Each month, we identify the 3-4 most noteworthy articles from the health professions education literature and label them as “must reads.”

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As errors are not uncommon, this MUST READ details best practices to teach and learn from missteps. @MedTeachJournal @TehUofMed @TumsIPR @TUMS_Network @maryam_alz81 @OrsiniCesar @AMEE_community @mededice @asmeofficial @GIMMedEdDoc www-tandfonline-com.proxy1.l…

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This MUST READ's coaching models will help those in coaching roles to consider the skills and use strategies that are best suited to learners’ needs. @asmeofficial @AUHdk @AarhusUni @venuskev @AAMCtoday @acgme @AMEE_community @ameefacdev @GIMMedEdDoc asmepublications-onlinelibra…

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This MUST READ offers a framework & specific strategies that can inform education aimed at emotional awareness and regulation. @asmeofficial @AdamNeufeld4 @SMA_docs @LeahHoustonMD @allandrummond @DrLindaMD @GavinPrestonMD @HeartOTXHeartMD @UCalgaryFamMed asmepublications-onlinelibra…

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Great teaching practices can't overcome learner distractions - try to extinguish these. Cognitive interference makes it difficult to focus on learning. @asmeofficial @GIMMedEdDoc @AMEE_community @ameefacdev @AAMCtoday @acgme @Doctorstra1n1ng @SocietyGIM asmepublications-onlinelibra…

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May all of your med ed activities blossom beautifully. From >550 med ed pubs in Feb, we are sharing 3 MUST READS. Topics: learning in spite of distractions, emotional awareness in meded, and levels / generations of coaching. @asmeofficial @GIMMedEdDoc hopkinsbayviewinternalmedici…
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This MUST READ emphasizes the many roles of physicians (within and beyond healthcare); it suggests maintaining flexibility & avoiding rigid boundaries to be most effective in serving patients and the public. @asmeofficial @McGillMed @TChanMD @GIMMedEdDoc asmepublications-onlinelibra…

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This MUST READ emphasizes the need to include patients as partners in med ed - it describes tips for co-producing curricula with them. @CmejEditor @WesternMichU @WMUMedicine @PTermuhlen @yashaguptamd @wmualumni @AAMCtoday @ameefacdev @GIMMedEdDoc pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/article…

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This MUST READ figured out how to get med studs to complete feedback forms - incorporate humorous memes. @ClinicalTeacher @asmeofficial @JacobLange1 @ameefacdev @AAMCtoday @PapersPodcast @GIMMedEdDoc @MedEdPORTAL @global_meded @acgme @CANMedForum asmepublications-onlinelibra…

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This MUST READ is a qualitative study about resilience. Given all the challenges in med ed, these results suggest ways to improve capacity for dealing with adversity. @MedTeachJournal @LKSF @hkumed @HKUniversity @UHN @utpjournals @GIMMedEdDoc @ameefacdev www-tandfonline-com.proxy1.l…

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Happy new year from our Must Reads team. From 500 pubs in Dec, we picked 3 you can't miss. Topics: enhancing trainee resilience, residents' growth as teachers, use of memes in feedback. @MedTeachJournal @ClinicalTeacher @JournalofGME @GIMMedEdDoc @ameefacdev @AAMCtoday
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This MR shows that art is relevant for clinical&educational skills acquisition. Art can change how people think and feel - this can be useful for medical learners at all levels. @jecme @tandfonline @KamnaBalharaMD @whole_patients @koriezinkmd @GIMMedEdDoc www-tandfonline-com.proxy1.l…

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This MR is about challenging feedback encounters that were emotionally charged - learners repeatedly reflected on it & processed it over time. @pmeded @HilderJoanne @andyteodorczuk @emolloy1 @AusJournalEd @anna_atr @ChrisWatling3 @GIMMedEdDoc @ameefacdev pmejournal.org/articles/10.5…

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This MUST READ explains that productive struggle (and failures) can prepare learners for growth in complex clinical environments. @MedTeachJournal @UofTMedSoc @cameacem @anzahpe @AtkinsonAdelle @martimianakis @GIMMedEdDoc @MedEd_Cases @AAMC_MCAT @acgme www-tandfonline-com.proxy1.l…

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Happy holidays. From all the med articles published in Nov (>600), we have gift-wrapped 3 MUST READS. Topics: productive failure, difficult feedback, arts-based learning. Suggested new years resolution - to read all MR articles in 2026. @GIMMedEdDoc hopkinsbayviewinternalmedici…
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