Medical Education Podcasts

Student engagement in undergraduate medical education: A scoping review - Interview with Salah Eldin Kassab

The authors explore medical student engagement by considering methods of measurement, drivers, and outcomes. Sensitivity and malleability to context appear paramount to better understanding this concept and creating hope for beneficial interventions.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/medu.14799

 

Role of faculty characteristics in failing to fail in clinical clerkships - Audio paper with Jennifer L. Swails

By analysing 50,120 medical student evaluations over 15 years, the authors found that the number of failing evaluations is decreasing over time. Senior faculty were more likely to document poor student performance than assistant professors.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14725

The social construction of teacher and learner identities in medicine and surgery - Audio paper with Peter Cantillon

Cantillon et al. explore how clinical teaching and learning are uniquely shaped by the specialty-specific cultures of postgraduate training.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/medu.14727

Applicants’ perception of fit to residency programmes in the video-interview era: A large multidisciplinary survey - Interview with Jorge G. Zárate Rodriguez

This paper offers examination of how residency applicants assess fit to the programs at which they interview during the virtual recruitment era, showing that female and minority applicants perceive poorer fit.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/medu.14729

Who’s on your team? Specialty identity and inter-physician conflict during admissions - Interview with Caitlin Schrepel and Ashley E. Amick

The authors explored how group alliance, or specialty identity, primes conversations between physicians in moments of conflict, emphasizing the importance of uniting as one team to care for the patient.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/medu.14715

International medical graduates’ experiences before and after migration: A meta-ethnography of qualitative studies - Audio paper with Mo Al-Haddad

In this systematic review, the authors present 5 concepts as a framework for understanding the shared and unique experiences of IMGs worldwide that could, thereby, be used to guide needs assessment and policy.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/medu.14708

An Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis of paediatric cardiology trainee experiences during COVID-19 - Audio paper with Mohammad Abumehdi

Quyam and Abumehdi's examination of trainee experiences during the pandemic leads them to suggest incorporating states of impairment into education to maximise opportunities for growth rather than simply trying to 'treat' impairment away.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14738

Implementation strategies for high-performance health care simulation centres: A multicentre exploratory case study in China - Interview with Aihua Yan

China's growth in simulation centres is analyzed to reveal three implementation strategies common to high-performance centers: facility management platforms, teaching and training centers, and innovation centers.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/medu.14741

Optimising planned medical education strategies to develop learners’ person-centredness: A realist review - Interview with Aarti Bansal

By reviewing training strategies, the authors offer practical explanations for what does and doesn't work to support person-centredness, arguing it is critical for us to explain why person-centredness matters.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/medu.14707

Medical student engagement in small-group active learning: A stimulated recall study - Audio paper with Jan Willem Grijpma

This study illuminates the dynamic process of student engagement in small-group active learning settings and explains the difficulty teachers have recognizing and influencing engagement in practice.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/medu.14710