May 2025

Hello COMSEP! It’s May, month of blooming flowers, graduations, and other beginnings.   Fitting that two of our three reviews this month are about professional identity formation. Maybe this is a good time to begin a new project and write a … Continued

March 2025

Hello COMSEP! This is our second annual COMSEP DEI Journal Club. Thanks to our colleagues at the DEI Resource and Advisory Committee (DRAC) for their help in reviewing these important articles. Karen, Jon and Amit Social justice at the bedside  … Continued

February 2025

Hello COMSEP! Finally, the day you’ve all been waiting for—it’s National Crab-Stuffed Flounder Day!    After today, there’s a long, bleak wait until National Corn Dog Day next month.  (Canadian colleagues, don’t feel bad that you miss out on our fine … Continued

January 2025

Hello COMSEP! Wishing you well on this frosty Martin Luther King Jr. holiday (for those who celebrate) “We must remember that intelligence is not enough. Intelligence plus character-that is the goal of true education. The complete education gives one not … Continued

December 2024

Hello COMSEP! Rounding the corner into the holiday season and a new year.  Today’s the anniversary of the first flight at Kitty Hawk in 1903.  The Wright Brothers probably didn’t imagine this when they made it into the air: Hope your holiday … Continued

November 2024

Hello COMSEP! It has been a difficult month for many COMSEP members. Lavjay’s inspiring words about hope may be helpful for some. This is also the season for gratitude, an evidence-based potential path to happiness. Between hope and gratitude there … Continued

October 2024

Hello COMSEP! Attached and below is the latest edition of our Journal Club.   For this month’s journal club, the Survey and Scholarship Committee reviewed journal articles that used a survey in their methods. We hope this motivates you to submit … Continued