Barriers and Enablers to the Production of Open Access Medical Education Platforms: Scoping Review

Open access medical education platforms have significant untapped potential to enhance global medical training. Addressing these persistent challenges-particularly around quality assurance, content organization, and sustainability-will require more structured, collaborative, and internationally coordinated approaches.

Authors

Ines Perić (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5563-759X)
Nefti Bempong‐Ahun (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8152-1546)
Arushi Biswas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9785-1466)
Eric O’Flynn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4163-8572)
Ahmed Ahmed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4653-5655)

Institutions

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (IE)
Johns Hopkins University (US)
Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)

Publication Details

Journal: JMIR Medical Education
Published: 2025-11-07
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2196/65306
Citations: 2
Primary Topic: Global Health and Surgery
Type: article
Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 3.76

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article

Barriers and Enablers to the Production of Open Access Medical Education Platforms: Scoping Review

Ines Perić, Nefti Bempong‐Ahun, Arushi Biswas, Eric O’Flynn et al.

Nov 7, 2025

2 citations

JMIR Medical Education

Global Health and Surgery

3.76

article

Barriers and Enablers to the Production of Open Access Medical Education Platforms: Scoping Review

Ines Perić, Nefti Bempong‐Ahun, Arushi Biswas, Eric O’Flynn, Ahmed Ahmed

November 7, 2025article en

2 citations

Abstract

Open access medical education platforms have significant untapped potential to enhance global medical training. Addressing these persistent challenges-particularly around quality assurance, content organization, and sustainability-will require more structured, collaborative, and internationally coordinated approaches.

JMIR Medical EducationVol. 11

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (IE), Johns Hopkins University (US), Johns Hopkins Medicine (US)

Openalex Percentile: Top 6%

Global Health and Surgery

3.76

DOI Open Access PDF OpenAlex

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