Jane Thornton, Ahmed Mahdi, Lydia Schultz, Graham Briscoe
{"title":"Assessing the effectiveness of a cadaveric workshop in improving resident physicians' confidence in performing ultrasound-guided joint injections.","authors":"Jane Thornton, Ahmed Mahdi, Lydia Schultz, Graham Briscoe","doi":"10.36834/cmej.77293","DOIUrl":"10.36834/cmej.77293","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Our study showed that an educational workshop using a cadaveric specimen is effective in improving resident physicians' confidence in performing ultrasound-guided, as well as landmark-based, joint injections. Participants also reported a strong interest in future cadaveric workshops on ultrasound-guided joint injections and believe such workshops would be a valuable educational resource for other physicians. Implementing cadaver-based ultrasound-guided joint injection workshops similar to the one discussed in this manuscript could be used to supplement training for these procedures in medical education and provide residents with the early experience they need to be able to perform these injections independently in clinic settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":72503,"journal":{"name":"Canadian medical education journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10787854/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45761479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ethan Waisberg, Joshua Ong, Mouayad Masalkhi, Nasif Zaman, Sharif Amit Kamran, Prithul Sarker, Andrew G Lee, Alireza Tavakkoli
{"title":"ChatGPT and medical education: a new frontier for emerging physicians.","authors":"Ethan Waisberg, Joshua Ong, Mouayad Masalkhi, Nasif Zaman, Sharif Amit Kamran, Prithul Sarker, Andrew G Lee, Alireza Tavakkoli","doi":"10.36834/cmej.77644","DOIUrl":"10.36834/cmej.77644","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72503,"journal":{"name":"Canadian medical education journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10787866/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49461463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Protection, freedom, stigma: a critical discourse analysis of face masks in the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic and implications for medical education.","authors":"Ran Huo, Maria Athina Martimianakis","doi":"10.36834/cmej.73155","DOIUrl":"10.36834/cmej.73155","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The COVID-19 pandemic has spotlighted the face mask as an intricate object constructed through the uptake of varied and sometimes competing discourses. We investigated how the concept of face mask was discursively deployed during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. By examining the different discourses surrounding the use of face masks in public domain texts, we comment on important educational opportunities for medical education.</p><p><strong>Method: </strong>We applied critical discourse methodology to look for key phrases related to face masks that can be linked to specific socio-economic and educational practices. We created an archive of 171 English and Mandarin texts spanning the period of February to July 2020 to explore how discourses in Canada related to discourses of mask use in China, where the pandemic was first observed. We analyzed how the uptake of discourses related to masks was rationalized during the first phase of the pandemic and identified practices/processes that were made possible.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>While the face mask was initially constructed as personal protective equipment, it quickly became a discursive object for rights and freedoms, an icon for personal expression of political views and social identities, and a symbol of stigma that reinforced illness, deviance, anonymity, or fear.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Discourses related to face masks have been observed in public and institutional responses to the pandemic in the first wave. Finding from this research reinforce the need for medical schools to incorporate a broader socio-political appreciation of the role of masks in healthcare when training for pandemic responses.</p>","PeriodicalId":72503,"journal":{"name":"Canadian medical education journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10787858/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44478727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Equity, diversion, and inclusion in medical school teaching.","authors":"Zahra Taboun, Omar Taboun, Marcel F D'Eon","doi":"10.36834/cmej.78257","DOIUrl":"10.36834/cmej.78257","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72503,"journal":{"name":"Canadian medical education journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10787863/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139473106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tim Dubé, Marie-Dominique Beaulieu, Mariem Fourati, Imane Benaskeur
{"title":"[Mapping the research activities on social accountability in health of an emerging international community].","authors":"Tim Dubé, Marie-Dominique Beaulieu, Mariem Fourati, Imane Benaskeur","doi":"10.36834/cmej.76320","DOIUrl":"10.36834/cmej.76320","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We used environmental analysis to document the nature and characteristics of research on social accountability (SA) in health conducted by members of an emerging international Francophone network on SA. We developed a questionnaire focusing on research inputs, activities, and outputs, which could serve as a reference in other institutions and networks. The results provide a better understanding of SA research within the international Francophone community. Networks that aim to promote research among their members should carry out such mapping to leverage the strengths of the community and act as catalysts and stepping stones for future research.