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182 gap statements mined from Medical Education and Admissions papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 1,682 papers on the topic — drawn mostly from each paper's own stated research gap, future-work, challenge and limitation notes, and its abstract. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one.

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  • Future research should explore strategies to engage pre-medical students with low self-efficacy to help reduce attrition among aspiring medical professionals.

    Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Pre-Medical Pathway Program Containing Strengths-Based Innovations · 2026 · DOI

  • Our data shows that program and geographical signals may influence interview invites, but their impact on final match outcomes remains unclear.

    Cutting Through the Noise: Radiation Oncology Applicant and Program Director Response to Signaling During Match 2025 · 2026 · DOI

  • While existing knowledge is limited, this study provides little reason for concern regarding the differential effects of VR‐ versus text‐based stimuli on motivation and performance across age groups, paving the way for further research on technological innovations in SJTs.

    Test Motivation and Performance of Older Versus Younger Test‐Takers: Does Situational Judgment Test Stimulus Format Matter? · 2026 · DOI

  • Artificial intelligence (AI)-based competency assessments have been incorporated into nurse recruitment processes in South Korea; however, nursing applicants' and educators' experiences with these assessments, as well as their perceptions of the effectiveness of these assessments in nurse selection, have not been examined.

    Is the Application of Artificial Intelligence-Based Competency Assessments for Selecting Clinical Nurses Acceptable? A Qualitative Study · 2026 · DOI

  • Despite evidence on the ability of professional prequalification and SJT performance to predict general interpersonal skills, their benefit for students’ concrete behavior in everyday situations remains unclear.

    Spoilt for Choice in Undergraduate Medical Admission: Selection of Confident and Considerate Students Using Professional Prequalification and Situational Judgement Test · 2025 · DOI

  • Although one may expect that scoring keys generated using the judgments of more qualified SMEs would result in higher predictive validity, an exploration of any gains in incremental validity associated with the keys is warranted to determine whether gains are meaningful, and perhaps more importantly, worth the additional resources required to obtain highly qualified SMEs.

    The Role of Expertise in Scoring Situational Judgment Tests: Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? · 2025 · DOI

  • While high school grades are predictive of academic success in traditional higher education, their predictive value in operational contexts remains underexplored.

    Selection in the Operational Domain Requires More Than Grades: High School Marks do not Identify High‐Flyers · 2025 · DOI

  • Future studies can use longitudinal designs to establish causality between resilience and academic engagement. Future studies can examine the relationship between resilience and academic engagement in different medical education contexts. Future studies can develop and test interventions to promote academic engagement and resilience in medical students.

    Phase-contingent resilience effects in multilingual medical students: a cross-sectional examination of student demands-resources theory · 2026 · DOI

  • Future research could focus on piloting the developed SJT and further establishing its construct validity. We advocate for early adopters of SJTs as selection methods to pay considerable attention to elements that can threaten the SJT validity during the item writing process such as construct irrelevance, lack of agreement on non-cognitive attributes, and ignorance toward cultural nuances.

    Incorporating a non-cognitive selection method in the residency program: the complexities of effective situational judgment test item writing · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a lack of studies assessing the external validity of the correlation between an algebra-based pre-test and calculation assessment performances. There is a need to identify variables associated with poor assessment performance.

    Predicting performance of pharmacy calculations assessments via an algebra-based pre-test and other variables using a logistical regression model: A pilot study · 2026 · DOI

  • The intense competition for limited places requires a large and continually refreshed pool of MMI stations to maintain test security and ensure fairness for all applicants. The development of high-quality MMI stations remains challenging due to the need for expert input and the time-consuming process of developing and validating new stations.

    AI-Generated Multiple Mini Interview (MMI) Stations for Medical School Admissions: Psychometric Evaluation · 2026 · DOI

  • Future studies can investigate the impact of support programs on international student adjustment. Future research can explore the role of faculty feedback in facilitating international student adaptation. Future studies can examine the effects of different instructional modalities on international student outcomes.

    PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ADAPTATION UNDER CURRENT EDUCATIONAL CONDITIONS · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a lack of research on the academic adaptation of international students to modified educational requirements within the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war since 2022. There is a need to understand the challenges faced by international students in adapting to new educational environments.

    PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ADAPTATION UNDER CURRENT EDUCATIONAL CONDITIONS · 2026 · DOI

  • Further studies can investigate the long-term impact of Bridging Course programs on student outcomes. Research can explore the effectiveness of different types of bridging programs.

    Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Student Challenges of Bridging Course Programs: A Comparison with Direct Entry Pathways · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a need to better understand determinants of medical students' career attitudes toward psychiatry. The study identifies a gap in understanding how individual characteristics and contextual influences interact to influence attitude change.

    Influence of personality traits and clinical role models on changes in medical students’ attitudes toward psychiatry: a prospective moderation analysis · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a need to investigate the factors that contribute to the academic performance of radiologic technology students despite the challenges they face.

    The Relationship Between Adversity and Academic Performance of Radiologic Technology Students of Calamba Doctors' College · 2026 · DOI

  • Acknowledgments Strengths include a reliable, culturally adapted KAP instrument, a focus on the understudied associate-degree workforce, a comparative design controlling for environmental confounders, and robust multivariable analysis with multicollinearity and goodness-of-fit assessments.

    Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding self-medication among healthcare college students in Vietnam: a cross-sectional study · 2026 · DOI

  • The study faced challenges in terms of non-response bias and limited sample size. The implementation of CBL in Syrian pharmacy education may face challenges due to limited faculty development opportunities.

    Knowledge, Attitudes, and Readiness of Pharmacy Faculty toward Competency-Based Learning in Syrian Universities: A Cross-Sectional Study · 2026 · DOI

  • Prior studies have not examined how PREview scores relate to misconduct indicators in medical school applications. There is a lack of understanding of the relationship between PREview scores and contemporaneous professionalism concerns versus historical misconduct.

    PREview scores and applicant conduct indicators: distinguishing current professional readiness from historical events · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a need to assess the level of examination fear among nursing students. The factors associated with examination fear and the independent predictors of examination fear are not well understood.

    A Study to Assess the Level of Examination Fear among Nursing Students, Identify the Factors Associated with Examination Fear, and Determine the Independent Predictors of Examination Fear among Nursing Students · 2026 · DOI

  • The project faces challenges in ensuring that those most in need receive funds. The project's impact is limited by the broader structural inequities in the medical curriculum and higher education funding contexts.

    The Medicine Success fund: financial support for widening participation medical students improves wellbeing and increases sense of belonging · 2026 · DOI

  • A multitude of factors are considered in an infectious disease (ID) training program's meticulous selection process of ID fellows but their correlation to pre and in-fellowship academic success as well as post-fellowship academic success and short-term outcomes is poorly understood.

    Factors associated with infectious diseases fellowship academic success · 2024 · DOI

  • The sample size was limited to 243 BC entrants and 523 direct entrants.

    Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Student Challenges of Bridging Course Programs: A Comparison with Direct Entry Pathways · 2026 · DOI

  • There is a shortage of nurses worldwide, with an estimated 4.5 million shortage by 2030. The WHO recommends a rate of 3 nurses per 1,000 population, but India currently has a rate of 1.7 nurses per 1,000 population.

    Clinical Reflection and Reasoning Competencies among Nursing Students in Health Science Universities: A Cross-Sectional Study · 2026 · DOI

  • Non-response bias was noted for age and institutional affiliation but not gender. The study used a convenience sampling approach. The sample size was limited to 124 respondents.

    Knowledge, Attitudes, and Readiness of Pharmacy Faculty toward Competency-Based Learning in Syrian Universities: A Cross-Sectional Study · 2026 · DOI

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Open questions raised by papers listed on this page include: (1) Future research should explore strategies to engage pre-medical students with low self-efficacy to help reduce attrition among aspiring medical professionals (“Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Pre-Medical Pathway Program Containing…”, 2026); (2) Future studies can use longitudinal designs to establish causality between resilience and academic engagement (“Phase-contingent resilience effects in multilingual medical students: a…”, 2026); (3) Future research could focus on piloting the developed SJT and further establishing its construct validity (“Incorporating a non-cognitive selection method in the residency program: the…”, 2026); (4) There is a lack of studies assessing the external validity of the correlation between an algebra-based pre-test and calculation assessment performances (“Predicting performance of pharmacy calculations assessments via an…”, 2026); (5) Future studies can investigate the impact of support programs on international student adjustment (“PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ADAPTATION UNDER CURRENT…”, 2026). 182 gap statements have been mined from Medical Education and Admissions papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 1,682 papers on the topic; the gaps come from whichever of those papers state one. They are mostly the research gaps the authors state and the papers' abstracts, plus future-work, limitations and challenges passages. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one, so you can read the original claim in context.

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