From Pages to Practice: Inviting Authors to Facilitate Medical Education Journal Club to Support Knowledge Translation

Amy H Farkas, Michael Braun, Lana Minshew, Devarati Syam, Kristina Kaljo

BACKGROUND: Medical educators must advance their knowledge to promote educational innovation grounded in best practices.

Published: 02/20/2025

Journal of general internal medicine pmid:39979701

The Perceptions of Infertility Patients Regarding the COVID-19 Vaccine: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Patient Readiness

David Eggert, Amy Pan, Cassandre R Krier, Kate Schoyer, Kristina Kaljo, Stephanie Gunderson

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Published: 02/05/2025

WMJ : official publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin pmid:39908511

Undergraduate College Pathway Programs Designed to Attract and Matriculate Students from Underrepresented Groups into Medicine

Kristina Kaljo, Michael T Braun, Ragasnehith Maddula, Catherine C Ferguson, Eliana Bonifacino, Amy Farkas

CONCLUSIONS: Pathway programs support the acquisition and enhancement of professional skills. Lacking longitudinal or comparison data leads to questions of the long-term impact on diversifying the medical workforce. This article highlights a need for rigorous data collection methods and transparent reporting of participant outcomes to inform programmatic efficacy.

Published: 12/05/2023

Southern medical journal pmid:38051167

Development of a New Resident-Centric Sex Trafficking Education Program for Obstetrics/Gynecology, Emergency Medicine, and Family Medicine Programs

Morgan R Briggs, Kristina Kaljo

CONCLUSIONS: Improvement and retention in resident knowledge and confidence in caring for sex-trafficked individuals illustrate the utility of this education intervention and expand on current literature. This study provides an example of an education session that can be adapted for other medical trainees.

Published: 10/04/2023

AJPM focus pmid:37790666

Medical students and mattering on the surgery clerkship rotation

Rana M Higgins, Karen Marcdante, Kristina Kaljo, Erin Strong, Caitlin Patten

CONCLUSIONS: These findings can help educators recognize the words, actions, and behaviors that make medical students feel they matter on their surgery clerkship. Interventions should continue focus on how to increase the sense of awareness, importance, and reliance for both the students and faculty.

Published: 10/08/2022

American journal of surgery pmid:36208957

Student-centered Pipeline to Advance Research in Cancer Careers (SPARCC): Diversifying the Clinical Cancer Research Workforce

Kristina Kaljo, Emmanuel M Ngui, Robert Treat, Janet S Rader

A lack of diversity in the clinical cancer workforce causes undue burden limiting research and patient care advancements. Recruitment and retention of individuals underrepresented in medicine/research can enhance patient-provider concordance. The Student-centered Pipeline to Advance Research in Cancer Careers (SPARCC) uniquely prepares underrepresented minority students to quickly transition into the clinical research workforce and seek advanced graduate degrees. Experiential learning theory and...

Published: 01/27/2022

Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education pmid:35083731

Winners and Losers in Academic Productivity During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Is the Gender Gap Widening for Faculty?

Elizabeth H Ellinas, Tavinder K Ark, Kristina Kaljo, Katherine G Quinn, Cassandre R Krier, Amy H Farkas

Background: The coronavirus pandemic accelerated academic medicine into the frontline of research and clinical work, leaving some faculty exhausted, and others with unanticipated time off. Women were particularly vulnerable, having increased responsibilities in both academic work and caregiving. Methods: The authors sought to determine faculty's responses to the pandemic, seeking predictors of accelerated versus decelerated academic productivity and work-life balance. In this survey of 424...

Published: 12/22/2021

Journal of women's health (2002) pmid:34935469

The Effect of COVID-19 on the Medical School Experience, Specialty Selection, and Career Choice: A Qualitative Study

Cassandre R Krier, Katherine Quinn, Kristina Kaljo, Amy H Farkas, Elizabeth H Ellinas

CONCLUSIONS: COVID-19 disrupted important learning opportunities for medical students. Mentorship and shadowing are critical in helping students make career and specialty decisions, particularly for women. The loss of these opportunities may have lasting career impacts for all students.

