In This Issue: February 2026

In this episode, JGME Editorial Board members discuss articles from the February 2026 issue of the Journal of Graduate Medical Education. Listen to hear issue highlights that include topics such as barriers to physicians seeking mental health care, resident remediation, academic freedom, and more. 

This is an audio version of a Rip Out: Data Visualization in Medical Education series article from the February 2026 issue of JGME, "Design Your Data to Speak: Visualization Tweaks for Maximum Impact" by Jasmine R. Marcelin, MD, Kelly A. Cawcutt, MD, MS, and Andrea N. Leep Hunderfund, MD, MHPE.

In this episode, JGME Executive Editor, Dr. Nicole Deiorio, speaks with Dr. Rachel Wolfson and Dr. Jeffery Riddell about their article, "From Volume to Value: Curbing the Arms Race in Medical Student Research." They discuss new changes to the ERAS application, the future of medical student research, and a call to action for program directors and the NRMP.  

This is an audio version of a Rip Out: Data Visualization in Medical Education series article from the December2025 issue of JGME, "What Is Data Visualization" by Caroline G. Coleman, MD, T. Tyler Daugherty, MD, and Jennifer O. Spicer, MD, MPH, MHPE.

This is an audio version of a Rip Out article from the October 2025 issue of JGME, "Less Angst and More Fun: Writing Strategies and Writing Groups for Scholarship" by Gail M. Sullivan, MD, MPH, Deborah Simpson, PhD, Lalena M. Yarris, MD, MCR, Nicole M. Deiorio, MD, and Anthony R. Artino, Jr, PhD.

This is an audio version of a Rip Out: GME Leaders Series article from the October 2025 issue of JGME, "Leading Major Change in Graduate Medical Education: Initiate, Implement, and Sustain" by Harm Peters, MD, MHPE, Dink Jardine, MD, FACS, and Madeline Joseph, MD, FAAP, FACEP.

In this episode, JGME Editor-in-Chief, Dr. Gail Sullivan, speaks with 3 guests who were integral to the latest supplement issue Reimagining Residency: An American Medical Association Initiative to Transform GME. Starting in 2019, the AMA funded eleven 5-year grants with a goal to transform residency training to best address the workplace needs of our current and future health care system. This supplement issue is a collection of findings from the innovation projects that represent real-world applications of ideas that address pressing issues for trainees, program leaders, health care systems, and patients.

This is an audio version of a Review article from the June 2025 issue of JGME, "The Use of Artificial Intelligence in Residency Application Evaluation—A Scoping Review" by Maxwell D. Sumner, BS, T. Clark Howell, MD, MSHS, Alexandria L. Soto, BS, Samantha Kaplan, PhD, Elisabeth T. Tracy, MD, Aimee K. Zaas, MD, John Migaly, MD, Allan D. Kirk, MD, PhD, and Kevin Shah, MD.

This is an audio version of an Editorial article from the June 2025 issue of JGME, "A Practical Guide to Writing Effective Needs Assessments in Graduate Medical Education by Mallory Davis, MD, MPH, Sally A. Santen, MD, PhD, Benjamin Kinnear, MD, MEd, Jaime Jordan, MD, MA, Michael Gottlieb, MD, and Anthony R. Artino, Jr, PhD.

We know how frustrating it is to put so much work into your manuscript, finally hit that submit button, and then receive a quick rejection. In this episode, JGME Executive Editor, Dr. Nicole Deiorio, speaks with Dr. Gail Sullivan and Emily Barnash about how to avoid the dreaded desk reject and ensure your manuscript reaches the peer review stage.