Team-Based Learning is an evidence based collaborative learning teaching strategy designed around units of instruction, that are taught in a three-step cycle. Some medical schools are reporting an ABIM pass rate of 85% before TBL implementation, and a95% pass rate after TBL implementation. Some Benefits of TBL over Didactic teaching include: Improved learner engagement during…
Schools undergoing curricular reform are re-evaluating the optimal timing of Step 1. Historically, students have completed the exam immediately following the basic science curriculum. A small but growing number of schools have moved Step 1 after the core clinical clerkships, citing a number of reasons for the change, including promoting long-term retention and understanding of…
Attend this innovative session on combining multiple theories and methods of delivering curriculum in a medical sciences environment. Learning objectives: recognize and differentiate a medical teaching philosophy from a technique describe and recognize the integration of cognitive, affective and psychomotor learning skills list and recognize the elements of reverse pyramid learning (1. Problem-solving, 2. Principle…
Can empathy be taught or is it an innate quality that you must be born with? Empathy is an important quality for all health professionals and educators. Using the “language of empathy” as detailed by A. Fortin we will review the four steps to establish an empathic presence with your patients and students.
As health professions educators, we feel a responsibility to provide support to learners who struggle, and at the same time, we have a responsibility to society to graduate learners who are fully competent for the profession. After defining remediation and the trajectories of learners who struggle, we will move through a framework to identify, intervene…
This session will assist educators in understanding how mental health difficulties can interfere with student success, both academically and professionally, and provide strategies for preventing and remediating failures attributed to mental illness. Speaker: Michael Redinger, MD, MA, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
In this webinar, we will describe how Learning Communities can be used to support struggling students. Learning Communities are intentionally formed groups of students and faculty who actively learn from each other while building relationships that enhance support networks. LC programs can assist struggling students in a multitude of ways and can be easily integrated…
Underrepresentation of Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) in the health professions limits the U.S. health care system’s ability to meet the needs of people in these racial/ethnic groups. A growing body of research shows that patient-physician concordance of race, language, and social characteristics strengthen the patient-physician relationship through higher levels of trust…
InteresTED – Brain networks – What is the Default Network of your brain (as compared to the Executive Network?) We will watch two TED-Ed videos to look at some of the newer discoveries in how the brain works. “The Benefits of Daydreaming” and “How Friendship Affects Your Brain” Come enjoy a collegial chat after we…
Join Phyllis Treige, chief experience officer at UC Santa Cruz, as she shares her experience and strategies in designing and supporting institutional transformational change. In this webinar, you’ll learn about design strategies, techniques, and processes to align projects and change efforts to human-focused impacts and concrete outcomes. Practical and easy-to-use methodologies will be shared. Outcomes…