Building First‑Year Medical Students’ Skills in Finding, Evaluating, and Visualizing Health Information Through a “Debunking Medical Myths” Curricular Module

To provide an online service learning opportunity for medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic, medical faculty and librarians developed and implemented a “Debunking Medical Myths” module in which students learned to search for emerging medical literature, evaluate evidence, and use that evidence to create an infographics debunking a COVID-19-related myth for a non-medical audience. The resultant infographics are visually appealing and designed to make complex health information easy to understand. The module was well-received by students, who demonstrated a nuanced understanding of the use of infographics to convey health information, and students’ work was evaluated highly by community members

Longitudinal Professional Identity Development Amongst Medical Students

Abstract Title: Longitudinal Professional Identity Development Amongst Medical Students Background: Professional development is a core competency for medical student education. A standardized model for assessment of student longitudinal professional identity development will allow medical schools to better implement interventions. Methods: To assess professional development at a large, Midwest, allopathic medical school, a survey with seven statements regarding professional development was created. The statements encompassed domains of mentorship, communication skills, professionalism, and innovation and asked students to rank each statement from 1-5 (1 - highly deficient, 5 - highly proficient). The online, anonymous survey was emailed to all students (n = 1154) over a 2 month time period. Results: 319 (27.6%) surveys were completed. Responses between year 1-2 and year 3-4 showed a unanimous increase in average proficiency across all 7 statements. Year 3-4 had a significant increase in overall proficiency (p Conclusion: Although professional identity development follows an overall upward trend, year 3 is a vulnerable period for professional identity development. While increased accessibility to advising is needed in all four years, it is even more necessary in year 3. The power of the study is limited by the number of responses

HIV & STI Safe Sex Practices and Prevention

Este estudio señala la consistencia de la relación entre la percepción que tiene el consumidor acerca de la justicia organizacional y sus actitudes hacia la organización. Así, el artículo primero resume el estado del arte del concepto de justicia organizacional precisando la construcción de sus tres dimensiones. A continuación, se presenta la síntesis de los resultados de estudios previos que evalúan la relación objeto de estudio y se hace un análisis descriptivo de estos hallazgos. En la discusión se resalta la consistencia de los resultados como un llamado de atención a la aplicación del concepto de justicia organizacional en la búsqueda de la competitividad. Finalmente, en las recomendaciones se formulan estrategias para la aplicación y medición del constructo de justicia organizacional.This study points out the consistent relationship between consumer perception of organizational justice and consumer attitudes toward the organization. Thus, the article first presents a summary of the latest developments in the concept of organizational justice and provides a detailed description of the development of the three dimensions of justice. Next, it presents an outline of the results of previous studies evaluating the relationship between consumers’ perception of justice and their attitudes, followed by a descriptive analysis of these findings. The discussion emphasizes that the consistency of results indicates that the concept of organizational justice can be used as a competitive advantage for an organization. Lastly, the recommendations propose a set of strategies for applying and measuring the construct of organizational justice