Vance Lehman is a professor of neuroradiology at Mayo Clinic and chief of neuroradiology education. His work spans clinical practice, medical education, research, and academic leadership. Dr. Lehman’s clinical practice focuses on advanced imaging techniques and nonvascular interventional neuroradiology, including MRI-guided focused ultrasound and laser interstitial thermal therapy of the brain.
He is the author of Mastering the Hidden Curriculum: Unlocking Success in Medical Education and founder of the educational resource Medical Hidden Curriculum, which explores the informal systems and professional dynamics that shape medical training and career development.
Dr. Lehman has authored more than 120 peer-reviewed publications indexed on PubMed. His research and teaching focus on neuroradiology, medical education, and helping trainees navigate the hidden curriculum of academic medicine. Professional updates are available on LinkedIn.
While excellent guides exist for research topic discovery or planning, and finding suitable journals for publication, a short practical checklist to help trainees determine if a project proposal is a great fit is useful (see the checklist below). Here, I outline items to consider before you commit to a project and provide my take on two main categories of topics: 1) those where a single NO generally should lead to …
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A 20-item checklist for trainee research projects
In medical school, we only learn a fraction of what we need to know to succeed as doctors. The rest, we learn serendipitously through role modeling, trial and error, and other venues. Without luck, however, we may not learn these factors at all. It turns out that unspoken forces, the so-called “hidden curriculum,” may have a greater impact on our personal and professional outcomes than most people realize. As educators …
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The hidden curriculum: What medical school does not teach you
