Inquiry for the win: Fostering curiosity through a BINGO exercise in a longitudinally integrated clerkship.

Educational Challenge: As technological advancements challenge the current roles healthcare workers fill, curiosity and lifelong learning are becoming increasingly important. However, descriptions of specific curricular interventions that successfully develop these attitudes and skills remain limited.

Proposed Solution: We aimed to promote curiosity and advance practical application of evidenced-based medicine through a longitudinal, gamified learning activity within a longitudinal integrated clerkship (LIC).

Measurement of Spiritual Wellbeing in an Australian Hospital Population Using the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy: Spiritual Wellbeing Scale (FACIT-Sp-12).

Spiritual wellbeing is known to be a predictor of increased patient coping in hospital settings. Therefore, access to a valid and reliable measure of spiritual wellbeing amongst general hospital patients is highly recommended. The aim of this study was to investigate the dimensionality, reliability, and validity of the Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy Spiritual Wellbeing scale (FACIT-Sp-12) in a heterogeneous cohort of hospital patients.

Australian Patient Preferences for Discussing Spiritual Issues in the Hospital Setting: An Exploratory Mixed Methods Study.

While there is high patient acceptance for clinical staff discussing issues regarding spirituality with hospital inpatients, it is not clear which staff member patients prefer for these discussions. This unique exploratory study investigated inpatient preferences regarding which staff member should raise the topic of spirituality. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with inpatients at six hospitals in Sydney, Australia (n = 897), with a subset invited to participate in qualitative interviews (n = 41).

Australian Patient Preferences for the Introduction of Spirituality into their Healthcare Journey: A Mixed Methods Study.

While patients value engagement concerning their spirituality as a part of holistic healthcare, there is little evidence regarding the preferred way to engage in discussions about spirituality. This study investigated inpatient preferences regarding how they would like spirituality to be raised in the hospital setting. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with inpatients at six hospitals in Sydney, Australia (n = 897), with a subset invited to participate in qualitative interviews (n = 41).

Development and Validation of a Test for Competence in Evidence-Based Medicine.

Background: Medical educators need valid, reliable, and efficient tools to assess evidence-based medicine (EBM) knowledge and skills. Available EBM assessment tools either do not assess skills or are laborious to grade.

Objective: To validate a multiple-choice-based EBM test-the Resident EBM Skills Evaluation Tool (RESET).