In this episode: Jason’s in Sydney for the first of two KeyLIME podcasts from Down Under with two guest hosts Anthony Llewellyn and Marie-Louise Stokes to discuss a prospective cohort study on traning milestones. onthewards produces weekly podcasts and topical articles aimed at medical students and junior doctors to help ease the transition from medical school to internship. Our podcasts are hosted by Dr James Edwards who talks to leading medical educators about common clinical topics that junior doctors are faced with when working on the hospital wards. Length: 26:00 min

In this episode: Linda reviews an article chosen by Medical Education. She calls it “When is a clerkship not a clerkship?” Length: 20:05 min

Authors: Worley P, Couper I, Strasser R, Graves L, Cummings B-A, Woodman R, Stagg S, Hirsh D and the Consortium of Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (CLIC).

Publication details: A typology of longitudinal integrated clerkships. Medical Education. 2016. [epub ahead of print] PubMed Link 

In this episode: Jason presents a time and motion study of internal medicine residents duty hours. Length: 18:15 min

Authors: Leafloor CW, Lochnan HA, Code C, Keely EJ, Rothwell DM, Forster AJ, Huang AR.

Publication details: Time-motion studies of internal medicine residents' duty hours: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Advances in Medical Education and Practice. 2015. 17(6):621-9 PubMed Link

In this episode: Linda’s choice this week is a research paper that aims to develop an inventory of competencies for Program Directors. With a TWIST this episode: Jon agrees with Jason!! Length: 24:51 min

Authors: Lieff SJ, Zaretsky A, Bandiera G, Imrie K, Spadafora S, Glover Takahashi S.

Publication details: What do I do? Developing a competency inventory for postgraduate (residency) program directors. Medical Teacher. 2016 Apr 6:1-6. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed Link

In this episode: Jon’s longer that usual discussion is about Duty-Hour flexibility in surgical training. Length: 30:35 min

Authors: Bilimoria KY, Chung JW, Hedges LV, Dahlke AR, Love R, Cohen ME, Hoyt DB, Yang AD, Tarpley JL, Mellinger JD, Mahvi DM, Kelz RR, Ko CY, Odell DD1, Stulberg JJ, Lewis FR.

Publication details: National Cluster-Randomized Trial of Duty-Hour Flexibility in Surgical Training. The New England Journal of Medicine. 2016 Feb;[ePub ahead of print] PubMed Link

In this episode: Jason selected a paper on ‘why specialty choice is important’ to broaden your horizons, as it’s not his normal type of paper. Length: 18:41 min

Authors: Lapièce B, Reynaert C, van Meerbeeck P, Dory V.

Publication details: Title Social dominance theory and medical specialty choice. Advances in Health Sciences Education. 2016 Mar;21 (1):79-92. PubMed Link

In this episode: Linda presents a editorial/commentary type of paper that she refers to as ‘What enables CE research ?’ Length: 14:41 min

Authors: Blanchard RD, Visintainer PF, La Rochelle J.

Publication details: Cultivating Medical Education Research Mentorship as a Pathway Towards High Quality Medical Education Research. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2015 Sept;30 (9):1359-62 PubMed Link 

In this episode: Jon Sherbino’s chosen article on cognitive overload asks ‘can you teach too much?’ Length: 19:24 min

Authors: Sewell JL, Boscardin CK, Young JQ, ten Cate O, O’Sullivan P.

Publication details: Measuring cognitive load during procedural skills training with colonoscopy as an exemplar. Medical Education. 2016 Jun;[ePub ahead of print] PubMed Link 

In this episode: Jason chose a paper that asks ‘Is bias in the eye of the beholder?’ Bias alert -  Jon Sherbino is one of the authors ;) Length: 21:45 min

Authors: Zwaan L, Monteiro S, Sherbino J, Ilgen J, Howey B, Norman G.

Publication details:  Is bias in the eye of the beholder? A vignette study to assess recognition of cognitive biases in clinical case workups. BMJ Quality and Safety. 2016 Jan;[ePub ahead of print] PubMed Link 

In this episode: Linda discusses: "Why do a masters degree in Medical Education?"  Length: 16:00 min

Authors: Sethi A, Schofield S, Ajjawi R, McAleer S.

Publication details: How do postgraduate qualifications in medical education impact on health professionals? Medical Teacher. 2016 Feb;38 2):162-7 PubMed Link