Coproducing the Learning Environment: Lessons Learned from a Year of Near-Peer Teaching.

Purpose: Few medical schools offer electives with the goal of teaching medical students to be effective teachers prior to residency. We developed a novel year-long, longitudinal course, the Clinical Teaching Elective (CTE), that develops fourth-year medical students as student teachers within Clinical Skills (CS).

Approach/methods: The elective was designed by Clinical Skills (CS) Course Directors and two fourth-year medical students (M4) as a longitudinal elective.

Creation of a Student-Run Medical Education Podcast: Tutorial.

Background: Podcasting has become a popular medium for medical education content. Educators and trainees of all levels are turning to podcasts for high-quality, asynchronous content. Although numerous medical education podcasts have emerged in recent years, few student-run podcasts exist.

Facilitating Success of the Early Stage Surgeon Scientist Trainee: Growing the Surgeon Scientist Pipeline.

Objective: Surgeon scientists bring to bear highly specialized talent and innovative and impactful solutions for complicated clinical problems. Our objective is to inform and provide framework for early stage surgeon scientist training and support.

Summary Of Background Data: Undergraduate, medical student, and residency experiences impact the career trajectory of surgeon scientists.

Making Lemonade Together -- How Program Directors, Applicants, and Medical Schools Can Thrive During the Upcoming Interview Season.

This article was migrated. The article was marked as recommended. The virtual residency interview process ushers in a new era of medical education.

Pediatric Percutaneous Nephrostomy: A Multicenter Experience.

Purpose: To analyze technique, outcomes, and complications of a large series of pediatric percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN) procedures performed at 4 tertiary pediatric centers.

Materials And Methods: Retrospective multicenter study of PCNs performed during an 11-year period. Six hundred seventy-five PCNs were performed on 441 patients (median age: 4 y, range: 1 d-18 y, median weight: 17 kg, range: 0.

New C2 synchondrosal fracture classification system.

Background: Excessive cervical flexion-extension accompanying mild to severe impact injuries can lead to C2 synchondrosal fractures in young children.

Objective: To characterize and classify C2 synchondrosal fracture patterns.

Materials And Methods: We retrospectively reviewed imaging and medical records of children who were treated for cervical spine fractures at our institution between 1995 and 2014.