Teaching Academy Newsletter

Announcements

Congratulations to the newest graduates of the Medical Education Fellowship Program

The group completed the monthly, cohort style program for College of Medicine educators who seek additional preparation for teaching across the medical education continuum.

  • Elizabeth Ames, MD, Professor, Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
  • David Li-Kang Chen, MD Assistant Professor, Medicine
  • Katie Dolbec, MD, Assistant Professor, Surgery
  • Matt Geeslin, MD, Assistant Professor, Radiology
  • Rosy Hill, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine
  • Macaulay Onuigbo, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine
  • Sarah Schlein, MD, Assistant Professor, Surgery
  • Anne Stowman, MD, Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
  • Adam Ulano, MD, Assistant Professor, Radiology

 

Applications are now welcome for the 2019-2020 Medical Education Fellowship Program offered by the Teaching Academy

The Medical Education Fellowship Program is a monthly, cohort-style program for Larner College of Medicine faculty who seek additional preparation for teaching and educational scholarship across the medical education continuum. Participants will review principles of learning and development, discuss teaching and learning issues with colleagues, and develop instructional and assessment strategies. Participation in the program will also include mentorship for a scholarly project in education suitable for presentation and publication. The program consists of interactive, seminar-style sessions and readings. An active learning approach will be used, i.e., materials will be available in advance of each session and participants will be expected to draw upon and apply the materials during the sessions. Participants will also have the opportunity to observe teaching sessions and receive feedback on their own teaching.

The program starts October 11.  Visit the Teaching Academy website for details and the application form.  The deadline to apply is June 24, 2019


DID YOU KNOW? IPE Visiting Faculty Scholar

Nancy LemieuxIn early 2018, the Teaching Academy welcomed Nancy Lemieux, MSN, RN, CHSE, as the inaugural Teaching Academy Interprofessional Education (IPE) Visiting Faculty Scholar. We are proud to announce that what started as a one-year, part-time position will continue through June 2020. This role is the result of collaboration and support from the College of Nursing and Health Sciences (CNHS). The IPE Visiting Faculty Scholar contributes to the development, implementation, and scholarship of interprofessional education. In addition, the IPE Visiting Faculty Scholar participates in and contributes to activities sponsored by the Teaching Academy, including developing and facilitating sessions for faculty development.

 

Nancy currently serves as the Director of Simulation Education and Clinical Instructor in the Department of Nursing, College of Nursing and Health Sciences. She typically has office hours in the Teaching Academy on Wednesdays, and can be reached at Nancy.LeMieux@med.uvm.edu. Please stop by to welcome her and watch for announcements of future IPE-related activities.

 

New Teaching Academy Portfolio

 
The Teaching Academy is proud to share news of the completion of an updated Teaching Portfolio. We incorporated feedback from applicants and this will mean a more streamlined process for preparing your portfolio. For example,  we removed a lot of the cumbersome boxes to click and incorporated more areas to copy and paste from the LCOM Standardized CV template. You will also notice greater correlation between the two documents. Along with the updated Teaching Portfolio, we’ve prepared a new Overview and Quick Start Guide to help you get started.

These, and all other Teaching Academy application materials, can be found on the Teaching Academy website.

 

SAVE THE DATES

Essentials of Teaching and Assessment

Friday, September 13, 2019; Davis Center
A one-day, intensive course to introduce participants to the pedagogy, strategies, and resources for effective teaching and assessment. This event is open to all UVM College of Medicine faculty. This course is designed especially for faculty, residents, fellows, graduate students, and postdocs who are new to teaching. Details and registration coming this summer.

2020 Induction and Award Ceremony and Snow Season Poster Session

Wednesday, January 15, 2020; 5:00 – 8:00pm; Larner College of Medicine
Please join the Teaching Academy as we welcome new members, present our annual awards for teaching and educational excellence, and enjoy a reception with colleagues during our Snow Season Poster Session with authors.

2020 Snow Season Education Retreat

Thursday, January 16, 2020; 7:30am - 4pm; Davis Center
An all-day education retreat featuring workshops on clinical teaching, social medicine, active learning, and resources for educational scholarship; networking; and a keynote session. This event is open to all UVM Larner College of Medicine faculty. *Note the change in day and venue. Details and registration will be announced this fall!

NEGEA 2020 Annual Conference

Thursday, April 30-Saturday, May 2, 2020 
The Robert Larner MD College of Medicine will host the 2020 NEGEA Annual Conference. The NEGEA is one of four regional groups of the AAMC’s Group on Educational Affairs (GEA). Its purpose is to promote excellence in the education of medical students, residents and physicians through the professional development of medical educators. Regional meetings provide a forum for exchanging ideas, learning new strategies and developing plans that may facilitate your own work and the implementation of the NEGEA’s mission. Details and registration will be announced this fall!

