Developing CLOUT: A Longitudinal, Cross-Program Chief Resident Curriculum to Increase Psychological Safety in the Clinical Learning Environment.

Psychological safety in the clinical learning environment is essential for learning and thriving. The authors aimed to leverage the leadership position and influence that chief residents hold and invited them to participate in a longitudinal professional development curriculum designed to provide them with the tools to promote psychological safety. A total of 66 chief residents from 25 residency programs, along with 18 faculty allies, participated in 5 workshops, which were designed to increase their understanding of and effective responses to workplace mistreatment or bias directed toward trainees.

How Internal Medicine Clerkship Directors Are Using Entrustable Professional Activities: A National Survey Study.

Background: In the present assessment environment in undergraduate medical education at U.S. medical schools, the prevalence and implementation of Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) in internal medicine (IM) clerkships are not well understood.

Safety of robotic cholecystectomy as index training procedure: the UK experience.

Aims: To evaluate the safety profile of robotic cholecystectomy performed within the United Kingdom (UK) Robotic Hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) training programme.

Methods: A retrospective evaluation of prospectively collected data from eleven centres participating in the UK Robotic HPB training programme was conducted. All adult patients undergoing robotic cholecystectomy for symptomatic gallstone disease or gallbladder polyp were considered.

Sexually Transmitted Infections in People with Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are more commonly seen in patients with human immunodeficiency virus (PWH). Routine sexual history taking and appropriate multisite screening practices support prompt identification and treatment of patients, which in turn reduces morbidity and spread of STIs including HIV. Nucleic acid amplification testing has high accuracy for diagnosing many of the major STIs.