UnsCripted Medicine

In this episode co-hosts Rachel Holloway and Alex Gillotte sit down to have a Med Ed discussion. Through being students themselves and being a part of the longitudinal Clinical Teaching Elective at UCCOM, they realized that there are various things that we do as clinical teachers that are not beneficial for learners, and may actually harm them!

Topics

1) Not dedicating time for feedback 
(Time 03:20)

• JAMA feedback article
• Medical Education: Effective Feedback

2)  Not assessing what they know/how they felt they did 
(Time 13:40)

• ICE Blog | Reflective Practice
• ICE Blog | Self-Directed Assessment Seeking
• 12 Tips for Teaching Reflection at all levels of Medical Education

3) Telling them information/lecturing, versus inquisitive questioning with guidance
(Time  21:28)

• ICE Blog | Spaced Repetition Theory 
• ICE Blog| Learning Curve Basis of CBME: The Nonlinearity of Learning 
• ICE Blog| Multiple Resource Theory
• How to Learn Effectively in Medical School: Test Yourself, Learn Actively, and Repeat in Intervals
• Make it Stick

4) Malignant Questioning
(Time 25:20)

• Things We Do for No Reason™: Toxic quizzing in medical education

5) Fixed mindset
(Time 34:10)

• Mindset: The New Psychology of Success: Carol S.  Dweck- section titled the Danger of Praise and Positive Labels
• ICE Blog | Prototype Theory
• A ‘Toolkit’ for Clinical Educators to Foster Learners’ Clinical Reasoning and Skills Acquisition 
• NEJM | Educational Strategies to Promote Clinical Diagnostic Reasoning
• Twelve Tips | Clinical Reasoning

6) Not utilizing spaced repetition learning
(Time 42:32)

• first 3 resources for #3
• How to Learn Effectively in Medical School: Test Yourself, Learn Actively, and Repeat in Intervals

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Ever thought about joining the Military while also becoming a physician? Looking for ways to serve your country while also obtaining benefits such as getting medical school paid for? Tune into this episode as Elsa Haile tells us about the Health Professions Scholarship Program, why she joined, what her experience was like and what her future in the Army holds.

Show Notes:
1. AAMC's Guide to the HPSP
2. Medicine and the Military

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In this episode, Dr. Elliott joins us again as we sit down to discuss cadaver labs! When did they start, how did they develop, and where do we see them going from here? All these questions will be answered as we take a deep dive in and uncover the mysteries of the room we were once oh so nervous to be in!

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Planning your M4 year? Interested in how music and the arts evoke emotions and play a role in  neurodegenerative disorders? Tune into this episode as co-hosts Alex Gillotte and Rachel Holloway chat with Malia Schram and Rob Powell (Class of 2023) about their experience playing bongos, dancing and studying the intersection of music and the mind.

Rob Powell: [email protected] or [email protected]
Malia Schram: [email protected] or [email protected]

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Jules Madzia (MD/PhD candidate) sits down with co-hosts Rachel Holloway and Alex Gillotte in this episode to discuss their findings from their PhD work.  This episode covers real medical students’ experiences with racism, sexism, homophobia, and transphobia and the effects of such experiences on their future careers. Jules' dissertation (the basis for this discussion) is a call to action for administration, program directors and all those in the field of medicine to help break down policies, and overall mindsets/ culture in medicine to allow for a  more inclusive environment in which everyone can be their most authentic self!

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In this episode, we join Dr. Brian Elliott, chief resident of internal medicine and medical historian extraordinaire to discuss the history of residency in medicine and The Match! We discuss everything from the foundations of medical training in ancient times to unwrapping the often confusing background of why residency is the way it is. No matter what stage of training you are, be sure to listen in: one day you may learn from these facts to make a better system for everyone!

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From competing in the olympic trials to authoring a novel (with a second on the way), Teri Miles really has done it all. On this episode, she is here to share some of the wisdom she has gathered through her experiences. As a member of the LGBTQ+ community, Teri shares the importance of advocacy, reflections on both positive and negative experiences in healthcare, and how best to be a good ally as a medical student. One of Teri’s goals is “to serve others with joy,” and that is absolutely apparent throughout this episode.

Show Notes:
Hiding in Plain Sight
An excerpt from the preface:
"This paper is one way I find gives me some 'self-therapy,' by probing my past to help resurface pain points that have been left dormant, to deal with them and dust them off… to put all things into perspective. Although, like many, there are many elements of my youth and past I would never want to repeat, but also that I would never trade—they make me who I am today.”

About the Miles in Front Foundation:
“The Miles in Front Foundation will serve the entire LGBTQ+ community in a different way than traditional public agencies focus being placed on LGBTQ+ adults over age 24 who have been shunned or forced into the streets to fend for themselves amidst the indifference, violence and hatred that put them there in the first place. Local agency support typically does not address adults caught in the crossfire of family, employers, religious practices, and home.”

Resources:

• True Colors United 

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Medical school is hard. Minority identities and the subsequent micro-aggressions add further complexity and difficulty. In this episode, join Molly & Rachel as they chat with Malia Schram (Class of 2023) about their experience as a gender-minority medical student, how they have discovered allies, maneuvered difficult situations throughout training, and found their voice in advocacy and teaching roles.

Resources:

1. Connect with Malia at [email protected]!
2. UCSF Center of Excellence for Transgender Health
3. Equitas Health in Cincinnati
4. Join the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH)!
5. WPATH Standards of Care 8

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Interested in doing a rotation away but not sure where to start? The UnsCripted team has got you. Tune in as Rachel chats with Nicole Bardakos (c/o 2023, Emergency Medicine) and John Wilson (c/o 2023, Ophthalmology) about everything from scheduling the rotation to thriving on the wards! 

Resources: 

1. EM Clerkship Podcast
2. WikEM

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If you're considering taking a gap year during medical school, but don't know what opportunities there are, you've come to the right place! Tune in as Molly and Rachel chat with Trevor Stantliff and Riley Ferguson (former UCCOM Class of 2023) about their experience in the Medical Research Scholars Program at the National Institute of Health.

P.S. - If you haven't listened already, check out our first "Mind the Gap" episode here for more information about gap year opportunities! 

Resources: 

1. AAMC | Research and Training Opportunities
2. NIH Medical Scholars Program Website

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