Published: 12/05/2021

Journal of surgical education pmid:34863674

Gendered Differences in Teaching Performance Evaluations of Obstetrics and Gynecology Residents

Cindy Vu, Rahmouna Farez, Pippa Simpson, Kristina Kaljo

CONCLUSION: Student-completed teaching performance evaluations are a valuable assessment of teaching skills and influence department recognition, award distribution, fellowship and employment opportunities. This study found that medical students did evaluate female residents differently than male residents. Understanding gendered expectations may assist in findings ways to address discrepancies between male and female physician evaluations.

Published: 05/28/2021

Journal of surgical education pmid:34045159

Leadership Views on the Barriers and Incentives to Clinical Preceptorship

Joanne Bernstein, Theresa Maatman, Kristina Kaljo

CONCLUSION: Each content theme highlighted areas to consider when addressing preceptor issues within an institution: (1) leadership knowledge gaps regarding the scope of preceptor challenges, particularly time commitments and the number of preceptors required; (2) improving career advancement or promotion criteria to recognize teaching efforts; (3) enhanced physician well-being from teaching, while important, may no longer be sufficient for participation, especially without financial...

Published: 05/11/2021

WMJ : official publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin pmid:33974761

The Adaptive Learner: How Faculty and Medical Students' Perceptions of Learning Needs and Desires Differ

Crystal J Graff, Kristina Kaljo, Robert W Treat, Kate Dielentheis

CONCLUSIONS: Student and faculty perceptions regarding student learning needs were significantly different. Students use lectures extensively, but additionally add to the financial burden of medical school by personally funding supplemental resources. This study helps bridge the gap between medical students and faculty regarding what educational tools are best suited to support a student population with increasingly diverse learning needs.

Published: 05/11/2021

WMJ : official publication of the State Medical Society of Wisconsin pmid:33974759

Secondary Traumatic Stress in Ob-Gyn: A Mixed Methods Analysis Assessing Physician Impact and Needs

Abbey Kruper, Amy Domeyer-Klenske, Robert Treat, Alicia Pilarski, Kristina Kaljo

CONCLUSIONS: Obstetrics and Gynecology providers are likely to experience symptoms of secondary traumatic stress following adverse patient events similar to other medical specialties. Comprehensive programs to address emotional well-being of physicians are important to promote collegiality and reduce symptoms of secondary traumatic stress. Safety and transparency with opportunities for group processing are identified as essentials for positive institutional culture, as well as peer support...

Published: 09/19/2020

Journal of surgical education pmid:32948508

Complication rates of dilation and evacuation and labor induction in second-trimester abortion for fetal indications: A retrospective cohort study

Laura Jacques, Megan Heinlein, Jessika Ralph, Amy Pan, Melodee Nugent, Kristina Kaljo, Rahmouna Farez

CONCLUSION: There was no difference in complication rates between the D&E group and the labor induction group.

Published: 05/04/2020

Contraception pmid:32360665

No Room to "Lean In": A Qualitative Study on Gendered Barriers to Promotion and Leadership

Elizabeth H Ellinas, Kristina Kaljo, Teresa N Patitucci, Jutta Novalija, Angela Byars-Winston, Nadya A Fouad

CONCLUSION: A proposed framework depicts male and female faculty's concerns on a continuum. No Obstacle and Process Concerns were relatively gender neutral, whereas large gender disparities occurred within the Barriers to Success theme. Women's barriers largely revolved around internal obstacles (I can't do any more), and men's barriers largely revolved around external factors (leaders are impeding my progress). Resources are needed to mitigate work overload specifically for female faculty, and...

Published: 11/28/2018

Journal of women's health (2002) pmid:30481114

An Analysis of Obstetrics-Gynecology Residency Interview Methods in a Single Institution

Benjamin Beran, Kristina Kaljo, Raj Narayan, Paul Lemen

CONCLUSIONS: Resident teams' interview scores of applicants show the strongest association with eventual performance evaluations completed by faculty and nursing during residency. This demonstrates that current residents should have a role in the resident selection process during interviews. This does not provide data to abandon behavior-based interview techniques, but rather encourage each program to carefully apply their use during the resident selection process.

Published: 09/27/2018

Journal of surgical education pmid:30253981