New Tools and Paradigms for Assessing Professionalism in the Health Sciences Presenter: John Mahan October 6, 12 PM ET Professionalism is a critical component of both undergraduate and graduate medical education. Continual assessment of professionalism is necessary for mastery of this competency and to help learners understand and ultimately develop skills to avoid professionalism lapses…. Read more »
In case you missed yesterday’s Webcast Audio Seminar (WAS) Session, here are the highlights of this session: Self-directed learning in your curriculumāgetting from theory to practice. Sandrijn Vanschaik, MD, PhD University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Douglas Larsen, M.D. Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis William Cutrer, M.D. Vanderbilt University Physicians and health… Read more »
In case you missed yesterday’s Webcast Audio Seminar (WAS) Session with Laurel Gorman, here are the highlights of her talk: Use of preclinical High Fidelity Medical Simulations (HFMS) to promote the integration of basic and clinical sciences Laurel Gorman, PhD University of Central Florida High fidelity medical simulators (HFMS) are sophisticated, life-like computerized manikins that… Read more »
Entrustment decision making in EPA-based curricula Presenter: Olle ten Cate September 22, 12 PM ET Assessment of clinical competence is an ongoing topic of debate among medical educators. Competency-based medical education intends to train and assess residents and students who meet predefined standards. The quest for psychometrically valid assessments, i.e. sound measurement of trainee competencies,… Read more »
Use of preclinical High Fidelity Medical Simulations (HFMS) to promote the integration of basic and clinical sciences in undergraduate medical education Presenter: Laurel Gorman September 8, 12 PM ET This session will discuss how to implement and effectively integrate pharmacology and physiology with other essential foundational and clinical sciences using preclinical high fidelity medical simulations… Read more »
Registration for the WAS 2016 Fall Series is now open! Times are Changing: Evolution and Revolution in Medical Education – Strategies for Assessment of Skills, Attitudes, and Behaviors across the Health Sciences Contemporary health science curricula have increasingly expanded beyond teaching knowledge and skills to fostering attitudes, behaviors and elements of professionalism. The fall seminar… Read more »
IAMSE is pleased to announce the Fall 2016 Web Seminar! Times are Changing: Evolution and Revolution in Medical Education – Strategies for Assessment of Skills, Attitudes, and Behaviors across the Health Sciences Contemporary health science curricula have increasingly expanded beyond teaching knowledge and skills to fostering attitudes, behaviors and elements of professionalism. The fall seminar… Read more »
Applying Quality Improvement Principles to Advance Faculty Development Presenters:Ā Andrea Berry,Ā Julie Bridges Catalano, and Don Robinson March 31, 12 PM ET LCME has emphasized the importance of continuous quality improvement (CQI) to ensure medical schools have plans in place to meet programmatic goals and outcomes. In order to remain compliant, programs must utilize quality… Read more »
Testing Your Test: Assessing the Quality of Test Items Presenter: Veronica Michaelsen March 17, 12 PM ET For an assessment to be an acceptable measure of student learning, it must be a valid and reliable and contain high quality test items. But how can you determine if your assessment makes the grade? Psychometric and item… Read more »