On the Academic Medicine Podcast, hosts Toni Gallo and associate editor Dr. Bridget O’Brien (@bobrien_15) and guests Drs. Lara Varpio (@LaraVarpio) and Anna MacLeod (@ammacleod) discuss the recently published Philosophy of Science series. This collection of articles has something for everyone. It includes primers on 7 different paradigms (or collections of ideas about how we see the world) to help readers think about their HPE work in new ways.

This episode is now available through iTunes and the Apple Podcasts app and wherever else you get your podcasts.

Read the articles discussed in this episode, including the complete Philosophy of Science series, at academicmedicine.org. A transcript of this episode is available upon request from academicmedicine@aamc.org.

Further Reading

Varpio L, MacLeod A. Harnessing the multidisciplinary edge effect by exploring paradigms, ontologies, epistemologies, axiologies, and methodologies [published online ahead of print Dec 24, 2019]. Acad Med. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000003142