Medical Education Podcasts

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.

Comparing the drivers of medical student emigration intention across two African nations - Interview with Nathaniel Fessehaie

Fessehaie et al. reveal that drivers of student emigration differ across institutions, suggesting that efforts to retain physicians must be tailored to country and institution-specific contexts.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: Comparing the drivers of medical student emigration intention across two African nations.

Navigating landscapes of practice: A longitudinal qualitative study of physicians in medical education - Interview with Dorene Balmer & Donald Boyer

In this study, the authors explore how physician-educator identity developed in one community of practice (a graduate program in medical education) expands to interactions with other communities to form a landscape of practice.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: Navigating landscapes of practice: A longitudinal qualitative study of physicians in medical education.

Optimising the delivery of remediation programmes for doctors: A realist review - Audio Paper with Nicola Brennan

The authors present a model for the remediation of practising doctors based on an extensive realist review of the literature.

Read the accompanying article to this audio paper: Optimising the delivery of remediation programmes for doctors: A realist review.

Competence committees: The steep climb from concept to implementation - Audio Paper with Anita Acai

In this three-year, multi-method, study the authors uncover six key challenges (along with plausible solutions) that competence committees grapple with as they move from concept to implementation.

Read the accompanying article to this audio paper: Competence committees: The steep climb from concept to implementation.

Making it fair: Learners’ and assessors’ perspectives of the attributes of fair judgement - Interview with Nyoli Valentine

Effectively utilising judgement in assessment requires understanding what is deemed ‘fair’. Here the authors demonstrate the multifaceted nature of this construct along with its complexity and contextual nature.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: Making it fair: Learners’ and assessors’ perspectives of the attributes of fair judgement.

Entrustable professional activities in entry-level health professional education: A scoping review - Interview with Andrea Bramley

This scoping review outlines the motivations underlying why Entrustable Professional Activities are rapidly gaining popularity and acceptance in entry-level medicine, nursing, pharmacy and allied health.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: Entrustable professional activities in entry-level health professional education: A scoping review.