Medical Science EducatorPub Date : 2025-04-28eCollection Date: 2025-04-01DOI: 10.1007/s40670-025-02399-4
David M Harris
{"title":"Letter from the Editor.","authors":"David M Harris","doi":"10.1007/s40670-025-02399-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-025-02399-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37113,"journal":{"name":"Medical Science Educator","volume":"35 2","pages":"595"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-04-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12058548/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144048547","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}
Medical Science EducatorPub Date : 2025-03-10eCollection Date: 2025-02-01DOI: 10.1007/s40670-025-02356-1
David M Harris
{"title":"Letter from the Editor.","authors":"David M Harris","doi":"10.1007/s40670-025-02356-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-025-02356-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":37113,"journal":{"name":"Medical Science Educator","volume":"35 1","pages":"1"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11933498/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143721743","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}
Medical Science EducatorPub Date : 2025-03-06eCollection Date: 2025-04-01DOI: 10.1007/s40670-025-02331-w
Kunal Jain, Emily Minner, Gayatri Prakash, Duncan Salmon, Deeksha Sarda, Sydney Zhou, Leslie Day
{"title":"MedullaMentor: A Web Interactive Brainstem Atlas.","authors":"Kunal Jain, Emily Minner, Gayatri Prakash, Duncan Salmon, Deeksha Sarda, Sydney Zhou, Leslie Day","doi":"10.1007/s40670-025-02331-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-025-02331-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Brainstem anatomy is a complex topic that is integral to medical education, especially for understanding clinical neurology and pathophysiology. Despite advances in digital anatomy resources, current methods for learning brainstem anatomy are insufficient. We developed an interactive website/app to learn brainstem anatomy in a modern digital environment called \"MedullaMentor.\"</p>","PeriodicalId":37113,"journal":{"name":"Medical Science Educator","volume":"35 2","pages":"603-605"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-03-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12058549/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144056968","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}
Medical Science EducatorPub Date : 2025-02-26eCollection Date: 2025-04-01DOI: 10.1007/s40670-025-02333-8
Jarod Karom, Corinne Stanforth, Laura M Banks, Jason L Hirsch, Samuel N Paul, Jose A Bazan, Sheryl Pfeil, Christopher R Pierson
{"title":"Pre-clinical Medical Student Generated Formative Questions Can Inform the Topics Covered in Faculty Review Sessions Prior to Summative Assessments.","authors":"Jarod Karom, Corinne Stanforth, Laura M Banks, Jason L Hirsch, Samuel N Paul, Jose A Bazan, Sheryl Pfeil, Christopher R Pierson","doi":"10.1007/s40670-025-02333-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-025-02333-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Review sessions are challenging for preclinical medical school faculty to prepare due to year-to-year variability of the strengths and weaknesses of different classes. To optimize review session planning, we piloted a novel, co-creation-based workflow within a student-faculty partnership which was well received by faculty in terms of feasibility and utility.</p>","PeriodicalId":37113,"journal":{"name":"Medical Science Educator","volume":"35 2","pages":"607-609"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12058602/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144000421","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}
Medical Science EducatorPub Date : 2025-02-25eCollection Date: 2025-04-01DOI: 10.1007/s40670-025-02334-7
Youngjin Cho, Grace L Park, Gabi N Waite, Abhijay Mudigonda, John L Szarek
{"title":"Development of a Universal Prompt as a Scalable Generative AI-Assisted Tool for USMLE Step 1 Style Multiple-Choice Question Refinement in Medical Education.","authors":"Youngjin Cho, Grace L Park, Gabi N Waite, Abhijay Mudigonda, John L Szarek","doi":"10.1007/s40670-025-02334-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-025-02334-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We developed a generative artificial intelligence (genAI)-assisted tool enabling learners to receive feedback on, revise, and clone multiple-choice questions aligned with learning objectives. Initially designed as a custom GPT, we adapted it to a universal prompt for platform-agnostic, equitable access. This innovation exemplifies readily adaptable genAI-enhanced learning driven by pedagogy.</p><p><strong>Supplementary information: </strong>The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40670-025-02334-7.</p>","PeriodicalId":37113,"journal":{"name":"Medical Science Educator","volume":"35 2","pages":"611-613"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12058601/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144051107","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}
