February 2019

Going mobile A library mobile deployment to enhance the medical student experience in a rural longitudinal integrated clerkship. Johnson EM, Howard C. J Med Lib Assoc 2019; 107(1) https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2019.442     What was the study question? Do iPad Minis that … Continued

January 2019

Ready, Willing and Disabled “Being on Both Sides”: Canadian Medical Students’ Experiences With Disability, the Hidden Curriculum, and Professional Identity Construction. Stergiopoulos E, Fernando O & Martimianakis MA. Academic Medicine (2018); 93(10): 1550-9.     Under-reporting of student disabilities to … Continued

Virtual Patient Cases: Do students like ‘em? Do they do them? Impact of Required Versus Self-Directed Use of Virtual Patient Cases on Clerkship Performance: A Mixed-Methods Study? Kim S, Willett LR, Pan W, Afran J, Walker JA, Shea JA. Academic Medicine. 93 (5): 742-749.

https://journals.lww.com/academicmedicine/Abstract/2018/05000/Impact_of_Required_Versus_Self_Directed_Use_of.38.aspx Reviewed by Miriam Schechter What was the study question?Is there a difference in perceived value or educational benefit of virtual patient cases between groups ofclerkship students who are assigned online cases and those allowed to choose the ones they … Continued

To Flip or Not to Flip—That is The Question Academic outcomes of flipped classroom learning: a meta-analysis. Chen, K. S., Monrouxe, L., Lu, Y. H., Jenq, C. C., Chang, Y. J., Chang, Y. C., & Chai, P. Y. Medical Education 2018. ePub ahead of print.

https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/medu.13616 Reviewed by Aleisha Nabower What were the study questions? Is the flipped classroom learning approach associated with students’ enhanced knowledge and behavior more than the lecture-based learning approach in higher education? Does this differ by context? How was the … Continued

Feeling a Little Self-Conscious? Who Am I, and Who Do I Strive to Be? Applying a Theory of Self-Conscious Emotions to Medical Education. Bynum WE, Artino AR. Academic Medicine. 93(6):874–880.

https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000001970 Reviewed by Fatima Aly What was the study question? What is self-conscious emotion and what impact does it have on medical learners, especially in regards to professional identity formation, motivation and perfectionism? How was the study done? The authors … Continued

But…what really influences a learner to attempt a skill on patient? Not just trust: factors influencing learners’ attempts to perform technical skills on real patients Susan L Bannister, Mark S Dolson, Lorelei Lingard & David A Keegan. Medical Education 2018: 52: 605–619.

https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/medu.13522 Reviewed by Kari Phang, MD and Patricia McBurney, MD What was the study question?What factors and dynamics are involved when residents/fellows attempt technical procedures onreal patients in the pediatric emergency department? How was the study done?A multi-phased qualitative study … Continued