Medical Education Podcasts

Applicant perceptions of selection methods for health professions education: Rationales and subgroup differences - Audio Paper with Suzanne Fikrat-Wevers

The authors report that applicants to undergraduate health professions education prefer selection methods that provide a sense of control and allow the demonstration of more than just academic ability.

 

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14949

Exploring the development of adaptive expertise through the lens of threshold concepts - Audio Paper with Edwin Betinol

After interviewing physical therapy students, the authors suggest that adaptive expertise is a threshold concept that requires the “troublesome” discovery of the limits of “knowing all the answers.”

 

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14887

Action-project method: An approach to describing and studying goal-oriented joint actions - Interview with Sneha Shankar

In this Research Approaches article, the authors critically outline the Action-Project Method as a means of gaining deeper understanding into how individuals engage together in goal-oriented actions.

 

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14935

Desirable Difficulty: Theory and application of intentionally challenging learning - Interview with Adin Nelson

Synthesizing theories and frameworks from psychology and education, Nelson and Eliasz propose a unified understanding of the powerful "desirable difficulty" effect.

 

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14916

Disability inclusion in medical education: Towards a quality improvement approach - Audio Paper with Satendra Singh and Lisa M. Meeks

In this @MedEd_Journal article @drsitu and @meekslisa call for a Quality Improvement approach to #DisabilityInclusion. To achieve greater access and increase #DocsWithDisabilities we need actionable, meaningful change in medical training.

 

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14878

Quality assurance in health professions education: Role of accreditation and licensure - Interview with Eliana Amaral

The authors use Brazil and the US as case studies to provide an overview of procedures and tensions related to accreditation, licensure and certification for quality assurance in health profession education.

 

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14880

 

Altruism or nationalism? Exploring global discourses of medical school regulation - Audio Paper with Mohammed Ahmed Rashid

Rashid employs critical discourse analysis to explore the globalisation of medical school regulation and its role in quality improvement.

 

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14804

State of the science: Quality improvement of medical curricula—How should we approach it? - Interview with Susan Jamieson

Jamieson presents a narrative review exploring assumptions and practices in the continuous quality improvement of medical curricula, with recommendations for ways to approach this activity.

 

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14912

Good for patients but not learners? Exploring faculty and learner virtual care integration - Audio Paper with Lisa Shepherd

Paradoxically, virtual care is found to be valued for patients but not for the learners who need to care for those patients. This article explores the perception that virtual care settings offer inferior learning experiences.

 

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.14861

Improving uncertainty tolerance in medical students: A scoping review - Audio Paper with Priya Patel

How can we improve medical students' uncertainty tolerance? This important question is addressed in the current issue through a review of existing interventions.

 

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/medu.14873