Academic Medicine Earns Impact Factor of 5.255, Highest Ever!
Thomson Reuters released its 2016 Journal Impact Factors (JIFs), and Academic Medicine has earned a JIF of 5.255. It is our highest JIF ever and places us at the top of the Education, Scientific Disciplines category and third in the Health Care Sciences & Services category, our highest ranking yet in this category.
In addition to having the top JIF in our category, Academic Medicine maintained its status as the most highly-cited journal in the field with more than 13,000 citations in 2016.
The JIF for a given year is calculated by dividing the number of citations during the previous two-year period by the total number ...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - June 27, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Journal Staff Tags: Featured education scientific disciplines health care sciences and services journal impact factor medical education scholarship scholarly publishing Thomson Reuters Source Type: blogs
The Unstoppables: Undocumented Students in Medical Education
By: Raquel Rodriguez
R. Rodriguez is a first-year family medicine resident, Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
At eight years old, my first glimpse of the United States was the arid land that separates the U.S.-Mexico border. As I sat in the car waiting to be assessed by the uniformed border patrol guards—marveling at the barren land of opportunity—I could not have imagined how crossing this border would transform my life. My new, secretive existence would make the simplest tasks into unusual challenges. As an undocumented student, turning sixteen came without a driver’s license, ...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - June 27, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Featured Guest Perspective Trainee Perspective DACA medical school undocumented immigrants Source Type: blogs
Author Reading: Humbled
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In this episode, J.S. Desai reads his essay, “Humbled,” in which he reflects on what his first patient, his big brother, has taught him about knowing and judging others in his care. His essay was published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the June issue of Academic Medicine. (Source: Academic Medicine Blog)
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - June 22, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Audio Featured Trainee Perspective doctor-patient relationship empathy patient care patient's story Source Type: blogs
Editorial Board Q & A: Grace Huang, MD
This article sits right in the wheelhouse of Academic Medicine, the journal, because it targets a universal problem in academic medicine the sector. Organizational buy-in is challenging as a science, and frameworks like this provide a roadmap for leaders wanting to institute change.
Ericsson KA. Deliberate practice and the acquisition and maintenance of expert performance in medicine and related domains. Acad Med. 2004 Oct;79(10 Suppl):S70-81. Professor Ericsson recently came to speak with us at Harvard Medical School, and it gave me a new perspective on the critical value of practice and feedback. No serious athlet...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - June 19, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Editorial Board Q & A Featured faculty development medical education mentorship professionalism Source Type: blogs
How Prepared Are You to Lead?
By: Peter Pronovost, MD, PhD, and Christopher Myers, PhD, Armstrong Institute for Patient Safety and Quality, Johns Hopkins Medicine
Physicians increasingly are being asked to lead health systems and improvement efforts, so it is important that they have the necessary skills to do so. To see why and how these leadership skills matter, we propose a quick test. Below, we present three scenarios that a health leader might need to navigate. As you read these scenarios, we encourage you to reflect on whether you have a framework you could use to address the issues described, whether you have all of the necessary skills to addre...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - June 13, 2017 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Guest Author Tags: Featured Guest Perspective coaching health care management health system leadership skills leadership training quality improvement Source Type: blogs
