OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Medical Education is 47. 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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)

Article	Citations
Laparoscopic training workshop to assess medical students’ skill acquisition and interest in surgical careers	1409
The predictive validity of admission criteria for the results of clinical competency assessment with an emphasis on family medicine in the fifth year of medical education: an observational study	238
The lecturer-tutor in undergraduate medical education; navigating complexity as “a recruiter, a timetabler, an administrator, a counsellor”	216
Self-assessment of residents in breaking bad news; skills and barriers	189
Registrars as teachers: a qualitative study exploring the experiences of Australian general practice registrars in teaching roles	127
Professional values at the beginning of medical school: a quasi-experimental study	95
E-learning—an interventional element of the PRiVENT project to improve weaning expertise	93
Evaluation of an experiential clinical learning option during pandemic teaching suspensions	92
Using simulation to introduce students and healthcare professionals to losses experienced by older adults: a pre-post analysis	88
Perceptions of a virtual education platform: how plastic surgery education has progressed during the COVID-19 pandemic at one academic institution	86
Midwifery students’ satisfaction with simulation-based education and associated factors among governmental universities in Amhara region, Ethiopia 2022	78
MCQs in-training examination scores of the surgical residency program in Thailand: the relationship between medical school vs public health-based training institutions	77
Simulated subacromial injection instruction improves accuracy and skill level: a model for musculoskeletal procedural training	77
Zoom Improv is accessible and enhances medical student empathy	77
Educating physicians on strong opioids by descriptive versus simulated-experience formats: a randomized controlled trial	75
Haptic experience to significantly motivate anatomy learning in medical students	74
Exploring perceptions of pre-clerkship students about workplace learning in the clinical learning environment at Gulf Medical University, UAE	73
The effect of computer-based Stress Inoculation Training (SIT) approach on the pelvic pain, depression, and anxiety in students with primary dysmenorrhea: a clinical trial study	72
Cognitive enhancing supplements and medications in United States Resident Physicians	71
Perceptions and barriers to the use and training of point-of-care ultrasound among Finnish emergency physicians – a nationwide survey	70
Design and practice of blended teaching of internal medicine nursing based on O-AMAS effective teaching model	69
The impact of simulation-based mastery learning, booster session timing and clinical exposure on confidence in intercostal drain insertion: a survey of internal medicine trainees in Scotland	69
“Smartphone as an educational tool” the perception of dental faculty members of all the dental colleges of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - Pakistan	68
Association between sociodemographic characteristics and level of knowledge about oral cancer among Mexican dental health professionals: a cross-sectional online survey	65
A Canadian survey of medical students and undergraduate deans on the management of patients living with obesity	63

Rating communication skills in dental practice: the impact of different sociodemographic factors	62
Influence of pretesting and a near peer sharing real life experiences on CPR training outcomes in first year medical students: a non-randomized quasi-experimental study	62
How does postgraduate diploma in Family Medicine impact on primary care doctors?	61
Advancing medical laboratory practice in Pakistan: insights from a focus group study on technologists’ training needs	60
GRAVEN: a database of teaching method that applies gestures to represent the neurosurgical approach’s blood vessels and nerves	60
A structured curriculum supporting biomedical trainees’ transition into independent academic positions and early career success	59
Acceptance of e-learning and associated factors among postgraduate medical and health science students at first generation universities in Amhara region, 2023: using modified technology acceptance mod	54
Enhancing compassion in medical education - a comparative study of the efficacy of clinical clerkships versus simulation-based training methodologies	54
Evaluating the impact of faculty development programs at the workplace by using reflective critique writing technique	54
Physician associate (PA) students’ perceptions of team-based learning (TBL) for teaching in Geriatric medicine	53
The impact of trauma-informed training on pediatricians’ perceived-competence in treating war-affected children: a pilot study	53
Barriers faced by undergraduate dental students when conducting research: a qualitative study	51
Knowledge and attitudes toward [18F] fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography/computed tomography among non-radiologist medical staff	50
An old approach to a novel problem: effect of combined balance therapy on virtual reality induced motion sickness: a randomized, placebo controlled, double-blinded study	50
Communication Skills (CS) training of physicians in China and its role in actual challenges of patient-physician relationship: a cross-sectional survey	50
Orientation of medical trainees to a new clinical environment (the ready-steady-go model): a constructivist grounded theory study	49
Evaluating the impact of a blended interprofessional education course on students’ attitudes towards interprofessional education: a pre-post study	48
Links between medical interns’ perceived stress, workaholism and personality: a cross-sectional study	48
The postgraduate medical educational climate assessed by the Danish Residency Educational Climate Test (DK-RECT): a validation and cross-sectional observational study	48
Barriers and future improvements of workplace-based learning in Korean medicine clinical clerkship: perspectives of graduates	48
Experiences with telemedicine among family medicine residents at king saud university medical city during the COVID-19 pandemic: a cross-sectional study	47
The impact of global health outreach experiences on medical student burnout	47
Hybrid versus distance learning environment for a paediatric dentistry course and its influence on students’ satisfaction: a cross-sectional study	47