Academic Medicine Journal

Each year, we publish the winning essays in the The Arnold P. Gold Foundation Dr. Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest. Read the winning essays in the October, November, and December issues, and listen to the authors read their work on the Academic Medicine Podcast. Third Place A Quiet Place by Erin B. 📚 https://lnkd.in/gf-S6N-A 🎧 https://lnkd.in/e_HFN8XX A Place for Grief by Danielle Collins 📚 https://lnkd.in/euBJiTp9 Second Place The Cat by Megan McDowell 📚 https://lnkd.in/e46H_ncb 🎧 https://lnkd.in/exv798kB Apartment 5 on Dolphin Drive by Noor Ahmed 📚 https://lnkd.in/ehxSWiJX 🎧 https://lnkd.in/emxwSZtg   First Place Baby J.’s Song by Hailey Sommerfeld 📚 https://lnkd.in/enXGZExu 🎧 https://lnkd.in/emDcCRsv A Drop of a Person by Caterina Florissi 📚 https://lnkd.in/eVjJJGJf #Medicine #Nursing #Education #Humanism

A Dedicated Graduate Certificate in Health Equity: A Novel Approach to Increase the Future Physician Capacity to Address Health Inequities "Pervasive health inequities require new approaches to medical education to equip future physicians to address unjust disparities in health outcomes. Few curricula exist that focus on development of competencies and leadership skills in health equity, and little is known about the content that should be included." "Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine developed and implemented the Graduate Certificate in Health Equity (CHE) to address this educational gap." Learn more about the CHE here: https://ow.ly/VQlj50UlHF4. #MedicalEducation #AcademicMedicine #HealthEquity #Equity #Physician

Get a SNEAK PEEK of “Empowering Stigmatized Voices: Co-Creating a Curriculum on Pain and Opioid Use Disorder with Patient Partners” before the full text is available. This soon-to-be-published research report is by Lisa Graves, MD, MClinSc, Jennifer Turnnidge, PhD, Jeanne Mulder, PhD, Samsoor Akberzai, Kuan-chin Chen, MD, MMEd, Mathieu Jackson, MA, Nancy Dalgarno, PhD, Annie Descoteaux, Bryan MacLeod, MD, Robert Van Hoorn, MA, Eleftherios Soleas, PhD, OCT, and Philippe Karazivan, MD, MA. Purpose To explore the partnership experiences of patient and health care professional subject matter experts (SMEs) in co-creating educational content and to examine their reflections on how to better support educational partnerships in future initiatives. Method This study adopted a qualitative, exploratory design. Eight patient SMEs and 6 health care professional SMEs participated in semistructured interviews between February and August 2022. Interviews were audio recorded and transcribed verbatim. Interviews were analyzed using an iterative, inductive approach informed by reflexive thematic analysis. Results Three themes and 8 subthemes were developed to represent SMEs’ experiences. The overarching themes included: (1) building authentic partnerships, (2) developing equitable partnership processes, and (3) setting the stage for successful cocreation. Authentic partnerships were conceptualized as relationships that foster meaningful engagement, provide opportunities for learning and growing together and require navigation of tensions and constraints. Equitable partnership processes included creating shared expectations and facilitating open and clear communication between partners. Participants discussed how future partnerships can benefit by embracing diversity and innovation, encouraging sustained engagement, and facilitating high-quality processes and products. Conclusions This study provided insight into how educational cocreation with patient and health care professional SMEs can be understood and studied in medical education. Future work can build on these findings to further explore how to best support cocreation work in medical education. #AcademicMedicine #MedicalEducation #patients #partnerships

The latest issue from the Academic Medicine Journal dives into the evolving landscape of medical education. With the field rapidly changing due to advancements like AI, shifting learner expectations, and new challenges in healthcare delivery, the insights here couldn’t be more timely. One key takeaway for me is the emphasis on aligning research with the real-world needs of both educators and learners. It’s a reminder of the responsibility we have to ensure our academic work translates into meaningful, practical outcomes. How do you see the future of medical education research evolving? What areas do you think need more attention or innovation? Let’s keep this conversation going—your thoughts and perspectives are invaluable! 📖 Read the article here: https://ow.ly/wpjH50UoJef

📢 Have you seen our December issue yet? 📢 Here are some highlights: 1️⃣ Why Storytelling in Medicine Matters by Laura Weiss Roberts, MD, MA 2️⃣ Slow and Steady: Using Inclusive Language to Enhance Academic Medicine’s Social Accountability by Pilar Ortega, MD, MGM, Maya Osman-Krinsky, MPH, and Débora Silva, MD, MEd 3️⃣ Barriers Facing Undocumented Medical Students Without DACA by Rachel Fabi, PhD, Halima Suleiman, and Mark Kuczewski, PhD Check out these articles and more at: https://ow.ly/wpjH50UoJef. #MedicalEducation #AcademicMedicine #Research

