Background: Systemic racism contributes to health disparities. Innovative educational strategies are needed to develop competency in addressing manifestations of racism that impact patients. While the MD program at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai addressed racism in the preclerkship curriculum, a gap was identified in the clerkship year. The authors developed an antiracist clinical [...]

Background: Oral case presentations are a core learning opportunity for students, during which they synthesize data, develop assessments and plans, and communicate clinical reasoning. However, during focus groups at our institution, faculty and students described presentations as inefficient, redundant, and lacking standardized expectations. Faculty were overall dissatisfied with student presentations. Students described presentations as stressful [...]

Background: Although popular belief often suggests a link between lunar cycles and human behavior, particularly in psychiatric contexts, scientific evidence supporting this association remains limited. This study explores the potential association between lunar phases and antipsychotic medication administration in psychiatric patient encounters at select hospital units from July 2018 to August 2023. Methods: Data were [...]

Background: The proportion of young adults with complex medical needs and chronic illnesses cared for at pediatric hospitals is substantially increasing. ACGME requires both pediatric and Internal Medicine (IM) residents to manage patients with complex or chronic conditions and coordinate care across the healthcare continuum, including transitioning to adult care. However, barriers to transitioning these [...]

Background: Since the ACGME established duty hour limits in 2003, there has been an increasing prevalence of night float rotations in internal medicine residency training. Conferences and formal didactics are a critical component of resident education. However, residents on night float rotations typically miss these essential educational activities that are typically held during the daytime [...]

Background: Patient-centered communication, defined as delivering information simply and accurately, is a critical component of health literacy. However, curricula to teach patient-centered communication are not standardized in medical school or residency.  The objective of this study was to evaluate whether a brief educational session can improve the use of patient-centered communication among medical students and [...]

Background: High-value care (HVC) is an increasingly important component of medical education. This study aimed to assess differences in medical students’ perceptions and behaviors towards HVC during surgical versus non-surgical rotations and to evaluate the impact of an educational first-year HVC course on these outcomes. Methods: A cross-sectional, annual survey was administered from 2021-2024 to [...]

Background: Sexual harassment encompasses unwelcome verbal and physical sexual attention, including gender-based behaviors in social settings. It violates fundamental human rights and poses a global issue for men and women. In medical communities, it has been linked to burnout, isolation, workforce attrition, and the perpetuation of unprofessional behaviors through medical education. In the U.S., annual [...]

Background: Trusting relationships between faculty and learners, described as an “educational alliance,” play an important role in constructive feedback. Such relationships can be difficult to achieve in current clinical learning environments (CLEs), which may diminish faculty members’ willingness to give learners feedback that supports their growth and performance. Our study seeks to explore the role [...]

Background: There is growing interest in point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) for addressing clinical questions at the bedside, particularly in the intensive care unit (ICU), where it is widely used by intensivists. This trend has prompted education initiatives for residents across various specialties, including internal medicine, emergency medicine, anesthesia, and pediatrics. While several studies focus on training [...]