Research Guides: Podcasts: Podcasts in Medical Education

Podcasts for Curriculum Review and Board Prep

The Curbsiders
One-hour episodes released weekly
Features expert interviews, clinical cases, and discussion

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Also as listed in Five Medical Education Podcasts You Need to Know
The Clinical Problem Solvers
Four to five 30-minute episodes released each month
Features cases and focuses on clinical reasoning

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Also as listed in Five Medical Education Podcasts You Need to Know
Harrison’s PodClass: Internal Medicine Cases and Board Prep
5-10 minute episodes featuring “board-style case vignettes from the acclaimed Harrison’s Self Assessment and Board Review”.
Did you know you can also create your own quiz from Harrison’s Self Assessment and Board Review?
S2D: THE SYMPTOM TO DIAGNOSIS PODCAST
Available via AccessMedicine

Education-Focused Podcasts for Faculty

Academic Medicine Podcast
Includes a mix of 30-45 minutes delving into published articles, as well as 5-minute episodes featuring students reading recent essays
Show notes often link back to the website for more information.
Access the journal Academic Medicine via Himmelfarb.

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Beyond the White Coat
AAMC Podcast
"At the heart of academic medicine are the individuals—medical students, residents, faculty, practicing physicians, and leaders—who provide unparalleled care to patients & communities across the country and are at the cutting edge of medical research advances. The Beyond the White Coat podcast shares these unique individuals’ stories while diving into issues affecting the academic medicine community at-large."
Faculty Factory
"The mission of the Faculty Factory is to build and support a community of leaders in faculty development who share tools, resources, wisdom, and encouragement in service to our faculty members, schools, and institutions."

Podcasts for Medicine and Allied Health

You know you may not absorb everything when you listen to a podcast while riding the metro or going for a run. But you also think that listening to podcasts can help you reinforce materials you learn in your classes, stay up-to-date in your field, explore new topics, and give you something to talk about [insert citation for journal article].

We’ve curated a list of podcasts for various interests and provided links to Himmelfarb resources to assist you in that follow-up search after you’ve finished that run.

Why listen to podcasts?

Reinforce curriculum materials
Gain awareness, exposure
Stay up-to-date in your field
Explore new topics and spark new ideas
Learn to speak the language of the specialty
Multi-task
Find something to talk about with colleagues
Continuous learning
Specialization
Personalized learning and exploration

Manage expectations

You may not absorb everything you hear in a podcast if you are multi-tasking. You will have to conduct follow-up searches or read chapters - podcasts will not entirely replace these. Himmelfarb Library offers a variety of resources to complement the podcasts listed on this guide.

Podcasts in Medical Education

Independent and Interwoven: A Qualitative Exploration of Residents' Experiences With Educational Podcasts
Riddell J, Robins L, Brown A, Sherbino J, Lin M, Ilgen JS. Independent and Interwoven: A Qualitative Exploration of Residents' Experiences With Educational Podcasts. Acad Med. 2020 Jan;95(1):89-96. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000002984. PMID: 31517682.