Jason Hine, MD “I heard it in a podcast” How to navigate learners’ use of non-traditional learning platforms It is no secret that non-traditional learning platforms such as blogs and podcasts are becoming more popular among learners. This article will help guide you with a 3-step approach to the…
November 2019 Faculty Development: Case in Point: How to Write an Effective Case Report or Series
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Case in Point: How to Write an Effective Case Report or Series William J. Sauer, M.D. Case reports continue to play a critical role in the advancement of medicine, particularly with regard to new disease entities (e.g. AIDS and Kaposi Sarcoma), adverse reactions (e.g. thalidomide associated birth defects), as well…
Tips for Being a Mentee
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Tips for Being a Mentee Rebecca Hutchinson, MD Many of us have benefited from excellent mentors who have given their time, expertise and guidance to help us develop to our fullest potential. Please see earlier MITE tip (link here to July 2018 MITE tip) on characteristics of great mentors, which…
Electronic Communication with Patients
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Electronic Communication with Patients Annabelle Rae C. Norwood, MD Electronic communication has now become a routine part of clinical practice. A lot of non-urgent communication with patients and their providers now occur through on-line channels such as secure messaging and e-mails. In particular, MaineHealth is highly encouraging patients to sign-up…
Mastering Millennial Mentoring
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MITE Monthly Tip: April 2019-Angela M. Leclerc, PA-C Mastering Millennial Mentoring Generation gaps between teacher and learner are encountered every 10-20 years. Generations are shaped by unique historical circumstances. Currently, millennials make up approximately 25 % of our workforce and this will increase to 40% and 75% of the workforce…
Encouraging Reflection to Deepen Learning and Combat Burnout
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Encouraging Reflection to Deepen Learning and Combat Burnout-Rebecca Hutchinson, MD Kolb describes 4 stages of experiential learning, the type of adult learning that forms the cornerstone of medical education.1,2 Although all of these steps are important, reflection is believed to be particularly important to create deep or lasting learning.3 Reflection…
A Compassionate Script
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A Compassionate Script-Kathryn Brouillette, MD With stressors abounding of record-level hospital census, the opioid epidemic, flu season, the holiday rush and the day-to-day grind of showing up for work while also managing household IADLs, I hope to offer a little salve for burnout. It is simply compassion, the root meaning…
Can you really make your brain BIGGER: Using cognitive science to increase your study efficiency and retention
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Can you really make your brain BIGGER: Using cognitive science to increase your study efficiency and retention by Jason F. Hine, MD-Emergency Medicine SMHC How are we as clinicians going to keep up with the ever-expanding fund of medical knowledge? The rapid expanse of medical knowledge is a well-recognized reality…
November Faculty Development: Staying on Top of the Literature
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Staying on Top of the Literature by Christopher Turner, MD Pediatric Surgery When I was preparing for my pediatric surgery boards, I asked an emeritus professor for advice. He recommended what he had done for his boards: read every article ever published in the Journal of Pediatric Surgery. While this…
September Faculty Development: Measuring Competency as a Clinical Teacher
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Measuring Competency as a Clinical Teacher By Elizabeth Herrle, MD What does it mean to be competent? Competence is a global assessment of an individual’s abilities as they relate to that individual’s current responsibilities. To be competent is “to possess all the required abilities in all domains in a defined context…
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