Alfred K Doku, John Tetteh, Juliette Edzeame, Ron J G Peters, Charles Agyemang, Elom Hillary Otchi, Alfred Edwin Yawson
The Ghana heart initiative - a health system strengthening approach as index intervention model to solving Ghana's cardiovascular disease burden
Frontiers in public health
many championed value music medical education research specific music offered medical education sparse attempts synthesise literature critical interpretive synthesis cis 56 texts including published articles correspondence abstracts one thesis published 1977 2022 undertaken explore evidence basis offering music medical education total 52 musicfocused programmesactivities described encompassing curricular extracurricular receptive participatory music activities wide range musical genres inductive analysis data extracted texts revealed variety rationales use music medical education could grouped within seven interrelated themes wellbeing supportive learning environment affective engagement teaching learning developing skills clinical practice humanism medicine creative expression identity results synthesis demonstrate remains gap claimed affordances music explicitly addressed medical education research despite paucity research area available data support affordances music multiple may well represented linear models evidence engagement music beneficial medical students strongest relation affordances music wellbeing facilitating supportive learning environment affective engagement memorisation creative expression identity engagement music might enhance humanism including developing skills clinical practice requires investigation accounting student agency multiple affordances music ensure future teaching research best positioned benefit medical students wellbeing personal professional development