Medical Science EducatorPub Date : 2025-02-24eCollection Date: 2025-04-01DOI: 10.1007/s40670-025-02335-6
Christina Weaver, Nicholas J Caputo, Connor Yost, Scott A Hauert
{"title":"Using an AI-Nurse to Help Teach Graduating Medical Students to Take Overnight Call.","authors":"Christina Weaver, Nicholas J Caputo, Connor Yost, Scott A Hauert","doi":"10.1007/s40670-025-02335-6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-025-02335-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Artificial intelligence (AI) can help prepare graduating medical students for responding to nursing texts, something few interns are prepared to do on day 1 of residency. An AI-nurse could enhance that preparation by paging and corresponding with fourth-year medical students, requesting urgent orders during an overnight on-call simulation.</p>","PeriodicalId":37113,"journal":{"name":"Medical Science Educator","volume":"35 2","pages":"615-617"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12058565/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144040465","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}
Medical Science EducatorPub Date : 2025-02-20eCollection Date: 2025-04-01DOI: 10.1007/s40670-025-02315-w
Justin Markel, Jacob D Franke, Kerri Woodberry, Matthew Fahrenkopf
{"title":"A \"Noodle and Thread\": A Low-Fidelity Simulation of Blood Vessel Ligation Using Common Household Items.","authors":"Justin Markel, Jacob D Franke, Kerri Woodberry, Matthew Fahrenkopf","doi":"10.1007/s40670-025-02315-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-025-02315-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Purpose: </strong>Simulation is becoming increasingly essential to surgical education, and many skills are learned in simulation-based training laboratories before being used in the operating room (OR). The COVID-19 pandemic exposed the need for alternative methods of learning important surgical techniques, particularly in resource-limited areas. One of the most important early skills for trainees is surgical knot tying without exerting excessive upward traction, such as that used to ligate blood vessels prior to division and cautery.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>To help solve this problem, we have developed a model of blood vessel ligation and surgical knot tying using common, inexpensive household items including noodles, adhesive tape, and thread.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The proposed model adequately simulated blood vessel ligation and displayed a wide spectrum of difficulty levels based on the materials chosen.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Surgical knot tying can be practiced in private settings with the proposed model of blood vessel ligation. The model is low cost, and its difficulty can be adjusted by changing noodle morphology.</p>","PeriodicalId":37113,"journal":{"name":"Medical Science Educator","volume":"35 2","pages":"597-602"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12059197/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144032459","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}
Medical Science EducatorPub Date : 2025-02-10eCollection Date: 2025-04-01DOI: 10.1007/s40670-025-02312-z
JiCi Wang, Ross Kaufhold, Tianyi Wang, Asavari Rajpurkar, Jeremy Shapiro, Seth Garrett, Mujtaba Hameed, Lauren Bohm
