Announcing ERLI and the Education Research Consult Service: Education scholarship is hard, so let us help you

Are you a medical education fellow or budding educator-scholar struggling with ideating, designing, or conducting your education research study? Conducting and publishing education scholarship is incredibly challenging with unique considerations that are different from other forms of research. We are thrilled to announce the ALiEM Education Research Lab and Incubator (ERLI), led by the ERLI Chief Academic Officer Dr. Simiao Li-Sauerwine from The Ohio State University.

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2020-09-05T17:35:50-07:00Sep 11, 2020|Academic, Research|

Beyond the Abstract | Resident Motivations and Experiences in Listening to Educational Podcasts

Podcasts are all the rage these days, and it is not surprising that some residents spend more time with podcasts than any other educational resource.^1–3 But why? And how do podcasts fit with other forms of learning, like lectures, textbooks, and clinical teaching?

In our recent article published in Academic Medicine, we explored these questions. Using qualitative interviews and analysis, we identified 3 overarching themes that shed light on residents’ podcast listening behaviors and the tensions with which listeners wrestled.⁴

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By Jeff Riddell, MD|2019-10-30T21:00:09-07:00Sep 27, 2019|Beyond the Abstract, Research, Social Media & Tech|

Revise and Resubmit: Responding to peer reviewer comments about your journal manuscript

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As part of the ALiEM Faculty Incubator Program, Dr. Anthony Artino, Deputy Editor of the Journal of Graduate Medical Education (JGME) and Assistant Editor for Academic Medicine participated in a Google Hangout with Drs. Antonia Quinn and Teresa Chan in which he provided expert advice for responding to editor and peer reviewer comments on your journal manuscript submission. This was the focus of the second half of the webinar panel discussion starting at the 28-minute mark. His advice and best practices are summarized below.

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By Jennifer Mitzman, MD|2019-10-31T23:26:56-07:00Aug 2, 2019|Incubators, Professional Development, Research|

Study: Thematic analysis of our “How I Work Smarter” series

In 2014-15, we hosted a “How I Work Smarter” (HIWS) series, led by Dr. Ben Azan, focusing on the individual strategies of high-performing, successful emergency physicians. After the conclusion of the series, Ben went one step further and recruited a team which included Drs. Marilyn Innes, Brent Thoma, myself, Alex Van Duyvendyk, Zafrina Poonja, and Teresa Chan to conduct a thematic analysis, which was just published in Cureus [open access full text].¹ Although the content is from 2014-15 and many of the featured contributors have moved institutions with different roles, the themes and tips remain salient and informative in today’s era of digital and cognitive overload in the clinical and non-clinical environments.

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2019-06-03T12:25:28-07:00Apr 22, 2019|How I Work Smarter, Research|

Study: High Prevalence of Physician Burnout Among Emergency Medicine Residents Across the U.S.

In March 2017, our ALiEM Wellness Think Tank launched an ambitious initiative to try to identify the prevalence rate of U.S. emergency medicine (EM) resident burnout across the country. No study to date had been done to assess this. Amazingly we got a response from over 1,500 confirmed U.S. EM residents from 193 residency programs purely through our social media, email listservs, and Wellness Think Tank outreach efforts. We measured burnout using the Maslach Burnout Inventory-Human Services Survey (MBI-HSS). This 22-item MBI-HSS is the most common, validated tool used to measure burnout in healthcare professionals. It assesses 3 subscale domains:

Emotional exhaustion (EE), which means being emotionally depleted at work
Depersonalization (DP), which means a lack of feelings or negative, cynical feelings towards others
Personal accomplishment (PA), which is a positive sense of self-evaluation and success at work.

A combination of high EE, high DP, and/or low PA scores are correlated with burnout.^1,2 This post reviews some of the highlights from our study, High Prevalence of Burnout among Emergency Medicine Residents across the US, which was recently accepted by Annals of Emergency Medicine and published online.³

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2019-06-14T18:27:10-07:00Mar 16, 2019|Research, Wellness, Wellness Think Tank|

SAEM Research Learning Series: Exception From Informed Consent

Have you ever wondered how researchers are able to conduct prospective studies on truly emergent conditions, such as cardiac arrest and status epilepticus? How can they obtain informed consent? In this Research Learning Series podcast episode from SAEM, Dr. Jill Baren (University of Pennsylvania) shares stories, pearls, and roadblocks in her career, conducting emergency research under the Exception From Informed Consent (EFIC) regulations. As an established researcher in this area,^1–9 Dr. Baren shares advice and stories which include reaching to the community, getting angry hot-line comments, and getting push-back from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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By Michelle Lin, MD|2019-04-04T21:21:36-07:00Mar 7, 2019|Research|

SAEM Research Learning Series: Writing a Winning Abstract for a Scientific Meeting

In this podcast episode of the SAEM Research Learning Series, Drs. Mary and Nate Haas interview Daren M. Beam, MD MS (Indiana University) talk about his research career. Listen to this episode which is chock full of practical pearls to help you get ahead with submitting a winning abstract for a scientific meeting or conference. As a bonus, you will also hear behind-the-scenes stories about how the PE Rule-out Criteria (PERC) rule came to be while he was a research coordinator before medical school. Did you know that it was originally nicknamed the “PE Pink Sheet”?

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By Mary Haas, MD|2019-03-28T19:53:37-07:00Feb 20, 2019|Research|