What ’s New and In the Queue for Academic Medicine

What’s New: A Preview of the November Issue The November issue of Academic Medicine is now available! Read the entire issue online at academicmedicine.org. Highlights from the issue include: Values Guide Us in Times of Uncertainty: DACA and Graduate Medical Education Poll-Hunter and colleagues expand on the article by Nakae and colleagues, these authors argue that remaining steadfast and committed to the core values in medicine will allow the academic medicine community to successfully navigate uncertain times.  Why Not Wait? Eight Institutions Share Their Experiences Moving United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 After Core Clinical Clerkships To inform programs considering postponing Step 1, Daniel and colleagues describe existing schools’ experiences, student outcomes, such as boosting basic science learning connected to clinical care, and unintended consequences. Promoting Learning and Patient Care Through Shared Reflection: A Conceptual Framework for Team Reflexivity in Health Care Schmutz and Eppich present a novel conceptual framework for team reflexivity in health care and explain how it could contribute to the collective competence of health care teams. Creating an “Education Shark Tank” to Encourage and Support Educational Scholarship and Innovation Cofrancesco Jr. and colleagues describe a small grant program, modeled after the television show Shark Tank, where finalists present their proposals on innovative initiatives to improve education to...
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