Episodes

Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
#010 Cadavers, Simulation and Philosophy
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023

Thursday Jul 28, 2022
#009 Technology, Trust and Assessment
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
Thursday Jul 28, 2022
We discuss "A Matter of Trust: Online Proctored Exams and the Integration of Technologies of Assessment in Medical Education" by Tim Fawns and Sven Schaepkens. You can download the open access article here: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10401334.2022.2048832
This is the 9th installment of the series on philosophy in medical education of Mario Veen and Anna Cianciolo, which appears in Teaching and Learning in Medicine: An International Journal -- it will also appear as a book chapter in our upcoming book Helping a Field See Itself: Envisioning a Philosophy of Medical Education (Springer, forthcoming 2022).
*at around 20 minutes into the podcast, we refer to Nguyen's work on trust, and he uses the example of the climbing rope: https://philpapers.org/rec/NGUTAA
Mario Veen (@MarioVeen) is Assistant Professor Educational Research at the Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam in The Netherlands. Mario is action editor for the Philosophy in Medical Education series of the journal Teaching & Learning in Medicine and co-editor of the first two books about philosophy and medical education: Applied Philosophy for Health Professions Education: A Journey Towards Mutual Understanding (Springer, 2022) and Helping a Field See Itself: Envisioning a Philosophy of Medical Education (Taylor & Francis, forthcoming 2022). He hosts the podcasts Let Me Ask You Something, and Life From Plato’s Cave.
If you have any questions about this episode, let me know! https://twitter.com/MarioVeen and https://marioveen.com/
Mario

Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
#008 Care as the Spirit of Medical Education
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
Wednesday Jun 15, 2022
We discuss "Because We Care: A Philosophical Investigation into the Spirit of Medical Education" by Camillo Coccia and Mario Veen. You can download it here: https://doi.org/10.1080/10401334.2022.2056744
This is the 8th installment of the series on philosophy in medical education of Mario Veen and Anna Cianciolo, which appears in Teaching and Learning in Medicine: An International Journal -- it will also appear as a book chapter in our upcoming book Helping a Field See Itself: Envisioning a Philosophy of Medical Education (Springer, forthcoming 2022).
Camillo is a medical doctor from South Africa. Currently he works as a senior house officer at Letterkenny University Hospital department of Hematology. He has a special interests in existentialist philosophy, German idealism and phenomenology. Camillo also published a book chapter with Sven Schaepkens, called "In Pursuit of Time: An Inquiry into kairos and reflection in medical practice and health professions education" Camillo is featured on Episode 18 - How Doctors Think of the interdisciplinary philosophy podcast Life From Plato's Cave.
Mario Veen (@MarioVeen) is Assistant Professor Educational Research at the Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam in The Netherlands. Mario is action editor for the Philosophy in Medical Education series of the journal Teaching & Learning in Medicine and co-editor of the first two books about philosophy and medical education: Applied Philosophy for Health Professions Education: A Journey Towards Mutual Understanding (Springer, 2022) and Helping a Field See Itself: Envisioning a Philosophy of Medical Education (Taylor & Francis, forthcoming 2022). He hosts the podcasts Let Me Ask You Something, and Life From Plato’s Cave.
If you have any questions about this episode, let me know! https://twitter.com/MarioVeen and https://marioveen.com/
Mario

