Medical Education Podcasts

“I might not fit that doctor image”: Ideal worker norms and women medical students - Interview with A. Emiko Blalock

Women students are seen to demonstrate knowledge of “ideal worker norms” very early in medical school; the authors explore how they made sense of norms and began to navigate the gendered organization of their chosen careers.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/medu.14709

Dealing with uncertainty in clinical reasoning: A threshold model and the roles of experience and task framing - Audio paper with Jennifer Stojan

Stojan et al. explore the role of uncertainty in clinical reasoning and demonstrate how testing and treatment threshold determinations vary with clinical experience.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/medu.14673

Dual and duelling purposes: An exploration of educators’ perspectives on the use of reflective writing to remediate professionalism in residency - Audio Paper with Tracy Moniz

For medical educators using reflective writing to remediate professionalism, this work suggests using it only for learning around professional identity and engaging residents in multiple writings over time with feedback and coaching.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/medu.14625

Longitudinal placements for trainee pharmacists: Learning whilst improving patient care - Interview with Hannah Kinsey

This paper highlights the importance of healthcare trainees acquiring membership within healthcare teams to enhance their learning experience, advance their professional development and improve patient care.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/medu.14684

Longitudinal training models for entrusting students with independent patient care?: A systematic review - Interview with Linda H. A. Bonnie

This work demonstrates how longitudinal rotation models can make an important contribution to the entrustment of patient care to students.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/medu.14607

Widening how we see the impact of culture on learning, practice and identity development in clinical environments - Audio paper with Dale Sheehan

Sheehan and Wilkinson focus on how learning is shaped by the physical environment, the interactions and behaviours of other health professionals, the systems in place to guide care, and culture to challenge beliefs about who 'holds' knowledge. Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/medu.14630

Towards equitable learning environments for medical education: Bias and the intersection of social identities - Audio paper with Naike Bochatay and Nadia M. Bajwa

The authors share a vision for addressing bias and inequities in medical education by embracing the intersection of multiple social identities. Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14602

Thinking about social power and hierarchy in medical education - Interview with Meredith Vanstone

Meredith Vanstone and Lawrence Grierson reflect on the concepts social power and hierarchy for medical education, highlighting the fluidity, multiplicity, and bi-directional nature of hierarchy.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14659 

Self in medicine: Determinants of physician well-being and future directions in improving wellness - Interview with Daniel Mendelsohn

The author explores how physician wellness concepts have changed over time, factors affecting physician well-being, interventions, and the application of quality improvement methods to guide future directions.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14671

Evaluation in health professions education—Is measuring outcomes enough? - Interview with Louise Allen

The authors explore the concept of situation by reflecting the importance of shifting evaluation from focusing on outcome measurement to investigation of contributing factors.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/medu.14654