Voices in #MedEd
Lighting up the Screen: Tips for Trainees for a Successful Virtual Interview
There is a difference between seeing a picture of a great painting and studying it right before your eyes, smelling a plate of pasta vs eating it, and similarly, interviewing for fellowship virtually rather than in-person. For the past two years applicants and...
Best Practices for the Concurrent Classroom Educator
For over a decade, health professions educators have called for a pedagogical revolution to disrupt traditional medical education curricula with tech-enhanced innovations. When compared to traditional face-to-face (F2F) models, high-quality tele- and web-based...
Faculty Development: What Is Out There and How To Decide What Is Worth Your Time
Have you been feeling like something is missing from your academic life? Are you trying to get to the next level in your career? If you answered yes, you’re not alone. Indeed, your division and department heads are probably wanting more for all their faculty members....
Recognizing and Celebrating Fellows and Faculty: The Value of a Simple “Thank You”
Many large corporations have systems in place to recognize and celebrate employees beyond monetary rewards and in ways that promote recruitment and retention, such as enabling an informal recognition culture. Examples include bringing attention to accomplishments...
Critical Care POCUS (Point-of-Care Ultrasound) Education: A Structured Approach to Identifying and Overcoming Barriers
We sit on the cusp of the POCUS revolution! Though diagnostic ultrasound has been in clinical use for more than half a century, only in the past two decades has miniaturization and affordability put this technology within the grasp of clinicians at the bedside. Not...
Tips to Receiving and Integrating Feedback to Enhance Your Professional and Personal Growth
In the broadest sense, feedback is how we learn about ourselves from our interactions, experiences, and engagements with other people. Receiving feedback often challenges how we perceive our self. Reflection and potential integration of feedback can truly help us...
Building a Sense of Community During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Whether it be discussing a novel therapy, a challenging diagnosis, grief over a patient’s death, or simply the best way to accomplish one’s career goals, being a part of a well-developed community is essential for every trainee. Fellowship (and really all medical...
Identifying Mentors for New Trainees
Mentorship is defined as a support to the individuals to establish their own learning goals. Mentors empower mentees to envision their learning path, develop necessary skillsets, maximize their potential, and enrich performance. The fundamental goal of fellowship...
Social Media for Physicians: Seven Tips for Success
Engaging in social media allows us to connect with junior and senior colleagues, exchange clinical and research experiences, and attract potential collaborators. It also allows us to teach and educate, free of charge, to an audience that would not be within reach if...
Making an Infographic in Six Steps
What’s an Infographic? Infographics are graphical summaries of a topic or a concept. Based on elements of design thinking and adult learning, infographics distill complicated topics into easily digestible components. The impact of these bite-sized offerings is...
