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DECEMBER 12th, 2024

Using improvisation to enhance communication skills in 4th year medical students

Lisa Erdman & Cheryl Dellasega

In healthcare settings, effective communication between clinicians and patients is a critical skill that promotes optimal care and healthoutcomes. However, in medical education, there has been relatively little emphasis on developing students' skills to deal with a variety of communication scenarios they may experience in their practice.

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DECEMBER 1st, 2024

Gamified versus non-gamified online educational modules for teaching clinical laboratory medicine to first-year medical students at a large allopathic medical school in the United States
Marie Do, Kimberly Sanford, Susan Roseff, Alexandra Hovaguimian, Henrike Besche & Krisztina Fischer

Medical educators seek innovative ways to engage learners efciently and efectively. Gamifcation has been explored as one way to accomplish this feat; however, questions remain about which contexts gamifcation [...]

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NOVEMBER 26th, 2024

Medical students as teachers: impact of peer-led teaching sessions on NBME exam performance
Karl Aharonian, Victoria Winter, Tal Schlesinger & Edward Simanton

Peer-led teaching sessions (PLTS) supplement conventional medical education, allowing students to share knowledge effectively. PLTS have shown significant academic benefits for student instructors. However, [...]

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