Sep 26, 2023

Length of Episode: 24:45

1. Jon - Is it time to start using the emoji in biomedical literature?
2. Lara - Extraneous factors in judicial decisions
3. Linda -Incidence of and risk factors for nodding off at scientific sessions
4. Jason - It takes biking to learn: Physical activity improves learning a second...

Sep 19, 2023

Today's paper was chosen by Dr. Linda Snell discussing the shift in responsibility and the need to survive.

Authors:  Walzak et al., 

Publication details: Working in the dead of night: exploring the transition to after-hours duty Med Educ. 2019 Mar;53(3):296-305

Sep 12, 2023

Released on May 14, 2019

Linda's article discusses what happens to those who go to medical school after parental influence.

Authors: Griffin B, Hu W.

Publication details: Parental career expectations: effect on medical students’ career attitudes over time. Med Educ. 2019 Feb 7. [Epub ahead...

Sep 5, 2023

Jon chose a letter to the Editor.

Study - A robot equipped with AI - performs breast biopsy without a clinician present.

Authors:  Shlomi Laufer, Anne-Lise D. D'Angelo, and Carla M. Pugh

Publication details: Sensor Technology in Assessments of Clinical Skill. N Engl J Med. 2015 Feb 19;372(8):784-6.

Sep 5, 2023

Episode length 24:50

This updated Time-and-Motion study chosen by Jason Frank is a secondary analysis of the iCOMPARE cluster RCT of 2 duty hours approaches back in episode 165. 

The authors selected 6 US university affiliated and community-based hospitals that had interns working on general medicine wards in 2016. They...