May forum: Moodling about

Many thanks to Dave Masuda for his med ed forum presentation this week on online environments-- moodling!

You can find his presentation here:
http://docs.google.com/fileview?id=F.cc2c53bf-ce0c-4cb6-af57-745f4ef686a5&hl=en

April forum - Impacting the Educational Environment

Many thanks to Kelly Fryer-Edwards for a fabulous forum and stimulating discussion this month!

Impacting the Educational Environment: Challenges for Educational Research

Her ppt slides can be found here:
http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=dr2mzg8_358hqk3f6db

Technology Planning for the MD Curriculum

Our January forum - Technology Planning for the MD Curriculum -- was a great success! 30+ attendees, and a very engaged audience. Many thanks to Michael Campion and colleagues for their presentation and discussion.

You can find the presentation here.

Works in Progress - MEDEX Experience

Many thanks to Doug Brock, Keren Wick, and Tim Evans from MEDEX for their stimulating “works in progress” discussion on Ethics Instruction: The MEDEX Experience, Online Discussion Boards... there was a great turnout! Their presentation can be found here.

Thanks for your participation... and hope to see you at the next forum.

10.6.08 forum

Many thanks to Sherilyn Smith for today's UW Med Ed Forum works-in-progress presentation on new tools available for teaching/evaluating clinical reasoning skills (click here for her powerpoint slides). We had a fantastic turnout, and an engaging follow-up discussion.










Looking forward to seeing you all at future forums... see our calendar to the right for the fall/winter forum schedule.

Upcoming Med Ed forum on Monday, October 6:

Works in Progress:
Teaching and Evaluating Clinical Reasoning
Skills in Medical Students:
Preliminary Work on Design and Development of New
Tools Targeting 2nd & 4th Year Students

Sherilyn Smith, M.D.
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Director of Pediatrics Clerkship
Head, Big Sky College

South Campus Center Room 246
Noon to 1:15 p.m.
Lunch provided, thanks to the generosity of Tom Norris, M.D., Vice Dean for Academic Affairs

5/5/2008 - The Evolution of Professionalism in Residency Training

On May 5, 2008, Molly Billings, senior fellow in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, presented plans for her research on the Evolution of Residents' Professionalism during Training.

Molly reviewed the literature on professionalism, burn-out, cynicism, and empathy and laid out plans for her research to assess the linkages between professionalism with burnout and empathy and the interaction of cynicism and empathy. She intends to complete a longitudinal study of UW internal medicine residents in years 1 through 3, assessing over time these associations using a number of instruments, including the Jefferson Scale of Physician Empathy.

During the feedback period, participants provided suggestions for her research, primarily related to methodology, such as the need to carefully pilot the surveys, assessing the number of questions used and the length overall of the survey, etc.

Great turn-out and this time we had larger plates that the food didn't drop off of and a non-Rice Crispies dessert!

The next group will held be Monday, June 2 from noon to 1:15 in South Campus Center Room 348. Faculty from the Department of Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics will provide information on resources and expertise within the department.

Join us then! Newcomers always welcome in addition to past attenders!