Search Results Search Sort by RelevanceMost Recent Medical Education Dec 2020 How Educators Can Help Prevent False Brain Death Diagnoses Farah Fourcand, MD and Diana M. Barratt, MD, MPH For many physicians, lack of understanding about brain death leads to confusion and muddles interactions with patients’ loved ones at the end of life. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1010-1018. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1010. Medical Education Sep 2020 Believing in Overcoming Cognitive Biases Tiffany S. Doherty, PhD and Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS Like all humans, health professionals are subject to cognitive biases that can render diagnoses and treatment decisions vulnerable to error. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(9):E773-778. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.773. Medical Education Aug 2016 Improving Pathologists’ Communication Skills Suzanne Dintzis, MD, PhD The communication training program at University of Washington Medical Center aims to develop best practices for effective pathology communication. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(8):802-808. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.8.medu1-1608. Medical Education Jun 2018 Problems and Costs That Could Be Addressed by Improved Burn and Wound Care Training in Health Professions Education Patrick T. Delaplain, MD and Victor C. Joe, MD Wound care curricula in medical school would help address problems associated with chronic wounds and overtriage of burn injuries. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(6):560-566. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.6.medu1-1806. Medical Education Apr 2009 NIH Ethics Education Programs and Initiatives: Training the Next Generation of Clinical and Translational Researchers Emily Abdoler A range of coursework in research ethics is available to medical students through the National Institutes of Health’s educational programs. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(4):291-296. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.4.medu1-0904. Medical Education Apr 2007 Medical Student Professionalism Education at New York University School of Medicine Autumn Lynn Edenfield A first-person account of the development and implementation of a professionalism curriculum at New York University School of Medicine that uses online student portfolios as its principal means for evaluating professional development. Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(4):280-284. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.4.medu1-0704. Medical Education Nov 2006 An Ambulatory Care Elective in a Resource-Poor Community Matthew Fitz, MD A medical school in Illinois is providing its medical students with the knowledge and skills they need to serve patients in resource-poor communities. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(11):735-736. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.11.medu1-0611.
Medical Education Dec 2020 How Educators Can Help Prevent False Brain Death Diagnoses Farah Fourcand, MD and Diana M. Barratt, MD, MPH For many physicians, lack of understanding about brain death leads to confusion and muddles interactions with patients’ loved ones at the end of life. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(12):E1010-1018. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.1010.
Medical Education Sep 2020 Believing in Overcoming Cognitive Biases Tiffany S. Doherty, PhD and Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS Like all humans, health professionals are subject to cognitive biases that can render diagnoses and treatment decisions vulnerable to error. AMA J Ethics. 2020;22(9):E773-778. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2020.773.
Medical Education Aug 2016 Improving Pathologists’ Communication Skills Suzanne Dintzis, MD, PhD The communication training program at University of Washington Medical Center aims to develop best practices for effective pathology communication. AMA J Ethics. 2016;18(8):802-808. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2016.18.8.medu1-1608.
Medical Education Jun 2018 Problems and Costs That Could Be Addressed by Improved Burn and Wound Care Training in Health Professions Education Patrick T. Delaplain, MD and Victor C. Joe, MD Wound care curricula in medical school would help address problems associated with chronic wounds and overtriage of burn injuries. AMA J Ethics. 2018;20(6):560-566. doi: 10.1001/journalofethics.2018.20.6.medu1-1806.
Medical Education Apr 2009 NIH Ethics Education Programs and Initiatives: Training the Next Generation of Clinical and Translational Researchers Emily Abdoler A range of coursework in research ethics is available to medical students through the National Institutes of Health’s educational programs. Virtual Mentor. 2009;11(4):291-296. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2009.11.4.medu1-0904.
Medical Education Apr 2007 Medical Student Professionalism Education at New York University School of Medicine Autumn Lynn Edenfield A first-person account of the development and implementation of a professionalism curriculum at New York University School of Medicine that uses online student portfolios as its principal means for evaluating professional development. Virtual Mentor. 2007;9(4):280-284. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2007.9.4.medu1-0704.
Medical Education Nov 2006 An Ambulatory Care Elective in a Resource-Poor Community Matthew Fitz, MD A medical school in Illinois is providing its medical students with the knowledge and skills they need to serve patients in resource-poor communities. Virtual Mentor. 2006;8(11):735-736. doi: 10.1001/virtualmentor.2006.8.11.medu1-0611.