2023
State-of-the-art review of medical improvisation curricula to teach health professional learners communication
Chan C, Windish D, Spak J, Makansi N. State-of-the-art review of medical improvisation curricula to teach health professional learners communication. Advances In Health Sciences Education 2023, 29: 1025-1046. PMID: 37921903, DOI: 10.1007/s10459-023-10296-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCurriculum developmentCommunication skillsContent of curriculaLearners’ communication skillsCurricular goalsLearners’ communicationMedical improvCommunication curriculumMedical educationCurriculumMedical improvisationsTheatre principlesHealth professionalsLearnersBest practicesEmpathetic communicationSkillsEducationTeamworkImplementationCommunicationArticleImprovImprovisationDevelopment
2022
Structure 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
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 opportunitiesStudentsProjectSkills
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