Journal of Advances in Medical Education & Professionalism

Review article

Integrating Research and Teaching in Medical Education: Challenges, Strategies, and Implications for Healthcare

YASAR AHMED; MOHAMED HASAN TAHA; SIMAA KHAYAL

Volume 12, Issue 1 , January 2024, Pages 1-7

https://doi.org/10.30476/jamp.2023.99751.1854

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Introduction: The integration of research and teaching in medical education offers numerous benefits, fostering critical thinking and analytical skills in students. Institutions worldwide ... Read More Introduction: The integration of research and teaching in medical education offers numerous benefits, fostering critical thinking and analytical skills in students. Institutions worldwide have recognized the significance of this nexus and have implemented initiatives to link teaching with disciplinebased research, promoting interdisciplinary collaboration. This article aims to explore the challenges and recommendations for integrating research and teaching in medical schools and provide recommendations to overcome these challenges.Methods: We conducted a comprehensive review of the literature to identify the common challenges faced by medical institutions in integrating research and teaching. PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, ERIC, and Google Scholar databases were searched to assess the literature that met the study objectives with explicit inclusion and exclusion criteria. We also examined successfulstrategies employed by some institutions to promote researchteaching integration.Results: The challenges identified include limited resources, the need to balance research and curriculum requirements, and the importance of cultivating a research-oriented institutionalculture. Successful strategies involve curriculum updates, faculty motivation, and cross-disciplinary collaboration. Implementing strategies involve vertically and horizontally integrating researchmethodology throughout the undergraduate curriculum and crossintegrating traditional medical courses with other disciplines. Collaboration between universities, enterprises, and schools canenhance comprehensive cooperation.Conclusion: To create a research-oriented learning environment, medical institutions should address these challenges and implement effective strategies. This approach will not only nurture researchoriented healthcare professionals but also advance medical knowledge for the benefit of patient care. By addressing these challenges and implementing appropriate strategies, medicalinstitutions can create a research-oriented learning environment, nurturing research-oriented healthcare professionals and advancing medical knowledge to improve patient care.

Review article

Exploring BAME Student Experiences in Healthcare Courses in the United Kingdom: A Systematic Review

CALLUM SINGH GREWAL; MOHAMMED BILAL KHAN; JASMIN KIRAN KAUR PANESAR; SIMAL ASHER; NAVJYOT MEHAN

Volume 12, Issue 1 , January 2024, Pages 8-17

https://doi.org/10.30476/jamp.2023.98882.1825

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Introduction: Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) students in healthcare-related courses are exposed to various challenging experiences compared to their White counterparts, not ... Read More

Original Article

Clinical Supervision of Medical Students in Primary Health Care Services: General Practitioners’ Perspectives in Morocco

SAMIRA ESSOLI; GHITA HOUDALI; ADIL MANSOURI; OUASSIM MANSOURY; LATIFA ADARMOUCH; MOHAMED AMINE; MAJDA SEBBANI

Volume 12, Issue 1 , January 2024, Pages 18-27

https://doi.org/10.30476/jamp.2023.100060.1868

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Introduction: Clinical supervision is crucial to establish a learning climate in which the supervisor guides the supervised. Clinical supervisors might have numerous barriers and motivations. ... Read More

Original Article

Evaluation of Blended Learning in Terms of the Perceptions of Medical Students: A Mixed Method Study

SALMAH SHELLY; IRFAN IDRIS; NASRUDDIN ANDI MAPPAWARE; HAERANI RASYID; AGUSSALIM BUKHARI; ICHLAS NANANG AFANDI; ASTY AMALIA

Volume 12, Issue 1 , January 2024, Pages 28-36

https://doi.org/10.30476/jamp.2023.98956.1819

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Introduction: The ongoing 4.0 industrial evolution, characterized by the rise of digital technology, has had a massive impact on human lifestyles worldwide. Faculty members in medical ... Read More Introduction: The ongoing 4.0 industrial evolution, characterized by the rise of digital technology, has had a massive impact on human lifestyles worldwide. Faculty members in medical school areexpected to respond to this industrial revolution by implementing teaching strategies, one of which is Blended learning as a suitable solution to overcome the limitations of space and time in the teaching process. For effective utilization of blended learning, it is important to conduct extensive studies on its implementation. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness and efficiency of implementing blended learning in the faculty of medicine in Hasanuddin Universityfrom the students’ perspective.Methods: This study used a sequential explanatory mixed method approach, combining quantitative and qualitative methods. The quantitative part involved 782 undergraduate medical students from the first, second, and third years. Data were collected through a questionnaire survey distributed among the students. The qualitative part of the research was conducted through focus group discussions involving 13 students based on the questionnaire scores,representing both high and low scores. The results of the quantitative and qualitative research were collected and integrated.Results: Based on the results, the majority of students agreed that blended learning provided many advantages to their learning (Mean±SD: 3.79±0.78). Also, they reported e-learning platform significantly contributed to their learning process (Mean±SD: 3.88±0.67). The workload of blended learning method was still considered quite heavy by students, and good time management was highly needed (Mean±SD: 3.45±0.84). As for qualitative part, some positive results were obtained; they reported that it increased motivation for learning, enhanced the efficiency of learning and gaining adaptability, while the negative opinions were the network error in e-learning, erratice-learning display, and video quality problem.Conclusion: Most of the students expressed positive opinions about the advantages of blended learning; according to them, learning was more efficient and effective, it enhanced learning motivation, and it provided comprehensive accessible learning materials.

