In this episode: Linda Snell presents a paper on positive effects of social media on medical students. Length: 22:20 min

Authors: Chretien KC, Tuck MG, Simon M, Singh LO, Kind T.

Publication details: A Digital Ethnography of Medical Students who Use Twitter for Professional Development. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2015 Nov;30(11):1673-80. PubMed Link 

Episode Length: 28:47

Author: Dhindsa et. al.,

Publication: Individualized pattern recognition for detecting mind wandering from EEG during live lectures. PLoS One. 2019 Sep 12;14(9):e0222276

Today's episode was chosen by Jonathan Sherbino.

Does Mind Wandering during lectures have a negative affect on learning? In this study 16 lecture audience members use EEGs and self-report their attention.

You may hear Jon say 'mind watering' on a few occasions, but in fairness it was recorded late at night.

 Voting on Methods and Impact start at 24:55

In this episode: Jon Sherbino presents a paper that looks beyond traidtional feedback and provides a new model. Length: 16:12 min

Authors: Sargeant J, Lockyer J, Mann K, Holmboe E, Silver I, Armson H, Driessen E, MacLeod T, Yen W, Ross K, Power M.

Publication details: Facilitated Reflective Performance Feedback: Developing an Evidence- and Theory-Based Model That Builds Relationship, Explores Reactions and Content, and Coaches for Performance Change (R2C2). Academic Medicine. 2015 Jul; ePub ahead of print PubMed Link 

Episode length: 24:38

Author: Sukhera et. al.

Publication: The Implicit Association Test in health professions education: A meta-narrative review Perspect Med Educ. 2019 Oct; 8(5): 267–275.

The authors set out to synthesize existing knowledge about the IAT, about how and why it is used for teaching and learning in HPE. They set out to understand the assumptions and theoretical positions that inform those assumptions

Voting for Methodology and Educational Impact: 18:50

Episode 272 was first released on July 14, 2020.

Episode length: 26:52

Author: Puschel et. al.

Publication: Academic excellence in Latin America: Social accountability of medical schools Medical Teacher June 2020.

Social accountability is a key dimension of and a standard of excellence in medical education. But what is social accountability and why is it important?

Voting for Methodology and Educational Impact: 21:03

Episode length: 28:46

Author: Young et. al.

Publication: A mobile app to capture EPA assessment data: Utilizing the consolidated framework for implementation research to identify enablers and barriers to engagement Perspect Med Educ June 2020.

Tech is never a solution for poor educational design. But, good educational design can fail because of logistics.

Voting for Methodology and Educational Impact: 22:50

Episode length: 27:23

Author: Young M.

Publication: The utility of failure: a taxonomy for research and scholarship Perspect Med Educ. 2019 Dec;8(6):365-371.

Purpose of study: 

Meredith riffed philosophy of science concepts and on Firestein’s book called Failure: why science is successful (Oxford Press 2016) and explored the idea that failure of a well-designed study has benefit. She set out to:

• provide language for describing scholarly failures,

• promote learning and interpretation from failed projects, and

• support discussions of the value of failed scholarly projects (p.366).

Voting for Methodology: 25:13

Episode length: 28:11

Author: Thoma et. al.

Publication: Next Steps in the Implementation of Learning Analytics in Medical Education: Consensus from an International Cohort of Medical Educators J Grad Med Educ. 2020 Jun;12(3):303-311.

Purpose: From the authors:

“We sought to characterize barriers to the use of learning analytics techniques in medical education by identifying the questions of educators interested in this field.”

Episode length: 40:35

The purpose of this paper is 1) To describe interpretations of commonly used phrases in Letters of reference by PDs other than in pediatrics. 2) To identify areas of agreement or variation between pediatrics, surgery, and IM LORs. 

Author  Saudek et. al.

Publication  Pediatric, Surgery, and Internal Medicine Program Director Interpretations of Letters of Recommendation. Acad Med. 2019 Nov;94 

Audience questions/comments start at: 24:52

36:30 Voting on Methodology and Educational Impact

How good are you at diagnosis?

Is Diagnosis a top priority in Medical Education?

Barnett et al., Comparative Accuracy of Diagnosis by Collective Intelligence of Multiple Physicians vs IndividualPhysicians. JAMA Network Open. 2019 Mar 1;2(3)