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EDC MISSION
The mission of the Educator Development Core (EDC) is to provide educator development initiatives across the VUSM continuum serving students, residents/fellows and faculty through UME, GME and faculty development.
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TEACHER TIPS
"Creating a Culture of Feedback at Vanderbilt"
Part 1: History and Importance
Feedback is essential and valuable to our educational mission. Over the next few months we will focus on feedback tips for both learners and teachers at
VUMC. Feedback
in skill acquisition likely dates back to the earliest days of human communication and interaction. In his seminal article regarding feedback in medical education published in 1983, Dr. Ende attributes the description of feedback to rocket system engineers in the 1940's.
1 He goes on to describe feedback as necessary and essential to the learning process in all systems, especially medical education, to assess progress toward a desired goal or outcome, without which the system has no input
to
make real-time corrections.
In 1983 Dr. Ende described medical education as having a paucity of valid and reliable feedback for learners. Medical students and house officers "generated a system of self-validation, largely based on unintended cues."
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Although written in 1983, his statements about feedback may be as applicable today as
then:
"One needs only to poll a few medical students or house officers, or think back to one's own training, to appreciate how little attention is given to feedback during clinical training."
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Feedback remains an area for faculty development and growth at VUMC. In a recent survey of VUMC faculty the majority of 221 respondents report giving feedback "often" but rate an overall comfort level of 3.4/5 in doing so, with 65% reporting they would welcome faculty development to improve feedback skills. Look for more to come in the following months.
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Applications Are Now Open!
Applications for the
2016 Educator Development Program Educator Scholars Track in Curriculum Design and Evaluation are now being accepted. The application process is a two-step process: 1) a preliminary/short application and intent to apply and 2) a full application with letters of support and other supporting documentation. This will be mailed to only those completing the intent to apply short application.
For questions, please contact Charlene M. Dewey, M.D., M.Ed., Assistant Dean for Educator Development and Director of the EDP Scholars Program at:
[email protected]
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UPCOMING VANDERBILT EDUCATOR EVENTS
Health Sciences Education Grand Rounds
Mon, Feb 8, 2016, 12 - 1 pm, 202 Light Hall "The Continuing Evolution of Maintenance of Certification"
David W. Price, MD, FAAFP, FACEHP
Senior Vice-President, American Board of Medical Specialties Research and Education Foundation
EDP Workshops 2016:
 Feb 9, 2 - 4 pm
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Feedback for Al
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, 415 A-B LH
Bill Cutrer, MD, MEd.and Geoffrey Fleming, MD
Register/add to calendar>>
April 19, 2 - 4 pm "Orientation for Facilitators: Train the Trainer", 411 A-B LH
Charlene Dewey, MD, M.Ed, FACP and Geoffrey Fleming, MD
June 21, 2 - 4 pm "Medical Education Research and the IRB",
1010 Oxford House
Julie Damp, MD and Yvonne Boyd, MS, CIP
Applicants will have a minimum of 3 years on faculty and demonstrate their role as an educator through activities in the arenas of Teaching, Education Administration, Education Scholarship or Education Mentorship. Details regarding the application process or membership selection criteria are found here:
Technology in Teaching and Learning Clinic (Tech TLC) - VSTAR:
Curriculum 2.0 faculty and staff are invited to drop in and learn about using VSTAR Learn and Portfolio. Get one-on-one support with building your course in VSTAR Learn, advice on how to approach your next e-learning activity or help with the basics of assessment in VSTAR Portfolio. In some sessions you will learn specifically about grading and the gradebook in VSTAR-Learn. Please bring your own laptop. To sign-up for a VSTAR learning opportunity please
click here. For more information
contact the School of Medicine Instructional Design Group.
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REGIONAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EDUCATOR CONFERENCES
1. Deadline! February 15, 2016:
AMEE Conference 2016 Submissions: Short communications, conference workshops, poster, eposter and AMEE fringe abstracts; Last date to apply for free registration.
2. USC -Kec
k School of Medicine
February 19-20, 2016 - Los Angeles, CA
3. Harvard Macy Institute - A Systems Approach to Assessment in Health Professions Education
March 6 - 11, 2016, Boston, MA
April 1-2, 2016, Washington, DC
5. National Academies of Practice 2016 Annual Forum
April 8 - 9, 2016 - Baltimore Marriott Inner Harbor at Camden Yards - Baltimore, MD
April 13 - 16, 2016
, Austin, Texas
Hosted by Texas A&M Health Science Center College of Medicine
7. IAMSE June 4-7, 2016 Leiden, Netherlands
8. Harvard Macy Institute - Leading Innovations in Health Care and Education
June 12 - 17, 2016, Boston, MA
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