Jason selects an article from Medical Education and the co-hosts discuss: When it comes to physicians in practice, what should clinician-educators focus on to make the most difference in patient outcomes? Authors: Norcini JJ, Boulet JR, Opalek A, Dauphinee WD.  Publication details: Patients of doctors further from medical school graduation have poorer outcomes. Medical Education. 2017. 51(5):480. PubMed Link ..read more

Linda's article selection asks: if HPESUs (health professions education scholarship units) are defined as “organizational structures within which a group of people is substantively engaged in health professions education scholarship’’ -  does this mean heads of HPESUs act as Institutional Entrepreneurs?  Authors: Varpio L, O'Brien B, Durning S, van der Vleuten C, Gruppen L, Ten Cate O, Humphrey-Murto S, Irby DM, Hamstra SJ, Hu W. Publication details: Health Professions Education Scholarship Unit Leaders as Institutional Entrepreneurs. Academic Medicine. 2017. Jan ..read more

In this episode:  In this week's paper, selected by Jon, the co-hosts discuss whether a a closed-book exam - that requires a learner to have encoded and recall the required information - is a superior educational process to an open-book exam that requires a learner to appraise and apply an array of widely available information?   Authors: Durning SJ, Dong T, Ratcliffe T, Schuwirth L, Artino AR Jr, Boulet JR, Eva K. Publication details: Comparing Open-Book and Closed-Book Examinations: A Systematic Review. Academic Medicine. 2016 Apr; 91(4):583-99. P ..read more

When was the last time you, dear KeyLIME listener, was observed performing a clinical task by someone who had some kind of power over your career? Was it a colleague as part of a simulation? An administrative leader? Was it at a conference? Was it a mandatory peer review? Was it comfortable for you? Did you change what you would normally do in that situation? Jason's choice this week explores that kind of experience, namely: the lived experience of physicians who have had direct observation while performing clinical tasks.  Authors: LaDonna K, Hatala R, Lingard L, Voyer S, Watli ..read more

Linda's selection hails from a relatively unknown journal. The paper's author proposes that there is a link between the quality of case presentations (CP) by learners and the learner’s diagnostic reasoning (DR) ability. Author: Onishi, H. Publication details: Assessment of Clinical Reasoning by Listening to Case Presentations: VSOP Method for Better Feedback. Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development. 2016 (3): 125-131. Link to article abstract ..read more

What are the effective solutions to prevent burnout and promote wellness for clinicians?  Jon presents a systematic review that attempts to answer that problem. (All three hosts wanted to present this paper but Jon was the quickest to grab it!) His own specialty (Emergency Medicine) consistently ranks high in several studies on burnout.  Authors: Panagioti M, Efharis Panagopoulou E, Peter Bower P, Lewith G, Kontopantelis E, Chew-Graham C, Dawson S, van Marwijk H, Geraghty K, Esmail A. Publication details: Controlled Interventions to Reduce Burnout in Physicians: A ..read more

Linda presents an article that summarizes five contemporary theories about motivation to learn, articulates key intersections and distinctions among these theories, and identifies important considerations for future research - the hosts agree all Clinician Educators in training should have this article on their bookshelf! Authors: Cook DA, Artino AR Jr Publication details: Motivation to learn: an overview of contemporary theories. Medical Education. 2016. 50(10):997-1014. PubMed Link ..read more

In this episode: Jason has chosen today’s article to discuss how the ratio of teachers to learners is an important design factor. Length: 28:14 min.  Authors: Loewen PS, Gamble A, Legal M, Shah K, Tkachuk S, Zed PJ. Publication details: Learner-Preceptor Ratios for Practice-Based Learning Across Health Disciplines: A Systematic Review. Medical Education. 2016 Nov 23. [Epub ahead of print] Read the article here ..read more

In this episode: Jon’s chosen paper discusses the quality of blogs and podcasts used by residents - now that text books are in the process of becoming extinct. Length: 23:47 min.  Authors: Lin M, Joshi N, Grock A, Swaminathan A, Morley EJ, Branzetti J, Taira T, Ankel F, Yarris LM.  Publication details: Approved Instructional Resources Series: A National Initiative to Identify Quality Emergency Medicine Blog and Podcast Content for Resident Education. J Grad Med Educ. 2016 May;8(2):219-25. PubMed Link ..read more

In this episode: Jason rates this paper’s method section as a 5 because of the gargantuan effort involved, he also suggests we stop calling data ‘Teacher Evaluation’ and instead call it ‘Learner Satisfaction’.  Length: 27:15 min.  Authors: Uttl B, White CA, Gonzalez DW Publication details: Meta-analysis of faculty's teaching effectiveness: Student evaluation of teaching ratings and student learning are not related. Studies in Educational Evaluation. 2016 Sept 19 Link to journal page ..read more