Purpose To analyze the plural definitions and applications of the term “hidden curriculum”
within the medical education literature and to propose a conceptual framework for …

Medical Education 2010: 44: 358–366 Context The growing popularity of less familiar
methodologies in medical education research, and the use of related data collection …

The autopsy has traditionally been used as a tool in undergraduate medical education, but
recent decades have seen a sharp decline in their use for teaching. This study reviewed the …

Objectives To investigate which kinds of situations medical and nursing students found
emotionally challenging during their undergraduate education, and how they managed their …

Objective: The consequences of a low autopsy rate are not considered in determining the
cause of death. Method: We have analyzed the Cause of Death Register of the Swedish …

Avhandlingen behandlar lärarstudenternas och nyblivna lärares erfarenheter av obehagliga
situationer. Frågeställningar innefattar: Vilka situationer beskriver lärarstudenter och …

To this day, autopsies and dissections have been essential in medical education, but
declining autopsy numbers have endangered this long‐standing tradition. Students' …

Attending postmortems enables students to learn anatomy and pathology within a clinical
context, provides insights into effects of treatment and introduces the reality that patients die …

Purpose Emotional development, an important component of nascent professional
competence, is likely to be shaped by specific formative experiences. This study sought to …

In undergraduate medical education, the training of post-mortem external examination on
dead bodies might evoke strong emotional reactions in medical students that could …