Ask the Editors: Practical Guidance for Designing and Reporting Qualitative Research

On this episode of the Academic Medicine Podcast, the journal’s editors--Bridget O'Brien, PhD, Jonathan Amiel, MD​, Megan Brown, MBBS(H), PhD, and Laura Hirshfield, PhD--join host Toni Gallo to share practical guidance for designing and reporting qualitative research. They make recommendations for getting started, choosing a methodology, and effectively using published guidelines. Then they dispel common myths …

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Call for Letters to the Editor From Trainees: Mentorship Matters

Academic Medicine is seeking original submissions for our Letters to the Editor feature from medical students, residents, and fellows, as well as trainees in other health professions on the topic of why mentorship has mattered in your professional journey. The editors are seeking letters from all levels and disciplines (e.g., medical students, residents, fellows, other …

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What’s On Your Plate? Culinary Medicine as an Innovative Nutrition Education Model

On this episode of the Academic Medicine Podcast, guests Courtney Newman and Jaclyn Albin, MD, join host Toni Gallo to discuss culinary medicine and its role in teaching nutrition, nutrition counseling, and hands-on cooking skills to medical students. The conversation also covers how culinary medicine programs build connections and community and improve the well-being of students, …

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Call for Cover Art: Now Open to April 28, 2023!

*Submission site: https://www.abstractscorecard.com/cfp/submit/login.asp?EventKey=ZJFEJLIX* Editor's note: We are using the Cadmium submission platform for Cover Art this year; please do NOT submit your Cover Art through Editorial Manager. We are excited to announce our third call for the Cover Art feature will launch on April 3, 2023! Submissions will be evaluated by a panel of experts …

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Including Standardized Patients With Diverse Gender Identities in Simulation Cases

On this episode of the Academic Medicine Podcast, guests Luca Petrey and Laura Weingartner, PhD, MS, join hosts Toni Gallo and Research in Medical Education (RIME) Committee members Arianne Teherani, PhD, and Daniele Olveczky, MD, to discuss a new scoping review of the literature on the inclusion of standardized patient characters and actors with diverse gender …

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Fostering Psychological Safety in the Clinical Learning Environment

On this episode of the Academic Medicine Podcast, guests Addie McClintock, MD, and Joshua Jauregui, MD, join hosts Toni Gallo and Research in Medical Education (RIME) Committee members Andrea Leep, MD, and Paolo Martin, PhD, MS CHPR, MEd, to discuss clinical teachers’ behaviors and how they support or harm students’ sense of psychological safety in the …

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Video Abstract: Improvisational and Standup Comedy, Graphic Medicine, and Theatre of the Oppressed to Teach Advancing Health Equity

https://vimeo.com/748783311 In this video, Marshall Chin, MD, MPH, describes how he and his colleagues used improv and standup comedy, graphic medicine, and Theatre of the Oppressed to train first-year medical students at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine in advancing health equity. This video abstract summarizes the work described by Chin and his …

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Educating Physicians About Firearm Safety and Injury Prevention

On this episode of the Academic Medicine Podcast, guests Katherine Hoops, MD, MPH, Andra Blomkalns, MD, MBA, and Allison Augustus-Wallace, PhD, MS, MNS, join host Toni Gallo to talk about firearm safety and injury prevention education. They discuss the role of physicians in engaging patients and communities in firearm injury risk reduction, the current state of …

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