Medical Education Podcasts

How well do workplace-based assessments support summative entrustment decisions? A multi-institutional generalisability study - An Audio Paper with Michael S. Ryan

Through examination of 53,000 workplace-based assessments at 7 schools, no factors were found to be consistently associated with reliability, leading to the conclusion that these assessments are best used for formative feedback only.

Read the accompanying article here:  https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15291

Timing's not everything: Immediate and delayed feedback are equally beneficial for performance in formative multiple-choice testing - Interview with Anna T. Ryan

Building on the literature suggestive of Test-enhanced Learning offering a powerful education strategy, the authors report that immediate & delayed feedback is equally beneficial.

Read the accompanying article here:  https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15287

Snakes and ladders: An integrative literature review of refugee doctors' workforce integration needs - Interview with Samantha Eve Smith & Victoria Ruth Tallentire

This integrative review article explores refugee doctors' workforce integration needs introducing use a serious game into the analysis.

Read the accompanying article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15290

Harnessing student feedback to transform teachers: Role of emotions and relationships - An Audio Paper with Inês Cavaleiro

Receiving students' feedback is detailed to be an emotional process that happens in the context of a relationship and can nurture teachers' professional and personal development.

Read the accompanying article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15264

Decision making in continuing professional development organisations during a crisis - An Audio Paper with Morag Paton

Using CPD organizations's response to the covid crisis, Paton et al. demonstrate the importance of time and relations as a means to embrace creative, flexible, and socially connected solutions in future.

Read the accompanying article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15265

Medical education in Syria at a time of crisis: Analysis of the results of the knowledge-based National Medical Examination - Interview with Jaamel Soqia

Demonstrating how the academic performance of medical graduates can be adversely affected by crises such as war, Soqia et al. undescore the importance of safeguarding educational institutions #SyrianCrisis

Read the accompanying article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15385

Mindfulness training in healthcare professions: A scoping review of systematic reviews - Interview with Nabeela Kajee

"Through their scoping review, Kajee et al. illustrate how mindfulness training seems to improve distress, depression and anxiety while findings regarding burnout are mixed and too little work has been done regarding empathy."

Read the accompanying article here:  https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15293

Using MCQ response certainty to determine how aspects of self-monitoring develop through a medical course - An Audio Paper with Mike Tweed & co-authors

This research uses students' certainty when responding to Multiple Choice Questions to reveal that self-monitoring efficiency develops early in one's training, but then reduces as safety increases.

Read the accompanying article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15253

Personalisation and embodiment in e-Learning for health professionals: A randomised controlled trial - An Audio Paper with Lee P. Skrupky

Technology supported learning.

Read the accompanying article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15198

Music in medical education: A critical interpretive synthesis - Interview with Alice Rae Orchard and Amy Wyatt

Sweet, sweet music! The authors of "Music in medical education" offer a comprehensive picture of how music has been used in medical education, providing guidance for teaching and research.

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https://asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.15255