Learner mistreatment remains a pervasive challenge in medical education, particularly within the surgical learning environment. In medical education scholarship, surgical culture is often cited both as an explanation, and at times, a justification for learner mistreatment in surgery. In this critical qualitative study, informed by constructivist…

Programmatic assessment is gaining traction in health professions education. Despite this popularity, educators continue to grapple with complex contextual factors that impact implementation and outcome attainment. We used contribution analysis, a theory-informed evaluation method, to understand the mechanisms underpinning successful…

Inequality of healthcare provision between metropolitan and rural communities is an enduring international concern. Geographical narcissism (GN) in medicine is a belief that the best healthcare provision only occurs in the big cities. In healthcare education and workforce development, there is a growing sentiment that GN exists, and is likely…

Psychologists, like many health professionals, must effectively self-assess their competencies across the career trajectory in order to practice ethically and within the bounds of their knowledge and skills. Given this, research is needed to explore the cognitive process of self-assessment, and the utility of a structured measure for…

Histology is a foundational course in many life science programs. Microscopes have long been the primary instruments used in this discipline, playing a crucial role in histology education for decades. However, with the current significant technological advancements, digital tools are progressively replacing microscopes in university classrooms…

Previous studies suggest that "time" factors heavily into trainees' decision-making around issues of pregnancy within graduate medical education (GME). Trainees are often dissatisfied with parental leave policies and tension exists as they navigate training interruptions. However, our understanding is limited because prior studies have…

In health professions education, there is a call to rethink pedagogical practices and institutions that often perpetuate racism, colonialism, and other systems of oppression. Researchers have stressed the importance of integrating critical pedagogies, such as antiracist pedagogy, to help learners understand societal and structural factors behind…

Introducing students to real-world contexts through clinical placements can provide rich learning experiences. In health professional education, these placements primarily focus on the supervised development of clinical skills within discipline-specific contexts. However, numerous implicit contexts influence the learning event, which may not be…

Use of theory to conceptualise interprofessional practice and inform interprofessional education is growing. This paper draws on two emerging theories in education and the sociology of emotions -- epistemic cognition and emotional climates -- to analyse an important interprofessional setting: weekly case conferences in one radiation oncology…

Despite the integral role that clinical teachers' coaching behaviors play in shaping residents' learning experiences, these behaviors are not always enacted. To better understand the behavioral determinants of coaching, the objectives of this study were to (a) identify barriers and facilitators of engaging in coaching behaviors using behavior…

Interprofessional identity (IPI) is crucial in shaping the perceptions, knowledge, and collaborative skills of health professions learners. Its development is influenced by external factors (educational and practice contexts) and internal factors (motivational beliefs and confidence). Despite its importance, a comprehensive understanding of IPI…

Aim: This study was aimed to examine the relationship among witnessing workplace bullying, resilience, and professional identity in student nurses, and to investigate the mediating and moderating effects of resilience on the relationship between witnessing workplace bullying and professional identity. Background: Workplace bullying is an…

Simulation is an established pedagogical approach in health professions education, typically led by educators and informed by their clinical expertise. Partnerships between educators and people with lived experience ensures simulation authentically represents the needs of people accessing healthcare. To map available literature on how lived…

This study investigates sources of distress experienced by some medical students performing cadaveric dissection in the anatomy lab. Using a novel theoretical framework adapted from the humanities, faculty at the University of Rochester sought to understand the connection between distress, dissection, and the ontological assumptions students hold…

Though transferability is a multidimensional concept, our representations of transferability within Health Professions Education have largely focused on whether innovations or outcomes can be applied in different contexts. However, transferability has been variously described and used as a quality criterion through the history of qualitative…