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The Hidden Curriculum: A Good Thing?
Article in Cureus, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.
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15 citing papers in PubMed.
- How Are Pedagogical Practices Within Medical Education Being Adapted for Autistic Students?Cureus · 2025Review
- Effects of the Hidden Curriculum in Medical Education: Scoping Review.JMIR medical education · 2025Article
- Transforming Professionalism Education in Clerkships: A Student-Driven Approach Utilizing The Hidden Curriculum.Perspectives on medical education · 2025Article
- Effects of Hidden Curriculum on Medical Education and Strategies to Reshape Hidden Curriculum as a Curriculum Promotor - A Systematic Review.Advances in medical education and practice · 2025Review
- Increasing the focus on critical appraisal of trials and financial conflict of interest in medical training programs: a perspective from oncology.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- The influence of hierarchy as an Implicit curriculum on medical trainees during the COVID-19 pandemic.Medical education online · 2024Article
- Strategies to improve hidden curriculum in nursing and medical education: a scoping review.BMC medical education · 2023Article
- Surgical Trainee Perspectives on the Opioid Crisis: The Influence of Explicit and Hidden Curricula.Journal of surgical education · 2023Article
- Hidden Curriculum in Medical Residency Programs: A Scoping Review.Journal of advances in medical education & professionalism · 2022Article
- The Hidden Curriculum and Integrating Cure- and Care-Based Approaches to Medicine.HEC forum : an interdisciplinary journal on hospitals' ethical and legal issues · 2022Article
- Earning opportunities and informal payment as influencing factors in medical students' speciality choice.BMC family practice · 2021Article
- The anatomy lesson of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic: irreplaceable tradition (cadaver work) and new didactics of digital technology.Croatian medical journal · 2021Article
- A service-learning experience in a free medical centre for undocumented migrants and homeless people.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2021Article
- Developing a Curriculum for Addressing the Opioid Crisis: A National Collaborative Process.Journal of medical education and curricular developmentArticle
- Bursting the Hidden Curriculum Bubble: A Surgical Near-Peer Mentorship Pilot Program for URM Medical Students.Journal of surgical educationArticle
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Abstract
Introduction The hidden curriculum is defined as a set of influences that function at the level of the organizational structure and culture to impact learning. Literature supports the significant impact of the hidden curriculum on all levels of learners in medical education. Our project aims to capture the messages being delivered to healthcare providers at our local facility. Methods Multiple one-time educational sessions on the hidden curriculum were provided over a five-year period to healthcare professionals. Participants were asked to share personal examples of their lived experiences with the hidden curriculum. A thematic analysis of the responses was completed and coded by two independent reviewers. Results Participants consisted of medical students, residents, faculty physicians, and allied health professionals. Their experience of the hidden curriculum emerged in six main themes: Vulnerability, Hierarchy, Privilege, Navigation & Negotiation, Positivity, and Dehumanizing. Conclusion A minority of responses demonstrated the positive impact that the hidden curriculum can have on professional development. This project highlights the importance of formally addressing the hidden curriculum to capitalize on its impact on medical trainees. The results have inspired a project focusing on residents as the population of interest in their unique role as learners and preceptors.
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