“Rediscovering My Why”: Exploring the Role of the Arts and Humanities in Residency Training

On this episode of the Academic Medicine Podcast, 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 year’s Research in Medical Education (RIME) collection. Also joining the conversation are RIME Committee member …

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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 …

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To Be a Doctor: Reflections on the Professional Identity Formation Special Issue

Editor's Note: Check out our June issue, which is devoted entirely to professional identity formation. By: Hedy S. Wald, PhD, clinical associate professor of family medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University I enter the room at the medical school on my Family Medicine Clerkship teaching day. I co-facilitate small group collaborative reflection based …

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