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View article: Working Through Loss: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Physicians’ Grief
Working Through Loss: A Critical Discourse Analysis of Physicians’ Grief Open
Although grief is an unavoidable aspect of the human experience, it remains largely unspoken in the workplace, including healthcare. Physicians, in particular, minimize their grief due to professional norms and broader societal discourses,…
View article: “A lot of it is about feel”: The promise of sensory ethnography for anatomical education research
“A lot of it is about feel”: The promise of sensory ethnography for anatomical education research Open
Ethnographers have constructed rich accounts of cultural settings since the early nineteenth century. A new approach, sensory ethnography, holds great promise for Health Professions Education scholars in its incorporation of the senses, pa…
View article: Purpose-Driven Design: A Case Report of a Knowledge Mobilization Portal
Purpose-Driven Design: A Case Report of a Knowledge Mobilization Portal Open
Background & Need for Innovation: Synthesizing academic literature is a foundational skill in health professions education (HPE), enabling evidence-informed decision-making and continuous improvement. However, privileging one review type a…
View article: (Dis)embodiment and medical education: How feminist organizational theories can help us think differently about gender
(Dis)embodiment and medical education: How feminist organizational theories can help us think differently about gender Open
This commentary considers the classic Feminist work of Joan Acker in the context of theorizing gender equity in medical schools
View article: Study the past if you would define the future: Historical methods in medical education scholarship
Study the past if you would define the future: Historical methods in medical education scholarship Open
Introduction A study was conducted to describe the state of historical scholarship in medical education including its strengths and opportunities as well as its shortcomings, lacunae, inattentions, and failings. The study took a particular…
View article: Sliding Doors: Pivotal Research Decisions and Their Influence on Exploring Sensitive Topics
Sliding Doors: Pivotal Research Decisions and Their Influence on Exploring Sensitive Topics Open
This paper is the third in a series that qualitatively explores sensitive topics in health professions education (HPE). Here, our purpose is to consider how researchers' topical, methodological, and theoretical design choices create myriad…
View article: Unravelling epistemic injustice in medical education: The case of the underperforming learner
Unravelling epistemic injustice in medical education: The case of the underperforming learner Open
Context Epistemic injustice refers to a wrong done to someone in their capacity as a knower. While philosophers have detailed the pervasiveness of this issue within healthcare, it is only beginning to be discussed by medical educators. The…
View article: Understanding the Differences That Differentiate: A Model for Deciding Which Literature Review to Conduct
Understanding the Differences That Differentiate: A Model for Deciding Which Literature Review to Conduct Open
Literature reviews can offer a variety of insights into the wide range of topics in the health professions education literature. By synthesizing a body of literature, reviews can enable researchers to become oriented to the breadth of know…
View article: The burden of grief: A scoping review of nurses’ and physicians’ experiences throughout the COVID-19 pandemic
The burden of grief: A scoping review of nurses’ and physicians’ experiences throughout the COVID-19 pandemic Open
Coping with loss is an unfortunate reality faced by healthcare professionals, and the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated this challenge for those who worked on the frontlines. Our scoping review aimed to comprehensively map the existing literat…
View article: A meta‐study analysing the discourses of discourse analysis in health professions education
A meta‐study analysing the discourses of discourse analysis in health professions education Open
Introduction Discourse analysis has been used as an approach to conducting research in health professions education (HPE) for many years. However, because there is no one ‘right’ interpretation of or approach to it, quite what discourse an…
View article: Examining How Postpartum Videoconferencing Support Sessions Can Facilitate Connections between Parents: A Poststructural and Sociomaterial Analysis
Examining How Postpartum Videoconferencing Support Sessions Can Facilitate Connections between Parents: A Poststructural and Sociomaterial Analysis Open
Postpartum support for new parents can normalize experiences, increase confidence, and lead to positive health outcomes. While in-person gatherings may be the preferred choice, not all parents can or want to join parenting groups in person…
View article: Faculty from Marginalized Groups in the Health and Social Service Professions: Challenging “Expected Academic” Identity and Roles
Faculty from Marginalized Groups in the Health and Social Service Professions: Challenging “Expected Academic” Identity and Roles Open
Academics have historically been members of socially dominant groups—white, cisgender, heterosexual men, from middle- to upper-classes, who identify as able-bodied and able-minded. Members of other groups are often disadvantaged. In two la…
View article: “There’s an Etiquette to Zoom That’s Not Really Present In-Person”: A Qualitative Study Showing How the Mute Button Shapes Virtual Postpartum Support for New Parents
“There’s an Etiquette to Zoom That’s Not Really Present In-Person”: A Qualitative Study Showing How the Mute Button Shapes Virtual Postpartum Support for New Parents Open
Virtual spaces that allow parents in the postpartum period to connect, support each other, and exchange information have been increasing in popularity. With the COVID-19 pandemic, many parents had to rely on virtual platforms as a primary …
View article: Disembodied, dehumanised but safe and feasible: The social‐spatial flow of a pandemic OSCE
Disembodied, dehumanised but safe and feasible: The social‐spatial flow of a pandemic OSCE Open
Introduction The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is a key feature of healthcare education assessment. Many aspects of the OSCE are well‐investigated, but not so its sociomaterial assemblage. The Covid‐19 pandemic provided …
View article: The Lifecycle of a Clinical Cadaver: A Practice- Based Ethnography