</p>","PeriodicalId":72503,"journal":{"name":"Canadian medical education journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10787869/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49121528","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The CanMEDS Competency Framework in laboratory medicine: a phenomenographic study exploring how professional roles are applied outside the clinical environment","authors":"Chloe Bogaty, J. Frambach","doi":"10.36834/cmej.77140","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36834/cmej.77140","url":null,"abstract":"Background: The CanMEDS Competency Framework is an internationally recognized model used to outline the proficiencies of a physician. It has predominantly been studied in clinical environments but not all medical specialties take part in direct patient contact. In laboratory medicine, the role of the physician is to promote and enhance patient diagnostics by managing and overseeing the functions of a diagnostic laboratory.\u0000Methods: This phenomenographic study explores the lived experiences of biochemistry, microbiology, and pathology residency program directors to better understand how they utilize the CanMEDS competencies. Eight laboratory medicine program directors from across Canada were individually interviewed using a semi-structured interview, and the data was analysed using inductive thematic analysis.\u0000Results: The findings show that the current framework is disconnected from the unique context of laboratory medicine with some competencies appearing unrelatable using the current standardized definitions and expectations. Nevertheless, participants considered the framework to be an appropriate blueprint of the competencies necessary for their professional environment, but to make it accessible more autonomy is required to adapt the framework to their needs.\u0000Conclusion: Newer renditions of the CanMEDS Competency Framework should better consider the realities of non-clinical disciplines.","PeriodicalId":72503,"journal":{"name":"Canadian medical education journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138980647","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dismantling discrimination through education","authors":"Khaled Moustafa","doi":"10.36834/cmej.77999","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36834/cmej.77999","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72503,"journal":{"name":"Canadian medical education journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139010827","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From curiosity to cure","authors":"Antonio Yaghy","doi":"10.36834/cmej.78189","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36834/cmej.78189","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":72503,"journal":{"name":"Canadian medical education journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139232521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Resident Support Network: a supportive approach to resident physician wellness","authors":"Nina Mazze, Sureka Pavalagantharajah, Celia Kwan, Alexandra Nieuwesteeg, Claire Young, Joanna Humphreys","doi":"10.36834/cmej.77147","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36834/cmej.77147","url":null,"abstract":"Implication Statement The Resident Support Network (RSN) is a formal network of residents and medical faculty, with additional training and resources in resident wellness. RSN is accessible to residents to approach with their wellness concerns. It aims to support residents during a period of medical training that is associated with high trainee burnout rates. Implementing individual-focused and organizational strategies in residency programs has been found to reduce burnout. The RSN, in the McMaster University Pediatrics Residency program, was initiated based on the need to help address gaps in supporting resident wellness. Implementation of an RSN would likely provide similar benefits for residents in other universities and specialties by enhancing resident wellness.","PeriodicalId":72503,"journal":{"name":"Canadian medical education journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139229931","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Grace Zhou, A. Thayaparan, Stephanie Park, Yasamin Sadeghi, Brandi Deimling, Roxanne Wright, F.-H. Leung
{"title":"Understanding the perspective of community co-educators on community-based service learning: a qualitative analysis","authors":"Grace Zhou, A. Thayaparan, Stephanie Park, Yasamin Sadeghi, Brandi Deimling, Roxanne Wright, F.-H. Leung","doi":"10.36834/cmej.76453","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36834/cmej.76453","url":null,"abstract":"Background: Community-based service learning (CBSL) is a core component of the Canadian medical education system. However, the unique role of community partner organizations (CPOs) in supporting CBSL remains unclear. This qualitative study evaluates the perspective of CPOs as co-educators in the undergraduate medical curriculum. Methods: We conducted eight semi-structured, one-on-one interviews with CPOs at a medical school in Toronto, Ontario between 2020-2021. Interviews were conducted following a pre-determined interview guide and then recorded, de-identified, and transcribed. Three reviewers independently performed an inductive thematic analysis of codes followed by a group review of discrepancies. Results: Five main findings were identified: 1) CPOs share a common interest in serving as co-educators; 2) considerable heterogeneity in the understanding of co-education exists; 3) there is an opportunity for increased partnerships between CPOs and faculty; 4) the role of co-educators is limited by curriculum structure; and 5) co-educators facilitate unique teachings of social determinants of health otherwise not available through traditional didactic teaching. Conclusions: There is an emerging, unique role for community co-educators in the undergraduate medical curriculum, supported by interest from CPOs. Its emphasis may contribute to future cohorts of medical students capable of understanding and addressing the needs of the populations they serve.","PeriodicalId":72503,"journal":{"name":"Canadian medical education journal","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139258634","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}