| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | The qualitative research interview | Medical Education | 2006 | 2,126 |
| 2 | Likert scales: how to (ab)use them | Medical Education | 2004 | 1,470 |
| 3 | A taxonomy of problem-based learning methods | Medical Education | 1986 | 1,337 |
| 4 | A critical review of simulation-based medical education research: 2003â2009 | Medical Education | 2010 | 1,278 |
| 5 | Validity: on the meaningful interpretation of assessment data | Medical Education | 2003 | 1,107 |
| 6 | Assessing professional competence: from methods to programmes | Medical Education | 2005 | 927 |
| 7 | Cognitive load theory in health professional education: design principles and strategies | Medical Education | 2010 | 927 |
| 8 | Assessment of clinical competence using an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) | Medical Education | 1979 | 866 |
| 9 | Problem-based learning: rationale and description | Medical Education | 1983 | 834 |
| 10 | Stress and depression among medical students: a cross-sectional study | Medical Education | 2005 | 759 |
| 11 | The history of simulation in medical education and possible future directions | Medical Education | 2006 | 746 |
| 12 | Research in clinical reasoning: past history and current trends | Medical Education | 2005 | 737 |
| 13 | Entrustability of professional activities and competency-based training | Medical Education | 2005 | 726 |
| 14 | What every teacher needs to know about clinical reasoning | Medical Education | 2005 | 687 |
| 15 | A narrative review on burnout experienced by medical students and residents | Medical Education | 2016 | 669 |
| 16 | An empirical study of decline in empathy in medical school | Medical Education | 2004 | 653 |
| 17 | The development of a questionnaire to assess the readiness of health care students for interprofessional learning (RIPLS) | Medical Education | 1999 | 652 |
| 18 | Low- to high-fidelity simulation - a continuum of medical education? | Medical Education | 2003 | 648 |
| 19 | Motor skill learning and performance: a review of influential factors | Medical Education | 2010 | 634 |
| 20 | Effective supervision in clinical practice settings: a literature review | Medical Education | 2000 | 603 |
| 21 | Resolving the 50-year debate around using and misusing Likert scales | Medical Education | 2008 | 597 |
| 22 | Problem-based learning: future challenges for educational practice and research | Medical Education | 2005 | 590 |
| 23 | State of the science in health professional education: effective feedback | Medical Education | 2010 | 565 |
| 24 | Interdisciplinary education and teamwork: a long and winding road | Medical Education | 2001 | 564 |
| 25 | Reliability: on the reproducibility of assessment data | Medical Education | 2004 | 528 |
| 26 | An admissions OSCE: the multiple mini-interview | Medical Education | 2004 | 524 |
| 27 | Educational strategies in curriculum development: the SPICES model | Medical Education | 1984 | 518 |
| 28 | Effectiveness of problem-based learning curricula: theory, practice and paper darts | Medical Education | 2000 | 510 |
| 29 | Foundations of problem-based learning: some explanatory notes | Medical Education | 1993 | 499 |
| 30 | What is feedback in clinical education? | Medical Education | 2008 | 498 |
| 31 | Shedding the cobra effect: problematising thematic emergence, triangulation, saturation and member checking | Medical Education | 2017 | 487 |
| 32 | Development of a rating system for surgeons' non-technical skills | Medical Education | 2006 | 473 |
| 33 | Simulation in surgical training: educational issues and practical implications | Medical Education | 2003 | 471 |
| 34 | Empathy in medical students as related to academic performance, clinical competence and gender | Medical Education | 2002 | 470 |
| 35 | The process of problem-based learning: what works and why | Medical Education | 2011 | 470 |
| 36 | Test-enhanced learning in medical education | Medical Education | 2008 | 465 |
| 37 | Teaching anatomy without cadavers | Medical Education | 2004 | 460 |
| 38 | Making sense of qualitative data analysis: an introduction with illustrations from DIPEx (personal experiences of health and illness) | Medical Education | 2006 | 456 |
| 39 | Experience-based learning: a model linking the processes and outcomes of medical students' workplace learning | Medical Education | 2007 | 455 |
| 40 | Learning styles and approaches: implications for medical education | Medical Education | 1986 | 451 |
| 41 | Virtual patients: a critical literature review and proposed next steps | Medical Education | 2009 | 449 |
| 42 | Prevalence of depression amongst medical students: a meta-analysis | Medical Education | 2016 | 442 |
| 43 | A systematic review of the effectiveness of flipped classrooms in medical education | Medical Education | 2017 | 438 |
| 44 | A critical review of simulation-based mastery learning with translational outcomes | Medical Education | 2014 | 430 |
| 45 | Motivation to learn: an overview of contemporary theories | Medical Education | 2016 | 421 |
| 46 | The effect of assessments and examinations on the learning of medical students | Medical Education | 1983 | 413 |
| 47 | Applying the science of learning to medical education | Medical Education | 2010 | 412 |
| 48 | Interprofessional education: a review of context, learning and the research agenda | Medical Education | 2012 | 411 |
| 49 | The minimal relationship between simulation fidelity and transfer of learning | Medical Education | 2012 | 410 |
| 50 | Perceived stress during undergraduate medical training: a qualitative study | Medical Education | 2003 | 403 |
