New publications as of November 9th
Major Contributions:
Review Papers and Meta-Analyses
You Should Try This:
- Inside the skin of a patient with diabetes: Fostering cognitive empathy through insulin pump simulation
- A Smartphone app for intensive care unit rotation orientation
Commentary and Opinions
- Building relationships: Reimagining the community placement for medical students
- Virtual education revolution during the COVID-19 pandemic: The introduction of national educational rounds in sport and exercise medicine
- The COVID-19 crisis: Aligning Kotter's steps for leading change with health care quality improvement
- Clinical teaching culture in hospital pharmacy and medicine
- Pandemic productivity: Competitive pressure on medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic
Letters to the Editor
More below
Major Contributions:
In First year medical student experiences with a clinical skills seminar emphasizing sexual and gender minority population complexity by Biro, Song, and Nyhof-Young, the authors reported on a qualitative evaluation study to explore how first year medical students experienced a sexual and gender minority (SGM) clinical skills seminar. They found that recognizing the lived experiences of SGM community members, developing allies, and promoting faculty development are necessary elements of future curricular interventions.
Review Papers and Meta-Analyses
Recent evidence on visual-spatial ability in surgical education: A scoping review by Portia Dunn and team conducted a review of the literature on visual-spatial ability (VSA) in surgery to identify the existing gaps. They found a correlation between VSA and surgical performance and made suggestions for how surgical educators might use knowledge of VSA to support novice learners.
You Should Try This:
Inside the skin of a patient with diabetes: Fostering cognitive empathy through insulin pump simulation by Paul Ryan described a three-day simulation using wearable technology to experience insulin pump therapy. He concluded, as it was for him, a simple way to foster first-hand cognitive empathy in trainees.
A Smartphone app for intensive care unit rotation orientation by Bednarek and team described a smartphone app designed to supplement learner orientation in the intensive care unit. Their survey showed a significant improvement in learner satisfaction following the app’s launch
Commentary and Opinions:
Building relationships: Reimagining the community placement for medical students by Bellicoso, Cho, Got, and team highlighted the challenge in creating relationships between medical students and community partners. They observed that it is essential to meet learning objectives while still meeting the needs of the community in order to become compassionate physicians.
Virtual education revolution during the COVID-19 pandemic: The introduction of national educational rounds in sport and exercise medicine by Gelber and co-authors commented on how the disruption of COVID-19 impacted the shorter one-year subspecialty programs offered by the College of Family Physicians of Canada. The authors commended the rapid implementation of novel educational initiatives and virtual education; and acknowledged how it successfully filled a gap in training caused by the pandemic.
The COVID-19 crisis: Aligning Kotter's steps for leading change with health care quality improvement by Justin Hall used Kotter’s 8-step process for leading change to frame the change management processes during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hall stated that COVID-19 accelerated a needed transformation in healthcare that should continue to in a post-COVID-19 world.
In Clinical teaching culture in hospital pharmacy and medicine by d'Entremont-Harris and team, the authors maintained that pharmacy students could benefit from student-initiated learning opportunities and shadowing experiences similar to those accessed by medical students.
Pandemic productivity: Competitive pressure on medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic by Mehta, Li, and co-authors commented on the competitive nature of extracurricular activities for medical students. Since contributing to pandemic aid efforts is one of the only extracurricular options available for students during the COVID-19 pandemic, they raised concerns that the lack of pandemic involvement could be viewed as a shortcoming on residency applications
Letters to the Editor
Re: CaRMS at 50 by Malcolm MacFarlane responded to the article, “CaRMS at 50: Making the match for medical education.” MacFarlane contended that the paper did not address the inequitable treatment of international medical graduates.
