Medical Education Podcasts

Learning in the workplace: Use of informal feedback cues in doctor‐patient communication - interview with Carolin Sehlbach

Sehlbach et al. use observations and interviews to examine how physicians use informal feedback for professional development, highlighting how workplace learning could be improved through collaboration.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14148

The case for faculty development: A realist evaluation - interview with Dominic Proctor

How can we ensure successful faculty development initiatives? This realist evaluation recommends improved transparency, effective communication, and proper evaluation. Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14204

Elucidating system‐level interdependence in electronic health record data: What are the ramifications for trainee assessment? – interview with Stefanie S. Sebok‐Syer

In this paper, the authors highlight factors that contribute to system‐level interdependence and discuss the implications these factors have for resident assessment.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14147

Using multiple self‐regulated learning measures to understand medical students' biomedical science learning – interview with Roghayeh Gandomkar

Trying to measure engagement in self‐regulated learning? This paper stresses the value of prioritizing microanalysis given relationships with biomedical science learning outcomes.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14079

Autonomy and professional identity formation in residency training: A qualitative study – interview with Adam P. Sawatsky

The authors use Social Cognitive Theory to describe professional identity formation in residency training, highlighting the relationship between autonomy, making decisions, responsibility for patients.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14073

A systematic review of digital badges in health care education – interview with Julie A. Noyes

Digital badges represent an innovative instructional strategy involving credentialing competencies to provide evidence for skill acquisition. This systematic review reveals pedagogical, research limitations, provides an evidence‐based foundation for designing, implementing digital badges. 

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14060

Aha! Taking on the myth that simulation‐derived surprise enhances learning - interview with Sandra Monteiro and Matthew Sibbald

While unexpected experiences can be memorable, Monteiro and Sibbald challenge the assumption that they should be built into simulation to enable learning.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14141

Psychological safety in feedback: What does it look like and how can educators work with learners to foster it? - interview with Christina E. Johnson

Psychological safety is an important concept for facilitating student learning, but what behaviours are likely to enable it in the workplace? Feedback videos reveal how educators might foster learner safety.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14154

‘Being international is always a good thing’: A multicentre interview study on ethics in international medical education - interview with Emmaline Brouwer

Internationalisation is generally embraced with positivity by teaching staff in international medical programmes. This article, however, shines a light on the ethical dilemmas it poses through marketisation and homogenisation.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14054

Students as patients: A systematic review of peer simulation in health care professional education - interview with Narelle Dalwood

Good news for those whose resources won't support a formal standardized patient program: This systematic review demonstrates that peer simulation offers a viable alternative that positively influences student communication and development of empathy.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14058