Womack-Adams Kelly, Morbitzer Kathryn A, Ondek Christine, Collins Heidi, McLaughlin Jacqueline E
University of North Carolina Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill, NC, United States.
Front Med (Lausanne). 2025 Feb 3;12:1532811. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1532811. eCollection 2025.
Microcredentials are an emergent tool to support knowledge and skill development. Despite their growing popularity in medical education - and higher education more broadly - it is unclear how these strategies have been utilized to support continuing professional development in the health professions. A rapid systematic review was conducted to explore the current relevant literature due to the timely and evolving nature of microcredentials. PubMed, Embase, and ERIC were used for the article search. Of the 290 relevant articles found from the searches, a total of 11 articles were included after abstract and full-text screenings. All articles used in this review were published within the past 10 years. Microcredentials were used across various professions, covered a wide range of topics, and employed various teaching strategies. The definitions used for key terms like microcredential were inconsistent across articles.
微证书是支持知识和技能发展的一种新兴工具。尽管它们在医学教育乃至更广泛的高等教育中越来越受欢迎，但尚不清楚这些策略是如何被用于支持卫生专业人员的持续专业发展的。由于微证书的及时性和不断发展的性质，我们进行了一项快速系统综述，以探索当前的相关文献。使用PubMed、Embase和教育资源信息中心（ERIC）进行文献检索。在检索到的290篇相关文章中，经过摘要和全文筛选后，共纳入11篇文章。本综述中使用的所有文章均在过去10年内发表。微证书应用于各个专业，涵盖广泛的主题，并采用了各种教学策略。不同文章对微证书等关键术语的定义不一致。
