Accessibility and Inclusion in the Clinical Learning Environment

On this episode of the Academic Medicine Podcast, host Toni Gallo is joined by Theresa Papich, MD, Lisa Meeks, PhD, MA, and Timothy Gilbert, MD, 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 …

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Call for Cover Art: Open September 3 to September 30, 2024

*Submission site: https://www.abstractscorecard.com/cfp/submit/login.asp?EventKey=CPWEPBOU* Editor’s note: We are using the Cadmium submission platform for Cover Art; please do NOT submit your Cover Art through Editorial Manager via the Academic Medicine website. We are excited to announce our fourth call for the Cover Art feature will launch on September 3, 2024! Submissions will be evaluated by a …

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Putting Learners in the Driver’s Seat for the Next Era of Assessment and Precision Education

On this episode of the Academic Medicine Podcast, host Toni Gallo is joined by Kayla Marcotte, MS, Jose Negrete Manriquez, MD, MPP, Maya Hunt, MD, Max Spadafore, MD, and Dan Schumacher, MD, PhD, MEd, 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 …

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Academic Medicine Call for Volunteer Assistant Editors  

Editor's note: Thank you to everyone who submitted an application for consideration! As of November 25, 2025, we are no longer accepting applications. We plan to reopen the call in the future, so please continue to check back if you are interesting in applying. Academic Medicine is seeking applications for volunteer assistant editors. The assistant …

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Academic Medicine Call for Volunteer Assistant Editors – Coming Soon! 

Are you an experienced reviewer, researcher, or scholar looking to gain experience in an editorial role? Beginning April 15, 2024, Academic Medicine will be seeking applications for the journal’s volunteer assistant editor role!  See past calls for an idea of the responsibilities and requirements of the role. Follow the journal on X (formerly Twitter) @AcadMedJournal …

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Language Equity in Medical Education

On this episode of the Academic Medicine Podcast, Pilar Ortega, MD, MGM, Débora 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 …

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Faculty Perspectives on Responding to Microaggressions Targeting Clerkship Students

On this episode of the Academic Medicine Podcast, Meghan O’Brien, MD, MBE, and Research in Medical Education (RIME) Committee members Tasha Wyatt, PhD, and Javeed Sukhera, MD, PhD, join host Toni Gallo to discuss new research into faculty perspectives on responding to microaggressions targeting medical students in the clinical learning environment. They explore several tensions that …

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Learner Perspectives on the Learner Handover Process

On this episode of the Academic Medicine Podcast, Tammy Shaw, MD, MMed, and Research in Medical Education (RIME) Committee member Arianne Teherani, PhD, join host Toni Gallo to discuss new research into learner perspectives on the learner handover process. They discuss the role of trust in this process, the potential for bias, the purpose of handovers …

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Ensuring Fairness in Medical Education Assessment

This episode of the Academic Medicine Podcast is a companion to the August 2023 Ensuring Fairness in Medical Education Assessment supplement, which was sponsored by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation. The supplement focuses on creating an optimal, equitable system of learner assessment. In this episode, Holly Humphrey, MD, president of the Macy Foundation, discusses the …

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