The Lifecycle of a Clinical Cadaver: A Practice- Based Ethnography Open
Phenomenon Cadavers have long played an important and complex role in medical education. While research on cadaver-based simulation has largely focused on exploring student attitudes and reactions or measuring improvements in procedural pe…
View article: Learning by doing: A phenomenological study of medical student leaders
Learning by doing: A phenomenological study of medical student leaders Open
Introduction Despite being recognised as a key physician competency, leadership development is an area of improvement especially in undergraduate medical education. We sought to explore the lived experience of leaders who served in elected…
View article: Understanding Meta-Ethnography in Health Professions Education Research
Understanding Meta-Ethnography in Health Professions Education Research Open
The number of qualitative studies published in the health professions education (HPE) literature has grown exponentially over the past few decades—as has the acceptance of this type of research as a credible form of inquiry. Therefore, HPE…
View article: A Beginner's Guide to Meta-Ethnography
A Beginner's Guide to Meta-Ethnography Open
Meta-ethnography offers a rigorous method for synthesizing multiple qualitative studies to advance understanding of a topic. Developed by Noblit and Hare in the field of education,1 meta-ethnography is well established in applied health re…
View article: Case-Informed Learning in Medical Education: A Call for Ontological Fidelity
Case-Informed Learning in Medical Education: A Call for Ontological Fidelity Open
Case-informed learning is an umbrella term we use to classify pedagogical approaches that use text-based cases for learning. Examples include Problem-Based, Case-Based, and Team-Based approaches, amongst others. We contend that the cases a…
View article: Questions of Well-Being and Inclusion in Online Undergraduate Medical Education During COVID-19: A 2-Phased Focused Scoping Review
Questions of Well-Being and Inclusion in Online Undergraduate Medical Education During COVID-19: A 2-Phased Focused Scoping Review Open
Purpose Undergraduate medical education (UGME) was transformed by the rapid move to online curriculum delivery during the COVID-19 pandemic. Most research on online UGME has focused on measuring its effectiveness. However, medical educator…
View article: Negotiating humanity: an ethnography of cadaver-based simulation
Negotiating humanity: an ethnography of cadaver-based simulation Open
Human body donation (HBD) serves an essential function in many medical schools, particularly in institutions where people engage in cadaver-based simulation (CBS) as a pedagogical approach. The people who facilitate HBD and CBS have a high…
View article: How an Arts-Based Clinical Skills Set Can Be Assessed During OSCEs
How an Arts-Based Clinical Skills Set Can Be Assessed During OSCEs Open
This study offers an arts-based tool set capable of being delivered within the familiar medical education setting and established structure of the OSCE.
View article: The Lifecycle of a Clinical Cadaver: A Practice-Based Ethnography
The Lifecycle of a Clinical Cadaver: A Practice-Based Ethnography Open
PhenomenonCadavers have long played an important and complex role in medical education. While research on cadaver-based simulation has largely focused on exploring student attitudes and reactions or measuring improvements in procedural per…
View article: Physical Health Monitoring of Patients Prescribed Depot Antipsychotic Medication in North West Edinburgh Community Mental Health Team (CMHT)
Physical Health Monitoring of Patients Prescribed Depot Antipsychotic Medication in North West Edinburgh Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) Open
Aims To assess the effect of interventions in the physical health monitoring of patients prescribed depot antipsychotic medications. We hypothesised that compliance with monitoring would improve post-intervention. It is well recognised tha…
View article: Moving beyond ‘think leadership, think white male’: the contents and contexts of equity, diversity and inclusion in physician leadership programmes
Moving beyond ‘think leadership, think white male’: the contents and contexts of equity, diversity and inclusion in physician leadership programmes Open
The lack of both women and physicians from groups under-represented in medicine (UIM) in leadership has become a growing concern in healthcare. Despite increasing recognition that diversity in physician leadership can lead to reduced healt…
View article: Disruption in the space–time continuum: why digital ethnography matters
Disruption in the space–time continuum: why digital ethnography matters Open
There is increasing interest in the use of ethnography as a qualitative research approach to explore, in depth, issues of culture in health professions education (HPE). Our specific focus in this article is incorporating the digital into e…
View article: From struggle to opportunity: Reimagining medical education in a pandemic era
From struggle to opportunity: Reimagining medical education in a pandemic era Open
The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the international medical education community in unprecedented ways. The restrictions imposed to control the spread of the virus have upended our routines and forced us to reimagine our work structures, …
View article: A phenomenological exploration of the impact of COVID‐19 on the medical education community
A phenomenological exploration of the impact of COVID‐19 on the medical education community Open
Introduction The COVID‐19 pandemic has caused unprecedented stress to the medical education community, potentially worsening problems like burnout and work‐life imbalance that its members have long been grappling with. However, the collect…
View article: Introduction to the JGME Literature Review Series
Introduction to the JGME Literature Review Series Open
Graduate medical education (GME) is a rich and diverse field; our scholarly questions reflect that diversity. Imagine a program director during COVID-19 restrictions who wants to learn more about virtual residency selection practices. Imag…
View article: The visual vernacular: embracing photographs in research
The visual vernacular: embracing photographs in research Open
The increasing use of digital images for communication and interaction in everyday life can give a new lease of life to photographs in research. In contexts where smartphones are ubiquitous and many people are “digital natives”, asking par…