12 tips for developing Physician Education.

The education of a physician is a life-long process. Healthcare is a dynamic field characterized by continuous advancements in medicine, evolving treatment options, changing regulations, care models, and technology. Physicians must keep up-to-date with new practices, procedures, medications, and diseases and fulfill the educational requirements to maintain their medical licensure.

Educating the Educator: Evaluation and Review of the ADMSEP Education Scholars Program.

Objective: This report examines the first 8 years of the Association of Directors of Medical Student Education in Psychiatry (ADMSEP) Education Scholars Program (ESP) to determine the impact of the program on alumni careers and scholarship and their reception of the ESP. The 2-year longitudinal professional development program, launched in 2012, provides foundational knowledge to improve scholarship skills for faculty in psychiatry medical student education. The program is unique among national faculty development programs for psychiatry medical educators in its focus on scholarship and its requirement of completion of a research project in medical education.

Elements of an Excellent Psychiatry Clerkship Experience: A Survey Study of Graduating Medical Students.

Objective: One possible factor associated with choosing psychiatry as a career is students rating their psychiatry clerkship as excellent. Although this suggests that an excellent clerkship may improve recruitment into psychiatry, to our knowledge there has never been a multi-site survey study of graduating medical students that identify what factors lead to an excellent clerkship rating. The purpose of this study was to determine factors that medical student find important for an excellent psychiatry clerkship experience.

Use of alcoholics anonymous as part of medical school education: students' and educators' perspectives.

The objective of this study was to discover the utility, barriers, and experiences with the use of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) as a learning resource in the medical school curriculum. A third-year medical student cohort and a psychiatric educator group were queried about learned experiential lessons, attendance requirements, attitudes, and obstacles encountered. Forty-three educators, whose familiarity with AA varied widely, responded to the survey.

Psychiatry clerkship students' preparation, reflection, and results on the NBME Psychiatry Subject Exam.

Objective: Psychiatry clerkship training involves many learning components, one of which is acquisition of scholarly knowledge. The authors investigate the reading materials and learning methods used by clinical clerks in their preparation for the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) Psychiatry Subject Exam (PSE).

Methods: Clerkship students from six U.

Students' and residents' perceptions regarding technology in medical training.

Objective: This pilot study provides firsthand feedback from medical students and residents in training regarding their perceptions of technology in medicine.

Method: The authors distributed an e-mail invitation to an anonymous Web-based survey to medical students and residents in two different U.S.

Clinical grading in psychiatric clerkships.

Objective: The clinical grade assessment is the most frequently used and heavily weighted component in the overall assessment of U.S. psychiatry clerkship students, yet the topic is understudied.