Association of Academic Physiatrists Residency and Fellowship Program Directors' Resident Recruitment Subcouncil Position Paper on Residency Recruitment
Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2024 Feb 12. doi: 10.1097/PHM.0000000000002447. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTResidency recruitment practices have undergone significant changes in the last several years. Interviews are now conducted fully virtually leading to both positive and negative downstream effects including decreased cost to applicants and programs, decreased time away from clinical activities, flexibility in scheduling, and increased applications for applicants and program directors. In response to these changes, the Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP) Residency and Fellowship Program Directors Council convened a wor...
Source: Health Physics - February 16, 2024 Category: Physics Authors: Nikola Dragojlovic Natasha L Romanoski Ashlee Bolger Tracy Friedlander Wendy Helkowski Sara A Huss Jeffrey G Jenkins Tiffany Knowlton Dianna H Nguyen Stephanie E Rand George Raum William Sullivan Brionn K Tonkin Miguel X Escalon Source Type: research
Using Virtual Reality to Teach Medical Students Cross-Coverage Skills
Recognizing and attempting management of patients with urgent or emergent conditions is one of the Association of American Medical Colleges Core Entrustable Professional Activities (#10) and a skill desired of new interns. However, given the acuity of these patient conditions, medical students often struggle to gain experience in these situations. Virtual reality could help fill this void while lowering costs and resources compared to high-fidelity simulation. (Source: The American Journal of Medicine)
Source: The American Journal of Medicine - February 14, 2024 Category: General Medicine Authors: Adam M. Garber, Pete Meliagros, Jayson Diener-Brazellee, Alan Dow Tags: Brief Observation Source Type: research
Multimedia design for learner interest and achievement: a visual guide to pharmacology
Medical education increasingly relies on digital learning materials. Despite recognition by the Association of American Medical Colleges Institute for Improving Medical Education, medical education design ofte... (Source: BMC Medical Education)
Source: BMC Medical Education - February 5, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Tyler Bland, Meize Guo and Tonia A. Dousay Tags: Research Source Type: research
Religion and Spirituality in Medical Care from the Patient Perspective in Camden County, New Jersey, USA: An Exploratory Study
This study was conducted through a survey which inquired about the level of the participant’s religiosity/spirituality, specific religion, and attitudes towards and desires for conversations regarding religious and spiritual beliefs during medical care. Many survey participants shared strong opinions about physicians addressing R/S beliefs during medical encounters, with the majority express ing a positive view of conversations about R/S in medical care. The majority of respondents (75%) reported holding religious or spiritual beliefs that they described as important or very important to them, while 60% of participants i...
Source: Journal of Religion and Health - February 4, 2024 Category: Medical Ethics Source Type: research
Celebrating Black HM Professionals
In honor of Black History Month, we’re highlighting four members of the Society of Hospital Medicine (SHM) who are making a positive impact on the lives of their patients, colleagues, students, and communities. Despite having different career paths, their stories share common threads.
Teaching, inspiring, and championing the next generation of doctors
Dr. Bragg
TaLawnda Bragg, MD, FACP, internal medicine residency program director and an internal medicine hospitalist at Corewell Health in Grand Rapids, Mich., and associate clinical professor of medicine at Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, was inspir...
Source: The Hospitalist - February 1, 2024 Category: Hospital Management Authors: Ronda Whitaker Tags: Career Diversity in Medicine People in HM Source Type: research
"What's Next in My Arc of Development?": An Exploratory Study of What Medical Students Need to Care for Patients of Different Backgrounds
Teach Learn Med. 2024 Jan 23:1-11. doi: 10.1080/10401334.2023.2298860. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTPHENOMENON: Medical schools must equip future physicians to provide equitable patient care. The best approach, however, is mainly dependent on a medical school's context. Graduating students from our institution have reported feeling ill-equipped to care for patients from "different backgrounds" on the Association of American Medical Colleges' Graduation Questionnaire. We explored how medical students interpret "different patient backgrounds" and what they need to feel prepared to care for diverse patients.APPROACH: We cond...
Source: Teaching and Learning in Medicine - January 23, 2024 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Julie K Thomas Jorie Colbert-Getz Rachel Bonnett Mariah Sakaeda Jessica M Hurtado Candace Chow Source Type: research
Employment benefits across U.S. allopathic medical schools: National norms and relationships with institutional wealth
This study summarizes employment benefits from across 155 U.S. allopathic medical schools, investigates differences in employment benefits according to institutional characteristics, and explores possible connections between employment benefits and institutional wealth. Employment benefits data were extracted from institutions’ websites across four ca tegories: time-off, time-away, retirement contributions, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs)/family benefits. This dataset was mixed with other publicly available datasets sourced through the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), the American Council on Ed...
Source: Anatomical Sciences Education - January 18, 2024 Category: Anatomy Authors: Brian J. Goldberg,
Christopher Ferrigno,
Sabrina F. Schundler,
Eric S. Norrell,
Leah Fox,
Sabrina Woods,
Adam B. Wilson Tags: RESEARCH REPORT Source Type: research
Assessing Telemedicine Competencies: Developing and Validating Learner Measures for Simulation-Based Telemedicine Training
AMIA Annu Symp Proc. 2024 Jan 11;2023:474-483. eCollection 2023.ABSTRACTIn 2021, the Association of American Medical Colleges published Telehealth Competencies Across the Learning Continuum, a roadmap for designing telemedicine curricula and evaluating learners. While this document advances educators' shared understanding of telemedicine's core content and performance expectations, it does not include turn-key-ready evaluation instruments. At the University of Oklahoma School of Community Medicine, we developed a year-long telemedicine curriculum for third-year medical and second-year physician assistant students. We used ...
Source: AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings - January 15, 2024 Category: Bioinformatics Authors: Blake Lesselroth Helen Monkman Ryan Palmer Craig Kuziemsky Andrew Liew Kristin Foulks Deirdra Kelly Ainsly Wolfinbarger Frances Wen Liz Kollaja Shannon Ijams Juell Homco Source Type: research
