Creating Leadership Roles for Integrating Value into Academic Medical Programs
By: Christopher Moriates, MD, assistant dean for healthcare value and associate professor of internal medicine, Dell Medical School at The University of Texas at Austin
I have a made-up administrative title. I know this because, in 2016, we made it up. When you make up a title, you get to be the first “assistant dean for healthcare value”… but I do not want to be the only one. So, what does an assistant dean for healthcare value do?
In a recent Academic Medicine article, Dr. Pam Johnson and colleagues from Johns Hopkins describe the critical role academic institutions must play in advancing high value care. They “c...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - November 16, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Featured Guest Perspective Choosing Wisely Dell Medical School health care value high value care quality improvement Source Type: blogs
Author Reading: How Emotions Are Like Asbestos
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Medical student Arya Shah remembers two seemingly similar patients, who in the end were more different than she first thought, and the lesson they taught her about the value of exploring her feelings instead of hiding them away. Her essay was published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the November issue of Academic Medicine. (Source: Academic Medicine Blog)
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - November 13, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Audio Featured Trainee Perspective bedside learning emotions empathy patient care teaching and learning moments Source Type: blogs
“…that is the type of family physician I’m becoming”: Learning as becoming
By: Frances Kilbertus, MD, MMedEd
F. Kilbertus is a family physician and associate professor, Department of Clinical Sciences, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Mindemoya, Ontario, Canada.
What is memorable learning for our trainees? How is this aligned with the values of our institutions and the needs of our societies? Over many years as a clinician and teacher, I found that thinking of learning as the acquisition of knowledge, skill, and attitude, or as workplace participation did not adequately explain the complex and often profound experiences that occur during medical education and their consequences on the emergin...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - November 10, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Featured Guest Perspective memorable learning palliative care professional identity formation Source Type: blogs
Author Reading: Finding Mary at Home: Learning Through House Calls
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Medical student Shefali Hegde remembers her first patient, who taught her about the reality of chronic illness, the value of holistic medicine, and why getting to know a patient beyond the clinic is important. Her essay was published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the November issue of Academic Medicine. (Source: Academic Medicine Blog)
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - November 8, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Audio Featured Trainee Perspective chronic illness curiosity doctor-patient relationship holistic medicine house call patient care Source Type: blogs
Attending Learn Serve Lead 2017: The AAMC Annual Meeting?
Stop by Booth #509 in the Hynes Convention Center Exhibit Hall to pick up a copy of the latest issue of Academic Medicine and to chat with our editorial staff.
Join us for a focused discussion lunch.
Saturday, November 4
11:45am-1:15pm, Center: AAMC Connect, Hall D
Our editorial staff will be hosting two discussions—Table 50 on engaging learners in medical education research and scholarship and Table 115 on social media and academic medicine.
Participate in one or all of our sessions on peer review, scholarship, and publishing!
Monday, November 6
10:30am-11:45am, Sheraton: Independence
Walking the Talk: How Can Facult...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - November 2, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Journal Staff Tags: Featured AAMC Association of American Medical Colleges group peer review Learn Serve Lead learners MedEdPORTAL medical education scholarship social media Source Type: blogs
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...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - October 31, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Journal Staff Tags: Featured Issue Preview DACA medical education scholarship medical student wellness patient care USMLE Step 1 Source Type: blogs
Catch 22s and Escape Hatches: Practical Problems and Conceptual Musings on Patient Engagement in Health Professions Education
By: Paula Rowland, OT Reg (Ont.), PhD
P. Rowland is assistant professor and scientist, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of Toronto (UT) Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is also cross-appointed researcher, Wilson Centre, UT, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
It was the idea of the “Catch 22” that caught my attention. I first saw the explanation in an article by Learmonth and colleagues in 2009.1 In their article, they talked about a persistent dilemma in patient engagement programs. These are the kinds of programs where patients are asked to use their experiences to help ...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - October 26, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Featured Guest Perspective patient engagement patient representation patients Source Type: blogs
Author Reading: What Did You Learn Today?
