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New Conversations -- Justice, Disparities, and Meeting the Needs of Our Most Vulnerable Populations

Creator:   Journal Staff
Updated:   9/6/2018
Contains:  10 items
This collection features articles, reports, and more that contribute to the New Conversations topic introduced by David Sklar, MD in his November 2017 editorial: New Conversations: Justice, Disparities, and Meeting the Needs of Our Most Vulnerable Populations. Articles in this collection discuss the work that has already been done—and the work still needed—to ameliorate the disparities in care received by vulnerable and underserved populations.

New Conversations -- Global Health Education

Creator:   Journal Staff
Updated:   4/6/2018
Contains:  8 items
This collection features articles, reports, and more that contribute to the New Conversations topic introduced by David Sklar, MD in his May 2016 editorial: What can be learned from the ongoing efforts around the world to address old and new global health problems through medical education. Some of the challenges that articles in this collection address are large-scale human migration, violence, terrorism, climate change, the emergence of new infections, a growing aging population, and increased costs of health care

New Conversations -- Health Care Reform and Academic Health Centers

Creator:   Journal Staff
Updated:   8/18/2016
Contains:  19 items
This collection features articles, reports, and more that contribute to the New Conversations topic introduced by David Sklar, MD in his January 2015 editorial: What are the present and future impacts of current health care reform efforts on medical education, health care delivery, and research at academic health centers, and what effects might such reforms have on the overall health of communities?

Editorials of David P. Sklar, MD

Creator:   Journal Staff
Updated:   9/6/2018
Contains:  72 items
This collection features the complete collection of editorials written by David P. Sklar, MD. Dr. Sklar has served as editor-in-chief of Academic Medicine since January 2013.

Academic Medicine and the Department of Veterans Affairs

Creator:   Journal Staff
Updated:   11/28/2017
Contains:  26 items
This collection features articles and research reports from and about VA institutions, highlighting the VA contributions to medical education and research.

Entrustable Professional Activities

Creator:   Journal Staff
Updated:   8/7/2018
Contains:  43 items
This collection features articles, reports, and more on entrustable professional activities or tasks that a faculty member may assign to trainees to execute, unsupervised, once they have shown adequate competence.

Faculty Affairs

Creator:   Journal Staff
Updated:   8/7/2018
Contains:  182 items
This collection, developed in collaboration with the Association of American Medical Colleges' Group on Faculty Affairs, features articles and reports published in Academic Medicine that are about issues important to faculty: development, mentoring, leadership, career tracks, and more.

Interprofessional Education

Creator:   Journal Staff
Updated:   4/6/2018
Contains:  74 items
This collection features articles, reports, and opinion pieces about physicians working with others, especially those in various health professional roles.

Learning Environment and Its Effect on Learner Wellness and Resilience

Creator:   Journal Staff
Updated:   7/11/2018
Contains:  47 items
This collection features articles and reports focused on residents’ and students’ experiences during medical school and residency, especially in regard to how the learning environment affects learner wellness.

Mastery Learning and Deliberate Practice in Medical Education

Creator:   Journal Staff
Updated:   7/11/2018
Contains:  25 items
This collection features articles, including foundational works, about the application of mastery learning (defined as the achievement of particular skills and knowledge at set levels or standards, independent of time for all learners) and deliberate practice (structured, intentional repetition followed by feedback with the goal of improving a specific skill) in medical education.

Medical School Performance Evaluation (MSPE)

Creator:   Journal Staff
Updated:   7/11/2018
Contains:  15 items
This collection features articles, reports, and thought pieces on the medical school performance evaluation, formerly Dean’s Letters, and how to improve their utility for deans, residency directors, and trainees.

Quality and Safety

Creator:   Journal Staff
Updated:   9/6/2018
Contains:  135 items
This collection examines quality and safety as it is taught in medical schools and practiced in teaching hospitals. It includes articles about teaching quality and safety to learners, calls for increases in curricula that focus on quality and safety, and research reports providing the results of quality and safety initiatives.

Sexual and Gender Minorities in Medicine

Creator:   Journal Staff
Updated:   4/6/2018
Contains:  14 items
This collection features commentaries, articles, and reports about trainees, providers, and patients at medical schools and teaching hospitals who identify as sexual or gender minorities.

Social Media and Academic Medicine

Creator:   Journal Staff
Updated:   11/5/2014
Contains:  12 items
This collection features articles, reports, and more on the brave new world of social media and its implications for medical education.

Using USMLE Step 1 Scores in Resident Selection

Creator:   Journal Staff
Updated:   9/13/2018
Contains:  17 items
This collections features reports, opinion pieces, and more that explore the topic of using United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE) Step 1 scores in resident selection and its consequences. A complementary collection on AM Rounds, the journal's blog, features additional content on this topic: http://academicmedicineblog.org/tag/resident-selection/.

Women in Medicine and Science

Creator:   Journal Staff
Updated:   6/15/2018
Contains:  82 items
This collection, developed in collaboration with the Association of American Medical Colleges’ Group on Women in Medicine and Science, features articles and reports published in Academic Medicine that are focused on the careers, advancement, mentoring, and leadership of women at medical schools.