It All Comes Down to Validity: Thoughts on the MCAT
By Kimberly A. Swygert, PhD, senior psychometrician, National Board of Medical Examiners A set of upcoming articles in Academic Medicine thoughtfully summarize the performance of the current MCAT and...
View ArticleArticles from the August issue are now available online ahead of print!
New online-first articles are available from Academic Medicine! In one study, the authors challenge the validity of the U.S. News and World Report primary care medical school rankings. The authors of...
View ArticleOpportunities to Improve Medical Education
What are the most important questions in medical education? Here are some to consider. “How can we best help our medical students and residents achieve procedural competency?” Or, “What is the impact...
View ArticleThe April issue of Academic Medicine is now available online!
Available now to read online is the April issue of the journal. Read the entire April issue online at academicmedicine.org or on your iPad using the Academic Medicine for iPad app. Highlights include:...
View ArticleWhat’s New and In the Queue for Academic Medicine
What’s New: A Preview of the December Issue The December issue of Academic Medicine is now available! Read the entire issue online at academicmedicine.org or on your iPad using the Academic Medicine...
View ArticleWhat’s New and In the Queue for Academic Medicine
What’s New: A Preview of the May Issue The May issue of Academic Medicine is now available! Read the entire issue online at academicmedicine.org or on your iPad using the Academic Medicine for iPad...
View ArticleFrom Competency to Entrustment in Medical Education
By: Neel Sharma, MBChB, MSc, National University Hospital Singapore and Harvard Macy Institute Michael Whitcomb highlighted his concerns regarding an overemphasis on competency-based medical education...
View ArticleIs “Nonteaching” a Bad Word?
By: Allen B. Repp, MD, MSc, professor and vice chair for quality, Department of Medicine, The Larner College of Medicine at The University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont For years I’ve been trying to...
View ArticleA Discussion on Global Health Issues in Medical Education
A new episode of our podcast is now available through iTunes. Listen today. Discussing global health issues in medical education, including the social context of learning, competencies across cultures,...
View ArticleEditorial Board Q&A: Brenessa Lindeman, MD, MEHP
Brenessa Lindeman, MD, MEHP, Assistant Professor of Surgery, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL Describe your current activities. My academic interests focus on two areas: physician...
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