{"title":"Participant Perceptions of Using Research Mentorship to Create a Pipeline Program for Premedical Students Underrepresented in Medicine.","authors":"JiCi Wang, Ross Kaufhold, Tianyi Wang, Asavari Rajpurkar, Jeremy Shapiro, Seth Garrett, Mujtaba Hameed, Lauren Bohm","doi":"10.1007/s40670-025-02312-z","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-025-02312-z","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The Medical Mentorship Program (MMP) at the University of Michigan was established to use research as a vehicle to mentor undergraduate students from backgrounds underrepresented in medicine (URiM). Eleven undergraduate students were paired with a medical student mentor and faculty principal investigator to lead a research project and participate in educational sessions. We found that 100% of undergraduates agreed that the program increased their interest in medicine. Additionally, 83.4% of medical students and 100% of faculty agreed they gained valuable mentorship experience. In conclusion, MMP provided URiM undergraduate students with valuable research, mentorship, networking, and medical exposure.</p><p><strong>Supplementary information: </strong>The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40670-025-02312-z.</p>","PeriodicalId":37113,"journal":{"name":"Medical Science Educator","volume":"35 2","pages":"619-624"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12058630/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144031333","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}
Medical Science EducatorPub Date : 2025-02-06eCollection Date: 2025-04-01DOI: 10.1007/s40670-024-02248-w
Brianne E Lewis, Stefanie M Attardi, Kara E Sawarynski
{"title":"ACQUIRED: An Innovative Asynchronous Modality to Increase Quality Teacher-Learner Dialogue and Overcome Classroom Barriers in Basic Science Medical Education.","authors":"Brianne E Lewis, Stefanie M Attardi, Kara E Sawarynski","doi":"10.1007/s40670-024-02248-w","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-024-02248-w","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Learners are faced with psychological and temporal classroom barriers that may preclude participation and learning. We present an asynchronous instructional design modality aiming to address learning barriers, retain active learning, and foster quality teacher-learner interactions. We designed and evaluated individualized online lessons constructed with flexible navigation, short instructional videos, integrated formative assessment, and reflection questions with bidirectional teacher-learner communication. Narrative student comments (<i>n</i> = 3075, from 33 basic science sessions over three cohorts of 125 students) were extracted from faculty evaluations, and descriptive coding identified strengths and constructive criticisms. Data are presented as mean ± SD. A majority of comments were positive (76.6% ± 2.12%) with 43.5% ± 8.7% of these focused on the ACQUIRED modality. Within these responses, students most benefited from formative practice questions (18.6% ± 2.3%), the modular format (17.3% ± 2.7%), engagement with material (11.1% ± 0.9%), ease of asking questions (9.2% ± 2.4%), overall organization (8.0 ± 2.8%), and fast responsiveness from the teacher (7% ± 2.0). Fewer comments were constructive (15.0 ± 2.1%), with 51.5% ± 30.9% of these focused on the ACQUIRED modality. More formative questions (30.5% ± 21.8%) were described for improvement. Our data informed the design of the ACQUIRED model for asynchronous instruction, emphasizing <b>AC</b>cessible <b>QU</b>ality <b>I</b>nteractions and <b>RE</b>sponsive <b>D</b>esign. The model addresses learning and participation barriers and fosters meaningful, bidirectional teacher-learner interactions.</p><p><strong>Supplementary information: </strong>The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s40670-024-02248-w.</p>","PeriodicalId":37113,"journal":{"name":"Medical Science Educator","volume":"35 2","pages":"905-917"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12058606/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144000984","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}
Medical Science EducatorPub Date : 2025-02-05eCollection Date: 2025-04-01DOI: 10.1007/s40670-025-02299-7
Peter Boedeker, Tobias Schlingmann, Joshua Kailin, Ajith Nair, Cara Foldes, David Rowley, Katherine Salciccioli, Ronald Maag, Nancy Moreno, Nadia Ismail
{"title":"Correction to: Active Versus Passive Learning in Large-Group Sessions in Medical School: A Randomized Cross-Over Trial Investigating Effects on Learning and the Feeling of Learning.","authors":"Peter Boedeker, Tobias Schlingmann, Joshua Kailin, Ajith Nair, Cara Foldes, David Rowley, Katherine Salciccioli, Ronald Maag, Nancy Moreno, Nadia Ismail","doi":"10.1007/s40670-025-02299-7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-025-02299-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1007/s40670-024-02219-1.].</p>","PeriodicalId":37113,"journal":{"name":"Medical Science Educator","volume":"35 2","pages":"1159"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-02-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12058550/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144028669","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}