This Very Variability: Supervisor Practice Differences and Clinical Learning What do learners think when their supervisors do things differently? This paper provides an answer and introduces Variability Theory. Episode host: Jason R. Frank Links and episode notes available on the webpage Episode article Mithoowani, S., Khattak, S., Lieberman, S., Tseng, E. K., Zeller, M. P., & van Merriënboer, J. (2024). Learning From Clinical Supervisor Practice Variability: Exploring Medical Resident and Fellow Experiences and Interpretations. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of America ..read more

This episode offers an exploration of silence in education, challenging traditional notions of verbal dominance in the classroom. By examining silence as a positive pedagogical tool, it provides insights into fostering student agency and engagement. Educators will gain practical strategies for creating an inclusive learning environment that respects the diverse ways in which students process and engage with content. And there is a mini Methods Consult from Lara talking about inductive, deductive and abductive reasoning. Enjoy! This week's host: Jonathan Sherbino Episode webpage Articl ..read more

In this episode, we look at different ways leaders ascribe value (beyond monetary value) to the growth and work of health professions educators. It is important as it suggests how we as educators can use these perspectives to advocate for support of educators and their work. Episode Host Linda Snell Episode article Poncelet, A., Collins, S., Fiore, D., Rosenbluth, G., Loeser, H., Sawaya, G. F., Teherani, A., & Chang, A. (2023). Identifying Value Factors in Institutional Leaders’ Perspectives on Investing in Health Professions Educators. JAMA Network Open, 6(2), e2256193. https://doi.org ..read more

Can you improve faculty development by advancing faculty developers’ role and expertise as educators? We discuss it in this week's paper. We also discuss a new (to the podcast) research methodology: participatory action research. Host Linda Snell Episode article: Liao, K.-C., & Peng, C.-H. (2023). Evolving from Didactic to Dialogic: How to Improve Faculty Development and Support Faculty Developers by Using Action Research. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 1–11. https://doi.org/10.1080/10401334.2023.2204091 Episode webpage Hosts: Lara Varpio, Jason Frank, Jonathan Sherbino, Linda Snel ..read more

Cooking your way through medical school: a hand-on approach to food as an evidence-based intervention. Teaching health professionals to discuss practical aspects of nutrition with patients is important. This paper describes innovative culinary medicine programs, including their benefits, success factors, gaps, and challenges. The related podcast provides a different perspective … or does it? Episode host Linda Snell Article: Newman, C., Yan, J., Messiah, S. E., & Albin, J. (2023). Culinary Medicine as Innovative Nutrition Education for Medical Students: A Scoping Review. Academic Medici ..read more

Open access on-line education resources are the fast growing segment of educational tools. As this grassroots phenomenon approaches metaphorical middle age, what are the best practices for the development and implementation of blogs, podcasts, inforgraphics etc. This episode helps synthesize the evidence for developers. Episode Host: Jonathan Sherbino Episode article Khalid, F., Wu, M., Ting, D. K., Thoma, B., Haas, M. R. C., Brenner, M. J., Yilmaz, Y., Kim, Y. M., & Chan, T. M. (2023). Guidelines: The Do's, Don'ts and Don't Knows of Creating Open Educational Resources. Perspectives on m ..read more

It’s our annual infamous Holiday Episode, where we find the quirkiest papers in health professions education! These are the papers that we couldn’t resist talking about, even if they’re not the most rigorous or relevant to our practice. These are the papers that will make you say “Wow, I can’t believe this got into the literature!” We like to have some fun and celebrate the diversity and creativity of our field. And who knows, maybe you’ll learn something new or get inspired by some of these quirky papers. So, without further ado, let’s turn to our elves and see what do they have for us! What ..read more

Continuing professional development (CPD) is often considered neglected and needing improvement. So who are the CPD leaders who will deliver on this needed change? Episode Host: Jason R. Frank Episode article Paton, M., Rowland, P., Tavares, W., Schneeweiss, S., & Ginsburg, S. (2022). The Ontological Choreography of Continuing Professional Development: A Mixed-Methods Study of Continuing Professional Development Leaders and Program Directors. Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions, 42(1), e12–e18 DOI: 10.1097/CEH.0000000000000360 Episode webpage Hosts: Lara Varpio, Ja ..read more

How did you learn to write academicly and how do we support developing authors for success? This episode is lead by Jason R. Frank and the team are discussing a scoping review that has put together the research on faculty development programs in educational scholarship, namely author development initiatives, in academic medicine. For show notes and more info, please look at the Episode page Episode Article Cameron, M. W., Crowther, L. N., & Huang, G. C. (2023). Faculty Development and Infrastructure to Support Educational Scholarship: A Scoping Review on Author Development. Academic Med ..read more

Welcome to the special episode of our podcast, where we showcase the work of early career scholars in health professions education from around the world. This is part one of a two-part series, where we will hear from three different researchers who have been nominated by colleagues to share their projects and insights with us. In this episode, we will learn about the diverse topics and methods that these scholars are using to advance the field of health professions education. From every continent except Antarctica, they are tackling issues such as curriculum design, assessment, feedback, prof ..read more