Teaching Academy Newsletter

Announcements

EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR EDUCATION TOPIC POSTERS - Snow Season Education Retreat, January 11 – 12, 2018
We heard you! It is a busy time of year so we extended the deadline for poster abstracts for the Snow Season Education Retreat to Friday, December 8.

Submit poster submissions (current or past work) for the 2018 Snow Season Education Retreat. This is an opportunity for UVM LCOM educators (including work with residents and students) to share ideas and to collaborate across departments. We are particularly interested in work related to the education of professionals across the continuum of learners.

To submit an abstract, please use the poster abstract submission form, and submit to teaching.academy@med.uvm.edu.

REGISTRATION IS OPEN - Snow Season Education Retreat, January 11-12, 2018

The schedule is available online, and all events are at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center. There is no charge to attend. Click here to register today!
Thursday evening includes a reception, poster session, and recognition dinner. Friday is a daylong education retreat featuring workshops, networking, and keynote speaker, Susan Skochelak, MD, MPH, Group Vice President, Medical Education, American Medical Association. This event is open to all faculty.

THE FRYMOYER SCHOLARS PROGRAM CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2018

Through the Frymoyer Scholars Program, the John W. and Nan P. Frymoyer Fund for Medical Education supports physicians and nurses who are actively engaged in teaching University of Vermont medical and nursing students and who embody the best qualities of the clinician teacher.

Individuals selected as Frymoyer Scholars are awarded up to $25,000 a year for two years to develop innovative educational products or programs and/or to improve their teaching skills and in turn the relationship between clinician and patient. Click here for the The 2018 Call for Proposals. The deadline to submit a proposal is March 16, 2018. For more information please contact the Teaching Academy at teaching.academy@med.uvm.edu

REMINDER WRITER’S WORKSHOP MEETS AT A NEW TIME! 

The monthly Writer’s Workshop meets on the first Monday of the month at noon. In January, the group will meet on the second Monday due to the holiday. The next meeting is Monday, January 8 at noon in The Teaching Academy Resource Room 130F. Bring scholarly work on education topics in any stage of development – manuscripts, conference proposals, research proposals, etc. Submit to teaching.academy@med.uvm.edu

LIMITED REGISTRATION STILL AVAILABLE - 1 SPOT LEFT!  - AAMC Medical Education Research Certificate (MERC) Workshop

Friday, December 8; 1:15 – 4:15 PM; MedEd 300
“Formulating Research Questions and Designing Studies,” Judy A. Shea, PhD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, use this link to complete a registration form. No charge to attend. The maximum enrollment is 25. For more information about the MERC program visit: https://www.aamc.org/members/gea/merc/ 

JUST ANNOUNCED -  International Association of Medical Science Educators Webcast Audio Winter 2018 Seminar Series

Competency-based Education - Where are we now and where are we going?
January 11, 18, 25, February, 1, 8. All sessions take place from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm in the Medical Education Center, Room 201.
The Winter 2018 IAMSE Web Seminar Series focuses on the current state of Competency-Based Education across the health professions and its future directions. The series begins with an overview of current assessment theories, tools and practices and explains how these have been adapted to better reflect learners’ attainment of competency within a competency-based framework. This is followed by a session that explores the relationship between memory and learning and describes strategies to better prepare and equip learners to achieve success within a competency-based framework. The AAMC Core EPA work group next provides an update on the integration of “entrustment activities and entrustment assessment tools” into a competency-based framework. The following presentation explores the benefits, challenges and outcomes of incorporating Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships (LICs) into competency-based medical education. The series closes with an appraisal of the Education in Pediatrics Across the Continuum (EPAC) curriculum as a content-focused, “continuous” competency-based model that spans undergraduate and graduate medical education. Upon completion of this series, participants will be better able to describe the evolution of competency-based education in the health professions. Participants will also be able to identify opportunities within their own institutions for adopting and adapting a competency-based educational framework.


Questions about The Teaching Academy?
Please contact: teaching.academy@med.uvm.edu 

Regional/National Call for Proposals

AAMC DEADLINES

2018 AAMC LSL Call for Medical Education Submissions - December 11, 2017 at 11:59 pm EST.
2018 RIME research and review papers - December 11, 2017 at 11:59 pm EST.

For more information email: educationalaffairs@aamc.org

Teaching Academy in the News

  • Culinary Medicine Course Selected for 2024 Frymoyer Scholars Program
    June 20, 2024 by Janet Essman Franz
    Medical students Molly Hurd and Sarah Krumholz, and Alyssa Tenney, Aassistant Professor of Family Medicine Whitney Calkins, M.D., and chef educator Christina Vollbrecht were selected as 2024 Frymoyer Scholars. The scholarship supports development of a culinary medicine course that provides future doctors with skills and confidence to discuss nutrition and food access in patient care settings.
  • Larner Educators Honored at NEGEA Conference
    June 12, 2024 by John Turner
    Kathryn Huggett, Ph.D., assistant dean for medical student education and director of the Teaching Academy, and Cate Nicholas, Ed.D., M.S., PA, associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology, and reproductive sciences and the retiring director of education and operations for UVM’s Clinical Simulation Lab, received NEGEA Distinguished Educator Awards at the annual Northeast Group on Educational Affairs conference May 29–31.

December 2017

Faculty Presenters at the Essentials of Teaching and Assessment Course

Essentials of Teaching and Assessment Course

Essentials of Teaching and Assessment CourseAbove: Rebecca Wilcox, MD, Associate Professor, Isaura Menzies, MD, Associate Professor, Martha Seagrave, PA-C, Associate Professor, Alan Rubin, MD, Associate Professor

Upcoming Events
Research Consultation Drop-In Hours

Tuesday, December 8, 9:00 – 11:00 AM; Larner Learning Commons, Teaching Academy Resource Room 130
The Teaching Academy hosts drop-in hours for research consultation, with Alison Howe, M.S., Director of Education Program Outcome Analysis, and Leigh Ann Holterman, M.A., Director of Curricular Evaluation and Assessment. Drop in hours occur the second Friday of the month from 9 – 11 am, and the fourth Tuesday of the month from 1 – 3 pm. First come, first served.

Medical Education Grand Rounds 

Friday, December 8; 12:00 – 1:00 PM; MedEd 300
"Best Practices and Innovations in Program Evaluation," Judy A. Shea, PhD, Associate Dean of Medical Education Research, Professor of Medicine at Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, RSVP for lunch: teaching.academy@med.uvm.edu

AAMC Medical Education Research Certificate (MERC) Workshop

Friday, December 8; 1:15 – 4:15 PM; MedEd 300
“Formulating Research Questions and Designing Studies,” Judy A. Shea, PhD, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, use this link to complete a registration form. No charge to attend. The maximum enrollment is 25. For more information about the MERC program visit: https://www.aamc.org/members/gea/merc/ 

Mentoring Groups

Monday, December 18, 2017, 4:15 – 5:15 PM; HSRF 200
Leadership, led by Lewis First, MD, and Bridget Marroquin, MD
Closed group.

Research Consultation Drop-In Hours

Tuesday, December 19, 1:00 – 3:00 PM; Larner Learning Commons, Teaching Academy Resource Room 130
The Teaching Academy hosts drop-in hours for research consultation, with Alison Howe, M.S., Director of Education Program Outcome Analysis, and Leigh Ann Holterman, M.A., Director of Curricular Evaluation and Assessment. Drop in hours occur the second Friday of the month from 9 – 11 am, and the fourth Tuesday of the month from 1 – 3 pm. First come, first served.