{"title":"Soledad, felicidad y empatía clínica en estudiantes que inician los estudios de Medicina","authors":"Erika Tacuri , Martha Gonzales , Nancy Berduzco , Luis Vivanco","doi":"10.1016/j.edumed.2024.100917","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edumed.2024.100917","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>The career choice is influenced by individual and environmental factors. In medicine, the altruistic motivation and the predisposition towards learning have been described as individual factors. For its part, belonging to a socio-family environment facilitates the development of social skills of understanding and communication with the patients. These four elements are also main components of clinical empathy, a representative attribute of medicine.</p></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><p>To determine whether clinical empathy can be identified as a characteristic element among those who choose to study medicine.</p></div><div><h3>Material and methods</h3><p>An observational survey-study was performed in a sample of 204 first-year medical students that were finishing their first academic semester. The survey included the Jefferson Empathy Scale (JSE-S), the Loneliness Scale for Adults (SELSA-S), the Self-Perceived Happiness Scale (SRH), and a psycho-biographical form with variables possibly related to their career choice. Analyses included comparative and correlational tests.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Participants were 163 (76 male) medical students. No differences were observed in the global score of clinical empathy by any of the psycho-biographic variables studied. Empathy was positively correlated with happiness (ρ = +<!--> <!-->0.20; p = 0.01), and negatively correlated with loneliness in the family (ρ = −<!--> <!-->0.23; p = 0.003) and in the social (ρ = −0.21; p = 0.006) environments.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>Despite the notable psycho-biographical differences observed, clinical empathy appeared as a common characteristic among medical students. Additionally, more empathetic students expressed greater personal satisfaction. For their part, less empathetic students showed greater deficiencies in social skills.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35317,"journal":{"name":"Educacion Medica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1575181324000329/pdfft?md5=ca1173719a2199e0d48899af259bf02a&pid=1-s2.0-S1575181324000329-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140555058","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Educacion MedicaPub Date : 2024-04-12DOI: 10.1016/j.edumed.2024.100918
Aldo Medina Gamero
{"title":"Desafíos en el ámbito médico: abordando el leaking pipeline","authors":"Aldo Medina Gamero","doi":"10.1016/j.edumed.2024.100918","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edumed.2024.100918","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35317,"journal":{"name":"Educacion Medica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1575181324000330/pdfft?md5=ac62d54982c1fdbcebdbb1ae9e1f3979&pid=1-s2.0-S1575181324000330-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140546123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Educacion MedicaPub Date : 2024-04-12DOI: 10.1016/j.edumed.2024.100920
Kevin Obed Tolentino-Ricoy , Josefina Salomón-Cruz , Ángel Alberto Puig-Lagunes
{"title":"Emotional intelligence and burnout in medical students","authors":"Kevin Obed Tolentino-Ricoy , Josefina Salomón-Cruz , Ángel Alberto Puig-Lagunes","doi":"10.1016/j.edumed.2024.100920","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edumed.2024.100920","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>Medical students have a high prevalence of Academic Burnout Syndrome (ABS); however, few studies have analyzed the protective factors of this syndrome in this population.</p></div><div><h3>Objective</h3><p>To determine the association of emotional intelligence (EI) with ABS in medical students.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>A cross-sectional, descriptive, and correlational study was conducted on medical students using Google Forms to respond to the Trait Meta-Mood Scale, and the Maslach Burnout Inventory–General Survey for Students to determine EI and ABS, respectively.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>Between 36% and 50% of students have insufficient attention, clarity, and emotional repair. Furthermore, 13% of students were diagnosed with ABS. It was found an association between subscales of EI and the ABS. It was observed that women got lower punctuation on EI and showed a higher prevalence of ABS.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><p>In this population, the students with higher abilities of EI showed the lowest symptomatology of ABS, it is necessary to include training in the progress of abilities of EI inside of study programs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35317,"journal":{"name":"Educacion Medica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1575181324000354/pdfft?md5=b41f9ba1aec228c9cb87ef33cb44c07f&pid=1-s2.0-S1575181324000354-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140549128","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Educacion MedicaPub Date : 2024-04-03DOI: 10.1016/j.edumed.2024.100913
