2022
The pipeline starts in medical school: characterizing clinician-educator training programs for U.S. medical students
Bahar RC, O’Shea A, Li ES, Swallow MA, Allocco AA, Spak JM, Hafler JP. The pipeline starts in medical school: characterizing clinician-educator training programs for U.S. medical students. Medical Education Online 2022, 27: 2096841. PMID: 35796419, PMCID: PMC9272942, DOI: 10.1080/10872981.2022.2096841.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUndergraduate medical educationU.S. allopathic medical schoolsAllopathic medical schoolsClinician-educator trackMedical schoolsGraduate Medical EducationMedical educationTraining programU.S. medical studentsMedical school rankingEducational theorySchool rankingsMedical studentsSchoolsInstitutional websitesAcademic medicineEducationSustainable outputProgramStudentsCompetenciesWebsitesCurrent stateGeographyCallsStructure and impact of longitudinal Graduate Medical Education curricula designed to prepare future clinician-educators: A systematic scoping review: BEME Guide No. 74
Yang Y, Gielissen K, Brown B, Spak JM, Windish DM. Structure and impact of longitudinal Graduate Medical Education curricula designed to prepare future clinician-educators: A systematic scoping review: BEME Guide No. 74. Medical Teacher 2022, 44: 947-961. PMID: 35196190, DOI: 10.1080/0142159x.2022.2039381.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInstructional methodsEducator communityGraduate medical education curriculumMedical education curriculumSpecific instructional methodsGraduate medical education programsMedical education programsCurricular themesCurriculum contentEducation curriculumExperiential teachingLearner satisfactionUnique curriculumFuture curriculaMost curriculaExperiential activitiesRelated grey literatureEducation programsCurriculumImportant skillScholarly projectsProgram outcomesIndependent projectsHealth science databasesTeaching
2021
Relationship-Centered Care in the Physician-Patient Interaction: Improving Your Understanding of Metacognitive Interventions.
Ko CJ, Kim R, Fortin AH, Spak JM, Hafler JP. Relationship-Centered Care in the Physician-Patient Interaction: Improving Your Understanding of Metacognitive Interventions. Cutis 2021, 107: 320-324. PMID: 34314316, DOI: 10.12788/cutis.0266.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchIntergenerational trauma in Latinxs: A scoping review
Cerdeña JP, Rivera LM, Spak JM. Intergenerational trauma in Latinxs: A scoping review. Social Science & Medicine 2021, 270: 113662. PMID: 33476987, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2020.113662.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Entrustable professional activity 7: opportunities to collaborate on evidence-based medicine teaching and assessment of medical students
Nicholson J, Spak JM, Kovar-Gough I, Lorbeer ER, Adams NE. Entrustable professional activity 7: opportunities to collaborate on evidence-based medicine teaching and assessment of medical students. BMC Medical Education 2019, 19: 330. PMID: 31481060, PMCID: PMC6724374, DOI: 10.1186/s12909-019-1764-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedical educationEvidence-based medicine (EBM) teachingEducation Task ForceEntrustable professional activitiesLibrarian collaborationMedicine teachingMedical studentsProfessional activityTeachingPatient careLibrarians' awarenessInvolvement of librariansEducationSurvey response rateLibrariansOpportunitiesMethodsThe associationClinical questionsBackgroundThis studyResponse rateCurriculumUntapped opportunitiesStudentsProjectSkillsTransformative learning as pedagogy for the health professions: a scoping review
Van Schalkwyk SC, Hafler J, Brewer TF, Maley MA, Margolis C, McNamee L, Meyer I, Peluso MJ, Schmutz AM, Spak JM, Davies D, Initiative T. Transformative learning as pedagogy for the health professions: a scoping review. Medical Education 2019, 53: 547-558. PMID: 30761602, DOI: 10.1111/medu.13804.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Test-enhanced learning in health professions education: A systematic review: BEME Guide No. 48
Green ML, Moeller JJ, Spak JM. Test-enhanced learning in health professions education: A systematic review: BEME Guide No. 48. Medical Teacher 2018, 40: 337-350. PMID: 29390949, DOI: 10.1080/0142159x.2018.1430354.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth professions educationLearning outcomesTEL interventionsProfessions educationImmediate learning outcomesTest-enhanced learningMedical education journalsEffectiveness of TELsShort-answer questionsMultiple-choice questionsCognitive psychology studiesEducation journalsStandardized patientsHealth professionsChoice questionsAnswer questionsRetention outcomesEducationPsychology studiesLearningTELCurriculumEducatorsLearnersNo. 48
2007
The Personal Librarian Program: An Evaluation of a Cushing/Whitney Medical Library Outreach Initiative
Spak J, Glover J. The Personal Librarian Program: An Evaluation of a Cushing/Whitney Medical Library Outreach Initiative. Medical Reference Services Quarterly 2007, 26: 15-25. PMID: 18086639, DOI: 10.1300/j115v26n04_02.Peer-Reviewed Original Research