ReviewJournal of education and health promotion2023
Early clinical exposure: Dynamics, opportunities, and challenges in modern medical education.
Review in Journal of education and health promotion, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.
- Impact of early clinical exposure on medical students' competency development: a systematic review of evidence from Asian and African countries.BMC medical education · 2025Pooled it
- Validating the effectiveness of a classroom-setting form of early clinical exposure with direct physician involvement in gastrointestinal physiology education.BMC medical education · 2025Trial
- Educational strategies for enhancing medical students' competency in laboratory medicine practice: a scoping review.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- Identifying Gaps in Obstetrics and Gynecology Education: Insights From Clinical Vignettes.Cureus · 2025Article
- Satisfaction survey of early clinical exposure in medical students: a cross-sectional study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Article
- Variation in Students' Experiences and Approaches to Learning During Early Clinical Immersion.The clinical teacher · 2025Article
- Impact of Brief Patient Exposure on Pre-Clinical U.S. Medical Student Bias Towards Mental Health.Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry · 2025Article
- Investigating the learning value of early clinical exposure among undergraduate medical students in Dubai: a convergent mixed methods study.BMC medical education · 2025Article
- Current status and educational needs of early clinical exposure in Korean Medical Schools: A cross-sectional survey study.Pakistan journal of medical sciences · 2025Article
- Impact of Early Preclinical Exposure on Academic Performance, Clinical Skills, and Confidence Among BDS Students at Private Dental College.Scientifica · 2025Article
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- Examining the Role of Medical School Faculty in Developing Students' Cultural Humility Skills: Insights From a Single-Center Multimethod Study.Global advances in integrative medicine and healthArticle
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Authors and funding
3 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
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Abstract
introductionApplications of early clinical exposure (ECE) are wide-ranging and reflect the important role that ECE plays in medical education. This review article aimed to highlight the dynamics, opportunities, and challenges of ECE in medical education. STUDY METHODOLOGY: This review article was conducted through a comprehensive search of electronic databases including PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Google search engine. The keywords used for the search were "early clinical exposure," "medical education," "clinical skills," "patient contact," and "medical students. The inclusion criteria for selecting the articles were that they should be written in English, peer-reviewed, and provide insights into the dynamics, opportunities, and challenges of ECE in medical education.
resultsECE allows students to gain a deeper understanding of the patient experience, and to develop empathy and a patient-centered approach to care. ECE can also help to improve recruitment and retention of medical students, by providing a more engaging and rewarding learning experience.
conclusionECE is a promising teaching method that has the potential to improve clinical skills and patient outcomes. However, it also poses some challenges that must be addressed to ensure its effective implementation.
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