An interview with Rola Ajjawi, new Editor-in-Chief of Medical Education
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Dec 16, 2025•21 min•Ep. 348
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Is ultrasound training sustainable? A systematic review of competency retention in healthcare trainees - An audio paper with Liang-Wei Wang
Evidence-based tips for skill retention are offered through this systematic review of how training duration & methods affect PoCUS competency. #MedEd #POCUS Read the accompanying article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15751
Dec 16, 2025•40 min•Ep. 347
We should nudge clinicians and trainees to participate in health professions education programmes - An audio paper with Lea Harper
Drawing on behaviour al economics, Harper et al. suggest ways in which we might turn mentoring into a habit to increase the rate at which trainees receive the support they need. Read the accompanying article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15749
Dec 16, 2025•25 min•Ep. 346
Navigating the research landscape: How paradigms shape health professions education research - An interview with Meredith Young
Young and Varpio map the similarities, differences, and areas of overlap across key research paradigms at play in Health Professions Education Research, detailing how research questions are asked and what outputs are deemed legitimate. Read the accompanying article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15752
Dec 08, 2025•17 min•Ep. 345
The impact of generative AI on health professional education: A systematic review in the context of student learning - An interview with Thai Duong Pham
Using Laurillard's six types of learning, Pham et al. offer insights into how GenAI is already influencing health professional education, highlighting that its role in collaborative learning is under-explored. Read the accompanying article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15746
Dec 08, 2025•14 min•Ep. 344
Can educators distinguish between medical student and generative AI-authored reflections? - An audio paper with Constance Wraith
Wraith et al. offer an empirical test, using mixed methods, of whether educators can distinguish between reflections offered by medical students and those created by generative AI. Read the accompanying article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15750
Nov 17, 2025•31 min•Ep. 343
Untangling feedback: Mapping the patterns behind the practice - An audio paper with Catherine Patocka
Feedback is critical in med ed, but why is it conceptualized so differently? 🤔 Using pattern theory, Patocka et al. analyzed 11 models to reveal key divergences & recurring patterns in feedback #MedEd #Feedback Read the accompanying article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15706
Nov 17, 2025•30 min•Ep. 342
From challenge to growth: Exploring physician narratives of patient complaints during residency - Allan McDougall
How do patient complaints during residency shape physicians' careers? New #MedEd research by @phdhpe & @CMPAmembers reveals the long-term impacts on professional identity & practice Read the accompanying article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15716
Nov 03, 2025•17 min•Ep. 341
Immersive virtual reality training: Addressing challenges and unlocking potentials - An interview with Amalie Middelboe Sohlin
How do simulation leaders see the future of immersive virtual reality for emergency training? 🔍 Read this article to discover debriefing strategies & insights to align virtual reality with your learning goals. Read the accompanying article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15748
Nov 03, 2025•17 min•Ep. 340
Should medical teachers spend more time modelling or coaching students? A dual eye-tracking and randomised controlled study on peer instruction in sonography - An audio paper with Dogus Darici
When first introducing new procedural skills, direct sensorimotor experience with guided support appears more beneficial than extended observation. Read the accompanying article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15725
Oct 14, 2025•45 min•Ep. 339
Using Hofstede's framework to explore surgical cultures and their impact on female surgeons - An audio paper with Gozie Offiah
Offiah et al. use Hofstede’s framework to explore surgical cultures and their impact on female surgeons, leading to argument that surgical culture change focused on equitability is overdue. Read the accompanying article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15726
Oct 14, 2025•59 min•Ep. 338
Artificial intelligence and gender equity: An integrated approach for health professional education by Margaret Bearman and Rola Ajjawi
In a world where AI appears to be exacerbating gender inequities in healthcare, the authors outline why and how health professional programs might meaningfully respond. Read the accompanying article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15657
Oct 02, 2025•14 min•Ep. 337
Uncertainty experienced by newly qualified doctors during the transition to internship by Molly Dineen
The transition from #medstudent to doctor is filled with uncertainties. @DrMollyDineen , @InsidOutAnatomy & @GeorgieofMelb describe how this group can be supported to develop uncertainty tolerance. Read the accompanying article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15692
Oct 02, 2025•15 min•Ep. 336
Transnational medical education programmes and preparation for different country medical practice: A systematic review - An audio paper with Gareth Edwards
While transnational medical education is seen to boost workforce & local training quality, mismatches in curriculum, language & practice culture may hinder grads' readiness for international care. #MedEd #GlobalHealth Read the accompanying article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15660
Sep 15, 2025•55 min•Ep. 335
‘Overcoming and owning challenges’: A qualitative study exploring the manifestation of agency in learners - An audio paper with Davina Carr
Have you ever considered how we promote learner agency in medical education? In this paper @DrGerryG & colleagues shed new light on the conditions that let learner agency flourish. Read the accompanying paper here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15631
Sep 15, 2025•50 min•Ep. 334
Guiding medical trainees' workplace learning for interprofessional collaboration—Looking to physicians or seeing nurses? - An interview with Renée E. Stalmeijer
#Workplacelearning is vital in acquiring interprofessional competences. However, guidance is required for trainees to optimally use IPC learning opportunities, begging the questions of does guidance on IPC occur, how and by whom? Read the accompanying article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15617
