Psychiatric Aspects of Life-Threatening Illness: A Course for Medical Students

1974 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward H. Liston

Instructing medical students about the psychiatric aspects of life-threatening illness has been a neglected area in medical education. Only one course to date has been described in spite of the clear need for communications among educators on this subject. To help reduce this deficiency a course for medical students which includes seminar discussions and patient interviews is reported. Student response to the course has been excellent and supports the view that instruction in this area should be a required component of medical student education.

Author(s):  
Lauren E. Farmer ◽  
Camille A. Clare

Abstract Background The Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) has acknowledged the importance of pregnancy options counseling by listing it as a “shows how” skill for all undergraduate medical students. Unfortunately, there is no standard curriculum utilized to teach medical students pregnancy options counseling or to assess skill sustainability over time. Objectives To review and summarize the literature on pregnancy options counseling in undergraduate medical education. Methods We performed a structured literature review searching Google Scholar, PubMed, and EMBASE for articles between 2000 and February 2020. Inclusion criteria were English language studies of M. D. and D.O. programs in North America with a discussion of pregnancy options counseling as it relates to medical student education. Results There is a small but growing body of literature on pregnancy options counseling in medical student education. The common themes across the 17 papers reviewed include the status of pregnancy options counseling in undergraduate medical education, barriers to teaching options counseling, the timing of education, utilization of the options counseling Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE), learner challenges, and novel strategies for implementing education in options counseling and subsequent learning outcomes. Conclusions There is no standardized pregnancy options counseling curriculum in undergraduate medical education (UME). The landscape in which this important skill is being taught is one of random, insufficient, and uncoordinated curricular interventions. This is the only review on this subject, making it a unique summary on pregnancy options counseling in UME.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Grace Castelli ◽  
Dinah Diab ◽  
Alicia Scimeca ◽  
Chintan Mehta ◽  
Nicolette Payne ◽  
...  

Abstract Background: The full impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic has yet to be seen, yet medical education has already been critically disrupted. As U.S. hospitals were forced to aggressively limit non-essential care to preserve personal protective equipment and minimize COVID-19 exposure, in-person education and hands-on training was nearly eliminated for students. The objective of this study was to immediately and comprehensively investigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on medical student education. Medical students in the U.S. were invited to complete an online survey about the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on their medical education experience. Students provided basic demographic information and answered questions about the impact of COVID-19 on their training/education, finances, and mental health. Results: Medical students reported nearly 18 fewer hours of patient care per week, an immediate switch to virtual learning (74%) along with grading changes (62%), and widespread cancellation of national exams. Additionally, 55% of fourth year students graduated early to provide direct clinical care. Students across years felt that changes from the pandemic would negatively affect their residency applications and that upcoming rotations would be impacted (p<0.001). Students reported that the pandemic had negatively affected their finances, increased their anxiety/stress, increased their feelings of burnout, and negatively impacted their work-life balance (p<0.001). Conclusion: Medical education has been critically impacted by COVID-19. Student perceptions and evaluation of experiences to date should be considered as educators prepare to ready students for academic and professional transitions in the context of continued COVID-19 disruptions and distanced learning.


Author(s):  
Monika Bilic ◽  
Alim Nagji ◽  
Erich Hanel

Implication statement The COVID-19 pandemic has limited in-person experiences for medical students, especially in situations involving aerosol-generating procedures. We designed a video in situ simulation to orient students to critical steps in COVID-19 intubation algorithms. Small groups of students were paired virtually with facilitators (faculty and residents) and watched a video of an in situ simulation of emergency staff performing a protected intubation, with discussion points appearing on screen at discrete times. The simple design drives engagement, discussion and allows for scheduling flexibility with no risk to the learners. It can be adapted to several different scenarios or levels of training.


2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 493-497 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasmine Lee-Barber ◽  
Violet Kulo ◽  
Harold Lehmann ◽  
Ada Hamosh ◽  
Joann Bodurtha

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.


2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (Supplement_5) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Holm ◽  
A Ghazal Asswad ◽  
N Fundano ◽  
H Khan ◽  
A Petráková

Abstract A review of a variety of European guidelines for the assessment of medical students and their education, progression and preparedness for practise post-medical school. The various approaches were compared and contrasted with the advantages and disadvantages of each being evaluated. Their approaches towards emergency situation preparedness, or lack thereof, were also assessed.


1999 ◽  
Vol 23 (9) ◽  
pp. 549-550 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Butterworth ◽  
Gill Livingston

As early as 1863 the education committee of the General Medical Council (GMC) recognised the tendency of medical education to overload medical students with factual knowledge. Since then, there has been a considerable body of evidence that when students spend their time learning facts only, they often fail to apply the knowledge that they have gained (Ramsden, 1992). In 1993 the education committee of the GMC made detailed recommendations regarding a change to more problem-orientated learning and the encouragement of students to learn independently (GMC, 1993). This is currently leading to changes within all medical schools curricula so that students will be helped to integrate their formal learning with the experience of seeing patients and their families and thus be able to apply their factual knowledge.


2020 ◽  
Vol 163 (4) ◽  
pp. 623-625
Author(s):  
Jason H. Barnes ◽  
Garret Choby ◽  
Alyssa J. Smith ◽  
Patrick Kiessling ◽  
John P. Marinelli ◽  
...  

Podcasts are online digital audio programs that are disseminated via online subscription that are easily accessible through computers or smartphones. Increasingly, residents and medical students are prioritizing podcasts for asynchronous medical education due to ease of use, convenience (eg, use while exercising or commuting), and repeatability. Some trainees have found podcasts more useful than traditional didactic lectures. Given the increasing requirements of social distancing and the need for distance medical education platforms, podcast production can serve as a useful tool to complement resident and medical student education and is a resource that will remain accessible in perpetuity. An otolaryngology specialty podcast, “Headmirror’s ENT in a Nutshell,” was created to augment asynchronous learning and address the acute need for distance learning opportunities. Over the first 7 weeks of production, 50 episodes were created. Episodes were posted on www.headmirror.com, with subscription services available through Apple Podcast, Spotify, and other platforms.


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