KeyLIME+

your host Adam Szulewski

KeyLIME+ is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Adam Szulewski and features in-depth interviews with authors and experts as they explore what we think we know about medical education and where we're going as a field.

  1. 11/11/2025

    [28] Cookies, Charisma & Bias: Exploring the Hidden Consequences and Impact of Teaching Evaluations

    In this episode, Adam (and resident guest co-host Mario Corrado) speak with Dr. Lynfa Stroud about the complexities of teaching evaluations in medical education. They discuss some of the biases that influence evaluations, the unintended consequences that can arise, and the delicate power dynamics between learners and educators. Their conversation underscores the need for a more nuanced, supportive approach to assessing teaching quality - one that moves beyond student ratings to foster genuine growth and development in medical education.  Length of episode: 48:34  Resources to check out   How Teacher Evaluations Broke the University "We give them all A's, and they give us all fives." By Rose Horowitch  https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/09/teacher-evaluations-grade-inflation/684185/    The Doctor Fox Lecture: A Paradigm of Educational Seduction Donald H. Naftulin, M.D., John E. Ware, Jr., and Frank A. Donnelly https://romanfrigg.org/wp-content/uploads/links/Dr_Fox_Lecture.pdf    Stroebe, W. (2020). Student Evaluations of Teaching Encourages Poor Teaching and Contributes to Grade Inflation: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 42(4), 276–294. https://doi.org/10.1080/01973533.2020.1756817  https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/01973533.2020.1756817    Contact   Contact us: keylime@royalcollege.ca     Follow: Dr. Adam Szulewski https://x.com/Adam_Szulewski

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KeyLIME+ is a bi-weekly podcast hosted by Dr. Adam Szulewski and features in-depth interviews with authors and experts as they explore what we think we know about medical education and where we're going as a field.

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