Pilot study exploring the presence of leadership curricula in undergraduate medical education.

Introduction: The physician's role in the healthcare delivery system extends beyond patient care to include numerous critical leadership roles in healthcare. In addition to treating patients, physicians manage multidisciplinary teams and influence policies to optimise public health. Yet, leadership education is not currently emphasised as part of undergraduate medical education.

Exploring Quality and Requirements in Faculty Development Related to Teaching.

Background: Little is known about medical school requirements for faculty development related to teaching (FDT) in medical education. This study examined the national landscape and local faculty perceptions of their own institution's FDT requirement.

Methods: An electronic survey was disseminated to Faculty Affairs Offices in US medical schools to assess FDT requirements.

Studying moral distress and moral injury among inpatient and outpatient healthcare professionals during the COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 increased moral distress (MD) and moral injury (MI) among healthcare professionals (HCPs). The purpose of this study was to examine MD and MI among inpatient and outpatient HCPs during March of 2022.The study sought to examine (1) the relationship between MD and MI; (2) the relationship between MD/MI and pandemic-related burnout and resilience; and (3) the degree to which HCPs experienced pandemic-related MD and MI based on background characteristics.

A Pilot Study Assessment of Medical Student Knowledge and System Citizenship Attitudes Pertaining to Health Systems Science.

Background And Purpose: Health system science (HSS) has been described as the third pillar of medical education. We introduced a new health system science and interprofessional practice (HSSIP) curriculum, and measured students' HSS knowledge and attitudes concerning health system citizenship.

Methods: This pilot study involved first-year (M1) and fourth-year (M4) medical students in two cohorts across 2 years.

Walking improvement in chronic incomplete spinal cord injury with exoskeleton robotic training (WISE): a randomized controlled trial.

Study Design: Clinical trial.

Objective: To demonstrate that a 12-week exoskeleton-based robotic gait training regimen can lead to a clinically meaningful improvement in independent gait speed, in community-dwelling participants with chronic incomplete spinal cord injury (iSCI).

Setting: Outpatient rehabilitation or research institute.

Utilization of a New Customizable Scoring Tool to Recruit and Select Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellows.

Background: Finding the ideal candidate for a residency/fellowship program has always been difficult. Finding the "perfect" match has always been the ultimate goal. However, many factors affect obtaining that "perfect" match.

Evaluation of an Interprofessional Learning Experience for Telephone Consultations.

Background And Purpose: There is limited training for healthcare students in the performance of telephone consultations. To facilitate communication between healthcare professionals when face-to-face interactions are not possible, a telephone consultation simulation was developed. The simulation involved students in a doctor of physical therapy program and senior medical students.

Building Health Systems Science Education from the Core Domain of Interprofessional Education at Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine.

The Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine (VTCSOM) is a 4-year allopathic medical school in Roanoke, VA. The curriculum is organized into four learning domains: basic science, clinical science, research, and interprofessionalism (IPE). A recent curriculum renewal effort allowed the school to embark upon a redesign of the IPE learning domain to incorporate new core content from health systems science (HSS).

Evaluating the Burnout-Thriving Index in a Multidisciplinary Cohort at a Large Academic Medical Center.

Objectives: There has been significant discussion about the quality of burnout research, especially with regard to abbreviated measurements of burnout and/or well-being. The purpose of this study was to compare a single-item, investigator-developed question measuring perceived well-being with validated multi-item measures of burnout and well-being.

Methods: Between 2016 and 2017, healthcare professionals and medical students at a large academic hospital system were sent an online survey measuring the risk of burnout (Maslach Burnout Inventory), well-being (Physician or Nurse Well-Being Self-Assessment Tool), and perception of personal well-being (Burnout-Thriving Index [BTI], an investigator-developed, single-item measure).

Piloting a patient safety and quality improvement co-curriculum.

: Despite the push for resident and faculty involvement in patient safety (PS) and quality improvement (QI), there is limited literature describing programs that train them to conduct PS/QI projects. : To determine the effectiveness of a co-learning PS/QI curriculum. : The authors implemented a co-learning (residents and faculty together) PS/QI curriculum within our general Internal Medicine program over 1 year.

Correlation of the National Emergency Medicine M4 Clerkship Examination with USMLE Examination Performance.

