Vuk Jasna

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences | UAMS

Objective The aim of this research was to determine if medical students' use of the active study strategy of working practice questions is associated with improved performance on the United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 exam when compared to students who used the passive study strategy of watching educational videos. Methods T...

Introduction: Students must rapidly learn and retain fundamental basic science knowledge in a doctor of pharmacy curriculum. Active learning stimulates engagement, reinforces concept understanding, and promotes retention of knowledge. The purpose this study was to determine if introducing game-based active recall and critical thinking microlearnin...

Introduction Engaging preclinical medical students in the curriculum is challenging. To address this challenge, the investigators developed and implemented self-paced polling with recorded lectures, in which students answered audience response questions at their own pace. Methods In 2021, we retrospectively assigned second-year medical students (N...

When helping struggling medical students, a “one size fits all” approach is often ineffective, as many different factors affect academic success. In our experience, these factors may overlap or be distinct for each student, and thus require individualized interventions based on student needs. We recommend an individualized model of academic support...

Retrieval practice improves long-term retention. Use of interactive retrieval practice in large group, in-person and online live classes, in combination with outside resources, is unreported for medical physiology classes. The primary study purpose was to compare student cohorts' performance with or without retrieval practice in renal physiology cl...

Background Medical school learning communities benefit students. The College of Medicine (COM) at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) provides medical students with academic, professional, and personal support through a learning community (LC) made of 7 academic houses. Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of the academic ho...

p> Background: In the next 40 years, the Hispanic population will represent 29% of the U.S. population. Hispanics living in the U.S. face cultural and economic barriers to receiving healthcare. To address the health disparities faced by Hispanic populations at the local level, an inter-professional group of Hispanic students from the University of...

The USMLE Step 1 exam is the principal tool that US residency programs utilize to select applicants for interview. Due to the high stakes nature of the exam, both students and educators need to be informed about the most effective preparation tools and support strategies available to students. The literature has evidence to suggest that the number...

div>In the next 40 years, the Hispanic population will represent 29% of the U.S. population. Hispanics living in the U.S. face cultural and economic barriers to receiving healthcare. To address the health disparities faced by Hispanic populations at the local level, an inter-professional group of Hispanic students from the University of Arkansas fo...

div>In the next 40 years, the Hispanic population will represent 29% of the U.S. population. Hispanics living in the U.S. face cultural and economic barriers to receiving healthcare. To address the health disparities faced by Hispanic populations at the local level, an inter-professional group of Hispanic students from the University of Arkansas fo...

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. Academic performance during the first two years of medical school is an important predictor of success on the United States Medical Licensing Exam Step 1. Research is lacking into what study methods successful students use, with success being defined as achieving a grade point averag...

To examine whether simulation training enhanced self-efficacy of physicians and nurses who work in the outpatient setting to use electronic medical records, and whether the training changed their perceptions about the importance of electronic medical records (EMRs) in helping patients and improving patients' safety. Two-hundred and ninety-three phy...

Objective: To investigate students' metacognitive skills to distinguish what they know from what they do not know, to assess students' prediction of performance on a summative examination, and to compare student-identified incorrect questions with actual examination performance in order to improve exam quality. Methods: Students completed a test...

The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences dental hygiene program established a distant site where the didactic curriculum was broadcast via interactive video from the main campus to the distant site, supplemented with on-line learning via Blackboard. This study compared the perceptions of students towards distance learning as they progressed...

This retrospective study was designed to explore whether a relationship exists between lengths of probation for nurses with substance use violations and recidivism. Data collected from computer files at the Arkansas State Board of Nursing were allocated to two groups (n = 76/group): registered nurses (RNs) with one substance use disciplinary probat...

Objective: To examine whether prior degree status during pharmacy school is associated with first-year academic success, as measured by first-year pharmacy school grade point average (GPA). Methods: Baseline data including pre-pharmacy GPA, Pharmacy College Admission Test (PCAT) score, prior degree status, and end of first-year pharmacy school GPA...

Background: Mixed methods research, which is gaining popularity in medical education, provides a new and comprehensive approach for addressing teaching, learning, and evaluation issues in the field. Aim: The aim of this article is to provide medical education researchers with 12 tips, based on consideration of current literature in the health pr...

The purpose of this study was to observe college students' behavior on five multiple-choice, self-tailored exams of 75 items. Self-tailoring was defined as an option to omit up to five questions from being scored on an exam. Ninety-nine students from two sections of an undergraduate educational psychology course made a statistically significant inc...