Promotion Criteria for Medical Educators: Are We Climbing a Ladder with Invisible Rungs?

Objective: In 2006 the Association of American Medical Colleges recommended standardization of documentation of the contributions of medical educators and guidelines for their academic promotion. The authors characterized current United States (US) medical school promotion guidelines for medical educators.

Methods: Authors collected publicly available data from medical school promotion websites from March through July 2022 after determining categories by traditional-set domains as well as peer-reviewed standards.

Health Science Education in International Context: Strategies for Bridging Cultural Differences.

With increasing globalization, many students and staff are experiencing how difficult it is to work in a different culture. Different ways of communicating, for example, can lead to misunderstandings, as the results of a small survey show. This article proposes a workshop to support people who work internationally.

Teaching Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in Pediatric Clinical Settings: A Training Workshop for Faculty and Residents.

Introduction: Health disparities for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual, all other genders, sexes, and sexualities (LGBTQIA+) population are striking. Yet, deliberate efforts to integrate sexual orientation and gender identity in pediatric education settings remain lacking. The type of formal training that pediatric educators currently have for teaching of sexual orientation and gender identity is unclear and limited, which led to the development and implementation of this curriculum.

Critical observations on and suggested ways forward for healthcare communication during COVID-19: pEACH position paper.

Objective: Communication in healthcare has influenced and been influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic. In this position paper, we share observations based on the latest available evidence and experiential knowledge that have emerged during the pandemic, with a specific focus on policy and practice.

Methods: This is a position paper that presents observations relating to policy and practice in communication in healthcare related to COVID-19.

Collecting Validity Evidence: A Hands-on Workshop for Medical Education Assessment Instruments.

Introduction: There is an increasing call for developing validity evidence in medical education assessment. The literature lacks a practical resource regarding an actual development process. Our workshop teaches how to apply principles of validity evidence to existing assessment instruments and how to develop new instruments that will yield valid data.

Jeopardy!: an innovative approach to teach psychosocial aspects of pediatrics.

Objective: Medical educators have used Jeopardy! game to teach medical knowledge. None has reported using it to teach psychosocial aspects of medicine.

Methods: As part of a cross-cultural communication curriculum for residents in an urban, medically underserved area, we piloted "Bronx Jeopardy!to teach psychosocial aspects of the surrounding community.