Editorial Board Q & A: Monica L. Lypson, MD, MHPE
Monica L. Lypson, MD, MHPE, Director of Medical and Dental Education, Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC
Describe your current activities.
In my current role as the Director of Medical and Dental Education for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), I provide leadership, oversight, and coordination for our graduate and undergraduate medical and dental education programs. This role has a large administrative responsibility, with some significant policy implications for health profession education. For me, it is important that I continue to care for our nations’ veterans through excellent patient care a...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - May 22, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Editorial Board Q & A Featured bias Department of Veterans Affairs interprofessional education leadership medical education Source Type: blogs
Academic Medicine article wins Society of Teachers of Family Medicine award!
Congratulations to Dr. Zazove and colleagues!
Their article “U.S. Medical Schools’ Compliance With the Americans With Disabilities Act: Findings From a National Study” was named Best Research Paper by the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine.
More information about the award is available from the University of Michigan Medical School. (Source: Academic Medicine Blog)
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Author Reading: The Inevitable Rendezvous With Mortality
MD/PhD student Nardin Samuel reflects on her first code status discussion with a patient and why she stopped to grieve after his death in this essay, published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the May issue of Academic Medicine.
A new episode of our podcast featuring this author reading is now available through iTunes, the Apple Podcast app, and SoundCloud. (Source: Academic Medicine Blog)
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - May 15, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Audio Featured Trainee Perspective bedside learning medical education patient care reflection Source Type: blogs
Building a Charter on Physician Well-Being
Attention to physician well-being is ever-increasing, and solutions are beginning to emerge. Several of us previously published a Perspective in Academic Medicine calling for action in the graduate medical education (GME) world. This paper outlined recommendations at all levels of the health care system to mitigate burnout and promote well-being. However, while there are numerous position papers and suggestions for how to take on this mammoth issue, to date there has been no widely accepted codification of principles or set of commitments to guide organizational and individual action.
In response to this need, the Collabor...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - May 8, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Featured Guest Perspective Source Type: blogs
Academic Medicine articles win the ABIM Foundation ’ s John A. Benson Jr., MD Professionalism Article Prize!
Congratulations to Dr. Egener and colleagues!
Their perspective “The Charter on Professionalism for Health Care Organizations” received this year’s commentary prize.
Congratulations to Dr. Branch and colleagues!
Their article “A Multi-Institutional Longitudinal Faculty Development Program in Humanism Supports the Professional Development of Faculty Teachers” received this year’s research prize.
More information about the John A. Benson Jr., MD Professionalism Article Prize is available on the ABIM Foundation’s website. (Source: Academic Medicine Blog)
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - May 2, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Journal Staff Tags: Featured ABIM Foundation faculty humanism professional development professionalism quality Source Type: blogs
What ’s New and In the Queue for Academic Medicine
Conclusions
This study indicated that mindfulness training can serve as a tool to cultivate important professional competencies for residents.
(Source: Academic Medicine Blog)
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Author Reading: The Lessons We Learned From Each Other
Education scientist Dr. Aimee Gardner reflects on her partnership with a physician to conduct simulation research in this poem, published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the April issue of Academic Medicine.
This new episode of our podcast is now available through iTunes, the Apple Podcast app, and SoundCloud. (Source: Academic Medicine Blog)
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - April 26, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Audio Featured Guest Perspective medical education medical education research simulation teaching and learning moments Source Type: blogs
Teaching Effective Learning Strategies
By: Megan A. Sumeracki, PhD
M.A. Sumeracki is assistant professor of psychology, Rhode Island College, Providence, Rhode Island.
Even by the time I reached college at Purdue University, no one had taught me how to study effectively. I was a diligent student, so I blocked off time to engage with my course material and get all of my homework and other projects done, but during my study sessions, I would just look over the material. I continued to read and reread my notes, all while trying hard to force the information into my head.
It wasn’t until my junior year, when I started working on my honors thesis and became inter...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - April 24, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Featured Guest Perspective assessment medical education medical students self-assessment Source Type: blogs
Learning to Learn as a Medical Student
By: Alyssa B. Smith, third-year medical student, Chicago Medical School
I began at Chicago Medical School believing the notion that my study methods had gotten me into medical school, so they could therefore get me through medical school. I quickly realized that was a false perception. The volume of material, necessity to retain this material past each exam, and building of knowledge requires stronger learning methods than those I had used in the past, like relying on flashcards to memorize topics.
That’s when I turned to the six study strategies—including spaced practice, interleaving, and elaborate integration—I ha...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - April 17, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Featured Trainee Perspective assessment medical education medical students Source Type: blogs
Author Reading: Take-Home Lessons From Abroad
Cindy Medina reflects on her time in Manabí, Ecuador, as a medical student and the lessons she learned about caring for patients beyond treating their illnesses. Her essay was published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the April issue of Academic Medicine.
This new episode of our podcast is now available through iTunes, the Apple Podcast app, and SoundCloud. (Source: Academic Medicine Blog)
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What ’s New and In the Queue for Academic Medicine
What’s New: A Preview of the April Issue
The April issue of Academic Medicine is now available! Read the entire issue online at academicmedicine.org. Highlights from the issue include:
Removing Barriers and Facilitating Access: Increasing the Number of Physicians with Disabilities
Meeks and colleagues review the state of disability in medical education and discuss ways medical educators can improve inclusion, including emerging technologies that can enhance access for students with disabilities.
Criterion-Based Assessment in a Norm-Based World: How Can We Move Past Grades?
Pereira and colleagues find that undergraduate ...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - April 3, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Journal Staff Tags: Featured Issue Preview assessment disabilities ethics professionalism Source Type: blogs
Competency-Based, Time-Variable Education in the Health Professions
Discussing competency-based, time-variable education in the health professions in this new episode of the Academic Medicine podcast are Drs. David Sklar, editor-in-chief of Academic Medicine, and Olle ten Cate, one of the guest editors of a recent supplement to Academic Medicine on this topic. The supplement was produced with support from the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation and is free to read and download from academicmedicine.org.
This episode of our podcast is now available through iTunes, the Apple Podcast app, or SoundCloud. (Source: Academic Medicine Blog)
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Sexual Harassment and Academic Medicine: Where Do We Go From Here?
By: Carol Bates, MD
C. Bates is associate dean for faculty affairs and associate professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
“It is Time for Zero Tolerance for Sexual Harassment in Academic Medicine” is being published in the midst of a national conversation on sexual harassment across many spheres in society, but the first draft was written well before this, toward the end of the 2016 presidential election season. Most of the recent media attention has been in realms outside of academic medicine, but there have been a few media reports in our domain and we clearly have problems in our midst.
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Source: Academic Medicine Blog - March 20, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Featured Guest Perspective academic medine gender sexual harassment women in academic medicine Source Type: blogs
Author Reading: Still My Patient
Dr. Jonathan Kersun reflects on gratitude, being a good doctor, and learning from his patients in “Still My Patient.” His essay was published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the March issue of Academic Medicine.
This new episode of our podcast is now available through iTunes, the Apple Podcast app, or SoundCloud. (Source: Academic Medicine Blog)
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What ’s New and In the Queue for Academic Medicine
Conclusions
The decision to report medical students’ professionalism lapses is more complex and nuanced than a simple binary choice to report or not. Faculty face challenges at the systems level and individual level. The themes identified in this study can be used for faculty development and to improve processes for reporting students’ professionalism lapses.
(Source: Academic Medicine Blog)
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - March 7, 2018 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Journal Staff Tags: Featured Issue Preview assessment burnout medical education peer review professionalism Source Type: blogs
