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Who knows best how to assess? How to assess? Perceptions and preferences of undergraduate medical students concerning traditional assessment methods. Holzinger A, Lettner S, Steiner-Hofbauer V, Capan Melser M. BMC Medical Education. 2020;20(1):1-7. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-020-02239-6 Reviewed by: Zachary Blatman and Angela Punnett

Spoiler alert---it gets worse Natural history of burnout, stress and fatigue in a pediatric resident cohort over three years. Koressel L, Groothuis E, Tanz R, Palac H, Sanguino S. Medical Education Online (2020). DOI: 10.1080/10872981.2020.1815386

Experiencing and engaging in feedback through a longitudinal lens

Fostering a Feedback Mindset: A Qualitative Exploration of Medical Students’ Feedback Experiences with Longitudinal Coaches. Bakke BM, Sheu L, Hauer KE. Academic Medicine (2020) 95:7. DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000003012

Reviewed by: Zafira Bhaloo

Student mistreatment
 
Assessment of the Prevalence of Medical Student Mistreatment by Sex, Race/Ethnicity, and Sexual Orientation. Hill KA, Samuels EA, Gross CP, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2020;180(5):653–665.  Reviewed by Jacob Schulman & Elizabeth Van Opstal, MD   https://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2020.0030

Mitigating the “Match Frenzy” through individualized advising    The Pediatric Match Frenzy: An Overview and an Approach for Mentoring Medical Students. Liao N, Mahan  J, Scherzer R. Academic Pediatrics 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2019.06.007    Reviewed by Ashlyn McRae and Amit Pahwa 

Keeping Punxsutawney Phil away from our students
Mitigating “Educational Groundhog Day” – The Role of Learner Handoffs Within Clinical Rotations: A Survey of Pediatric Educational Leaders.  Fuchs J, King M, Devon EP, Guffey D, Keeley M, Rocha MEM. Academic Pediatrics. 2020;20(1):113-118.  doi:10.1016/j.acap.2019.08.011
Reviewed by: Chelsea Howie and Joanna Holland, Dalhousie University, Halifax NS

Feedback from students

Faculty Perceptions of Formative Feedback from Medical Students. Robins L, Smith S, Kost A, Combs H, Kritek PA, Klein EJ. Teach Learn Med. 2020 Apr-May;32(2):168-175. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10401334.2019.1657869

Group Texting to Teach Developmental Milestones

Use of a Group Text Messaging Application to Teach Developmental Milestones on a Pediatric Clerkship. Berger S. Academic Pediatrics 2019. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2019.10.007

Reviewed by Randy Rockney

Handoff Education
 
Patient Handoff Education: Are medical schools catching up? Davis R, Davis J, Berg K, et al. American Journal of Medical Quality.2018;33 (2):140-146.  https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1062860617719128
 
Reviewed by Hadley Bloomhardt, Laurie Murray, and Suzanne Friedman

Residents as teachers

You must remember this!
 
Cognitive learning theory for clinical teaching.   McSparron JI, Vanka A, Smith CC.. Clin Teach  2018; 15:1-5. https://doi.org/10.1111/tct.12781 
 
Reviewed by Gary Beck Dallaghan

Racial bias in clinical grading

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Clinical Grading in Medical School. Low D, Pollack SW, et al.  Teaching and Learning in Medicine 2019; 31(5), 487-496. https://doi.org/10.1080/10401334.2019.1597724

Reviewed by Randy Rockney

Racism in medical education

The Effects of Racism in Medical Education on Students' Decisions to Practice in Underserved or Minority Communities.  Phelan SM et al. Academic Medicine 2019 94(8) 1178-89

https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000002719

Reviewed by Adwoa Osei

A standardized letter for residency selection

Bajwa NM, Yudkowsky R, Belli D, Vu NV, Park YS.  Validity evidence for a residency admissions standardized assessment letter for pediatrics. Teach Learn Med 2018; 30(2):173-183. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10401334.2017.1367297

Reviewed by Gary Beck Dallaghan

Medical Students and QI

Teaching Students How to Improve Safety and Quality in Two Children' Hospitals: Building a Pediatric Clerkship Patient Safety and Quality Experience. Genuardi, Frank J. et al. Academic Pediatrics, 2019. In press.

 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2019.04.008

Reviewed by Patricia Mcburney

Student perspectives on feedback

The Art (and Artifice) of Seeking Feedback:  Clerkship Students’ Approaches to Asking for Feedback.  Bing-You R, Hayes V, Palka T, Ford M, Trowbridge R.

Academic Medicine. 2018;93;1218–1226.  

 https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000002256

Reviewed by Srividya Naganathan

How do we teach physical examination skills?

Approaches to Teaching the Physical Exam to Preclerkship Medical Students: Results of a National Survey   Uchida T, ParkYS, Ovitsh RK, Hojsak J, Gowda D, Farnan JM, Boyle M, Blood AD, Achike FI, and Silvestri RC  Academic Medicine Jan 2019 94(1) 129-134

https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000002433

Reviewed by Suzanne Friedman

Going mobile

A library mobile deployment to enhance the medical student experience in a rural longitudinal integrated clerkship. Johnson EM, Howard C. J Med Lib Assoc 2019; 107(1) https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2019.442

Reviewed by: Gary Beck Dallaghan 

Ready, Willing and Disabled

“Being on Both Sides”: Canadian Medical Students’ Experiences With Disability, the Hidden Curriculum, and Professional Identity Construction.  Stergiopoulos E, Fernando O & Martimianakis MA. Academic Medicine (2018); 93(10): 1550-9.

https://dx.doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0000000000002300

Reviewed by Angela Punnett

Virtual Patient Cases: Do students like ‘em? Do they do them?
Impact of Required Versus Self-Directed Use of Virtual Patient Cases on Clerkship Performance: A
Mixed-Methods Study? Kim S, Willett LR, Pan W, Afran J, Walker JA, Shea JA. Academic Medicine. 93
(5): 742-749.