Monday May 16, 2022
#007 Medical Humanities from a Students’ Perspective
Monday May 16, 2022
Monday May 16, 2022
Madeleine Olding, Freya Rhodes, Phoebe Ross, Catherine McGarry and John Humm are five prospective doctors at five different medical schools across the UK. In 2020 they interrupted their medical studies to complete a one-year (intercalated) degree in medical humanities. In March 2021 they published a collaborative piece titled “Black, White & Gray: Student Perspectives on Medical Humanities and Medical Education”. This article explores the student experience of medical humanities education and the subsequent impact on the practice of future doctors.
Madeleine Olding, from Winchester, Hampshire, studies Medicine at Kings College London. In 2019, she intercalated at University College London in Medical Anthropology (BSc). Madeleine has a special interest in sexual health and psychiatry and has completed projects on the impact of ballroom culture as a therapeutic practice during the 1980s HIV/AIDs crisis. Madeleine has also published work in the British Journal of General Practice titled ‘Society, Sexuality and Medicine in Hogarth’s Marriage A-la-Mode’ as well as a systematic review on access to healthcare for transgender patients in Obstetrics and Gynaecology (American Journal of Internal Medicine).
Also from Winchester, Hampshire, Freya Rhodes studies Medicine at Sheffield University. In 2019, she intercalated in Humanities, Philosophy and Law (BSc) at Imperial College London. Freya has a special interest in Medical Ethics and is currently a member of the Institute of Medical Ethics Student Council as Education and Debate Lead. She has completed research projects on ethical issues surrounding student volunteering during the covid-19 pandemic and published work in the BMJ on the equity of UK medical training programmes. She has also volunteered as the Student Representative for the Doctors’ Association UK, an advocacy group campaigning for better working rights for doctors and other healthcare professionals.
Phoebe Ross is from Brighton, East Sussex and currently studies at Brighton and Sussex Medical School. Phoebe also studied Humanities, Philosophy and Law (BSc) at Imperial College London where she explored her interest in medical history and feminist theory, completing projects on the sexualisation and objectification of women during the teaching of female anatomy in the 1800s. In 2017, Phoebe founded the ‘Brighton and Sussex Medical Feminist Society’, a group hosting social and academic events in support of women’s rights within medicine. She is currently secretary for the Institute of Medical Ethics Student Council.
In August 2022, Madeleine, Freya and Phoebe will start working as Foundation doctors for the NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.
Christine Todd is Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine and Chair, Department of Medical Humanities at Southern Illinois School of Medicine in Springfield, IL. Christine's undergraduate degree is in English Language and Literature from the University of Chicago, and my MD is from SIUSOM. Her interests in Med Hum are narrative medicine, and using the arts to develop visual literacy.
Mario Veen (@MarioVeen) is Assistant Professor Educational Research at the Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam in The Netherlands. Mario is action editor for the Philosophy in Medical Education series of the journal Teaching & Learning in Medicine and co-editor of the first two books about philosophy and medical education: Applied Philosophy for Health Professions Education: A Journey Towards Mutual Understanding (Springer, 2022) and Helping a Field See Itself: Envisioning a Philosophy of Medical Education (Taylor & Francis, forthcoming 2022). He hosts the podcasts Let Me Ask You Something, and Life From Plato’s Cave.
If you have any questions about this episode, let me know! https://twitter.com/MarioVeen and https://marioveen.com/
Mario

Monday Mar 14, 2022
#006 Phenomenological research
Monday Mar 14, 2022
Monday Mar 14, 2022
We discuss the sixth installment of the series on philosophy in medical education of Mario Veen and Anna Cianciolo, which appears in Teaching and Learning in Medicine: An International Journal --
"Phenomenological Research In Health Professions Education: Tunneling from both ends" by Chris Rietmeijer and Mario Veen. You can download the article here: https://doi.org/10.1080/10401334.2021.1971989
Chris Rietmeijer has been a family doctor for over 20 years. He is now working as a teacher and curriculum designer for Dutch training of family physicians. Chris is also a PhD student, researching direct observation in postgraduate training relationships. And he lives in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Mario Veen (@MarioVeen) is Assistant Professor Educational Research at the Erasmus Medical Center Rotterdam in The Netherlands. Mario is action editor for the Philosophy in Medical Education series of the journal Teaching & Learning in Medicine and co-editor of the first two books about philosophy and medical education: Applied Philosophy for Health Professions Education: A Journey Towards Mutual Understanding (Springer, 2022) and Helping a Field See Itself: Envisioning a Philosophy of Medical Education (Taylor & Francis, forthcoming 2022). He hosts the podcasts Let Me Ask You Something, and Life From Plato’s Cave.
If you have any questions about this episode, let me know! https://twitter.com/MarioVeen and https://marioveen.com/
Mario

Thursday Dec 23, 2021
Anna Cianciolo reads ”Phenomenological Research in Health Professions Education”
Thursday Dec 23, 2021
Thursday Dec 23, 2021
Don't have time to read? Why not listen to the article instead?
Anna Cianciolo reads "Phenomenological Research in Health Professions Education: Tunneling from Both Ends" by Chris Rietmeijer, which we discuss in episode #006 of this podcast.
You can read it here for free: https://doi.org/10.1080/10401334.2021.1971989
For other episodes: https://marioveen.com/letmeaskyousomething/

