Publications for the week of May 4th, 2020

“Seven ways to get a grip on implementing Competency-Based Medical Education at the program level” by Dagnone and team summarized ways for successful implementation of CBME within their residency programs.

“The role of gender in the decision to pursue a surgical career: A qualitative, interview-based study” by Acai et al. examined the role that gender plays when choosing a career in surgery.

“Fundamental trends within falling match rates: insights from the past decade of Canadian residency matching data” by Zeng and co-authors studied factors contributing to rising unmatched rates. 

“Analysis of factors affecting Canadian medical students’ success in the residency match” by Lakoff and team focused on how various student factors impact residency matching outcomes.

“Exercise is Medicine Canada workshop training improves physical activity practices of physicians across Canada, independent of initial confidence level” by O’Brien and team evaluated whether MDs’ initial confidence affects the impact of an educational physical activity workshop.

“CaRMS at 50: Making the match for medical education” by Turriff and co-authors explored the last 50 years of the matching system.

“Reclaiming physician identity: It’s time to integrate ‘Doctor as Person’ into the CanMEDS framework” by Dagnone et al. proposed an eighth role for the CanMEDS framework.

“Perceptions of preparedness: How hospital-based orientation can enhance the transition from academic to clinical learning” by Beavers and team explored whether students’ perceptions of hospital-based orientation resulted in being more prepared for clinical placement.

 

Read more about them below:

Dagnone and team described “Seven ways to get a grip on implementing Competency-Based Medical Education at the program level.” Through their shared experience with implementation at Queen’s University, they hope they can benefit others for future CBME change. 

Acai and co-authors in “The role of gender in the decision to pursue a surgical career: A qualitative, interview-based study,” conducted interviews in order to recognize the role of gender in medical students’ decision to pursue a surgical career. They found that gender is more likely to be a barrier than a motivator.

In “Fundamental trends within falling match rates: insights from the past decade of Canadian residency matching data,” Zeng and team identified clusters of disciplines with trends in match and electives behaviours. They found that not all disciplines are affected equally by the declining match ratios. They hope that the results from their study will be useful in the future for reducing the number of unmatched CMGs.

“Analysis of factors affecting Canadian medical students’ success in the residency match” by Lakoff and team analyzed match outcomes of medical students to see what factors influenced an applicant’s chance of matching with their first choice discipline. They believe the results of their analysis will help guide medical students with their career planning and strategies.

O’Brien and team in “Exercise is Medicine Canada workshop training improves physical activity practices of physicians across Canada, independent of initial confidence level” explored whether MDs with varying degrees of confidence discussing exercise and physical activity with their patients would equally benefit from physical activity and exercise training. They found that the training improved MDs’ confidence at each level of intial confidence.

“CaRMS at 50: Making the match for medical education” by Turriff and co-authors looked back at the evolution of the application and matching system over the past half century, and CaRMS' role in the process. They concluded that the system needs to evolve with future needs without compromising its working system. 

In the article, “Reclaiming physician identity: It’s time to integrate ‘Doctor as Person’ into the CanMEDS framework,” Dagnone and team proposed formalizing ‘Doctor as Person’ as the eighth role in the CanMEDS framework. They proposed that this role would aid in increasing the humanity in medical care.

Beavers et. al in their article “Perceptions of preparedness: How hospital-based orientation can enhance the transition from academic to clinical learning” explored medical students’ perceptions of hospital-based orientation as a useful tool for transitioning from academic to clinical learning. They argued that the orientation played an important role in learners’ preparedness at the unit/service and individual levels.