Medical Education Podcasts

The potential of narrative analysis for HPE research, highlighting five analytic lenses - Audio paper with Abigail Konopasky

The authors present five narrative analytic lenses for researchers in health professions education, highlighting both the promise and partiality of narrative analysis. Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/medu.14597

Gender bias in resident evaluations: Natural language processing and competency evaluation - Audio paper with Jane Andrews

Gender bias was explored in resident evaluations from attendings by analyzing thousands of written evaluations over six years; none was found #NLP #MedEd #medtwitter. Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/medu.14593

‘Nurses whisper.’ Identities in nurses’ patient safety narratives of nurse-trainee doctors’ interactions- interview with Ray Samuriwo

This study sheds new light on the identities experienced nurses construct in their narratives of interactions with trainee doctors, thus facilitating learning in practice about key tenets of medical competence.
Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14575

A multi-pronged, antiracist approach to optimize equity in medical school admissions- interview with Sandra Quezada

The authors describe how a multi-pronged, antiracist approach improved the diversity of the students that matriculated to their medical school.
Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14589

Social media in undergraduate medical education: A systematic review - Audio paper with Eliot Rees

Two sides of the coin: With this systematic review, the authors synthesize evidence demonstrating how #SoMe can improve outcomes despite ongoing questions about professionalism. Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14567

Exploring how physician educators approach politically charged topics with learners - Interview with Zareen Zaidi & Bridget C. O‘Brien

Noting the lack of clarity in medical education about how to approach politically charged topics with learners, the authors provide a framework to facilitate conversation and make the range of approaches more visible. Read the accompanying article to this podcast here: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14570

Early generalist placements are associated with family medicine career choice: A systematic review and meta-analysis - Audio paper with Ajay Shah

While pre-clerkship placements in Family Medicine were found to be associated with career choice, the effect appears stronger for immersive, full-time placements lasting 4-11 weeks, and for students with prior interest in FM. Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14578 

Medical educators’ views and experiences of trigger warnings in teaching sensitive content- interview with Helen Nolan

Trigger warnings are demonstrated to have supported students' professional development by signalling the need to recognise emotional responses and manage wellbeing.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14576

The medical pause: Importance, processes and training - Audio Paper with Joy Yeonjoo Lee

Lee et al. suggest a systematic conceptualization of the medical pause, focusing on its importance, processes, and implementation in training programs.

Read the accompanying article to this audio paper: The medical pause: Importance, processes and training.

Urban ideals and rural realities: Physiotherapists navigating paradox in overlapping roles - Audio Paper with Andrea Gingerich

Overlap between personal and professional relationships are a rural norm to which students are exposed during rural placements. The authors share strategies used by physiotherapists to navigate conflicting ethical principles in such relationships.

Read the accompanying article to this audio paper: Urban ideals and rural realities: Physiotherapists navigating paradox in overlapping roles.