ArticleThe clinical teacher2025
Trigger warnings in medical student education: A scoping review.
Article in The clinical teacher, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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2 citing papers in PubMed.
- Dopamine, Distraction, and Disruption: Perspectives on How Technology and Generation Z Are Reshaping Medical Education.JMIR medical education · 2026Article
- Trigger warnings in medical student education: A scoping review.The clinical teacher · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundMedicine is recognised as a challenging course where exposure to potentially distressing content is inevitable. Some educators provide students with warnings before they encounter potentially upsetting content-trigger warnings. In this scoping review, we mapped the existing literature seeking to better understand how trigger warnings are implemented in medical schools and how they are influencing education within them.
methodsBibliographic databases were searched to identify relevant literature, including searching for grey literature. Articles were included if they focussed on medical school education and were written in English. Data analysis was undertaken using both quantitative and qualitative approaches (thematic analysis).
findingsSearching generated 1284 potential records for inclusion. Articles not related to the primary research question were excluded. Abstracts of the remaining 841 articles were screened, and ultimately, 12 articles met criteria for full-text review. Of these, there were three empirical research studies. Qualitative analysis identified five main themes: purpose, implementation, student distress, responsibility and problems with terminology.
conclusionsThe use of trigger warnings within medical student education remains contentious. There is a lack of consensus as to their purpose and much diversity in how they are implemented. There was limited published empirical evidence to inform practice in this area.
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