 

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

 

New Publications to Note

A Novel Tool for Problem-Based Learning Case Review
Shah H, Carrasco G, Melovitz-Vasan C, Behling K. A Novel Tool for Problem-Based Learning Case Review. Medical Science Educator. 12 Feb 2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-019-00703-7

A National Study of Longitudinal Consistency in ACGME Milestone Ratings by Clinical Competency Committees: Exploring an Aspect of Validity in the Assessment of Residents’ Competence
Hamstra S, Yamazaki K, Barton M, Santen S, Beeson M, Holmboe E. A National Study of Longitudinal Consistency in ACGME Milestone Ratings by Clinical Competency Committees: Exploring an Aspect of Validity in the Assessment of Residents’ Competence. Academic Medicine. 4 Jun 2019. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000002820

Mandated State Medical Licensing Board Disclosures Regarding Resident Performance
Murano T, Gajewski M, Anana M, Hillen M, Kunac A, Matassa D, Pompeo L, Kothari N. Mandated State Medical Licensing Board Disclosures Regarding Resident Performance. Journal of Graduate Medical Education. Online ahead of print. https://www.jgme.org/doi/10.4300/JGME-D-18-00970.1?ai=19nh&ui=5p1d&af=T

Constructing a Shared Mental Model for Feedback Conversations: Faculty Workshop Using Video Vignettes Developed by Residents
Moroz A, King A, Kim B, Fusco H, Carmody K. Constructing a Shared Mental Model for Feedback Conversations: Faculty Workshop Using Video Vignettes Developed by Residents. MedEdPORTAL. 1 May 2019. DOI: 10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10821

From Modules to MOOCs: Application of the Six-Step Approach to Online Curriculum Development for Medical EducationChen B, Kern D, Kearns R, Thomas P, Hughes M, Tackett S. From Modules to MOOCs: Application of the Six-Step Approach to Online Curriculum Development for Medical Education. Academic Medicine. May 2019. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000002580

Ensuring the Quality of Multiple-Choice Tests: An Algorithm to Facilitate Decision Making for Difficult Questions
Dory V, Allan K, Birnbaum L, Lubarsky S, Pickering J, Young M. Ensuring the Quality of Multiple-Choice Tests: An Algorithm to Facilitate Decision Making for Difficult Questions Academic Medicine: doi: 10.1097/ACM.000000000000262

Regional/National Call for Proposals

 

Call for Content

Submissions are being accepted for Course Proposals, Research Abstracts, and SimVentors for IMSH on January 18-22, 2020. For details visit the Society for Simulation in Healthcare website. Submission deadline: June 12, 2019.

Edward J. Stemmler, MD Medical Education Research Fund Call for Letters of Intent

In support of innovation in medical education assessment, the Edward J. Stemmler, MD Medical Education Research Fund of the NBME is pleased to announce that the 2018-2019 call for Letters of Intent has begun.  As a reminder, the application deadline is July 1, 2019.  Applicants may go to http://www.nbme.org/research/CFLOI.html for more detailed information.

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

Teaching Academy in the News

  • DeStigter Global Health Work Featured in Local Papers
    May 30, 2019 by Heather McCabe
    (MAY 30, 2019) Kristen DeStigter, M.D., professor and chair of radiology, and co-founder of Imaging the World was featured in an article written by Phyl Newbeck of Shelburne News.
  • Honors Night Celebrates Senior Medical Student and Faculty Achievements
    May 15, 2019 by Jennifer Nachbur
    The Larner College of Medicine’s Class of 2019 Honors Night on May 13 was all about celebrating achievements. Medical students, leaders, faculty members, family and friends gathered for the event in UVM’s Davis Center to honor the recipients of individual student awards, faculty awards, a staff award, and a department award, as well as recognize the new student inductees for the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society and Gold Humanism Honor Society.

June 2019

Congratulations to the 2019 Frymoyer Scholars Program Recipients 

2019 Frymoyer Recipients

From left to right: Rebecca Wilson, RN; Stephen Berns, MD; Mort Wasserman, MD; Iris Toedt-Pingel, MD; Bronwyn Bryant, MD; Rebecca Bell, MD, MPH

(Not pictured: Thomas Delaney, PhD; Fuyuki Hirashima, MD; Nicholas Bedrin, MD; Serena Murphy, MD; Stephen Ranney, MD; Rebecca Nagle, MSN, APRN; Christina Harlow, DNP, FNP-BC, APRN; Leah Pryor; Emily Clairmont; Jana Lichtenfeld, MD, FACP; Kaitlin Ostrander, MD)

See more information about the Frymoyer Scholars Program here

 

 

 

 

 

Upcoming Events

Writer's Workshop
 

Thursday, June 13; 8:00 - 9:00 AM; Teaching Academy Suite
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.

Research Consultation Drop In Hours
 

Friday, June 14; 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
 

Tuesday, June 25; 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