<h3>Background</h3> Morning report, a cornerstone of internal medicine residency programs for many years, involves diverse group teachers and learners with heterogeneous learning goals. <h3>Methods</h3> We distributed self-administered, cross-sectional survey to residents clarify the objectives at morning report. selected convenience sample community- university-based programs. Questions were answered in Likert scale or multiple-choice format. <h3>Results</h3> Residents from 13 7 states...

Background: Prior studies have shown that mentors are very important for career development of physicians, and many female physicians not had a mentor during their training. However, little is known about the availability residents. Purpose: To identify resident program characteristics were associated with ability to potential at morning report. Method: We performed cross-sectional survey 356 internal medicine residents convenience sample 13 residency programs. The instrument included...

Writing narratives during medical training can provide a way to derive meaning from challenging experiences, enhance reflection, and combat burnout. The Yale Internal Medicine Residency Writers' Workshop, an annual 2-day intensive workshop followed by faculty-guided writing revision publication, has been resident physicians in the craft of since 2003.The study aimed assess long-term effects craft-focused writers' for residents on empathy, observation skills, future writing.A survey closed...

Outing the Hidden Curriculum Anna B. Reisman (bio) The hidden curriculum: Even if medical students haven't heard term, no doubt they're keenly aware of what it is-the pressure to conform, focus on pleasing superiors (at expense patient, necessary)-in short, unofficial rules for survival and advancement. It's a powerful undercurrent that can turn even most self-assured altruistic student into an obedient drone. Fifteen years ago, I awaited Todd (not his real name), my OB resident, outside...

Narrative Medicine may mitigate physician burnout by increasing empathy and self-compassion, encouraging physicians to deeply connect with patient stories/experiences. However, has been difficult implement on hectic inpatient teaching services that are often the most emotionally taxing for residents.To evaluate programmatic learner outcomes of a novel narrative medicine curriculum implementation during rotations medical residents. Programmatic included lessons. Learner preliminary...

Biological race, the fallacy that racial health disparities reflect differences in human biology, exerts undue influence on medicine. Interventions teach against this myth are largely absent from required medical curricula. Here, we describe and present student facilitator evaluations of an educational intervention, organised around Dorothy Roberts' book Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, Big Business Re-Create Race Twenty-First Century included a discussion preselected chapters...

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In the interest of public safety, author argues for a vastly improved policy framework to help get dangerous older drivers off road.

In 2019, the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) identified discipline medical humanities as a priority in education. Although programs have existed and osteopathic schools U.S. Canada since late 1960's, this interdisciplinary field remains difficult to define. We studied mission statements identify core themes priorities.We conducted content analysis MD DO associated descriptions (n = 56). compared across whose directors had clinical degree versus terminal research degree,...

When her sister, who is intellectually disabled, nonverbal, and autistic, diagnosed with breast cancer, a physician family realize dismay that the standard of care out reach.

Summary Background Training in clinical medicine involves exposure to complex ethical and emotional situations. Reflection aids the development of personal belief systems improves self‐awareness. Students may be reluctant participate when reflection is mandatory concerned about retaliation facilitator has a role evaluations. Near‐peers are institutional equals with more experience than participants well suited facilitate reflection. Methods A quarterly near‐peer‐facilitated reflective...

A recent requirement from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education that internal medicine residents must provide care a minimum of 25% female patients in their longitudinal clinics has posed difficulties Internal Medicine programs utilize Department Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals outpatient training. The authors report an innovative program developed at Connecticut VA hospital Yale University School Medicine. Residents participate clinic Women's Health Center every fourth...

During the Covid-19 pandemic, an online reflective writing workshop, Penning Pandemic, was developed to address well-being of U.S. Veterans Health Administration (VHA) health care employees (HCEs). By focusing on reflection, rather than craft writing, and operating as a safe space where diverse groups clinical nonclinical HCEs could share their work, workshops improved sense community, job satisfaction, professional personal interactions. Each workshop led by team two or three trained...