Background: International medical graduates (IMGs) are vital members of the United States (US) healthcare landscape, making up 24.7% of physicians nationally.[1] Despite this, IMGs face numerous challenges in matching and transitioning to US residencies. One hurdle is adapting to the Western value of relationship-centered care (RCC), which emphasizes patient autonomy, shared decision-making, and interpersonal communication [...]

Background: Teaching complex topics, such as hyponatremia, requires simultaneous processing of multiple interconnected concepts. Traditional teaching methods like small and large group lectures may overwhelm learners, making innovative tools necessary to manage cognitive load. Serious games, designed with a primary purpose beyond entertainment—to teach, train, or assess students in a structured, engaging way designed for [...]

Background: For the clinician-educator, balancing patient care duties with educational responsibilities can be challenging.1 New methods are needed to augment the current toolkit of time-efficient teaching methods, which include strategies like the “one-minute preceptor” or bedside rounds.2 One educational strategy of interest is task-based learning (TBL), which structures learning around a clinical task.3,4 Rather than [...]

Background: Feedback is critical in medical education, yet its effectiveness is often compromised by suboptimal utilization. Many trainees experience a disconnect between feedback they receive and their self-perceptions, which can inhibit their growth and performance. Common challenges include inconsistencies between evaluative feedback and trainees’ beliefs about their capabilities, concerns regarding the credibility of the feedback [...]

Background: Many hospitalists at academic institutions are eager to grow as effective clinical educators but face barriers that limit their development opportunities. With limited time on teaching wards, hospitalists have fewer chances to engage in “learning by doing” in their roles as educators. Many who enter these positions straight after residency are expected to serve [...]

Background: Poor noon conference attendance is a universal problem across residency programs, particularly for inpatient rotations. Residents commonly face the decision to either attend a conference or continue their work on busy services. Food incentives, mandatory attendance standards, or implementation of consequences for absences are largely ineffective. Conversely, a study suggests that lecture topics and [...]

Background: Gamification is a novel and evolving concept in the digital age of medical education (1,2). Traditionally, gamification efforts have focused on single session interventions such as Jeopardy-style lectures or online tools like Kahoot (3). More recently, educators have used escape rooms with puzzles themed around concepts in medicine (4). However, single experiences within a [...]

Background: Written patient discharge instructions play an important role in patient education upon discharge from the hospital. Writing clear, concise instructions is documented to reduce re-admission rates. [1,2] Despite the importance of well-written discharge instructions, we found that medical students at our institution received little formal education in writing discharge instructions during their pre-clinical courses [...]