Medical Students and the Electronic Health Record: ‘An Epic Use of Time’

Pupil Prose Appraisal: Four Practical Solutions to Medical Student Documentation and Feedback in the Emergency Department

“…Emerging data seem to show that EMR use is a valuable learning tool and exercise . Student note writing and feedback are associated with students’ perceptions of high‐quality teaching and having students participate in the documentation of the patient care that they witness and engage in is a sound educational activity . Students value the use of the EMR, which seems to generate reflection and insight into history taking and data synthesis development .…”

Electronic Health Record Skills Workshop for Medical Students

“…Medical students spend a significant amount of time using the EHR during their clerkship experiences and will continue to do so as they progress to residency. 1,2 However, formal training varies between institutions and leaves gaps in data-gathering skills, 3 documentation skills, 4 and order entry. 5 We designed a workshop using a simulated EHR to teach these skills.…”

Teaching in the Office

“…I am particularly fearful that as we transition to so-called population health management and use templated electronic data entry programs, we will forget about the patient's individual story in all its richness and the human emotions that govern behavior at times of illness and stress. I am concerned that our new electronic record systems were not designed with teaching the art of medicine in mind [7,8]. Recently, I have been asked to stop dictating my patient notes and instead enter checklists into the health record to facilitate data analysis, not to mention billing compliance.…”