Milligan Kevin John, Daulton Robert Scott, St Clair Zachary Taylor, Epperson Madison Veronica, Holloway Rachel Mackenzie, Schlaudecker Jeffrey David
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, United States.
Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States.
JMIR Med Educ. 2021 Jul 8;7(3):e29157. doi: 10.2196/29157.
Podcasting has become a popular medium for medical education content. Educators and trainees of all levels are turning to podcasts for high-quality, asynchronous content. Although numerous medical education podcasts have emerged in recent years, few student-run podcasts exist. Student-run podcasts are a novel approach to supporting medical students. Near-peer mentoring has been shown to promote medical students' personal and professional identity formation. Student-run podcasts offer a new medium for delivering near-peer advice to medical students in an enduring and accessible manner.
This paper describes the creation of the UnsCripted Medicine Podcast-a student-run medical education podcast produced at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine.
The planning and preparatory phases spanned 6 months. Defining a target audience and establishing a podcast mission were key first steps. Efforts were directed toward securing funding; obtaining necessary equipment; and navigating the technical considerations of recording, editing, and publishing a podcast. In order to ensure that high professionalism standards were met, key partnerships were created with faculty from the College of Medicine.
The UnsCripted Medicine Podcast published 53 episodes in its first 2 years. The number of episodes released per month ranges from 0 to 5, with a mean of 2.0 episodes. The podcast has a Twitter account with 217 followers. The number of listeners who subscribed to the podcast via Apple Podcasts grew to 86 in the first year and then to 218 in the second year. The show has an average rating of 4.8 (out of 5) on Apple Podcasts, which is based on 24 ratings. The podcast has hosted 70 unique guests, including medical students, resident physicians, attending physicians, nurses, physicians' family members, graduate medical education leadership, and educators.
Medical student-run podcasts are a novel approach to supporting medical students and fostering professional identity formation. Podcasts are widely available and convenient for listeners. Additionally, podcast creators can publish content with lower barriers of entry compared to those of other forms of published content. Medical schools should consider supporting student podcast initiatives to allow for near-peer mentoring, augment the community, facilitate professional identity formation, and prepare the rising physician workforce for the technological frontier of medical education and practice.
播客已成为医学教育内容的一种流行媒介。各级教育工作者和学员都在转向播客获取高质量的异步内容。尽管近年来出现了众多医学教育播客，但学生运营的播客却很少。学生运营的播客是支持医学生的一种新方法。近伴指导已被证明可促进医学生个人和职业身份的形成。学生运营的播客为以持久且易于获取的方式向医学生提供近伴建议提供了一种新媒介。
本文描述了《无脚本医学播客》的创建过程，这是一个由辛辛那提大学医学院制作的学生运营的医学教育播客。
规划和筹备阶段历时6个月。确定目标受众和确立播客使命是关键的首要步骤。工作重点是确保资金、获取必要设备以及应对录制、编辑和发布播客的技术考量。为确保达到高度的专业标准，与医学院的教师建立了关键合作伙伴关系。
《无脚本医学播客》在其运营的头两年发布了53集。每月发布的集数从0到5集不等，平均为2.0集。该播客有一个推特账号，有217名关注者。通过苹果播客订阅该播客的听众数量在第一年增至86人，第二年增至218人。该节目在苹果播客上的平均评分为4.8（满分5分），基于24条评分。该播客邀请了70位嘉宾，包括医学生、住院医师、主治医师、护士、医生家属、毕业后医学教育负责人和教育工作者。
医学生运营的播客是支持医学生和促进职业身份形成的一种新方法。播客对听众来说广泛可得且方便。此外，与其他形式的发布内容相比，播客创作者发布内容的门槛更低。医学院校应考虑支持学生播客项目，以实现近伴指导、扩大社群、促进职业身份形成，并让未来的医师队伍为医学教育和实践的技术前沿做好准备。
