Introduction

Abstract

Thank you! This Really Good Stuff job is getting to be very hard to do and that is a really good thing. We received a record number of submissions (more than 90) for this issue and as you will see, the papers came from many different countries and institutions. In this issue you will find reports from Malaysia, India, Ireland, Denmark, Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Singapore, China, Canada, Taiwan, New Zealand, Argentina, and Hong Kong. Given the fact that almost every continent is represented in this issue, it was interesting to see the number of reports that focus on issues of diversity and culture in medical education. There are a group of reports about the application of technology and simulation, balanced by a set about focusing on the patient and promoting patient-centered care. The medical school and residency programme curricula represent the largest number of reports we receive for RGS and I was struck by the number of those accepted that fell into a category I labeled, ‘Interprofessionalism’ and the increased attention in schools around the world on professionals working together in teams. It is always interesting to see the different trends in medical education and I elected to identify a second category under Curriculum as ‘Hot Topics’. The topics described in the reports in this category range from student reflection and being a friend to patients, to developing skills for dealing with mass casualties and disasters. Finally, in the Curriculum section, there were enough reports focused on developing medical education researchers, that those reports formed a category themselves. The key to medical education, the faculty, took many forms in the reports in this issue. Students as faculty and peer evaluations move these reports from our more traditional view of faculty to consider teachers in the broadest sense. As you read through the reports selected for publication in this issue, please consider what you are doing that you want the world to know about. Remember, the really good stuff cannot have been in place for more than three years and we are interested in receiving accounts of what has worked, as well as promising initiatives that were not successful. In addition, as you read through this issue, perhaps you will identify a new colleague with whom you might collaborate on a project of shared interest. Most of all, submit your own really good stuff for review and consideration. The deadlines for the Really Good Stuff section are May 1st and November 1st each year.