Tuesday Dec 21, 2021
#005 Foucault on Racism in Medical Education
Tuesday Dec 21, 2021
Tuesday Dec 21, 2021
How do we deal with racism in medical education? Why are structural and systemic racism still a reality, despite our best intentions? And what can we do to address it?
We discuss the fourth installment of the series on philosophy in medical education of Mario Veen and Anna Cianciolo, which appears in Teaching and Learning in Medicine: An International Journal --
"Contending with our Racial Past in Medical Education: A Foucauldian Perspective" with three of the authors: Zareen Zaidi, Ian Partman and Tasha Wyatt.. You can download the article here: https://doi.org/10.1080/10401334.2021.1945929
dr.Gareth Gingell is my co-host for this episode: @GGingell and https://education.utexas.edu/student/gareth_gingell
Zareen Zaidi, MD, PhD: @zareenmd and https://ufhealth.org/zareen-zaidi/background
Ian Partman: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ian-Partman
dr.Tasha Wyatt: @DrTashaWyatt
If you have any questions about this episode, let me know! https://twitter.com/MarioVeen and https://marioveen.com/
Mario

Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
#004 Doing Things with Words in Medical Education
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
Tuesday Nov 02, 2021
What is the role of language in medical education? How can medical education integrate insights from philosophy of language? And how can these insights help us do things with words in medical education?
We discuss the fourth installment of the series on philosophy in medical education of Mario Veen and Anna Cianciolo, which appears in Teaching and Learning in Medicine: An International Journal --
"Language, Philosophy and Medical Education" with the author John Skelton. You can download the article here: https://doi.org/10.1080/10401334.2021.1877712
dr.Anne de la Croix (https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5838-0323 and https://www.annedelacroix.com/ and https://twitter.com/anne_croix) is my co-host for this episode.
prof.John Skelton: https://research.birmingham.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/john-skelton(d77e534d-20ab-4a9f-9253-e5c4d4b61adc).html
If you have any questions about this episode, let me know! https://twitter.com/MarioVeen and https://marioveen.com/
Mario

Monday Jan 11, 2021
#003 From ’evidence user’ to ’evidence-based practitioner’
Monday Jan 11, 2021
Monday Jan 11, 2021
How do we know which type evidence is 'best' in each situation? How do we invite medical students to critically reflect on the way they integrate medical knowledge and medical expertise? How can they transform from 'evidence users' into 'evidence-based practitioners'?
We discuss the third installment of the series on philosophy in medical education of Mario Veen and Anna Cianciolo, which appears in Teaching and Learning in Medicine: An International Journal --
"Teaching Medical Epistemology within an Evidence-Based Medicine Curriculum" with the authors Mark Tonelli and Robyn Bluhm. You can download the article here: https://doi.org/10.1080/10401334.2020.1835666
Nabilah Mayat (https://twitter.com/NabilahMayat) is my co-host for this episode.
Information on the authors:
Mark Tonelli: https://depts.washington.edu/bhdept/mark-r-tonelli-md-ma
Robyn Bluhm: https://philosophy.msu.edu/faculty-staff/robyn-bluhm/
Here are the the publications that we mention in the podcast:
This is Mark's article A Philosophical Approach to Addressing Uncertainty in Medical Education: https://uwopenhearted.weebly.com/uploads/9/7/1/1/97112254/tonelli-2019.pdf
Here's a link to the New York Times story Robyn mentions toward the end of our conversation: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/05/magazine/covid-drug-wars-doctors.html
If you have any questions about this episode, let me know! https://twitter.com/MarioVeen
Mario

Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Anna Cianciolo reads "Beyond the Medical Model"
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Don't have time to read? Why not listen to the article instead?
Anna Cianciolo reads "Beyond the Medical Model: Thinking Differently about Medical Education and Medical Education Research" by Gert Biesta and Marije van Braak, which we discussed in episode #002 of this podcast. You can read it here for free: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10401334.2020.1798240