Original Article

Measurement Properties of an Arabic Version of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE) in Moroccan Medical Students

SOUMAYA BENMAAMAR; HALIMA AMRI; IBTISSAM EL HARCH; SAMIRA EL FAKIR; KARIMA EL RHAZI

Volume 12, Issue 1 , January 2024, Pages 37-44

https://doi.org/10.30476/jamp.2023.100266.1884

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Introduction: Empathy is an essential communication skill in the doctor-patient relationship. In fact, measuring its level in medical students is becoming increasingly important. There ... Read More Introduction: Empathy is an essential communication skill in the doctor-patient relationship. In fact, measuring its level in medical students is becoming increasingly important. There is aLack of tools to measure it in Morocco. The aim of this study was to validate the Arabic version of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE) among Moroccan medical students.Methods: The questionnaire was translated from its original English version to Arabic in accordance with international guidelines for cross-cultural adaptation of self-report measures.After translation and transcultural adaptation, the final Arabic version was administered to a sample of Moroccan medical students. Descriptive statistics at the item level and at the scalelevel were calculated. The internal consistency, reproducibility, criterion, and construct validity were assessed. A multitrait scale analysis was used to examine construct validity. To measurecriterion validity, the Arabic JSE scale was correlated to a visual analog scale (VAS), measuring the level of empathy. The mean of score was compared by gender, year of medical training, andspecialty preference using the Student (t) and ANOVA tests. All statistical analyses were performed by SPSS, Version 26.Results: A total of 201 students participated in the study. The average empathy score was 105.1±13.4. It was higher in female than male students (P=0.003). The Cronbach alpha was 0.76. The instrument has moderate test-retest reliability (ICC=0.6). The results showed a positive and significant correlation between Arabic JSE and VAS (r=0.28, P<0.0001). The multitrait scalinganalysis by testing convergent and discriminant validity confirmed the original scale structure.Conclusion: The adapted Moroccan version of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy proved to be a valid instrument. It demonstrated an acceptable reliability and validity. Indeed, it can be used innational studies to measure empathy in medical students.

Original Article

Identification of Factors Influencing Professional Identity Development in Medical Students at Basic Sciences Stage

ELHAM NASIRI; NASRIN SHOKRPOUR

Volume 12, Issue 1 , January 2024, Pages 45-50

https://doi.org/10.30476/jamp.2023.99829.1856

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Introduction: Medical education is beyond gaining a certain level of knowledge and mastering a specific set of skill. Medical students should try to improve the self and system, which ... Read More

Original Article

A Cross-Sectional Study on the Role of Computer Anxiety in Students’ Online Learning

ALI ASGHAR HAYAT; NAHID BARZEGAR; HATAM FARAJI DEHSORKHI; MEHRDAD AZIMNEJADIAN; SASAN ROSTAMI; MOHAMMAD HASAN KESHAVARZI; SEDIGHEH MOKHTARPOUR

Volume 12, Issue 1 , January 2024, Pages 51-56

https://doi.org/10.30476/jamp.2023.99057.1824

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Introduction: Although e-learning has been incorporated in higher education system, students may undergo negative emotions like anxiety using this new mode of learning which ultimatelyinterfere ... Read More

Original Article

The Effect of Using the Community of Inquiry Model on the Quality of Distance Learning of the Airways Management among Anesthesia Nursing Students

ALI KHALAFI; OMID ZAREI; VAHID SAIDKHANI; MOHAMMAD HOSEIN HAGHIGHIZADEH

Volume 12, Issue 1 , January 2024, Pages 57-65

https://doi.org/10.30476/jamp.2023.99383.1841

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Introduction: Distance education as a training method is used today to train nurses around the world. This study aimed to determine the impact of using the community of inquiry modelon ... Read More

Commentary

Multi-Dimensional Model of Cooperative Learning

SHOALEH BIGDELI; MARYAM AALAA; JOHN SANDARS

Volume 12, Issue 1 , January 2024, Pages 66-67

https://doi.org/10.30476/jamp.2023.97756.1778

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Integrating Research and Teaching in Medical Education: Challenges, Strategies, and Implications for Healthcare

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Exploring BAME Student Experiences in Healthcare Courses in the United Kingdom: A Systematic Review

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Clinical Supervision of Medical Students in Primary Health Care Services: General Practitioners’ Perspectives in Morocco

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Evaluation of Blended Learning in Terms of the Perceptions of Medical Students: A Mixed Method Study

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Measurement Properties of an Arabic Version of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy (JSE) in Moroccan Medical Students

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Identification of Factors Influencing Professional Identity Development in Medical Students at Basic Sciences Stage

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A Cross-Sectional Study on the Role of Computer Anxiety in Students’ Online Learning

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The Effect of Using the Community of Inquiry Model on the Quality of Distance Learning of the Airways Management among Anesthesia Nursing Students

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Multi-Dimensional Model of Cooperative Learning

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