From Coffee Beans to Medical Disease: A Suggestion to Spend Your Gap Years
Through my journey to find a haven for studying as well as easy access to caffeine, staying at coffee shops became my tradition in preparation for all of my classes as both an undergraduate and medical student. To this day, my best work comes amid the backdrop of ambient chatter and the grinding of espresso beans. At one point, I spent so much time at my coffee shop that the baristas knew my order (white tea with peach juice and stevia!), readied my drink before I walked in, and even invited me to after-work outings. After spending hours studying, I always wondered what it was like working behind the counter to create l...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - October 31, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Laura Siegel Source Type: blogs

Including Standardized Patients With Diverse Gender Identities in Simulation Cases
On this episode of the Academic Medicine Podcast, guests Luca Petrey and Laura Weingartner, PhD, MS, join hosts Toni Gallo and Research in Medical Education (RIME) Committee members Arianne Teherani, PhD, and Daniele Olveczky, MD, to discuss a new scoping review of the literature on the inclusion of standardized patient characters and actors with diverse gender identities in simulation cases. This is the second episode in this year’s 3-part series of discussions with RIME authors about their medical education research and its implications for the field. This episode is now available through Apple Podcast...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - October 24, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: amrounds Tags: AM Podcast AM Podcast Transcript Academic Medicine podcast gender identity health equity medical education Research in Medical Education RIME simulation standardized patients Source Type: blogs

4AM Night
It’s 4 AM. The hospital—once a lively and bustling place with residents responding to codes, nurses checking vitals, physical therapists helping patients walk—is now deadly silent. I stare out of the window into the darkness. Its eerily quiet. I think to myself, only 3 more hours until I am done with my night shift and get to crawl into bed. I am counting the hours. My phone beeps and I look down. It’s a message from my resident. “New admit in the ED with SOB. Interview the patient and present to me.” I chart and read about her history. She has breast cancer with extensive chemo and radiotherapy. I think ...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - September 21, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Laura Siegel Source Type: blogs

Fostering Psychological Safety in the Clinical Learning Environment
On this episode of the Academic Medicine Podcast, guests Addie McClintock, MD, and Joshua Jauregui, MD, join hosts Toni Gallo and Research in Medical Education (RIME) Committee members Andrea Leep, MD, and Paolo Martin, PhD, MS CHPR, MEd, to discuss clinical teachers’ behaviors and how they support or harm students’ sense of psychological safety in the clinical learning environment. This is the first episode in a 3-part series of discussions with RIME authors about their medical education research and its implications for the field. This episode is now available through Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and anywher...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - September 19, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: amrounds Tags: AM Podcast AM Podcast Transcript Academic Medicine podcast clinical learning environment medical education medical education research psychological safety Source Type: blogs

Video Abstract: Improvisational and Standup Comedy, Graphic Medicine, and Theatre of the Oppressed to Teach Advancing Health Equity
In this video, Marshall Chin, MD, MPH, describes how he and his colleagues used improv and standup comedy, graphic medicine, and Theatre of the Oppressed to train first-year medical students at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine in advancing health equity. This video abstract summarizes the work described by Chin and his colleagues in their recently published Academic Medicine article. Read the article at: Chin M, Orlov N, Callender B, et al. Improvisational and standup comedy, graphic medicine, and Theatre of the Oppressed to teach advancing health equity [published online ahead of print August 09, 2022...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - September 12, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: amrounds Tags: Guest Perspective graphic medicine health equity humanities improv medical education theater Video video abstract Source Type: blogs

Meet the Editors: Jonathan M. Amiel, MD ​
What are your roles and responsibilities with Academic Medicine? I am an assistant editor at Academic Medicine. In this role, I review new submissions to the journal, designate submissions for peer review, work collaboratively with our fabulous editors and editorial staff to determine editorial decisions, and help authors to finalize their work for publication. As part of this process, I also engage in professional development, learning about research methods and participating in team learning and discussions. What do you enjoy most about your work with Academic Medicine? For work that is primarily asynchronous an...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - September 6, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: amrounds Tags: Meet the Editors scholarly publishing Source Type: blogs

Educating Physicians About Firearm Safety and Injury Prevention
On this episode of the Academic Medicine Podcast, guests Katherine Hoops, MD, MPH, Andra Blomkalns, MD, MBA, and Allison Augustus-Wallace, PhD, MS, MNS, join host Toni Gallo to talk about firearm safety and injury prevention education. They discuss the role of physicians in engaging patients and communities in firearm injury risk reduction, the current state of firearm injury prevention education, and where the academic medicine community needs to go from here. This episode is now available through Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and anywhere else podcasts are available. A transcript is below. Read the articles d...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - August 22, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: amrounds Tags: AM Podcast AM Podcast Transcript Academic Medicine podcast firearm injury prevention firearm safety medical education Source Type: blogs

The ‘ No ’ Flow
Yet another “no.” Red boxes covered my Google sheet listing possible shadowing opportunities, as another clinic either turned me away or didn’t respond back. It had already been a year, and the no’s kept flowing in, leaving me tired, frustrated, upset, and with no idea what to do, where to go, or who to go to. It left me disheartened, and I slowly began believing that even the universe itself didn’t want me to become a physician. The hunt for shadowing opportunities can be challenging if you don’t have connections to healthcare providers. As someone with absolutely no connections to the medical field or anyo...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - August 15, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: Laura Siegel Tags: Motivation Source Type: blogs

