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Exploring the science, practice, and business of medicine.
Exploring the science, practice, and business of medicine.
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MedEdPearls May 2018: How might you use team-based learning (TBL) to enhance learner preparation, application of knowledge, and the development of key healthcare competencies in medical education?
In this Harvard Macy Institute blog post, Kenya Beard discusses quality care and patient safety.
MedEdPearls May 2018: This MedEdPearl highlights the growing role of social media in medical education. Whether your interest is teaching, research, or patient education, determine your purpose and intended audience before using social media.
Studies have shown that burnout begins in medical school, and intensifies during residency. Furthermore, approximately 50% of practicing physicians meet criteria for burnout.
In 2014, the Association of American Medical Colleges issued recommendations for essential activities every graduating medical student should be able to perform unsupervised. The guiding principles underscoring the development of these skills included patient safety and enhancing confidence of stakeholders regarding new residents' abilities.
"In addition, there has been a growing interest in teaching students in the health professions about SDoH - how to identify and address these issues in order to reduce these health disparities and achieve health equity for all."
MedEdPearls March 2018: How might you use frame-based feedback to provide more effective formative feedback as we move toward milestones and competencies in medical education?
Dweck has written a synopsis of the concept, indicating how learners can be steered toward a growth mindset. Simple interactions such as how learners are praised can have a profound effect on their mindset.
MedEdPearls February 2018: Dialogue education is an intentional design framework that fosters communication, reflection, and community in the learning environment.
As successful medical educators, we often hold our impostor syndrome very closely to the heart, and even colleagues who know us well may be surprised when they learn about these seemingly irrational thoughts. How do we break free of the cycle of negative thinking and utilize our impostor syndromes to think of ourselves as leaders?