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View article: Decoding the mask: Identity in undergraduate medical education
Decoding the mask: Identity in undergraduate medical education Open
Introduction: Developing a healthy sense of professional identity among medical students is an integral aspect of medical education. Despite its importance, addressing professional identity formation (PIF) in medical school has typically b…
View article: Behind the Mask II
Behind the Mask II Open
The COVID-19 pandemic presented the medical education community with unprecedented challenges. Little is known about the impact of the pandemic on professional identity formation (PIF) in matriculating students. The objective of this study…
View article: COVID Faces: Unmasking the Emotional Impact of the Pandemic
COVID Faces: Unmasking the Emotional Impact of the Pandemic Open
Background: In April 2020, most undergraduate medical education programs across the country ceased in-person activities. In the months that followed, the return to clinical care was often inconsistent, sporadic and unpredictable. As the pa…
View article: A qualitative study exploring self-directed learning in a medical humanities curriculum
A qualitative study exploring self-directed learning in a medical humanities curriculum Open
Introduction: The humanities enrich and transform the practice of medicine. What remains to be seen, however, is how best to integrate humanities into the medical curriculum to optimize both educational and patient-related outcomes. The pr…
View article: Promotion Preparation Tips for Academic Family Medicine Educators
Promotion Preparation Tips for Academic Family Medicine Educators Open
Background and Objectives: Promotion has historically valued the scholarship of discovery over the scholarship of teaching. The clinician-educator promotion pathway is an attractive option for academic family physicians engaged in signific…
View article: Obstetricians’ Prescribing Practices for Pain Management After Delivery
Obstetricians’ Prescribing Practices for Pain Management After Delivery Open
Aim: To examine postpartum opioid prescribing practices. Materials & methods: Obstetricians were interviewed about opioids: choice of opioid, clinical factors considered when prescribing, thoughts/beliefs about prescribing, and typical cou…
View article: Taking Off the Mask: Impostorism and Medical Education
Taking Off the Mask: Impostorism and Medical Education Open
Introduction: Professional identity formation is the complex and iterative process by which medical students learn to think, act, and feel like physicians. Methods: Using mask making, we iteratively explored changes in student perceptions …
View article: Vulnerable Patient Outreach Program (VPOP)
Vulnerable Patient Outreach Program (VPOP) Open
The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted many traditional patient care delivery models. To help meet patient needs, the Penn State Health Department of Family and Community Medicine started a medical student-run Vulnerable Patient…
View article: Cost Neutrality of Fourth Year in Military Programs
Cost Neutrality of Fourth Year in Military Programs Open
We read with great interest the paper by Bliss et al on the University of Utah Health Sciences Learning, Engagement, Achievement, and Progress (HS-LEAP) program's provision of longitudinal support and mentorship for underrepresented in med…
View article: Increased Scholarly Activity: A Benefit of 4-Year Family Medicine Residencies
Increased Scholarly Activity: A Benefit of 4-Year Family Medicine Residencies Open
Introduction The optimal length of Family Medicine Residency is unknown. As part of the American Board of Family Medicine 4-year Length of Training (LoT) pilot project, Naval Hospital Jacksonville (NHJ) maintained a dual-track 3- and 4-yea…
View article: Student-generated learning objectives and curricular innovation
Student-generated learning objectives and curricular innovation Open
Introduction
Recent focus from accrediting bodies emphasizes learning objectives as a means of mapping and standardizing content coverage. While most educational training centers on faculty-derived learning objectives that are geared towa…
View article: Analytic Decision Gaming: A Tool for Crisis Response and Clinical Reasoning
Analytic Decision Gaming: A Tool for Crisis Response and Clinical Reasoning Open
Issue: Medical education traditionally focuses on basic science during the first two years of medical school. To “flip” this model, the Penn State College of Medicine has introduced and inquiry-based educational strategy that introduces st…
View article: Weight-Based Teasing and Metabolic Syndrome Components among Adolescent Military Dependents at Risk for Adult Obesity
Weight-Based Teasing and Metabolic Syndrome Components among Adolescent Military Dependents at Risk for Adult Obesity Open
Background: Among adults, weight stigma is associated with markers of poor cardiometabolic health. Although weight-based teasing (WBT) is common among youth with high body weight, few studies have examined its associations with cardiometab…
View article: Mask-Making: An Autoethnographic Examination of Professional Identity in Undergraduate Medical Education
Mask-Making: An Autoethnographic Examination of Professional Identity in Undergraduate Medical Education Open
