A Narrative Review of Impactful Articles in Medical Education in 2024: Applying the Current Literature to Educational Practice and Scholarship

Allison N J Lyle; Gayatri B Madduri; Morgan Congdon; Melissa Klein; Heidi M Kloster; Uchechi Oddiri; Elizabeth Berry Seelbach; Peggy Han

doi:10.1016/j.acap.2026.103253

A Narrative Review of Impactful Articles in Medical Education in 2024: Applying the Current Literature to Educational Practice and Scholarship

Acad Pediatr. 2026 May-Jun;26(4):103253. doi: 10.1016/j.acap.2026.103253. Epub 2026 Feb 14.

Authors

Allison N J Lyle¹, Gayatri B Madduri², Morgan Congdon³, Melissa Klein⁴, Heidi M Kloster⁵, Uchechi Oddiri⁶, Elizabeth Berry Seelbach⁷, Peggy Han⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatrics (ANJ Lyle), Division of Neonatal Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Ky; Norton Children's Medical Group - Neonatology (ANJ Lyle), Louisville, Ky. Electronic address: Allison.Lyle@louisville.edu.
² Department of Pediatrics (GB Madduri), Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, Calif; Department of Pediatrics (GB Madduri), John Muir Medical Center, Walnut Creek, Calif.
³ Department of Pediatrics (M Congdon), Division of General Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine and the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics (M Klein), Division of General and Community Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; University of Cincinnati College of Medicine (M Klein), Cincinnati, Ohio.
⁵ University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health (HM Kloster), Madison, Wis.
⁶ Department of Pediatrics (U Oddiri), Division of Critical Care Medicine, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics (EB Seelbach), Division of Hospital Medicine, University of Kentucky, College of Medicine, Lexington, Ky.
⁸ Department of Pediatrics (P Han), Division of Critical Care Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, Calif.

PMID: 41698435
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2026.103253

Abstract

Objective: Busy pediatric clinician educators face the dual challenge of staying current with evidence-based clinical practice and relevant medical education literature. To support them, there is a clear need for cohesive summaries of the current key studies in medical education that impact their teaching practices and/or their programmatic duties. In this narrative review, the Academic Pediatric Association Education Committee's Top Articles team summarizes high-yield articles from the medical education literature published in 2024 that have the potential to influence pediatric clinician educators' teaching and practice.

Methods: We applied a 3-tiered screening approach utilizing a standardized, blinded rubric to identify the most impactful articles published from 19 journals that publish medical education research.

Results: Of the 2491 articles reviewed, 10 (0.4%) were selected for inclusion. We categorized the final articles into 6 domains: Workforce, Undergraduate Medical Education Assessment, Graduate Medical Education Assessment, Bias, Mental Health, and Artificial Intelligence.

Conclusions: This review summarizes key findings from the 10 articles selected and describes implications for pediatric clinician-educator practice.

Keywords: faculty development; graduate medical education; literature review; pediatrics; undergraduate medical education.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Education, Medical*
Education, Medical, Graduate
Education, Medical, Undergraduate
Faculty, Medical*
Humans
Pediatrics* / education