What ’s New and In the Queue for Academic Medicine

What’s New: A Preview of the July Issue The July issue of Academic Medicine is now available! Read the entire issue online at academicmedicine.org. Highlights from the issue include: The Current Use of United States Medical Licensing Examination Step 1 Scores: Holistic Admissions and Student Well-being are in the Balance Moynahan discusses why using Step 1 scores to “screen out” residency applicants to invite for an interview has gained popularity and the unintended effects it has had on holistic admissions, student well-being, and medical school curricula. Restoring Faculty Vitality in Academic Medicine When Burnout Threatens Shah and colleagues propose that understanding and fostering what contributes to faculty and institutional vitality is central to preventing burnout during times of change.  Gamification in Action: Theoretical and Practical Considerations for Medical Educators Rutledge and colleagues define gamification, discuss how using gamification in medical education can enhance learners’ engagement and motivation, and state roadblocks, unknowns, and challenges to implementing gamification. How Mentor Identity Evolves: Findings From a 10-Year Follow-Up Study of a National Professional Development Program Balmer and colleagues discuss how the Educational Scholars Program informal curriculum enabled participants to incrementally construct a mentor identity via watching multiple mentors, including peers, experimenting with mentoring, and evaluating self as...
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