Innovation and entrepreneurship education for medical students: a global bibliometric analysis (2000–2024)

作者：Xinyang Wu, Fang Zhan, Xiaoran Zhang, Ting Wang · 发表于：Medical Education Online · 年份：2025 · DOI：10.1080/10872981.2025.2515385 · 被引用次数：5 · 研究领域：Innovations in Medical Education、Biomedical and Engineering Education、Health and Medical Research Impacts

College students are important contributors to global innovation and entrepreneurship, making it increasingly important to improve related education, especially in medical schools. However, challenges remain due to the specific nature of medical training, economic differences across countries, and the lack of a well-developed system. In some regions, limited understanding has led to ineffective efforts and poor results, which has hindered progress, underscoring the need for a strategic, context-aware approach to innovation and entrepreneurship education in medical schools. This study employs bibliometric methods including Microsoft Excel, CiteSpace, VOSviewer and R language package of Bibliometricx software to analyze global publications published on Web of Science database from 2000 to 4 December 2024.The findings indicate that innovation and entrepreneurship education for medical students began later than in other fields and has faced implementation challenges. Publication trends align with national policies and significant events, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Developed countries dominate this field, while international collaboration has exacerbated regional disparities. Higher medical schools remain the primary contributors, reflecting the limited scope of this research area. Current studies emphasize the learning aspects of medical education but insufficiently address students' innovation and entrepreneurship abilities. The results also highlight critical gaps in curren...