Taking Students as They Should Be: Restoring Trust in Undergraduate Medical Education.

Clicks: 419
ID: 45072
2019
Article Quality & Performance Metrics
Overall Quality
Not rated
Combines reader engagement with the AI quality analysis. This article has not been analysed, so there is no overall score — reader engagement is measured and shown alongside.
AI Quality Assessment
Not analyzed
Readership in this journal
Emerging

Ranked #9 of 146 articles by views in Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges

Most read Least read

Bar heights use a square-root scale. Only the 120 most-read articles are drawn; the journal has 146 in total.

Mint this article as an NFT
Not yet minted

Create a permanent, verifiable on-chain record of this article on the Scimatic Network. The NFT is held in your Journament account, and you can withdraw it to your own wallet at any time.

5 SUSD one-off · no wallet required
Sign in to mint
Abstract
A recently published editorial focused on trust in the relationship between teacher and learner; in this Invited Commentary, the authors examine trust between administrators, course directors, curriculum committees, and medical students, exploring the ways that a lack of trust may be manifest, how this impacts students, and how trust can be built in undergraduate medical education (UME).The hierarchical and paternalistic culture in medical education can skew curricular and policy decisions in the direction of distrust of students, leading to overscheduling and overprograming of students through much of UME and to inflexible policies and procedures. Students may feel unheard or disrespected by some administrators and course directors when asking for changes, particularly when advocating for reductions in workload or increased flexibility. The collective impact of this lack of trust appears substantial, leaving many students with feelings of frustration, resentment, and cynicism.Trust can be built and efforts to do so have little associated cost. Administrators and course directors need to demonstrate respect, compassion, flexibility, and trust in students. Trust is built on relationships, and administrators should avoid isolation and engage meaningfully with students. Efforts should be made to reduce overscheduling of students so that they have more opportunity to pursue activities in which they can find meaning. Flexibility in scheduling of mandatory sessions and exams should be introduced wherever possible. If we take these collective steps, students will be more likely to find a path to becoming the doctors they are capable of becoming.
Reference Key
slavin2019takingacademic Use this key to autocite in the manuscript while using SciMatic Manuscript Manager or Thesis Manager
Authors Slavin, Stuart;Smith, Gregory;
Journal Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges
Year 2019
DOI
10.1097/ACM.0000000000002983
URL
Keywords
biofilm photodynamic therapy endodontics

Citations

No citations found. To add a citation, contact the admin at info@scimatic.org

Comments

No comments yet. Be the first to comment on this article.