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

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.