Evidence, implementation and perspectives for medical educators.
A continuing SIG knowledge service that tracks recent research and developments relevant to competency-based medical education, clinical communication, assessment and faculty development.
Recent studies for medical educators
Each brief summarizes what was studied, what was found, what it may mean for educators, and the important limitations.
What can process assessment tell us about AETCOM delivery?
A 126-student observational study from central India used structured learner and observer measures to examine engagement, facilitator behavior and session delivery.
Read Evidence Brief → CLINICAL COMMUNICATION · 2024Do teaching, clinical practice and OSCE assessment actually align?
An observational study followed the same learners across classroom, real-patient and OSCE settings and found that communication behaviors changed substantially by context.
Read Evidence Brief → ASSESSMENT · 2025How strong is the validity evidence behind communication assessment?
A scoping review of 146 studies and 98,394 participants mapped where communication-assessment validity evidence is strong—and where important gaps remain.
Read Evidence Brief → EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY · 2026Virtual patients for communication training: promising, but how certain is the evidence?
An umbrella review found possible short-term benefits, but major heterogeneity and critically low review quality limit confidence about long-term transfer to clinical practice.
Read Evidence Brief →Questions that need interpretation, not just citation.
Perspectives will feature concise invited commentary from SIG members and medical educators on implementation questions raised by evidence, policy and institutional experience.
These pieces will be clearly labeled as interpretation or opinion and kept separate from Evidence Briefs summaries.
Evidence first. Interpretation second.
CBME Update will distinguish study findings from our interpretation, identify important limitations and avoid treating novelty as evidence of effectiveness.
Peer experience as implementation evidence
As the educator network develops, selected institutional experiences can be shared as implementation notes—with context, limitations and no institutional ranking.