Medical Education Podcasts

Tolerance of ambiguity and psychological well‐being in medical training: A systematic review - interview with Jason Hancock

Although tolerance for uncertainty is broadly considered important for high quality care of patients, this review suggests it may also be associated with the wellbeing of doctors and students themselves.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/medu.14031

Impostor syndrome among physicians and physicians in training: A scoping review - interview with Michael Gottlieb

Ever felt like you were faking competence? This review examines the current literature on Imposter Syndrome among physicians and trainees to build an agenda for progress through research.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/medu.13956

Myths and social structure: The unbearable necessity of mythology in medical education - interview with Maria Athina (Tina) Martimianakis

Unwilling to accept that myths are simply lies to be eradicated, Martimianakis et al. explore mythmaking as a socio‐cultural and political process. In doing so, they distinguish myth‐busting, expunging pseudoscience, from myth‐making, a mechanism of social formation.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/medu.13828

Generational ‘othering’: The myth of the Millennial learner - interview with Joshua Jauregui

Okay boomer … while generational labels are often used heuristically, Jauregui et al. take a closer look at how generational archetypes perpetuate unfounded generalizations and recommend adopting ‘generational humility’ to purposefully address influences on each generation of learners.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/medu.13795

Performance in candidates declaring versus those not declaring dyslexia in a licensing clinical examination - interview with Niroshan Siriwardena

Asghar et al. show that candidates who declare dyslexia on high stakes clinical skills examinations are less likely to pass, confirming the importance of monitoring performance in this group and addressing differential attainment where needed.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/medu.13953

Cognitive dissonance: how self‐protective distortions can undermine clinical judgement - interview with Jill Klein

Klein and McColl review how cognitive dissonance can distort judgments, delay optimal responses and hinder learning in clinical settings in an effort to develop a model outlining how it occurs and to derive suggestions for reducing its impact.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/medu.13938

Speaking up, support, control and work engagement of medical residents. A structural equation modelling analysis - interview with Judith Voogt

Job control and supervisor support are identified through this research as resources associated with residents “speaking up” and making suggestions for change, but the importance of each may depend on the setting in which residents work.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/medu.13951

Medical school expansion policies: educational access and physician distribution - interview with Alexandre Figueiredo

How can medical schools influence regional inequities in access to medicine? This paper describes how expansion policy impacts upon the distribution of the medical workforce and the capacity to attract doctors to underserved areas.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/medu.13941

Assessors’ interpretations of narrative data on communication skills in a summative OSCE - interview with Kyle Wilby

The purpose of this study was to explore how expert assessors process and construe or bring meaning to narrative data when interpreting narrative assessment comments written by others in the setting of standardised performance assessment.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.13924

Emotional challenges of medical students generate feelings of uncertainty - interview with Maria Weurlander

Health care students face many situations during their education that might be emotionally challenging. The purpose of the study was to explore medical students’ main concerns relating to emotionally challenging situations during their medical education.

Read the accompanying article to this podcast: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.13934