David Rivas Sucari , José Luis Rodríguez Eguizabal , Henry César Rivas Sucari
{"title":"Habilidades científicas en los universitarios y clubes de ciencia en los escolares","authors":"David Rivas Sucari , José Luis Rodríguez Eguizabal , Henry César Rivas Sucari","doi":"10.1016/j.edumed.2024.100913","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edumed.2024.100913","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35317,"journal":{"name":"Educacion Medica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1575181324000287/pdfft?md5=42ce34e45022895e7336b6c782d461bc&pid=1-s2.0-S1575181324000287-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140343913","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Educacion MedicaPub Date : 2024-04-02DOI: 10.1016/j.edumed.2024.100914
Mónica Regalado Chamorro , Aldo Medina Gamero
{"title":"Ética académica en el ámbito de la salud","authors":"Mónica Regalado Chamorro , Aldo Medina Gamero","doi":"10.1016/j.edumed.2024.100914","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edumed.2024.100914","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35317,"journal":{"name":"Educacion Medica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1575181324000299/pdfft?md5=620f97622ba8f0513a72cf992dcce97a&pid=1-s2.0-S1575181324000299-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140341470","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Educacion MedicaPub Date : 2024-04-02DOI: 10.1016/j.edumed.2024.100912
Aldo Medina Gamero
{"title":"Actitud ética en la formación profesional médica","authors":"Aldo Medina Gamero","doi":"10.1016/j.edumed.2024.100912","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edumed.2024.100912","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35317,"journal":{"name":"Educacion Medica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1575181324000275/pdfft?md5=0b4fdb02613fe281a9c93a4855f4d45a&pid=1-s2.0-S1575181324000275-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140341063","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Educacion MedicaPub Date : 2024-03-28DOI: 10.1016/j.edumed.2024.100908
Patricia E. Martos , Nicolas Brogly , Emilia Guasch Arévalo , Francisco Martos Fernández de Córdoba , Ramón Cantero , Fernando Gilsanz Rodríguez
{"title":"Residencia en Anestesiología y Reanimación en la comunidad autónoma de Madrid, España: ¿qué conocimientos tienen los residentes y cuáles son los motivos de su elección de la especialidad?","authors":"Patricia E. Martos , Nicolas Brogly , Emilia Guasch Arévalo , Francisco Martos Fernández de Córdoba , Ramón Cantero , Fernando Gilsanz Rodríguez","doi":"10.1016/j.edumed.2024.100908","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edumed.2024.100908","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><p>Over the past years, choice of specialization in Anaesthesiology and intensive care has become more popular in Spain among medical students. We designed a survey to study this trend, assessing theoretical knowledge and factors which participated to the choice of anaesthesia, among first-year residents in the region of Madrid.</p></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><p>A survey was designed to evaluate the background, exposure to anaesthesia during medical school training, and motivation, followed by a test of knowledge based on 15 multiple choice questions. The questions were proposed to the seventy residents of the Madrid Autonomous Region who started their training program in 2022.</p></div><div><h3>Results</h3><p>60/70 (85,7%) residents answered the survey. Only 58,3% of respondents had studied in Madrid and 98,3% had chosen anaesthesia as their first option. During their medical degree, 65% of them had received theoretical lectures in anaesthesia and 66,7% did a clinical rotation. Choosing to specialize in Anaesthesiology was influenced by doing clinical rotations (p < 0,001), but not by receiving lectures (<em>p</em> <!-->=<!--> <!-->0,88). When asked about the main reasons for selecting anaesthesia, the variety of technical skills available had influenced 76,7% residents, the width of knowledge 75% and the career opportunities 73,3% of residents. The median score for the knowledge test reached 13/15 of correct answers.</p></div><div><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>Most of our first-year residents did a clinical rotation during their medical degree and were exposed to their future specialty, which oriented their choice. When considering anaesthesia as a choice, technical skills was the most influencing factor.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35317,"journal":{"name":"Educacion Medica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1575181324000238/pdfft?md5=8da0961a3fe31d8f78c1e6100babd70d&pid=1-s2.0-S1575181324000238-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140321363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Educacion MedicaPub Date : 2024-03-25DOI: 10.1016/j.edumed.2024.100905
