title: For the general internist: a review of relevant 2013 innovations in medical education.
abstract: We conducted a review of articles published in 2013 to identify high-quality research in medical education that was relevant to general medicine education practice. Our review team consisted of six general internists with expertise in medical education of varying ranks, as well as a professional medical librarian. We manually searched 15 journals in pairs, and performed an online search using the PubMed search engine for all original research articles in medical education published in 2013. From the total 4,181 citations identified, we selected 65 articles considered most relevant to general medicine educational practice. Each team member then independently reviewed and rated the quality of each selected article using the modified Medical Education Research Study Quality Instrument. We then reviewed the quality and relevance of each selected study and grouped them into categories of propensity for inclusion. Nineteen studies were felt to be of adequate quality and were of moderate to high propensity for inclusion. Team members then independently voted for studies they felt to be of the highest relevance and quality within the 19 selected studies. The ten articles with the greatest number of votes were included in the review. We categorized the studies into five general themes: Improving Clinical Skills in UME, Inpatient Clinical Teaching Methods, Advancements in Continuity Clinic, Handoffs/Transitions in Care, and Trainee Assessment. Most studies in our review of the 2013 literature in general medical education were limited to single institutions and non-randomized study designs; we identified significant limitations of each study. Selected articles may inform future research and practice of medical educators.
authors: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA, brita.roy@yale.edu.
authors: Brita
authors: B
authors: Roy
authors: Lisa L
authors: LL
authors: Willett
authors: Carol
authors: C
authors: Bates
authors: Briar
authors: B
authors: Duffy
authors: Kathel
authors: K
authors: Dunn
authors: Reena
authors: R
authors: Karani
authors: Shobhina G
authors: SG
authors: Chheda
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends*; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods / Q000639:trends; D058005:General Practitioners / Q000193:education* / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D009936:Organizational Innovation
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