Do What You Do Better: Using AI Tools to Ease the Workload Burden on Faculty
Release Date: 12/13/2023
Apartment 5 on Dolphin Drive
Academic Medicine Podcast
Something special happens when you work in the field. It speaks to you. It calls on the bounty of your generosity. It coaxes you to the precipice of your creativity, and it demands that you become sharper, savvier, and more self-possessed. If you listen, then in return you find it affords you the greatest gift life can offer: the privilege of having touched someone’s heart. Medical student Noor Ahmed reflects on the special year-long connection forged with a patient during her time in the field as a health outreach worker. This essay placed second in the 2024 Hope Babette Tang Humanism in...
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"Rediscovering My Why": Exploring the Role of the Arts and Humanities in Residency Training
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 Pilar Ortega, MD, MGM, and AAMC MedEdSCHOLAR Nicole Findlay-Richardson, MD, MPH. This episode is the final one in this year’s 3-part series of discussions with RIME authors about their medical education research and its implications for the field. Check out on medical...
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Rethinking Assessment and Supporting Learners Through Failure and Remediation
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Lynnea Mills, MD, joins host Toni Gallo to discuss her new study of medical students’ experiences of failure and remediation in the United States and the Netherlands, which is part of this year’s Research in Medical Education (RIME) collection. Also joining the conversation are RIME Committee member Mike Ryan, MD, MEHP, and AAMC MedEdSCHOLAR Anna-kay Thomas, EdD. This episode is the second in this year’s RIME series. Check out on perceptions of disability inclusion in medical education among students with disabilities. And tune in next month for the final episode in the series on...
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A Quiet Place
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Whenever I pass that room, though, I will think of it as G.’s. A sacred sanctuary—where medicine, care plans, and labels like “incontinent” and “terminal” fall away and where priority is placed instead upon two human beings connecting at two different junctures of life, united in this powerful moment of G.’s creation and a shared love of chocolate. G.’s space. His quiet place. Final-year nursing student Erin Bowdish reflects on the connection forged with a patient on comfort care during mealtime. This essay placed third in the 2024 Hope Babette Tang Humanism in Healthcare...
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Fostering Belonging: Perceptions of Disability Inclusion in Medical Education Among Students With Disabilities
Academic Medicine Podcast
Neera Jain, PhD, MS, and Erene Stergiopoulos, MD, MA, join host Toni Gallo to discuss their new study of the experiences of students with disabilities during the first 2 years of medical school, which is part of this year’s Research in Medical Education (RIME) collection. Also joining the conversation are RIME Committee member Andrea Leep Hunderfund, MD, MHPE, and AAMC MedEdSCHOLAR Rosaysela Santos, PhD. This episode is the first in this year’s RIME series. Check back next month for the next episode. Read the article discussed and access the episode transcript at .
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Accessibility and Inclusion in the Clinical Learning Environment
Academic Medicine Podcast
Theresa Papich, MD, Lisa Meeks, PhD, MA, and Timothy Gilbert, MD, join host Toni Gallo 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 about disability and inclusion, and addressing the hidden curriculum to create an inclusive learning environment where students feel welcome and can best learn throughout their medical education. Read the articles discussed and access additional resources and the...
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Running the (Check)List
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The complicated positionality of a learner in medicine means that our fingerprints are always there, regardless of the role. And while it is never documented, our most profound contribution is how we accompany patients in need. Daniel J. Olivieri reflects on his first death pronouncement and what he learned about communicating with patients and their families. The essay read in this episode was published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the July 2024 issue of Academic Medicine. Read the essay at academicmedicine.org. Claim your free CME credit for listening to this podcast. Visit...
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There Is Always a Lesson
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As I enter my final year of medical school reflecting on how I plan to care for patients, I will remember the importance of seeing the patient as a whole person just as my preceptor did that day. In doing so, I hope that my future relationships with patients can flourish because they are based on trust rather than transaction. Jill Stachowski reflects on her experience praying with a patient and learning that faith and spirituality can be a meaningful part of the physician-patient relationship. The essay read in this episode was published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the June...
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Putting Learners in the Driver's Seat for the Next Era of Assessment and Precision Education
Academic Medicine Podcast
Kayla Marcotte, MS, Jose Negrete Manriquez, MD, MPP, Maya Hunt, MD, Max Spadafore, MD, and Dan Schumacher, MD, PhD, MEd, join host Toni Gallo 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 of assessment; and the opportunities and challenges posed by new types of assessment data and AI tools. Read the articles discussed and access the episode transcript at . Claim your free CME credit for listening to this podcast. Visit , listen to the episodes listed, then follow the...
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Near Naked Vulnerability
Academic Medicine Podcast
We must find the moments in medical education where we all can be models of thoughtful exposure, risking vulnerability and emphasizing our shared humanity—even with our clothes on. Gretchen A. Case and Karly Pippitt reflect on a body painting session they led to teach medical students the value of vulnerability. The essay read in this episode was published in the Teaching and Learning Moments column in the May 2024 issue of Academic Medicine. Read the essay at academicmedicine.org.
info_outlineChristy Boscardin, PhD, Brian Gin, MD, PhD, Marc Triola, MD, and Academic Medicine assistant editor Gustavo Patino, MD, PhD, join host Toni Gallo to discuss the ways that artificial intelligence (AI) tools can help ease the workload burden on faculty and staff, with a focus on assessment and admissions. They explore the opportunities that AI tools afford as well as ethical, data privacy, bias, and other issues to consider with their use. They conclude by looking to the future and where medical education might go from here.
A transcript of this episode is available at academicmedicineblog.org.