Academic Medicine Earns Impact Factor of 7.840, Highest Ever!
Clarivate Analytics released its 2021 Journal Impact Factors (JIFs), and Academic Medicine earned a JIF of 7.840. It places us at the top of the Education, Scientific Disciplines category for the seventh year in a row. It also places us sixth in the Health Care Sciences & Services category. In addition to having the top JIF in our category, Academic Medicine maintained its status as a highly-cited journal with 24,400 citations in 2021. The JIF for a given year is calculated by dividing the number of citations during that year to articles that were published during the previous two-year period ...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - June 28, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: amrounds Tags: Journal Announcement journal impact factor scholarly publishing Source Type: blogs

Meet the Editors: Bridget O ’ Brien
What are your roles and responsibilities with Academic Medicine? I am a deputy editor. I review 5-8 new manuscripts per week along with all that come back from review and back with revisions. I also participate in monthly calls with the editorial team, write/contribute to editorials, and contribute to discussions about journal policy. What do you enjoy most about your work with Academic Medicine? There are 2 things I enjoy most: 1.  The opportunity to learn about a wide range of research topics and diverse methodologies. It really keeps me on my toes and challenges me to keep learning so I can make good de...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - June 28, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: amrounds Tags: Meet the Editors medical education medical students professional identity scholarly publishing Source Type: blogs

Including Nurses as Members of the Resident Education Team
On this episode of the Academic Medicine Podcast, guests Chirag Bhat, MD, and Warren Cheung, MD, MMEd, join hosts Toni Gallo and associate editor Teresa Chan, MD, MHPE, to discuss their research into nurses’ perspectives about giving feedback on residents’ clinical performance. They share their findings regarding the unique perspective nurses can offer, the barriers nurses face in providing feedback, and some possible ways to overcome these barriers. This episode is now available through Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and anywhere else podcasts are available. A transcript is below. Read the article discussed in...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - June 20, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: amrounds Tags: AM Podcast AM Podcast Transcript Academic Medicine podcast clinical performance feedback nurses qualitative research residency training Source Type: blogs

Empowering Trainees to be Leaders and Change Agents
We described several wellness initiatives that were done at individual campuses. The University of Illinois where I attend, we had a wellness committee that we formed led by students. We were able to partner with local companies to bring in more healthy food options. We were able to set up a counseling center dedicated specifically towards medical trainees. Joe Geraghty: And so that’s at the institutional level, but then in our local community, we had several letters from places like the University of Chicago. We had a medical student who wrote about how they were developing kind of like easy to digest infograp...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - April 25, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: amrounds Tags: AM Podcast AM Podcast Transcript Annual Call for Trainee-Authored Letters to the Editor ATLAS Trainee Perspective leadership medical education scholarship medical students residents scholarly publishing trainee engagement Source Type: blogs

Meet the Editors: John Coverdale, MD, MEd
What are your roles and responsibilities with Academic Medicine? I am blessed to have the role of associate editor. It is a challenging one. Most of my work is judging articles for their suitability of publication, which is a several hour per week commitment. Another responsibility is to shape the direction of Academic Medicine in small ways by contributing to decisions on what gets published, by occasional editorial writing which directs attention to what is important, and by closely collaborating with my wonderful editor colleagues.  What do you enjoy most about your work with Academic Medicine? I enjoy rea...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - April 12, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: amrounds Tags: Meet the Editors medical education scholarly publishing Source Type: blogs

Call for Cover Art: Now Open to June 30, 2022
*Submission site: https://www.abstractscorecard.com/cfp/submit/login.asp?EventKey=VFJQENUK* Editor’s note: We are using a new submission platform for Cover Art this year; please do NOT submit your Cover Art through Editorial Manager. We are excited to announce our second annual call for the Cover Art feature! We were thrilled by the response to our first open call last year and are grateful for and humbled by all of the artwork, insights, stories, and reflections we received. To continue highlighting artwork from the academic medicine community, we are launching our second annual call for Cover Art on June 1...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - April 5, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: amrounds Tags: Annual Call for Cover Art art in medicine call for papers humanities in medicine medical students residents scholarly publishing Source Type: blogs

Call for Cover Art: Open June 1 to June 30, 2022
We are excited to announce our second annual call for the Cover Art feature! We were thrilled by the response to our first open call last year and are grateful for and humbled by all of the artwork, insights, stories, and reflections we received. To continue highlighting artwork from the academic medicine community, we are launching our second annual call for Cover Art on June 1, 2022. Submissions will be evaluated by a panel of experts in art and medicine, including artist and cardiologist Dr. Nazanin Moghbeli (https://www.nmoghbeli.com/), and artist and first-year medical student Sujal Manohar (https://www.sujalman...
Source: Academic Medicine Blog - April 5, 2022 Category: Universities & Medical Training Authors: amrounds Tags: Annual Call for Cover Art art in medicine call for papers humanities in medicine medical students residents scholarly publishing Source Type: blogs