intelligence transforming medical education: a comprehensive overview	17
Who needs education on LGBTQIA+ healthcare inclusion?	17
Matching into competitive surgical residencies: predictors of success	17
Emotions and team communication in the operating room: a scoping review	17
Teaching cognitive and affective empathy in medicine: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials	17
A structured multimodal teaching approach enhancing musculoskeletal physical examination skills among undergraduate medical students	16
The family medicine accelerated track at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center: results from a 10-year program to bend the primary care curve	16
Unpacking the perceptions and experiences of student facilitators in interprofessional education: a qualitative study	16
Comparison of internal medicine applicant and resident characteristics with performance on ACGME milestones	15
Correction	15
Exploring effective video-review strategies of patient encounters for medical students: precepted review versus peer discussion	15
Do games work? A meta-analytic synthesis of gamified learning for clinical reasoning in medical and allied health education	14
Trauma-informed care in the emergency department: concepts and recommendations for integrating practices into emergency medicine	14
Nourish : A pilot program to support self-Efficacy, learning, and wellness during USMLE step 1 preparation	14
COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on medical interns’ mental health of public and private hospitals in Guadalajara	14
Gamification in medical education: identifying and prioritizing key elements through Delphi method	14
Challenges and opportunities in cultivating medical students’ competencies: Participatory action research from a hierarchical cultural setting	14
Identity and uncertainty: art-mediated medical student reflections in a time of transition	13
How much time do internal medicine residents spend on self-directed learning and on which resources: a multi-center study	13
‘Involve me and I learn’: an experiential teaching approach to improve dyspnea awareness in medical residents	13
Academic burnout and coping strategies in healthcare students: a scoping review	13
Building a program of research in medical education: recommendations from the professional literature	13
A scoping review on the use of virtual patients for enhancing empathy in medical students	13

Risky business: medical students’ feedback-seeking behaviours: a mixed methods study	13
AI-assisted learning: ChatGPT for anamnesis in women’s health education	13
The pipeline starts in medical school: characterizing clinician-educator training programs for U.S. medical students	12
Medical student non-modifiable risk factors and USMLE Step 1 exam score	12
How much do Latin American medical students know about radiology? Latin-American multicenter cross-sectional study	12
Top-tier ranking university bring worse perception of medical learning environment to students: a cross-sectional study across 12 universities	12
A podcast to teach medical humanities at medical school: a text-mining study of students’ lived experience	11
The effect of e-learning on point-of-care ultrasound education in novices	11
The Relationship between Burnout and Sense of School Belonging among the Resident Physicians in the Standardization Training in China	11
No difference in subsequent trainee satisfaction associated with in-person exposure prior to remote interviews	11
Awareness of endocrine-disrupting chemicals among medical students and physicians: a cross-sectional study	11
Correction	11
A smartphone-based online platform for clinical skills training and assessment with standardized patients: platform development and pilot study outcomes	11
Looking beyond the COVID-19 pandemic: the recalibration of student-teacher relationships in teaching and learning process	11
Do they speak like me? Exploring how perceptions of linguistic difference may influence patient perceptions of healthcare providers	10
Underground nursing students’ experiences in a face-to-face, hybrid, and online escape room model: a comparative analysis in Serbian context	10
Socio-culturally responsive medical professionalism and ethics education: A curriculum co-creation approach	10
A Medical Education Research Library: key research topics and associated experts	10
Simulation training in suicide risk assessment and intervention: a systematic review and meta-analysis	10
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	10
“Ego massaging that helps”: a framework analysis study of internal medicine trainees’ interprofessional collaboration approaches	10
Narrative medicine and humanities for health professions education: an experimental study	10
Virtual or in-person? a census of residency interview formats for match 2025	10
A BOPPPS-based micro-lecture teaching intervention for orthopaedic postgraduates in China	10
The future of medical education and research: Is ChatGPT a blessing or blight in disguise?	10
Peer-assisted learning in critical care: a simulation-based approach for postgraduate medical training	10
The GLASS tool: a new lens for evaluating generalist leadership competencies for medical education	10
Voices of the accelerated: key themes when considering implementation of an accelerated medical school program	10
Utilizing Instagram Stories to deliver educational content to medical students in pediatrics: curricular design and evaluation	10