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NEGEA 2019 Annual Conference

Some highlights from NEGEA 2019:

Teaching Academy Director, Dr. Katie Huggett presented on Friday, April 5: “Writing and submitting a successful NEGEA grant proposal” K. Huggett, A. Swan-Sein Robert Larner, M.D., College of Medicine at the University of Vermont; Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons

Cara Simone of LCOM presented an oral abstract. She was joined by collaborators and Teaching Academy Members Cate Nicholas, EdD, PA; Jesse Moore, MD; and Katie Huggett on Saturday, April 6: “A Six-Step Active Learning Design Process: Illustrating the Iterative Process of Design, Engagement, & Reflection in Medical Education” C. Simone, C. Nicholas, J. Moore, K. Huggett; Robert Larner, M.D., College of Medicine at the University of Vermont.

Others from Teaching Academy Members involved were:

An oral abstract presentation nominated for an NEGEA Excellence in Medical Education Award: “A Qualitative Study to Inform an Effective Model for Mentoring in Medical Education Scholarship” E. CichoskiKelly 1, R. Blanchard 2, A. Fornari 3, W. Herman3, J. Kogan 4, D.O’Malley 1, S. Ratmeyer 5, S. Rougas6, N. Saks7 1Robert Larner MD College of Medicine at the University of Medicine at the University of Vermont, 2 Baystate Health/University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate, 3Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, 4Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, 5University of Vermont, College of Education and Social Sciences, 6Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 7Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

A poster nominated for an NEGEA Excellence in Medical Education Award: “The Medical Student Mental Health Panel: A powerful approach to overcoming barriers to medical students seeking mental health care” L. Rosen 1, L. A. Holterman, M. Bitterman, E. Lynch, O. Larkin Robert Larner MD College of Medicine at the University of Vermont, 2Northwestern University the Feinberg School of Medicine

A poster: “Creating standardized active learning instructional methods to replace lecture in a medical school curriculum “ J. Moore, R. Wilcox, K. Lounsbury, LA. Holterman, C. Simone, K. Huggett Robert Larner MD College of Medicine at the University of Vermont

SAVE THE DATE: NEGEA 2020 Annual Conference

The Robert Larner MD College of Medicine will host the 2020 NEGEA Annual Conference. Mark your calendars now for April 30-May 2, 2020.

*NEW* UVM FACULTY DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP Hosted by the College of Nursing and Health Sciences

IPE WORSKSHOP_TIMCUNNINGHAM
Teaching the Culture of Compassionate Care and Resilience to Interprofessional Student Teams in Classroom and Clinical Settings
With Timothy Cunningham, DrPh, MSN, RN, Assistant Professor of Nursing, Director of the Compassionate Care Initiative


Click here to view the flyer: IPE WORSKSHOP_TIMCUNNINGHAM

Monday, April 29, 12-1:30pm, Larner Classrom (MedEd100)
RSVP to Christina.Adamczak@uvm.edu, 656-2018

UVM Welcomes Mills Kelly


UVM is pleased to welcome Mills Kelly, Professor of History at George Mason University who will give two talks at UVM on April 11th: “More than Scholarly Teaching: SoTL in your Discipline and Beyond,” and “The Appalachian Trail in Vermont: The First 50 Years.” Details about these events and the speaker’s bio can be found online. Professor Kelly’s visit is sponsored by the UVM Office of the Provost, Center for Teaching and Learning, the History Department, and the Environmental Program.

