Afleveringen
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Something special happens when you work in the field. It speaks to you. It calls on the bounty of your generosity. It coaxes you to the precipice of your creativity, and it demands that you become sharper, savvier, and more self-possessed. If you listen, then in return you find it affords you the greatest gift life can offer: the privilege of having touched someoneâs heart.
Medical student Noor Ahmed reflects on the special year-long connection forged with a patient during her time in the field as a health outreach worker.
This essay placed second in the 2024 Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest and was published in the November 2024 issue of Academic Medicine. Read the essay at academicmedicine.org.
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Andrew Orr, MD, MSEd, and Dorene Balmer, PhD, join host Toni Gallo to discuss their study of a longitudinal arts and humanities curriculum for internal medicine interns, which is part of this yearâs Research in Medical Education (RIME) collection. Also joining the conversation are RIME Committee member Pilar Ortega, MD, MGM, and AAMC MedEdSCHOLAR Nicole Findlay-Richardson, MD, MPH. This episode is the final one in this yearâs 3-part series of discussions with RIME authors about their medical education research and its implications for the field. Check out last monthâs episode on medical studentsâ experiences of failure and remediation. Read the article discussed and access the episode transcript at academicmedicineblog.org.
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Lynnea Mills, MD, joins host Toni Gallo to discuss her new study of medical studentsâ experiences of failure and remediation in the United States and the Netherlands, which is part of this yearâs Research in Medical Education (RIME) collection. Also joining the conversation are RIME Committee member Mike Ryan, MD, MEHP, and AAMC MedEdSCHOLAR Anna-kay Thomas, EdD.
This episode is the second in this yearâs RIME series. Check out last monthâs episode on perceptions of disability inclusion in medical education among students with disabilities. And tune in next month for the final episode in the series on the transformative potential of the arts and humanities in residency training.
Read the article discussed and access the episode transcript at academicmedicineblog.org.
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Whenever I pass that room, though, I will think of it as G.âs. A sacred sanctuaryâwhere medicine, care plans, and labels like âincontinentâ and âterminalâ fall away and where priority is placed instead upon two human beings connecting at two different junctures of life, united in this powerful moment of G.âs creation and a shared love of chocolate. G.âs space. His quiet place.
Final-year nursing student Erin Bowdish reflects on the connection forged with a patient on comfort care during mealtime.
This essay placed third in the 2024 Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest and was published in the October 2024 issue of Academic Medicine. Read the essay at academicmedicine.org.
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Neera Jain, PhD, MS, and Erene Stergiopoulos, MD, MA, join host Toni Gallo to discuss their new study of the experiences of students with disabilities during the first 2 years of medical school, which is part of this yearâs Research in Medical Education (RIME) collection. Also joining the conversation are RIME Committee member Andrea Leep Hunderfund, MD, MHPE, and AAMC MedEdSCHOLAR Rosaysela Santos, PhD.
This episode is the first in this yearâs RIME series. Check back next month for the next episode.
Read the article discussed and access the episode transcript at academicmedicineblog.org.
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Theresa Papich, MD, Lisa Meeks, PhD, MA, and Timothy Gilbert, MD, join host Toni Gallo to discuss fostering an accessible and inclusive learning environment for medical students with disabilities and left-handed medical students during surgical training. They explore partnering with students, reducing bias and raising awareness about disability and inclusion, and addressing the hidden curriculum to create an inclusive learning environment where students feel welcome and can best learn throughout their medical education.
Read the articles discussed and access additional resources and the episode transcript at academicmedicineblog.org.
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The complicated positionality of a learner in medicine means that our fingerprints are always there, regardless of the role. And while it is never documented, our most profound contribution is how we accompany patients in need.
Daniel J. Olivieri reflects on his first death pronouncement and what he learned about communicating with patients and their families.
The essay read in this episode was published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the July 2024 issue of Academic Medicine. Read the essay at academicmedicine.org.
Claim your free CME credit for listening to this podcast. Visit academicmedicineblog.org/cme, listen to the episodes listed, then follow the instructions to claim your credit.
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As I enter my final year of medical school reflecting on how I plan to care for patients, I will remember the importance of seeing the patient as a whole person just as my preceptor did that day. In doing so, I hope that my future relationships with patients can flourish because they are based on trust rather than transaction.
Jill Stachowski reflects on her experience praying with a patient and learning that faith and spirituality can be a meaningful part of the physician-patient relationship.
The essay read in this episode was published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the June 2024 issue of Academic Medicine. Read the essay at academicmedicine.org.
Claim your free CME credit for listening to this podcast. Visit academicmedicineblog.org/cme, listen to the episodes listed, then follow the instructions to claim your credit.
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Kayla Marcotte, MS, Jose Negrete Manriquez, MD, MPP, Maya Hunt, MD, Max Spadafore, MD, and Dan Schumacher, MD, PhD, MEd, join host Toni Gallo to discuss the role of learners in building the future state of assessment; the importance of having a patient-focused, learner-centered, equity-based system of assessment; and the opportunities and challenges posed by new types of assessment data and AI tools.