In addition to providing medical students with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to gather and synthesize information to accurately diagnose and treat disease, medical education must also help students develop a healthy profes…
View article: A Pilot Feasibility Study of Interpersonal Psychotherapy for the Prevention of Excess Weight Gain Among Adolescent Military-dependent Girls
A Pilot Feasibility Study of Interpersonal Psychotherapy for the Prevention of Excess Weight Gain Among Adolescent Military-dependent Girls Open
Introduction Adolescent military-dependents face unique psychosocial stressors due to their parents’ careers, suggesting they may be particularly vulnerable to excess weight gain and symptoms of depression and anxiety. Despite these risk f…
View article: Rental Insights A COVID-19 Collection
Rental Insights A COVID-19 Collection Open
This Collection offers insights from twenty of Australia’s leader academics and thinkers into the survey results of 15,000 Australian rental households. The Collection draws on data from The Australian Rental Housing Conditions Dataset fun…
View article: Transformative Learning in the Art Museum: A Methods Review
Transformative Learning in the Art Museum: A Methods Review Open
Clinical educators are continually seeking innovative methods and settings for teaching. As such, they have increasingly begun to use art museums as a new educational space in which to build clinically-relevant skills and promote learners’…
View article: Novel Methodology for Recruitment of High School Students to Health Professions
Novel Methodology for Recruitment of High School Students to Health Professions Open
Medical schools are creating programs to introduce careers in healthcare to students at earlier stages in their education. At the Penn State College of Medicine University Park Regional Campus, we have created and implemented a novel impro…
View article: Organizing Chaos: Iterative Professional Identity Formation Through the Lens of Mask Making
Organizing Chaos: Iterative Professional Identity Formation Through the Lens of Mask Making Open
Introduction: Professional identity formation (PIF) is a sociocultural process through which medical students adopt the professional role of physician. This process is often unscripted and influenced by informal curricular elements. PIF is…
View article: Sex differences in metabolic syndrome components in adolescent military dependents at <scp>high‐risk</scp> for adult obesity
Sex differences in metabolic syndrome components in adolescent military dependents at <span>high‐risk</span> for adult obesity Open
Summary Background Metabolic syndrome in adolescence has been associated with adverse cardiometabolic outcomes in adulthood. Preliminary data suggest that boys may have worsened metabolic syndrome components compared to girls. Yet, little …
View article: Examination of the Interpersonal Model With Adolescent Military Dependents at High Risk for Adult Obesity
Examination of the Interpersonal Model With Adolescent Military Dependents at High Risk for Adult Obesity Open
The interpersonal model may contribute to our understanding of excess weight gain and binge eating disorder among adolescent military dependents. Prospective data are needed to determine the utility of interpersonal theory in predicting tr…
View article: Unmasking Identity: Observations From a Cohort of Entering Medical Students
Unmasking Identity: Observations From a Cohort of Entering Medical Students Open
Background and Objectives: Professional identity formation (PIF) is increasingly recognized as a core element of medical education. The use of narrative reflection is traditionally the most common means to explore PIF. We explored the use …
View article: Associations between Family Weight-Based Teasing, Eating Pathology, and Psychosocial Functioning among Adolescent Military Dependents
Associations between Family Weight-Based Teasing, Eating Pathology, and Psychosocial Functioning among Adolescent Military Dependents Open
Weight-based teasing (WBT) by family members is commonly reported among youth and is associated with eating and mood-related psychopathology. Military dependents may be particularly vulnerable to family WBT and its sequelae due to factors …
View article: Behind the Mask: Identity Formation and Team Building
Behind the Mask: Identity Formation and Team Building Open
Medical schools have the responsibility to create an environment where students and faculty work together to advance the knowledge and skills necessary for the practice of medicine, while simultaneously promoting the development of a sound…
View article: Parental deployment and distress, and adolescent disordered eating in prevention‐seeking military dependents
Parental deployment and distress, and adolescent disordered eating in prevention‐seeking military dependents Open
Objective Parental military deployment can lead to stress in the family system due to concerns about the deployed service‐member's safety and increased responsibilities for those not deployed. Parent‐related stress can impact adolescent di…
View article: Forward Feeding in Graduate Medical Education: Results of a National Survey
Forward Feeding in Graduate Medical Education: Results of a National Survey Open
Background and Objectives: “Forward feeding” is defined as the sharing of information regarding learner behaviors and performance outside of formal institutional committee structures. The purpose of this study was to establish baseline opi…