Related Experiment Video
Updated: Mar 31, 2026
06:49
A Standardized Approach to Extra-Oral and Intra-Oral Digital Photography
Published on: July 22, 2022
11.0K
Capturing Reflections for Personal and Professional Development in Medical Education: A Mixed Methods Study.
Deanne Spek1,2, Marieke J J Ermers2, Megan M Milota3
1Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands.
Mededpublish (2016)
|March 30, 2026
Summary
Medical students found reflection, collation, and retrospection methods beneficial for personal and professional development (PPD). Educational design should prioritize student choice, adaptability, and a balance between time and value for effective PPD integration.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Professional Development
Background:
- Medical education must equip students for complex health challenges.
- Personal and Professional Development (PPD) is crucial for future physicians.
- Meaningful reflection is essential for effective PPD.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore methods for facilitating PPD-related reflection, collation, and retrospection in medical students.
- To identify optimal formats for reflection, collection, and retrospection activities.
- To gather student feedback on the usefulness and desirability of different PPD tools.
Main Methods:
- Intervention study with fourth-year medical students at University Medical Centre Utrecht.
- Utilized workshops and individual assignments with varied reflection, collection, and retrospection formats.
- Employed a convergent mixed methods design, including surveys, focus groups, and analysis of reflection materials.
Main Results:
- The 'note to self' format (text/video/audio/image) was preferred for reflection.
- Online collection was favored, with ease-of-use and overview display as key requirements.
- Retrospection systems were perceived as useful, actionable, and valuable for tracking personal development.
Conclusions:
- Medical students found PPD reflection, collation, and retrospection methods useful and desirable.
- Future educational design should offer freedom of choice, adaptability, and balance time investment with perceived value.
- Further research is needed to develop and longitudinally test suitable online PPD mediums.
More Related Videos
Related Concept Videos
01:29Introspection
422
Introspection, long upheld as a reliable route to self-knowledge, involves examining one's thoughts, emotions, and mental processes. It underpins many psychological practices, from mindfulness meditation to psychotherapy and self-help strategies. However, empirical evidence challenges the accuracy of introspection as a means of understanding oneself.Limitations of Introspective InsightSeminal work by Nisbett and Wilson demonstrated that individuals are frequently unaware of the true causes...
422
01:13Patient-centered Care
3.3K
Patient-centered care involves delivering care beyond inpatient hospitalization. Reflective practice can enhance a patient-centered approach. Reflective practice is a process of reasoning that considers all aspects of the present situation, including practicalities, learning from personal practice, and consideration of patient needs. Patients appreciate care decisions made while considering their input. Involving the patient in their care provides the patient with a sense of contribution rather...
3.3K
01:29Positron Emission Tomography
8.0K
Positron emission tomography (PET) is a medical imaging technique involving radiopharmaceuticals — substances that emit short-lived radiation. Although the first PET scanner was introduced in 1961, it took 15 more years before radiopharmaceuticals were combined with the technique and revolutionized its potential.
One of the main requirements of a PET scan is a positron-emitting radioisotope, which is produced in a cyclotron and then attached to a substance used by the part of the body...
One of the main requirements of a PET scan is a positron-emitting radioisotope, which is produced in a cyclotron and then attached to a substance used by the part of the body...
8.0K
01:25Critical Thinking II
5.3K
Critical thinking is a cognitive process with several attributes. The attributes of critical thinking include the following:
5.3K
01:05Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence Microscopy
13.7K
Total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy or TIRF is an advanced microscopic technique used to visualize fluorophores in samples close to a solid surface with a higher refractive index, such as a glass coverslip. TIRF only allows fluorophores in proximity to the solid surface to be excited. When light from a medium with a lower refractive index (such as air) hits the glass coverslip at a critical angle, the light undergoes total internal reflection stead of passing through the glass.
13.7K
01:18Imaging Biological Samples with Optical Microscopy
12.2K
Optical microscopy uses optic principles to provide detailed images of samples. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek designed the first compound optical microscope in the 17th century to visualize blood cells, bacteria, and yeast cells. In 1830, Joseph Jackson Lister created an essentially modern light microscope. The 20th century saw the development of microscopes with enhanced magnification and resolution.
In optical microscopy, the specimen to be viewed is placed on a glass slide and clipped on the stage...
In optical microscopy, the specimen to be viewed is placed on a glass slide and clipped on the stage...
12.2K