Perception of In-Person Prerounding Amongst Neurology Residents Across Two Academic Centers.

Background And Purpose: In-person prerounding has long been a routine practice for residents in the field of neurology. However, with the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic, many institutions, including our two academic neurology centers, have shifted to computer rounding. This study aims to assess the effects of computer rounding alone compared to a combination of computer rounding and in-person prerounding from the perspective of neurology residents.

Moving Beyond the Dichotomous Assessment of Professionalism in the Internal Medicine Clerkship: Results of a National Survey of Clerkship Directors.

Purpose: This study examines how internal medicine clerkship faculty and leadership conceptualize professionalism and professional behaviors and attitudes, identifies whether and how faculty use metrics to assess professionalism and factor it into clerkship grades, and describes barriers that prevent faculty from feeling prepared to support the development of professional behaviors in students.

Method: The Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine opened a call for thematic survey section proposals to its physician-faculty members, blind-reviewed all submissions, and selected 4 based on internal medicine clinical clerkship training experience relevance. The survey launched on October 5 and closed on December 7, 2021.

An exploratory study of goal orientations of traditional block and longitudinal integrated clerkship students.

Background: Achievement goal theory links goal setting, motivation, and learning and describes three orientations: 'mastery' (seeking learning), 'performance' (seeking positive judgments), and 'performance-avoidance' (avoiding negative judgments). Mastery orientation is considered most adaptive. The authors investigated goal orientations of traditional block clerkship (TBC) and longitudinal integrated clerkship (LIC) students.

The Pre-Radiology Internship: Room for Improvement?

Background: A clinical internship is currently required by the American Board of Radiology prior to Radiology residency. The purpose of this investigation is to evaluate practicing radiologists' perspectives on the value of the internship and their recommendations for optimization.

Methods: A five-minute online survey was distributed via email to practicing radiologist members of the American College of Radiology.

The Harvard Medical School Pathways curriculum: A comprehensive curricular evaluation.

Purpose: The Harvard Medical School Pathways curriculum represents a major reform effort. Our goals were to enhance reasoning and clinical skills and improve the learning environment and students' approach to learning via use of collaborative, case-based pedagogy; early clinical exposure; and enhanced approaches to teaching and evaluating clinical skills. We evaluated the impact of Pathways on key outcomes related to these goals.