Khadija Ait Moussa , Sabah Selmaoui , Nadia Ouzennou
{"title":"The questionnire on learning strategies “Mes Outils de Travail Intellectuel”: Adaptation and validation among Moroccan nursing students","authors":"Khadija Ait Moussa , Sabah Selmaoui , Nadia Ouzennou","doi":"10.1016/j.edumed.2024.100905","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edumed.2024.100905","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Introduction</h3><p>This study aims to adapt and assess the validity and reliability of the “Mes Outils de Travail Intellectuel” (My Intellectual Work Tools) scale for measuring learning strategies among Moroccan nursing students.</p></div><div><h3>Subjects and methods</h3><p>The validation study was conducted in the Marrakesh-Safi region of Morocco, utilizing the “Mes Outils de Travail Intellectuel” scale developed by Wolfs in 1998. To accommodate the Moroccan linguistic context, the scale was maintained in French, undergoing revision by local experts and pre-testing with 30 nursing students. Subsequently, it was administered to a comprehensive sample of 465 first-year undergraduate students for psychometric validation. Acceptability was evaluated by examining refusal rates, missing data, and item comprehension. Factorial validity was assessed through principal component analysis for each questionnaire construct, while reliability was determined using Cronbach's alpha coefficient.</p></div><div><h3>Results and discussion</h3><p>The questionnaire achieved a response rate of 98%, with no instances of misunderstanding or missing data. Principal component analysis facilitated the removal of irrelevant items and extraction of essential factors from the dataset. The reliability of the questionnaire constructs was satisfactory, with Cronbach's alpha exceeding 0.7. These findings affirm the efficacy of the adapted “Mes Outils de Travail Intellectuel” scale for evaluating learning strategies among Moroccan nursing students. Although the study is limited to first-year students, it establishes a framework for the instrument's application in the specific context of nursing education in Morocco.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35317,"journal":{"name":"Educacion Medica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1575181324000202/pdfft?md5=245cb2d90bd71fe42c5c8bdf7cfd3089&pid=1-s2.0-S1575181324000202-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140290476","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exam blueprinting as a tool to overcome principal validity threats: A scoping review","authors":"Hussein Abdellatif , Amira Ebrahim Alsemeh , Tarek Khamis , Mohamed-Rachid Boulassel","doi":"10.1016/j.edumed.2024.100906","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.edumed.2024.100906","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Medical education's teaching and learning process evolves. This requires a change in instruction and assessment. An assessment's validity is threatened by poorly aligned tests or those with irrelevant variance. A well-designed test blueprint bridges gaps and integrates various education pillars, ensuring an accurate representation of learning outcomes and domains. This study reviewed the test blueprint approach in the relevant literature and highlighted its advantages in improving test measures, particularly those for validity and reliability. We searched MEDLINE/PubMed and Scopus for relevant articles; duplicates were eliminated, and those that met our eligibility criteria were chosen. For data extraction, a charting framework was created. Quantitative and qualitative data were reported and analyzed. Thematic analysis was performed for selected studies. To verify the selected studies, experts were consulted.</p><p>Out of 487 selected studies, 22 were included in the review, 18 of which focused on blueprinting design and implementation, and 4 of which used blueprinting to improve medical curriculum design and evaluation practices. The review comprised a qualitative study, 2 cohort studies, 8 cross-sectional studies, 6 quasi-experimental studies, 3 review articles, one of which was a practical guide for test blueprint design, and 1 case report. Finally, as evidenced by their findings, the majority of studies addressed the qualities of a good test, the primary threats to validity and reliability, the benefits, and the methodologies for designing test blueprints. Nonetheless, a lack of experimental studies was observed. Electronic blueprinting and a blueprint for programmatic assessment approaches were lacking and warrant additional research.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":35317,"journal":{"name":"Educacion Medica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1575181324000214/pdfft?md5=9959fc6b36c49304e84bc4e74a075d0a&pid=1-s2.0-S1575181324000214-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140162520","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}