2024
Internal Medicine Residents’ Confidence and Preferences in Hospital Medicine Competencies: A Multi-Site Study
Sankey C, Riquelme P, Windish D. Internal Medicine Residents’ Confidence and Preferences in Hospital Medicine Competencies: A Multi-Site Study. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2024, 1-12. PMID: 39384690, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-024-09111-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCommunity-based programsPoint-of-care ultrasoundAcademic medical centerCare transitionsPalliative careIM residentsClinical skillsResident confidenceInternal medicineCompetency domainsSenior residentsJunior residentsInternal medicine residentsIM residency programsSurvey-based assessmentSignificantly higher desireMedicine residentsResidency graduatesPGY-4 residentsPatient levelCareResidency programsMedical CenterSurvey responsesEducational gapA Curriculum on Advanced Topics in Hypertension for Internal Medicine Residents
Gallagher B, Windish D. A Curriculum on Advanced Topics in Hypertension for Internal Medicine Residents. Southern Medical Journal 2024, 117: 556-561. PMID: 39227050, DOI: 10.14423/smj.0000000000001732.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInternal medicine residentsMedicine residentsRepeated-measures analysis of varianceChronic kidney diseaseSmall group sessionsRepeated-measures analysisMean confidence scoreHypertensive urgencySecondary hypertensionKidney diseaseHypertensionUS adultsImmediate postMulti-institutional surveyResident confidenceHypertension expertsPostcurriculum surveysOutpatient settingPostcurriculumPrecurriculumHalf-dayTime pointsWeeksTraining scoresAnalysis of variance
2023
Providing Structured Real-Time Feedback on Postdischarge Outcomes Using Electronic Health Record Data
Zegarek M, Holleck J, Merchant N, Windish D, Hay S. Providing Structured Real-Time Feedback on Postdischarge Outcomes Using Electronic Health Record Data. Southern Medical Journal 2023, 116: 305-311. PMID: 36863053, DOI: 10.14423/smj.0000000000001522.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPostdischarge outcomesTransitions of carePoor patient outcomesInternal medicine residentsPatient outcomesInpatient rotationsMedicine residentsElectronic health record dataTime of dischargeHealth record dataElectronic health recordsDischarge planningFuture practiceFree-text responsesPostintervention surveysHealth recordsRecord dataOutcomesAdditional staffPatientsMedical student participants
2022
Anthropomorphic Character Animations Versus Digital Chalk Talks in a Resident Diabetes Pharmacotherapy Curriculum: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Brown B, Gielissen KA, Soares S, Gao CA, Moeller J, Windish D. Anthropomorphic Character Animations Versus Digital Chalk Talks in a Resident Diabetes Pharmacotherapy Curriculum: a Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2022, 37: 2251-2258. PMID: 35710669, PMCID: PMC9202980, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-022-07510-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPharmacotherapy curriculumMultimodal curriculumMedical educationInternal medicine residentsSignificant knowledge gainsMedicine residentsSelf-reported comfortLearner experienceChalk talkEducator's toolkitLearner factorsDidactic curriculumCurriculumKnowledge gainVideo stylesGroup activitiesCOVID-19 pandemicQualitative dataIdentical lecturesImmediate posttestEnded feedbackKey themesMean scoreEducationBest practices
2020
Becoming Clinician-Animators: a Toolkit and Pilot Study for Novel Animated Content Development in a Medical Education Curriculum
Brown B, Gao C, Windish D, Moeller J, O’Neill E, Soares S. Becoming Clinician-Animators: a Toolkit and Pilot Study for Novel Animated Content Development in a Medical Education Curriculum. Medical Science Educator 2020, 30: 977-988. PMID: 34457756, PMCID: PMC8368584, DOI: 10.1007/s40670-020-00959-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMedical educationFlipped classroom curriculumMultimedia teaching toolsMedical education curriculumEffectiveness of animationGraduate Medical EducationArt of animationEducation curriculumClassroom curriculumTeaching toolInternal medicine residentsContent developmentVideo seriesEducationCurriculumCognitive theoryMedicine residentsPilot studyAnimationEducatorsAnthropomorphic charactersLearnersMultimediaEnthusiasmDialogue
2019
Reflections on Diagnosis and Diagnostic Errors: a Survey of Internal Medicine Resident and Attending Physicians
Wijesekera TP, Sanders L, Windish DM. Reflections on Diagnosis and Diagnostic Errors: a Survey of Internal Medicine Resident and Attending Physicians. Journal Of General Internal Medicine 2019, 35: 614-615. PMID: 31093840, PMCID: PMC7018924, DOI: 10.1007/s11606-019-05045-z.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2010
Communication Discrepancies Between Physicians and Hospitalized Patients
Olson DP, Windish DM. Communication Discrepancies Between Physicians and Hospitalized Patients. JAMA Internal Medicine 2010, 170: 1302-1307. PMID: 20696951, DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2010.239.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPatient knowledgeInpatient careExperiences of inpatientsPatient-physician communicationInternal medicine residentsPhysician assessmentNew medicationsPatient awarenessMain physicianPatient's perspectivePhysician impressionDecreased qualityHospital SurveyPatients' fearsMost physiciansPatientsPhysiciansAdverse effectsCareMedicine residentsHouse staffMedicationsSignificant differencesTwo-thirdsDiagnosis
2007
Medicine Residents' Understanding of the Biostatistics and Results in the Medical Literature
Windish DM, Huot SJ, Green ML. Medicine Residents' Understanding of the Biostatistics and Results in the Medical Literature. JAMA 2007, 298: 1010-1022. PMID: 17785646, DOI: 10.1001/jama.298.9.1010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical literatureKaplan-Meier analysisAdjusted odds ratioMultivariate regression analysisCross-sectional surveyResidency programsOverall mean percentageInternal medicine residentsMale sexIndividual knowledge questionsOdds ratioRelative riskMAIN OUTCOMEClinical informationClinical researchMean percentageGeneral medicine facultyMedicine residentsAdditional advanced degreesResidents' understandingUniversity-based training programRegression analysisKnowledge questionsResidents' abilityPercentage of questions