StorySlam Rx

The Gold Humanism and Alpha Omega Alpha honor societies at the UVM Larner College of Medicine will be hosting a Moth-style StorySlamfor all members of the UVM Medical Center community on May 16th, 2019. If you are interested in telling a story? Come work with Moth producer and StorySlam winner Susanne Schmidt on Tuesday, April 30 5:30-8:30pm in the Larner Classroom.
For more information on the workshop go to storyslamrxworkshop.eventbrite.com, and for tickets or sign up to share a story, visit storyslamrx.eventbrite.com

 

DID YOU KNOW? Faculty Development Video Series for Medical Educators


The Teaching Academy has a Faculty Development Video Series for Medical Educators. Improve your teaching with this series of short videos on essential topics for medical educators. This resource features Teaching Academy members and was directed by Laurie Leclair, MD while she served as a Faculty Associate of the Teaching Academy last year. The videos are free and open for anyone to view and there is CME credit available! For more details about the video series and how to obtain CME credit, visit http://www.med.uvm.edu/teachingacademy/resources/devleopment.

 

New Publications from Teaching Academy Members

Adapting Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs as a Framework for Resident Wellness
Hale A, Ricotta D, Freed J, Smith C, Huang G. Adapting Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs as a Framework for Resident Wellness. Teaching and Learning in Medicine. 30 Apr 2019. DOI: 10.1080/10401334.2018.1456928

An Interprofessional Education Pilot Program on Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Improves Student Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes
van Eeghen C, Hitt J, King J.G., Okech J.E., Rouleau B., Melekis K., Kessler, R., Pinckney R. An Interprofessional Education Pilot Program on Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) Improves Student Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes. International Journal of Higher Education, 2019; 8:119-132. https://doi.org/10.5430/ijhe.v8n1p119

New Publications to Note

Can a checklist ameliorate implicit bias in medical education?
Caruso Brown A, Hobart T, Botash A, Germain L. Can a checklist ameliorate implicit bias in medical education? Medical Education. 11 Mar 2019. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.13840

The AAMC Standardized Video Interview: Reactions and Use by Residency Programs During the 2018 Application Cycle
Gallahue F, Hiller K, Bird S, Calderone Haas MR, Deiorio N, Hern G, Jarou Z, Pierce A, Geiger T, Fletcher L. The AAMC Standardized Video Interview: Reactions and Use by Residency Programs During the 2018 Application Cycle. Academic Medicine. 19 Mar 2019. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000002714

When I say … community of practice
Buckley H, Steinert Y, Regehr G, Nimmon L. When I say … community of practice. Medical Education. 11 Mar 2019. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.13823

A hands‐on curriculum for teaching practical nutrition
Wood N. A hands‐on curriculum for teaching practical nutrition. Medical Education. 11 Mar 2019. https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.13837

A Call to Action: the Need for Integration of Transgender Topics in Psychiatry Education
Kosman K, AhnAllen C, Fromson J. A Call to Action: the Need for Integration of Transgender Topics in Psychiatry Education. Academic Psychiatry. (2019) 43: 82. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-018-0966-7

Emergency Medicine Standardized Letter of Evaluation (SLOE): Findings From the New Electronic SLOE Format  
Jackson J, Bond M, Love J, Hegarty C. Emergency Medicine Standardized Letter of Evaluation (SLOE): Findings From the New Electronic SLOE Format. Journal of Graduate Medical Education. Published ahead of print.
https://doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-18-00344.1

Success of a Resident-Led Safety Council: A Model for Satisfying CLER Pathways to Excellence Patient Safety Goals
Cohen S, Pelletier J, Ladd J, Feeney C, Parente V, Shaikh S. Success of a Resident-Led Safety Council: A Model for Satisfying CLER Pathways to Excellence Patient Safety Goals. Journal of Graduate Medical Education. Published ahead of print. https://doi.org/10.4300/JGME-D-18-00459.1

Attitudes and Habits of Highly Humanistic Surgeons: A Single-Institution, Mixed-Methods Study
Swendiman R, Marcaccio C, Han J, Hoffman D, Weiner T, Nance M, Chou C. Attitudes and Habits of Highly Humanistic Surgeons: A Single-Institution, Mixed-Methods Study. Academic Medicine. 5 Mar 2019. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000002690

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Regional/National Call for Proposals

AMA accepting applications to innovation grant program: Apply now!

