The distinctions between theory, theoretical framework, and conceptual framework

L Varpio, E Paradis, S Uijtdehaage… - Academic medicine, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Health professions education (HPE) researchers are regularly asked to articulate their use of
theory, theoretical frameworks, and conceptual frameworks in their research. However, all …

Internal coherence matters: lessons for nutrition and dietetics research

C Palermo, DP Reidlinger, CE Rees - Nutrition & Dietetics, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Internal coherence in research refers to the alignment between ontology (nature of
reality), epistemology (nature of knowledge), axiology (values), methodology and methods …

Implementation and use of workplace-based assessment in clinical learning environments: a scoping review

HL Anderson, J Kurtz, DC West - Academic Medicine, 2021 - journals.lww.com
Purpose Workplace-based assessment (WBA) serves a critical role in supporting
competency-based medical education (CBME) by providing assessment data to inform …

Critical theory, culture change, and achieving health equity in health care settings

J Todic, SC Cook, S Spitzer-Shohat… - Academic …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Achieving optimal health for all requires confronting the complex legacies of colonialism and
white supremacy embedded in all institutions, including health care institutions. As a result …

Seeing the window, finding the spider: applying critical race theory to medical education to make up where biomedical models and social determinants of health …

J Tsai, E Lindo, K Bridges - Frontiers in public health, 2021 - frontiersin.org
A professional and moral medical education should equip trainees with the knowledge and
skills necessary to effectively advance health equity. In this Perspective, we argue that …

Intersectionality as a theoretical framework for researching health inequities in chronic pain

C Macgregor, J Walumbe, E Tulle… - British Journal of …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Chronic pain is experienced unequally by different population groups; we outline examples
from the pain literature of inequities related to gender, ethnicity, socioeconomic and …

Endarkening the epistemé: Critical race theory and medical education scholarship

Z Zaidi, M Young, DF Balmer, YS Park - Academic Medicine, 2021 - journals.lww.com
The pervasive violence of racism has been revealed vividly in the past year. The response to
the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated undeniable inequities in health care. Across the …

Linking learning environment and critical thinking through emotional intelligence: a cross-sectional study of health sciences students

A Christodoulakis, G Kritsotakis, P Gkorezis, P Sourtzi… - Healthcare, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: Health sciences educators should increase the critical thinking of their students
as this may improve the quality of care. However, this is rarely considered as a critical point …

The problem and power of professionalism: a critical analysis of medical students' and residents' perspectives and experiences of professionalism

ML Elks, JL Bullock, A Kumbamu, BC O'Brien - Acad Med, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Purpose Professionalism has historically been viewed as an honorable code to define core
values and behaviors of physicians, but there are growing concerns that professionalism …

Emotional intelligence is more important than the learning environment in improving critical thinking

A Christodoulakis, G Kritsotakis, M Linardakis… - Medical …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose To examine the association of critical thinking (CT) and emotional intelligence (EI)
versus CT and learning environment (LE) in order to investigate which has the greatest …