JMIR Medical Education

Technology, innovation, and openness in medical education in the information age.

Editor-in-Chief:

Blake J. Lesselroth, MD MBI FACP FAMIA, University of Oklahoma | OU-Tulsa Schusterman Center; University of Victoria, British Columbia


Impact Factor 12.6 CiteScore 11

JMIR Medical Education (JME, ISSN 2369-3762) is an open access, PubMed-indexed, peer-reviewed journal focusing on technology, innovation, and openness in medical education.This includes e-learning and virtual training, which has gained critical relevance in the (post-)COVID world. Another focus is on how to train health professionals to use digital tools. We publish original research, reviews, viewpoint, and policy papers on innovation and technology in medical education. As an open access journal, we have a special interest in open and free tools and digital learning objects for medical education and urge authors to make their tools and learning objects freely available (we may also publish them as a Multimedia Appendix). We also invite submissions of non-conventional articles (e.g., open medical education material and software resources that are not yet evaluated but free for others to use/implement). 

In our "Students' Corner," we invite students and trainees from various health professions to submit short essays and viewpoints on all aspects of medical education, particularly suggestions on improving medical education and suggestions for new technologies, applications, and approaches. 

The journal is indexed in MEDLINEPubMed, PubMed Central, Scopus, DOAJ, and the Science Citation Index Expanded (Clarivate).

JMIR Medical Education received a Journal Impact Factor of 12.6 according to the latest release of the Journal Citation Reports from Clarivate, 2025.

JMIR Medical Education received a Scopus CiteScore of 11.0 (2024), placing it in the 97th percentile (#46 of 1620) as a Q1 journal in the field of Medical Education.

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Virtual Patients

Simulation-based learning (SBL) has become standard practice in educating health care professionals to apply their knowledge and skills in patient care. While SBL has demonstrated its value in education, many educators find the process of developing new, unique scenarios to be time-intensive, creating limits to the variety of issues students may experience within educational settings. Generative artificial intelligence (AI) platforms, such as ChatGPT (OpenAI), have emerged as a potential tool for developing simulation case studies more efficiently, though little is known about the performance of AI in generating high-quality case studies for interprofessional education.

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Continuing Medical Education (CME) for Doctors

The European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology (ESPE) e-Learning website, www.espe-elearning.org, is a free, globally accessible online resource to enhance learning in pediatric endocrinology and diabetes. The content is created by world-leading experts in pediatric endocrinology and diabetes and is closely aligned with published international consensus guidelines. In August 2022, 30 hours of e-learning courses received accreditation from the European Accreditation Council for CME (EACCME®). These CME courses cover three categories: (1) Pediatric Endocrinology, (2) Pediatric Diabetes, and (3) Pediatric Endocrinology in Resource-Limited Settings.

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Undergraduate Education for Future Healthcare Professionals

Despite global advocacy for its integration into medical curricula, disaster medicine (DM) education remains underdeveloped, especially in fragile settings where such training is urgently needed. In Lebanon, a country facing political and economic crises, students face significant barriers to in-person education.

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Student/Learners Perceptions and Experiences with Educational Technology

There is a need to modernise the dissemination of clinical guidelines, making them more accessible and engaging for healthcare professionals. Concise Medical Information Cines (CoMICs) are peer-reviewed videos created by medical students that distil complex guidelines into learner-friendly visuals.

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Social Media in Medical Education

The Icarus Paradox in health care refers to the tension between the ambition to succeed as a specialist doctor and the limitations of the medical education system. Indonesia aspires to produce quality doctors, yet limited infrastructure and resources hinder the educational journey of prospective specialists.

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Dental Education and Training for Dentists and Dental Students

Game-based learning has emerged as an effective learning strategy for enhancing knowledge and engagement in healthcare education. However, they have not been specifically designed to support cognitive improvements for diverse learning styles in oral microbiology and immunology.

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Evaluation of Medical Education

Cancer immunotherapy represents a transformative advancement in oncology, offering new avenues for treating malignancies by harnessing the immune system. Despite its growing clinical relevance, immunotherapy remains underrepresented in undergraduate medical education, particularly in curricula integrating foundational immunology with clinical application. To address this gap, we developed and implemented a fully online elective for fourth-year medical students focused on core immunology concepts, immunotherapy mechanisms, FDA-approved treatments, immune-related adverse events, and patient-centered therapeutic decision-making.

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Undergraduate Education for Future Doctors

Physician maldistribution remains a global challenge, with Japan’s rural regions facing critical health care shortages. Regional quota programs aim to attract medical students to underserved areas; however, their effectiveness in fostering long-term commitment is uncertain. Community-oriented medical education (COME) programs aim to address this issue by developing students’ understanding and dedication to rural health care.

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Undergraduate Education for Future Healthcare Professionals

Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been widely used against various diseases in China for thousands of years and showed satisfactory effectiveness. However, many surveys found that TCM receives less recognition from Western medicine (WM) doctors and students. Presently, TCM is offered as a compulsory course for WM students in Western medical schools.

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Viewpoint and Opinions on Innovation in Medical Education

This paper proposes a framework for leveraging large language models (LLMs) to generate misconceptions as a tool for collaborative learning in healthcare education. While misconceptions—particularly those generated by AI—are often viewed as detrimental to learning, we present an alternative perspective: that LLM-generated misconceptions, when addressed through structured peer discussion, can promote conceptual change and critical thinking. The paper outlines use cases across healthcare disciplines, including both clinical and basic science contexts, and a practical 10-step guidance for educators to implement the framework. It also highlights the need for medium- to long-term research to evaluate the impact of LLM-supported learning on student outcomes. This framework may support healthcare educators globally in integrating emerging AI technologies into their teaching, regardless of disciplinary focus.

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Health Professionals' Training in eHealth, Digital Medicine, Medical Informatics

The use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) to analyze healthcare data has become common in behavioral health sciences. However, the lack of training opportunities for mental health professionals limit clinicians' ability to adopt AI in clinical settings. AI education is essential for trainees, equipping them with the literacy needed to implement AI tools in practice, collaborate effectively with data scientists, and develop as interdisciplinary researchers with computing skills.

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