The American Medical Association, through its Accelerating Change in Medical Education Innovation Grant Program, is pleased to announce a request for applications (RFA). View the complete RFA guidelines and gain access to our electronic submission. For details about the AMA “Accelerating Change in Medical Education” initiative and its ongoing work to transform medical education, visit changemeded.org. Proposals are due no later than April 21, 2019, 11:59 p.m. Central time.

Collaboration and Reflection: New Perspectives and Innovations in Health Professions Education

The Generalists in Medical Education (TGME) annual conference will be held on Thursday, November 7 & Friday, November 8, 2019 in Phoenix, AZ at the Renaissance Phoenix Downtown Hotel. This year’s conference theme is: “Collaboration and Reflection: New Perspectives and Innovations in Health Professions Education

The Generalists in Medical Education offer a variety of proposal and presentation formats: a) Round Table Discussions, b) Descriptive Sessions, c) Panel Discussions, d) Problem-Solving Sessions, e) Skill Acquisition Sessions, f) Ignite Presentations. Ignite Presentations are a new format for presenters to quickly report a thought-provoking idea in a visually compelling format accompanied by rich narrative or storytelling.

Please submit proposals via the TGME website https://thegeneralists.org/ The website includes detailed proposal format requirements for each of the different types of sessions. Proposals must be submitted electronically, https://thegeneralists.org/submit-proposal/ no later than 11:59 pm Eastern Time on May 6, 2019.

 

Teaching Academy in the News

  • LaMantia Quoted in Associated Press Story on 84-Year-Old Pole Vaulter
    March 22, 2019 by Jennifer Nachbur
    (MARCH 22, 2019) Michael LaMantia, M.D., associate professor of medicine, head of geriatrics and the director of the UVM Center on Aging, was quoted in an Associated Press article about an 84-year-old pole vaulter from Shelburne, Vt. and physically ability in seniors.
  • Carney Quoted in NBC Affiliate Story on Vigil Remembering Gun Violence Victims
    December 13, 2018 by Madi Wood
    WPTZ NBC5 News highlighted remarks made by Jan Carney, M.D., M.P.H., UVM associate dean for public health at a December 11 vigil organized by Gun Sense Vermont. Rebecca Bell, M.D., UVM assistant professor of pediatrics also spoke at the event, which was held in remembrance of all the people whose lives have been changed by gun violence in all of the 50 states.

April 2019

Teaching Academy Staff and Members at NEGEA 2019!

Holterman and Rosen

 Leigh Ann Holterman, M.A., Teaching Academy Director of Curricular Evaluation and Assessment and Lee Rosen, Ph.D., Director of Student Support, Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Clinical Assistant, Professor in the Department of Psychological Science

Upcoming Events

 

Writer's Workshop

Thursday, April 11; 8:00 - 9:00 AM; Larner Learning Commons, Teaching Academy Resource Room 130F
Bring scholarly work on education topics in any stage of development – manuscripts, conference proposals, research proposals, etc. Email teaching.academy@med.uvm.edu for details.

AAMC Medical Education Research Certificate (MERC) Workshops

Friday, April 12; 9:00 AM-12:00 PM & 1:00 - 4:00 PM; MedEd 302/303
"Formulating Research Questions and Designing Studies" & "Measuring Educational Outcomes with Reliability and Validity" .
For details visit the Teaching Academy website.

Research Consultation Drop In Hours
 

Friday, April 12; 9:00 - 11:00 AM; Teaching Academy Suite
Research consultation with Alison Howe, MS, Director of Education Program Outcome Analysis, and Leigh Ann Holterman, PhD, Director of Curricular Evaluation and Assessment

Research Consultation Drop In Hours
 

Friday, April 23; 1:00 - 3:00 PM; Teaching Academy Suite
Research consultation with Alison Howe, MS, Director of Education Program Outcome Analysis, and Leigh Ann Holterman, PhD, Director of Curricular Evaluation and Assessment