Medical Education Podcasts

The power of questions: a discourse analysis about doctor–student interaction - Jonne van der Zwet interview

Focuses on the opportunities and challenges of such moments of interaction between doctors and students during a clerkship characterised by short supervisory relationships.

How do medical students form impressions of the effectiveness of classroom teachers? - Kevin McLaughlin interview

Identifies the variables that medical students appraise when rating the effectiveness of a classroom teacher.

Online testable concept maps: benefits for learning about the pathogenesis of disease - Gary Velan interview

Assess the benefits of online testable concept maps for learning in pathology by volunteer junior medical students.

In-training evaluations: developing an automated screening tool to measure report quality - Ramprasad Bismil interview

Analysis of a dataset of 269 ITERs to create a model that can predict the associated CCERR scores. The resulting predictive model was tested on the CCERR scores for an additional sample of 300 ITERs.

Perceptions of interprofessional teamwork in low-acuity settings: a qualitative analysis - Sandrijn M. van Schaik interview

Explores the constructs underlying interprofessional teamwork in non-high-acuity settings and team members’ perspectives of essential teamwork attributes.

Western medical students' experiences on clinical electives in sub-Saharan Africa - Ben Kumwenda interview

Evaluates students' views on the processes, outcomes and impacts of medical electives in three low-income countries.

What's your best time? Chronometry in the learning of medical procedures - Martin Pusic interview

Considers whether instructional designs that include chronometry could improve deliberate practice and be used in meaningful formative assessments.

Emotional intelligence in medical education: a critical review - Gemma Cherry interview

Sets out to examine the value of Emotional Intelligence as a theoretical platform on which to base selection for medicine, communication skills education and professionalism.

Context matters: emergent variability in an effectiveness trial of online teaching modules - Rachel Ellaway interview

An effectiveness study to understand implementation variance of online educational modules in surgery clerkships was conducted in six US medical schools participating in an efficacy trial of different multimedia designs.

Are rural placements positively associated with rural intentions in medical graduates? - Michael Jones interview

Seeks to determine whether rural clinical placements are associated with a higher proportion of graduating students planning rural careers and to explore associations with timing, duration and location of placements.