Context Like dark matter, the contexts for medical education are largely invisible to those
within them, although context can have profound influences on teaching, learning and …

Medical education as we know it today spans three sectors: undergraduate, postgraduate,
and the continuing professional development of established clinicians. Medical education is …

Online education programs in nursing are increasing rapidly. Faculty need to be competent
in their role and possess the skills necessary to positively impact student outcomes. Existing …

Learning curves, which graphically show the relationship between learning effort and
achievement, are common in published education research but are not often used in day-to …

As we capture more and more data about learners, their learning, and the organization of
their learning, our ability to identify emerging patterns and to extract meaning grows …

Abstract Online learning in Health Professions Education (HPE) has been evolving over
decades, but COVID-19 changed its use abruptly. Technology allowed necessary HPE …

Background: The absence of a standard, comprehensive approach to evaluating technology-
enhanced learning (TEL) limits the utility of individual evaluations, and impedes the …

Context The tensions that emerge between the universal and the local in a global world
require continuous negotiation. However, in medical education, standardization and …

The conceptualisation of 'good'medical education research as hypothesis testing to identify
universal truths that are generalisable across contexts has been challenged. Joining this …

Virtual patients are computer-based simulators of patient encounters for the purposes of
instruction, practice, and assessment. Although virtual patients have been around for some …