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Medical education trends for future physicians in the era of advanced technology and artificial intelligence: an integrative review

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Han, Eui-Ryoung, Yeo, Sanghee, Kim, Min-Jeong, Lee, Young-Hee, Park, Kwi-Hwa, Roh, Hyerin·2019·BMC Medical Education

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Background: Medical education must adapt to different health care contexts, including digitalized health care systems and a digital generation of students in a hyper-connected world. The aims of this study are to identify and synthesize the values that medical educators need to implement in the curricula and to introduce representative educational programs. Methods: An integrative review was conducted to combine data from various research designs. We searched for articles on PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and EBSCO ERIC between 2011 and 2017. Key search terms were “undergraduate medical education,” “future,” “twenty-first century,” “millennium,” “curriculum,” “teaching,” “learning,” and “assessment.” We screened and extracted them according to inclusion and exclusion criteria from titles and abstracts. All authors read the full texts and discussed them to reach a consensus about the themes and subthemes. Data appraisal was performed using a modified Hawker ‘s evaluation form. Results: Among the 7616 abstracts initially identified, 28 full-text articles were selected to reflect medical education trends and suggest suitable educational programs. The integrative themes and subthemes of future medical education are as follows: 1) a humanistic approach to patient safety that involves encouraging humanistic doctors and facilitating collaboration; 2) early experience and longitudinal integration by early exposure to patient-oriented integration and longitudinal integrated clerkships; 3) going beyond hospitals toward society by responding to changing community needs and showing respect for diversity; and 4) student-driven learning with advanced technology through active learning with individualization, social interaction, and resource accessibility. Conclusions: This review integrated the trends in undergraduate medical education in readiness for the anticipated changes in medical environments. The detailed programs introduced in this study could be useful for medical educators in the development of curricula. Further research is required to integrate the educational trends into graduate and continuing medical education, and to investigate the status or effects of innovative educational programs in each medical school or environment.

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Authors
Han, E.-R., Yeo, S., Kim, M.-J., Lee, Y.-H., Park, K.-H., & Roh, H.
Affiliations
  • Chonnam National University (KR)
  • Kyungpook National University (KR)
  • Kosin University (KR)
  • Korea University (KR)
  • Gachon University (KR)
  • Inje University (KR)
Corresponding author
Roh, Hyerin
Venue
BMC Medical Education
Published
2019-12
Volume
19
Issue
1
Pages
460-460
ISSN
1472-6920 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2995872180
Cited by
393
References
62
Citations by year
2026: 49 · 2025: 75 · 2024: 100 · 2023: 85 · 2022: 43 · 2021: 29 · 2020: 12
FWCI
19.34
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • BMC Medical Education (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Innovations in Medical Education
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Health and Medical Education
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Health Informatics › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
Keywords
undergraduate medical education, medical curriculum development, artificial intelligence in healthcare, digital healthcare, longitudinal integrated clerkship, humanistic medicine, patient safety, student-led learning, active learning, community participation, diversity in medical education, future of medical education
MeSH terms
Self-Directed Learning as Topic, Artificial Intelligence, Curriculum, Education, Medical, Undergraduate, Humans, Technology

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