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ArticleMedical science educator2021

Threshold Concepts in Preclinical Medical Education: Students' Perceptions.

Nardin Derias, Stephen Loftus, Suzan Kamel-ElSayed

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Article in Medical science educator, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 1 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nardin DeriasClass of 2021 M.D. Candidate, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, Michigan United States.ORCID 0000-0002-3917-6746
Stephen LoftusDepartment of Foundational Medical Studies, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, Michigan US.ORCID 0000-0003-3059-6813
Suzan Kamel-ElSayedDepartment of Foundational Medical Studies, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Rochester, Michigan US.ORCID 0000-0002-5534-5685
Oakland University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Threshold concepts are those ideas that learners often find difficult, but must understand in order to master a discipline. Nearly all research into threshold concepts has been from the perspective of teachers. We argue that the students' perspectives can also be helpful. In this commentary, we explore this issue and inform the debate by drawing on insights from a pilot study in which medical students articulated their own views on what constituted threshold concepts from recent learning experiences in physiology. Combining insights, from teachers and students, into candidate threshold concepts could be used to improve the medical curriculum.

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CurriculumMedical educationMedical physiologyPreclinical educationThreshold concepts

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PMID34457933
PMCPMC8368493
OpenAlexW3136037503

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