Medical Education Journal (medical + education_journal)

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17 Our Patients, Our Residents, Their Case-Based Evidence: Development of an Intradepartmental Medical Education Journal

ACADEMIC EMERGENCY MEDICINE, Issue 2008
Christopher Miller
As clinical educators, we place a premium on teaching at the bedside. This academic medicine hallmark has many competitors in today's challenging emergency department environment. We therefore sought to complement bedside teaching with the creation of a monthly, case-based, best-evidence-practice, intra-departmental medical education journal. Residents were encouraged to annotate interesting cases during their shifts in a written log found in the emergency department. Monthly, a senior EM resident reviewed the cases and earmarked a select few for detailed review based on their potential educational merit. Comprehensive, evidence-based teaching summaries were presented in a case-report format (see attached examples). The completed manuscript was distributed electronically to staff and residents as a monthly medical education journal. Survey methodology performed at the conclusion of the publication's first year assessed its educational impact and estimated resources required for publication. 90% of residents reported reading the journal monthly, and 80% felt it was of high educational value. The mean preparation time was 16 hours per month. To assess reproducible and lasting didactic benefit, the journal was introduced at a second EM academic institution. To date, 19 issues at the primary site and 7 issues at the second have been published. Multi-institutional validation of its educational impact is ongoing, but interim analysis suggests continued success at both sites. [source]


An outcomes research perspective on medical education: the predominance of trainee assessment and satisfaction

MEDICAL EDUCATION, Issue 4 2001
Jay B Prystowsky
Context A fundamental premise of medical education is that faculty should educate trainees, that is, students and residents, to provide high quality patient care. Yet, there is little research on the effect of medical education on patient outcomes. Objective A content analysis of leading medical education journals was performed to determine the primary foci of medical education research, using a three- dimensional outcomes research framework based on the paradigm of health services outcomes research. Data sources All articles in three medical education journals (Academic Medicine, Medical Education, and Teaching and Learning in Medicine) from 1996 to 1998 were reviewed. Papers presented at the Research in Medical Education conference at the Association of American Medical Colleges annual meeting during the same period, and published as Academic Medicine supplements, were also analysed. Study selection Only data-driven articles were selected for analysis; thus editorials and abstracts were excluded. Data extraction Each article was categorized according to primary participant (i.e. trainee, faculty, provider and patient), outcome (performance, satisfaction, professionalism and cost), and level of analysis (geographic, system, institution and individual(s)). Data synthesis A total of 599 articles were analysed. Trainees were the most frequent participants studied (68·9%), followed by faculty (19·4%), providers (8·1%) and patients (3·5%). Performance was the most common outcome measured (49·4%), followed by satisfaction (34·1%). Cost was the focus of only 2·3% of articles and patient outcomes accounted for only 0·7% of articles. Conclusions Medical education research is dominated by assessment of trainee performance followed by trainee satisfaction. Leading journals in medical education contain little information concerning the cost and products of medical education, that is, provider performance and patient outcomes. The study of these medical education outcomes represents an important challenge to medical education researchers. [source]