Introduction: Assessment of medical students' knowledge in clinical settings is complex yet essential to the learning process. Clinical clerkships use various types of written examinations to objectively test medical knowledge within a given discipline. Within emergency medicine (EM), a new national standardized exam was developed to test medical knowledge in this specialty.

Developing Professionalism via Multisource Feedback in Team-Based Learning.

Unlabelled: CGEA 2015 CONFERENCE ABSTRACT (EDITED). A Novel Approach to Assessing Professionalism in Preclinical Medical Students Using Paired Self- and Peer Evaluations. Amanda R.

Exploring the phenomenon of spiritual care between hospital chaplains and hospital based healthcare providers.

Hospital chaplaincy and spiritual care services are important to patients' medical care and well-being; however, little is known about healthcare providers' experiences receiving spiritual support. A phenomenological study examined the shared experience of spiritual care between hospital chaplains and hospital-based healthcare providers (HBHPs). Six distinct themes emerged from the in-depth interviews: Awareness of chaplain availability, chaplains focus on building relationships with providers and staff, chaplains are integrated in varying degrees on certain hospital units, chaplains meet providers' personal and professional needs, providers appreciate chaplains, and barriers to expanding hospital chaplains' services.

The professionalism disconnect: do entering residents identify yet participate in unprofessional behaviors?

Background: Professionalism has been an important tenet of medical education, yet defining it is a challenge. Perceptions of professional behavior may vary by individual, medical specialty, demographic group and institution. Understanding these differences should help institutions better clarify professionalism expectations and provide standards with which to evaluate resident behavior.

Implementing a multidimensional geriatric curriculum in a physical medicine and rehabilitation residency program.

Residency training in physical medicine and rehabilitation may not contain a formal curriculum in geriatric patient care. A multidimensional geriatric curriculum to third and fourth year physical medicine and rehabilitation residents was implemented to enhance their knowledge in and attitude toward geriatrics. The curriculum consisted of a 12-wk clinical rotation at various sites of geriatric care including outpatient geriatric clinic, skilled nursing facility, continuing care retirement community, and home visits.

Always on call: thoughts from a neophyte physician.

This commentary describes a new physician who encountered a patient in crisis in a nonmedical environment. It discusses professional obligations, ethical principles, errors committed, and reasoning behind such errors. Unusual circumstances, uncertainty about how to properly identify oneself as a physician, self-doubt, and discomfort with practicing outside one's scope of training are recognized as reasons behind these errors.

Impact of a required fourth-year medical student rotation in physical medicine and rehabilitation.

This study evaluated the impact of a 2-wk required rotation in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) on fourth-year medical students' knowledge of PM&R and attitude toward teamwork in patient care. Survey results on attitudes toward a team approach to patient care and knowledge in PM&R were compared prerotation and postrotation. One hundred thirty-eight fourth-year medical students participated in this 2-yr study.

Reliability of the physical medicine and rehabilitation resident observation and competency assessment tool: a multi-institution study.

Objectives: To assess the psychometric qualities of a method of resident physician evaluation by faculty.

Design: Multicenter study by seven Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation training programs. Faculty physicians observed residents in brief patient encounters or teaching sessions, rated specific competencies, and provided residents with immediate feedback.

The development of physician confidence during surgical and medical internship.

Background: While much research has addressed physician competency, the development of confidence has not been studied. We sought to identify which elements of internship residents feel most contributed to building their confidence.

Methods: By anonymous survey, University of Pennsylvania residents rated 104 internship elements for contribution to building physician confidence and reported their subjective confidence during and since internship.

A conceptual model for program evaluation in graduate medical education.

The author provides (1) a brief overview of the literature concerning program evaluation as applied to medical education, (2) a task-oriented conceptual model for use by residency directors in planning for program evaluation of graduate medical education training programs, (3) an explanation of the term "outcomes evaluation" including distinguishing between types of educational outcomes, and (4) a description of a five-step process of implementing the conceptual model.Recent accreditation standards for graduate medical education programs require a shift from a process-oriented to an outcomes-oriented model of evaluation. Accordingly, residency program directors must ensure compliance by undertaking comprehensive program evaluation procedures that demonstrate educational outcomes.