Read the articles discussed and access the episode transcript at academicmedicineblog.org.
Claim your free CME credit for listening to this podcast. Visit academicmedicineblog.org/cme, listen to the episodes listed, then follow the instructions to claim your credit.
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We must find the moments in medical education where we all can be models of thoughtful exposure, risking vulnerability and emphasizing our shared humanityâeven with our clothes on.
Gretchen A. Case and Karly Pippitt reflect on a body painting session they led to teach medical students the value of vulnerability.
The essay read in this episode was published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the May 2024 issue of Academic Medicine. Read the essay at academicmedicine.org.
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Katherine Chretien, MD, Grant Wilson, MD, and Michelle York, MD, join host Toni Gallo to discuss building meaningful relationships with patients, the small but impactful ways they show their patients they care, and the important role that learners play in connecting with patients and contributing to their care.
A transcript of this episode is available at academicmedicineblog.org.
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For those who do excellent work, but quietly, and sometimes under the radar, the simple phrase, confidently statedââYou are in good handsââcan make all the difference. You got this.
Shailaja J. Hayden reflects on the importance of inspiring confidence in fellow members of the care team, which then inspires confidence in patients.
The essay read in this episode was published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the April 2024 issue of Academic Medicine. Read the essay at academicmedicine.org.
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Rather than sheltering me from the rigors of doctoring, the museum has deepened my relationship to medicine by restoring its inherent mystery. It reminds me that the reality of our patients will always exceed our understanding of them.
Kain Kim reflects on how teaching the humanities can help normalize uncertainty in medical training.
The essay read in this episode was published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the March 2024 issue of Academic Medicine. Read the essay at academicmedicine.org.
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Through all the time I had known him, and through all the rounds and presentations, many voices were heard: my own, my senior resident, my attending, the ICU team, the consult teams, the family. But the softest voice, often overcome by dysphonia, came from the bed at the center of the room, and it needed to be amplified the most.
Richard T. Tran reflects on a patientâs request for a vanilla Ensure and learning that sometimes the greatest comforts can come from the simplest of interventions.
The essay read in this episode was published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the February 2024 issue of Academic Medicine. Read the essay at academicmedicine.org.
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Pilar Ortega, MD, MGM, DĂ©bora Silva, MD, MEd, and Bright Zhou, MD, MS, join host Toni Gallo to discuss strategies to address language-related health disparities and enhance language-appropriate training and assessment in medical education. They explore one specific language concordant education framework, Culturally Reflective Medicine, which recognizes and supports the lived experiences and expertise of multi-lingual learners and clinicians from minoritized communities.
A transcript of this episode is available at academicmedicineblog.org.
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I started this letter with a question, but I pray not for an answer. I cannot accept one. Instead, please give me the strength to replace the wet mask soaked in my tears. Give me the power to continue the Sisyphean task of treating your ill and moving on to the next patient, especially on days like today.
Norman R. Greenberg writes a letter to God asking why patients must suffer and how those who treat them can continue on amidst their grief.
The essay read in this episode was published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the February 2024 issue of Academic Medicine. Read the essay at academicmedicine.org.
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As medical students, we know of death. We study anatomy through cadaver lab, we memorize mortality rates of diseases, and we hear stories from our professors about their late patients. But most of us do not know death yet.
Carlin E. Zaprowski reflects on the difficulty of losing patients and encourages supervisors to discuss this difficulty with trainees.
The essay read in this episode was published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the January 2024 issue of Academic Medicine. Read the essay at academicmedicine.org.
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I wonder what would change if students were taught that personal leadership was not about hiding their brokenness, but recognizing their wholeness. If we were not asked to sacrifice ourselves to serve our patients. What would be possible then? How would medicine be different?
Leighton Schreyer reflects on being a queer medical student and how things might change for the better in the future.
The essay read in this episode was published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the January 2024 issue of Academic Medicine. Read the essay at academicmedicine.org.
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What if I had not been at an academic institution, with a learner and a supervising teacher? Whose steadying hand would have been on my leg? I needed that hand.
Katherine C. Chretien reflects on undergoing a procedure that taught her that together, teachers and learners bring value to patient care encounters.
The essay read in this episode was published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the December 2023 issue of Academic Medicine. Read the essay at academicmedicine.org.
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When we really love it, we lend a little bit of ourselves, a little bit of our souls to the work that we doâto the art of nursing. If it is not us today, then it may be us tomorrow, and I hope that someone will be there to tell me what my view is like outside my window, too.
Doctor of nursing practice student Courtney Polimeni reflects on how the practice of nursing, including helping patients learn to cope with the tenuous nature of the human condition, is an art.
This essay placed first in the 2023 Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare Essay Contest and was published in the December 2023 issue of Academic Medicine. Read the essay at academicmedicine.org.
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