Sep 04, 2025•17 min•Ep. 333
Seeking medical wisdom: Development of a physician-defined practical model of wise competence - An interview with James N. Woodruff
This work maps a path to a practical model of “wise competence”: Understanding incommensurability and the important role of moral economies. Read the accompanying article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15709
Sep 04, 2025•14 min•Ep. 332
Associations between daily wellness behaviours and outcomes among medical students: A longitudinal nightly survey study - An audio paper with Ankrish Milne
Medical students' daily wellness behaviors are shown to have substantial associations with mood, wellbeing, and other positive outcomes, but they do not generally appear to carry over to the next day. Read the accompanying article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15724
Aug 15, 2025•27 min•Ep. 331
Categorising drivers of curriculum renewal in entry-to-practice health professional education: A scoping review - An audio paper with David L. Kok
Health professional educators are constantly renewing curricula, but why? This review proposes a comprehensive framework to scaffold and assess renewal processes. Read the accompanying article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15614
Aug 15, 2025•37 min•Ep. 330
Experiences of medical students and doctors with dyslexia: A systematic review an interview with Suhail Amin Tarafdar
This review paper outlines the experiences of medical students and postgraduate doctors with dyslexia, outlining several important implications for medical training. Read the accompanying article here: https://asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.15615
Aug 04, 2025•17 min•Ep. 329
Improving breaking bad news communication skills through stress arousal reappraisal and worked examples by Michel Bosshard
Breaking bad news is challenging; stress makes it harder. This research shows the value of stress arousal training and worked examples for helping to teach essential verbal and nonverbal communication skills. Read the accompanying article here: https://asmepublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/medu.15658
Aug 04, 2025•12 min•Ep. 328
Physician, know thyself: Applying brand management principles to professional identity in academic medicine
Like it or not, you're a brand. Manage it well and you get promoted, grow reputation, and achieve career fulfillment. Manage it poorly and you get burned out and experience career stalls. Here, @theBranzetti et al. use brand management to provide guidance. Read the accompanying article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15601
Jul 15, 2025•30 min•Ep. 327
Integrating digital technologies into teaching embodied knowledge in the context of physical examination - An audio paper with Jessica Lees
@_Jessica_Lees et al offer a framework that extends the conceptualization of body pedagogics to recognize various roles of digital technology in the context of physical examination Read the accompanying article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15599
Jul 15, 2025•43 min•Ep. 326
The power of peers: Design-based research on stimulating peer-assisted learning for enhancing the clinical-reasoning learning process in the workplace - An interview with Larissa I. A. Ruczynski
Do you want to know how to design a workplace that fosters peer-assisted learning for the enhancement of the clinical-reasoning by undergraduate students? Find out in this paper! Read the accompanying article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15613
Jul 02, 2025•14 min•Ep. 325
Beyond the classroom: The transformative experience of short rural immersion programs for health professional students: A narrative review - An interview with Anett Nyaradi
The literature review explores the impact of short-term rural immersion programs on health professional students through the lens of the transformative learning theory. Read the accompanying article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15612
Jul 02, 2025•13 min•Ep. 324
Using theoretical engagement to understand workplace learning across contexts—Bringing worlds apart together - An audio paper with Francisco M. Olmos-Vega and Renée E. Stalmeijer
Dive into the pivotal role of context in #WorkplaceLearning within health professions education while discovering the power of theoretical engagement. Read the accompanying article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15481
Jun 19, 2025•53 min•Ep. 323
What's your experience?: A duoethnographic dialogue to advance disability inclusion in medical education - An audio paper with Neera Jain and Lulu Alwazzan
Disability inclusion in medical education needs critical, global dialogue. Here, Jain and Alwazzan highlight cultural differences, educator responsibility, and the power of local consultation to challenge ableism and advance justice. Read the accompanying article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15450
Jun 19, 2025•42 min•Ep. 322
Translating cross-language qualitative data in health professions education research: Is there an iceberg below the waterline? - An audio paper with Marwa Schumann
This paper explores how language shapes collaboration and knowledge in global health professions education research, highlighting implications for qualitative researchers striving to overcome English dominance. #MedEd #ResearchEquity Read the accompanying article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15563
Jun 19, 2025•37 min•Ep. 321
Pedagogies of discomfort and disruption: A meta-narrative review of emotions and equity-related pedagogy - An interview with Javeed Sukhera
How can #MedEd move toward implementation of #DEI related pedagogy while understanding how to navigate emotions? This study explores pedagogies of discomfort and disruption in several professions. Read the accompanying article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15603
Jun 19, 2025•11 min•Ep. 321
Exploring pre-clinical medical students' perception of and participation in active learning: A mixed-methods transnational study - An audio paper with Wendy Heng
This study from Newcastle shows medical student understanding of active learning to be focused on recall. The authors recommend a student-centred, student informed, approach to improving active learning teaching. Read the accompanying article here: https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.15611
Jun 15, 2025•45 min•Ep. 320
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