PRIMARY CARE ANYWHERE: A RESIDENT-LED PODCAST
Journal of General Internal Medicine
; 37:S649-S650, 2022.
Article
in English
| EMBASE | ID: covidwho-1995670
ABSTRACT
SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS:
Internal Medicine residents at the University of Utah DESCRIPTION The COVID-19 pandemic has presented unique challenges in delivering high-quality educational experiences in outpatient medicine. With social distancing measures in place, educational sessions are now often delivered virtually or asynchronously, generating a need for creative, engaging ways to deliver our ambulatory medicine curriculum. Our Internal Medicine residency program created a resident-led podcast called “Primary Care Anywhere.” This was integrated within ambulatory medicine rotations as an optional assignment to complete with protected academic time. Podcast episode topics consisted of high-yield topics in primary care. Residents were invited to contribute in a variety of ways create and record a segment, host the episode, generate show notes and design an infographic. A review article and instructions for each task were provided. Residents worked on contributions independently and these were then compiled into one cohesive episode. The Primary Care Anywhere podcast is free and available to the general public. Episodes average 500-700 downloads. EVALUATION We observed that residents readily volunteered for this optional activity and were very enthusiastic about participating during ambulatory rotations. A total of 40 residents have participated since its initiation in August of 2020, with contributions from faculty and medical students as well. When asked about the primary motivation for participating, 29% hoped to improve primary care knowledge, 21% wanted experience with podcast production, 29% wanted protected academic time and 14% wanted to build their CV. Residents who created and recorded segments felt that it was a very worthwhile experience, specifically that this type of content creation made them more accountable to learning the topic and, by the end, they felt like experts on their sub-topic. When participants were asked to identify which aspect of the experience they found most beneficial, 64% noted improved knowledge of the topic discussed and 21% cited their gained experience with podcast production. Resident contributors appreciated the opportunity to contribute to free, open-access medical education (FOAMed), and listeners felt it was a valuable supplement to their outpatient education. DISCUSSION / REFLECTION / LESSONS LEARNED Especially in the setting of a pandemic, podcasts seem to be a popular way to learn among medical trainees. While many of our Internal Medicine residents report learning through listening to existing Internal Medicine podcasts, the vast majority had never had an opportunity to contribute to a podcast. Creating a resident-led podcast provided a creative new learning opportunity for residents to actively engage in content creation and peer education while improving clinical knowledge, gaining a new skill in podcast production and building their CV. This is a project that could be easily adopted by other residency programs.
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English
Journal:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
Year:
2022
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Article
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