For an instructor’s perspective on these study strategies, check out the companion post by Alyssa B. Smith’s sister Dr. Megan A. Sumeracki. By: Alyssa B. Smith, third-year medical student, Chicago Medical School I began at Chicago Medical School believing the notion that my study methods had gotten me into medical school, so they could therefore …
Managing Chaos: Lessons Learned From the Emergency Department
By: Teresa Chan, MD, FRCPC, MHPE T. Chan is assistant professor, Division of Emergency Medicine, Department of Medicine, Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine & Faculty of Health Sciences, and program director, Clinician Educator Area of Focused Competence Program, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. “We need a doctor in Resusc 1 STAT!” “I’m worried that …
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PEARLS+: Putting the Social Determinants of Health into Practice
By: William Ventres, MD, MA, clinical attending, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine; Jay D. Kravitz, MD, MPH, assistant professor (retired), Department of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Oregon Health & Science University; and Shafik Dharamsi, PhD, dean, College of Health Sciences, University of Texas at …
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#WinterWishList Contest Rules
#WinterWishList Contest Rules Are you a medical trainee? Have you ever wished that you could have your own subscription to Academic Medicine? Is Academic Medicine on your #WinterWishList? Tweet us, using @AcadMedJournal and #WinterWishList, to let us know what you like best about the journal or why you want to win a subscription for a …
Tips for Reporting P Values, Confidence Intervals, and Power Analyses in Health Professions Education Research: Just Do It!
By: Colin P. West, MD, PhD, Eduardo F. Abbott, MD, and David A. Cook, MD, MHPE Basic statistical results, including P values, confidence intervals, and power analyses, are variably reported in scientific publications and frequently misunderstood or misapplied. In our current article, Abbott et al, we examined the current prevalence and evolution over time in …
Academic Medicine Earns Impact Factor of 5.255, Highest Ever!
Thomson Reuters released its 2016 Journal Impact Factors (JIFs), and Academic Medicine has earned a JIF of 5.255. It is our highest JIF ever and places us at the top of the Education, Scientific Disciplines category and third in the Health Care Sciences & Services category, our highest ranking yet in this category. In addition …
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Save the Date: Ask-the-Editor Twitter Chat
Are you curious about academic medicine scholarship? Why not chat with Academic Medicine’s editor-in-chief? Join our Ask-the-Editor Twitter chat on Tuesday, June 13th, from 2-3PM (ET). Go ahead and ask hard questions—about peer review, about the world of academic medicine, or about conducting and reviewing scholarship. Our Editor-in-Chief, David P. Sklar, MD, is prepared to …
Academic Medicine articles win John A. Benson Jr., MD Professionalism Article Prize!
Congratulations to Drs. Irby and Hamstra. Their perspective Parting the Clouds: Three Professionalism Frameworks in Medical Education is a 2016 prize winner. Congratulations to Dr. Wear and colleagues. Their perspective Remembering Freddie Gray: Medical Education for Social Justice is a 2016 prize winner. A blog post on this article is also available. More information about …
Becoming a Doctor in Different Cultures
By Mohamed Al-Eraky, MD, PhD M. Al-Eraky is assistant professor of medical education, University of Dammam, Saudi Arabia, and a founding member, Medical Education Development Centre, Zagazig University, Egypt. In our recent article, my colleagues and I advocate the significance of cultural competency of physicians. The leading character in our vignettes, Amany, has encountered challenging …
Clarifying the Difference Between Medical Licensure and Board Certification
Editor’s Note: For more on this topic, check out the January issue of Academic Medicine. By: David Price, MD, FAAFP, FACEHP, senior vice president, American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Research and Education Foundation, and executive director, ABMS Multi-Specialty Portfolio Approval Program Medical licensure and Board Certification mean very different things for physicians practicing in …
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