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“Tell me one thing you learned today,” Dr. Saundra Curry asks each day. What started as a way to remember the many anesthesiology residents who passed through her ORs turned into an opportunity for the author and her residents to reflect on their experiences and enhance their learning. Dr. Curry’s essay was published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the October issue of Academic Medicine. (Source: Academic Medicine Blog)
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - October 24, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Audio Featured Guest Perspective assessment bedside learning feedback reflection teaching and learning moments Source Type: blogs
Author Reading: I Am Sorry to Hear That
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Medical student Benjamin Reed remembers a young boy and his mother in the ER who taught him the difference between learning about empathy in the classroom and being able to express it authentically in practice. His essay was published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the October issue of Academic Medicine. (Source: Academic Medicine Blog)
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - October 17, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Audio Featured Trainee Perspective clinical care empathy family teaching and learning moments Source Type: blogs
Is “Nonteaching” a Bad Word?
By: Allen B. Repp, MD, MSc, professor and vice chair for quality, Department of Medicine, The Larner College of Medicine at The University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont
For years I’ve been trying to eradicate a word from my vocabulary. Yet, in my role as an academic hospitalist, I still find myself uttering it almost every day. Everyone around me is saying it, too. The word isn’t vulgar. It’s “nonteaching.”
What does it mean? Medicine services at many academic medical centers (AMCs) in the US are divided into teaching and nonteaching services. Teaching services usually include a team of medical stud...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - October 10, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Featured Guest Perspective competencies medical education patient care residency residents Source Type: blogs
What ’s New and In the Queue for Academic Medicine
What’s New: A Preview of the October Issue
The October issue of Academic Medicine is now available! Read the entire issue online at academicmedicine.org. Highlights from the issue include:
The Daunting Career of the Physician–Investigator
McKinney defines three distinct career paths for physician-investigators—clinical researcher, clinician-scientist, and physician-scientist—and the common and distinct challenges they face.
Toward an Optimal Pedagogy for Teamwork
In this Perspective, Earnest and colleagues propose a three-level classification of pedagogical approaches to teamwork training (minimal, implicit, and e...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - October 4, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Journal Staff Tags: Featured Issue Preview citations empathy medical education physician workforce Source Type: blogs
Author Reading: The Spider
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Dr. Julie Bruckner remembers a patient who taught her the dangers of making assumptions and the value of an extra moment and a deeper question when caring for patients. Her essay was published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the September issue of Academic Medicine. (Source: Academic Medicine Blog)
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - September 28, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Audio Featured Guest Perspective bedside learning mental illness patient care teaching and learning moments Source Type: blogs
Medicine as Social Work
By: Katharine Lawrence, MD, MPH
I chose medicine as a career, not necessarily because I was a scientist, but because I am a humanist. I believe in the concept of illness, not just disease, and strive in my career to better understand and address the various social, political, and economic realities that inform my patients’ health. I chose an undergraduate medical program, the Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine (HWCOM), because its mission statement and cultural ethos mirrored these beliefs.
As part of the HWCOM curriculum (described in a recent Academic Medicine article), medical students participate in a “household-...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - September 26, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Featured Trainee Perspective diversity health disparities medical education medical students residency social determinants of health Source Type: blogs
Encountering the Other: Providing Excellent Care Despite Differences Between Patients & Physicians
A new episode of our podcast is now available through iTunes. Listen today.
Discussing how to provide excellent patient care in spite of differences between patients and physicians are editor-in-chief David Sklar and authors Emily Whitgob, Raya Kheirbek, and Paul Gordon.
This conversation complements articles by the participants in several recent issues, including:
Emily E. Whitgob, MD, MEd, fellow in the Department of Pediatrics at Stanford School of Medicine
The Discriminatory Patient and Family: Strategies to Address Discrimination Towards Trainees
Raya Kheirbek, MD, associate professor of medicine at the George Washin...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - September 19, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Audio Featured Guest Perspective active listening Affordable Care Act bias discrimination medical education patient care Source Type: blogs
Author Reading: Learning From Loss: What I Learned From the Death of My Grandfather
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Medical student Maulin Shah recounts the lessons he learned from his grandfather, even in his death. His essay was published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the September issue of Academic Medicine. (Source: Academic Medicine Blog)
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - September 14, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Audio Featured Trainee Perspective bedside learning family medical education teaching and learning moments Source Type: blogs
