Long-Term Educational Impact of a Simulator Curriculum on Medical Student Education in an Internal Medicine Clerkship

Author(s):  
Nancy M. Brim ◽  
Suresh K. Venkatan ◽  
James A. Gordon ◽  
Erik K. Alexander
Author(s):  
Masrur A. Khan ◽  
Monica Malviya ◽  
Keara English ◽  
Rebecca Forman ◽  
Stacey Frisch ◽  
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PRiMER ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luyang Liu ◽  
Katherine Margo

The Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM) is an organization made up of educators devoted to teaching family medicine to learners of all levels. This multidisciplinary group of physicians, behavioral scientists, researchers, and educators from other health professions works to further STFM’s mission of improving the health of all people through education, research, patient care, and advocacy. STFM held its 43rd Conference on Medical Student Education in Anaheim, California from February 9 to 12, 2017. Abstracts for conference sessions can be viewed online.1 The conference was held concurrently with the 2017 Society of Student-Run Free Clinics Annual Conference. This partnership empowered many passionate medical students to participate in STFM sessions and present their posters. A wide variety of topics were explored by STFM conference presenters and attendees. The plenary speakers addressed physician wellness (Dike Drummond, MD), family medicine as a career (Wanda Filer, MD), and the future of family medicine (Aaron Michelfelder, MD, and Michelle Byrne, MD). The STFM Education Committee reviewed and selected eight exemplary abstracts from 22 presented educational research papers. Criteria for selection included strength of contribution to medical student education, topic of interest within and beyond family medicine, and quality of study, including well-described rationale, appropriate methods, clear results, and thoughtful conclusions. The areas covered are related to new educational methods and tools, faculty development, and interprofessional learning and assessment.  Editor’s Note: Six of the eight selected presentation abstracts appear in this collection. Two2,3 of the eight selected abstracts have been published in the intervening time, and are not included below. Society of Teachers of Family Medicine. 2017 Conference on Medical Student Education Conference Sessions. https://www.stfm.org/conferences/generalinformation/msearchives/. Accessed December 23, 2018. Nguyen D, Servey JT, Scott LS. fmCASES national examination as a pretest in a family medicine clerkship. Fam Med. 2018;50(2):142-145. https://doi.org/10.22454/FamMed.2018.853841   Hoffman M, Cohen-Osher M. The one minute learner: evaluation of a new tool to promote discussion of medical student goals and expectations in clinical learning environments. Fam Med. 2016;48(3):222-225.


1999 ◽  
Vol 74 (10) ◽  
pp. S99-101 ◽  
Author(s):  
D M Elnicki ◽  
B Linger ◽  
E Asch ◽  
R Curry ◽  
M Fagan ◽  
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2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Robinson

BACKGROUND: Hospitalists play a significant role in medical student education and have been shown to be satisfactory and effective teachers in several observational studies. We hypothesized that the clinical productivity demands placed on academic hospitalists may influence medical student evaluations, which has the potential to impact the promotion and retention of hospitalist faculty. METHODS: Retrospective review with correlation analysis of clinical productivity and medical student evaluations of faculty during the 2009 to 2013 academic years for the hospitalists at SIU‐SOM. RESULTS: A total of 32 sets of annual learner evaluations and clinical intensity data were reviewed, representing data for 18 individual hospitalists. Significant correlations between long term measures of service intensity such as annual work RVUs, total patient encounters, and duty days with lower teaching evaluations in many areas were identified. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that medical student evaluations of hospitalist faculty are negatively influenced by higher clinical service intensity measured in terms of annual work RVUs, patient encounters, and duty days when measured on an annual basis.


2018 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 283-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Hafer ◽  
Xibin Wu ◽  
Steven Lin

Background and Objectives: Medical scribes are an increasingly popular strategy for reducing clerical burden, but little is known about their effect on medical student education. We aimed to evaluate the impact of scribes on medical students’ self-reported learning experience. Methods: We conducted a mixed-methods pilot study. Participants were medical students (third and fourth years) on a family medicine clerkship who worked with an attending physician who practiced with a scribe. Students did not work directly with scribes. Scribes charted for attending physicians during encounters that did not involve a student. Outcomes were three 7-point Likert scale questions about teaching quality and an open-ended written reflection. Qualitative data was analyzed using a constant comparative method and grounded theory approach. Results: A total of 16 medical students returned at least one questionnaire, yielding 28 completed surveys. Students reported high satisfaction with their learning experience and time spent face-to-face with their attending, and found scribes nondisruptive to their learning. Major themes of the open-ended reflections included more time for teaching and feedback, physicians who were less stressed and more attentive, appreciation for a culture of teamwork, and scribes serving as an electronic health records (EHR) resource. Conclusions: To our knowledge, this is the first study evaluating the effect of scribes on medical student education from the students’ perspective. Our findings suggest that scribes may allow for greater teaching focus, contribute to a teamwork culture, and serve as an EHR resource. Scribes appear to benefit medical students’ learning experience. Larger and more rigorous studies are needed.


2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Robinson

BACKGROUND: Hospitalists play a significant role in medical student education and have been shown to be satisfactory and effective teachers in several observational studies. We hypothesized that the clinical productivity demands placed on academic hospitalists may influence medical student evaluations, which has the potential to impact the promotion and retention of hospitalist faculty. METHODS: Retrospective review with correlation analysis of clinical productivity and medical student evaluations of faculty during the 2009 to 2013 academic years for the hospitalists at SIU‐SOM. RESULTS: A total of 32 sets of annual learner evaluations and clinical intensity data were reviewed, representing data for 18 individual hospitalists. Significant correlations between long term measures of service intensity such as annual work RVUs, total patient encounters, and duty days with lower teaching evaluations in many areas were identified. CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest that medical student evaluations of hospitalist faculty are negatively influenced by higher clinical service intensity measured in terms of annual work RVUs, patient encounters, and duty days when measured on an annual basis.


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