Building on Strengths: An Affirmational and Systems-Level Approach to Revisiting Character in Medicine.

Although U.S. medical education has continued to place increased emphasis on defining competency standards and ensuring accountability to the public, health care inequities have persisted, several basic health outcomes have worsened, public trust in the health care system has eroded, and moral distress, burnout, and attrition among practicing physicians have escalated.

Discovering social learning ecosystems during clinical clerkship from United States medical students’ feedback encounters: a content analysis.

Purpose: We examined United States medical students’ self-reported feedback encounters during clerkship training to better understand in situ feedback practices. Specifically, we asked: Who do students receive feedback from, about what, when, where, and how do they use it? We explored whether curricular expectations for preceptors’ written commentary aligned with feedback as it occurs naturalistically in the workplace.

Methods: This study occurred from July 2021 to February 2022 at Southern Illinois University School of Medicine.

On pandemics and pivots: a COVID-19 reflection on envisioning the future of medical education.

The required adjustments precipitated by the coronavirus disease 2019 crisis have been challenging, but also represent a critical opportunity for the evolution and potential disruptive and constructive change of medical education. Given that the format of medical education is not fixed, but malleable and in fact must be adaptable to societal needs through ongoing reflexivity, we find ourselves in a potentially transformative learning phase for the field. An Association for Medical Education in Europe ASPIRE Academy group of 18 medical educators from seven countries was formed to consider this opportunity, and identified critical questions for collective reflection on current medical education practices and assumptions, with the attendant challenge to envision the future of medical education.

A Proposed Blueprint for Operative Performance Training, Assessment, and Certification.

Objective: The aim of this study was to propose an evidence-based blueprint for training, assessment, and certification of operative performance for surgical trainees.

Summary Background Data: Operative skill is a critical aspect of surgical performance. High-quality assessment of operative skill therefore has profound implications for training, accreditation, certification, and the public trust of the profession.