2020 Joint AAPM | COMP Virtual Meeting
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Session Title: Professionalism and Soft Skills in Residency: Finding a Happy Medium Between Didactic Instruction and Self-directed Learning
Question 1: Which competencies have associated web-based modules that have been sponsored in part by AAPM?
Reference:doi: 10.1016/j.jacr.2011.11.014
Choice A:Professionalism & Ethics
Choice B:Communication
Choice C:Professional Liability
Choice D:Leadership
Question 2: Didactic instruction of professionalism skills is sufficient for professional development.
Reference:Ong, Yun Ting, et al. Nurturing professionalism in medical schools. A systematic scoping review of training curricula between 1990–2019. Medical Teacher (2020): 1-14: Figure 4 and the concurrent paragraph detail that didactic instruction (such as the AAPM/RSNA Online Ethics and Professionalism Modules) are only the first step in teaching and learning professionalism.
Choice A:True
Choice B:False
Question 3: Reflection is a fundamental skill for self-directed learning.
Reference:Kaufman, DM & Mann, K V 2010. Teaching and learning in medical education: How theory can inform practice. In Swanwick, T (ed.), Understanding Medical Education: Evidence, Theory and Practice, ASME: Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, P. 16-36
Choice A:True
Choice B:False
Question 4: Students who can adequately direct their learning in an academic setting will not have difficulties being self-directed in a clinical setting.
Reference:A van Houten-Schat M., et al. Self-regulated learning in the clinical context: a systematic review. Medical Education (2018): 52:1008-1015
Choice A:True
Choice B:False
Question 5: Having residents participate in international rotations …
Reference:Kolars JC, Halvorsen AJ, McDonald FS. Internal medicine residency directors perspectives on global health experiences. The American journal of medicine 2011;124:881-885 Castillo J, Goldenhar LM, Baker RC, et al. Reflective practice and competencies in global health training: Lesson for serving diverse patient populations. Journal of graduate medical education 2010;2:449-455.
Choice A:Improves problem-solving skills and fosters an interest in caring for underserved populations
Choice B:Is dangerous and not worthwhile
Choice C:Provides residents with a sense of accomplishment
Choice D:Takes away from their ability to acquire competencies during residency
Question 6: International rotations put residents at undue risk of harm or in compromising positions.
Reference:Sawatsky AP, Rosenman DJ, Merry SP, et al. Eight years of the mayo international health program: What an international elective adds to resident education. Mayo Clin Proc 2010;85:734-741
Choice A:True
Choice B:False
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