Why Storytelling in Medicine Matters "It is rare to read something that puts a lump in your throat, tears in your eyes, and matters of genuine importance into crystal clear focus." In the December editorial, @Laura Roberts MD, MA discusses the six 2024 Dr. Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essays that appeared in our October-December issues. This national competition has been held annually by The Arnold P. Gold Foundation since 19997 and encourages medical and nursing students to engage in reflection and narrative writing. Read the full editorial here: https://ow.ly/WkXT50UlFyK. #MedicalEducation #AcademicMedicine #NursingEducation #Storytelling #Writing #Essay

Enhancing Clinical Learning Environments: Strategies to Foster Belonging in Graduate Medical Education Our December supplement by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation explores challenges and opportunities for much-needed improvements in clinical learning environments. It features commissioned papers that explore both the need and opportunities for change within clinical learning environments and case studies detailing Macy Catalyst Awards–funded projects at 7 institutions, each of which focused on helping medical residents and fellows manage microaggressions and other forms of discrimination and mistreatment. Check out the full supplement here: https://ow.ly/AzOo50UlFpA. #MedicalEducation #AcademicMedicine #LearningEnvironment #Belonging #Residency #Fellowship

The November issue of Academic Medicine is devoted to an exciting set of research reports, reviews, and commentaries selected for publication from more than 60 submissions as part of our ongoing collaboration with the Research In Medical Education (RIME) program. The topics are wide-ranging— experiences of moral distress among trainees, interprofessional team leadership, assessment and feedback during training, and the role of arts and humanities in professional identity formation, to name just a few. RIME’s work highlights creativity and quality in education scholarship and communicates the importance of medical education inquiry to stakeholders throughout academic medicine, such as institutional leaders, promotions committee members, and learners. RIME articles elevate issues of concern to medical education in a timely manner. Such attention can lead to dialogue, consensus, and advances in the field. RIME also supports the professional development of medical education scholars. This year, we are pleased to feature the RIME articles and commentaries in this issue of Academic Medicine. This decision reflects our continued strong support for the work of the RIME planning committee, RIME authors, and the broader RIME community in furthering medical education scholarship. Read more and explore the November issue of Academic Medicine: https://lnkd.in/eBStQMe7 

Beware False Growth Mindset: Building Growth Mindset in Medical Education Is Essential but Complicated "In recent years, mindset theory interventions have caught the interest of medical educators hoping to engage learners as partners in their own learning and progression to competence. Educators hoping to apply this theory to educational programs and learner-teacher interactions in ways that promote growth mindsets would benefit from awareness of the concept of false growth mindset, a term coined by Carol Dweck to refer to common pitfalls in the theory's application. In this article, the authors highlight important findings from mindset interventions in medical education, identify common pitfalls of false growth mindset in the context of medical learners, and offer suggestions for how educators and institutions can better instigate changes to promote growth mindsets within medical education." Read the full article here: https://ow.ly/WFH150U0tEs. #MedicalEducation #AcademicMedicine #GrowthMindset #Learning

Are your trying to stay up-to-date on the medical education literature?🥼📚🩺 Be sure to check out our published online ahead of print page: https://ow.ly/WY7L50Uab8x! It features our most recently published articles; some recent highlights include: 1️⃣ Entrustment and EPAs for Artificial Intelligence (AI): A Framework to Safeguard the Use of AI in Health Professions Education by Brian C. Gin, MD, PhD, Patricia S. O’Sullivan, EdD, Karen E. Hauer, MD, PhD, Raja-Elie Abdulnour, MD, Madelynn Mackenzie, Olle ten Cate, PhD, and Christy K. Boscardin, PhD 2️⃣ Unveiling Potential: Achieving Mission by Integrating Enrollment Management With Identity-Masked Holistic Admissions Practices by Crystal I. Bryce, PhD, Gisele Armond Abron, PhD, Amanda M. Lynn, MS, Brigham C. Willis, MD, MEd, and Sunny Nakae, PhD 3️⃣ Analog Serious Games for Medical Education: A Scoping Review by Sarah L. Edwards, BMBS, MSc (MedEd), MSc (PEM), Aryana Zarandi, Michael Cosimini, MD, Teresa M. Chan, MD, MHPE, MBA, Monica Abudukebier, and Mikaela L. Stiver, PhD #MedicalEducation #AcademicMedicine #HealthProfessions #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #MedicalSchool #Admissions #Research #Games #LiteratureReview