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  • Medical Education Research
  • Health Professions Education
  • Systems Science

Background:

  • Blind spots in any group can lead to errors, biases, and limited innovation.
  • Understanding these blind spots in medical education is essential for progress.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify and characterize blind spots within the U.S. medical education system.
  • To inform interventions for aligning medical education with patient health needs.

Main Methods:

  • Group concept mapping (GCM) was employed, involving brainstorming, sorting, and concept mapping.
  • Diverse stakeholders from medical and broader health systems participated.
  • A subset of medical education stakeholders sorted identified blind spots.

Main Results:

  • 27 stakeholders identified 298 blind spots, reduced to 208 for analysis.
  • The final concept map revealed 9 domains and 72 subdomains of blind spots.
  • Key areas included admissions, teaching, assessment, inequities, professional growth, patient perspectives, teamwork, health systems, and policy.

Conclusions:

  • Diverse stakeholder input is vital for uncovering critical issues in medical education.
  • The developed concept map can guide resource allocation and interventions.
  • Addressing these blind spots can improve medical education and patient care alignment.