Lessons Learned from Humanizing the Remote Learning Environment |
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March marks two years since concern about a global pandemic raced around the world. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in March 2020, learning had to suddenly transition to remote and virtual sessions. The School of Medicine quickly migrated the Bridges Curriculum, including lectures, labs, and clinical learning experiences, to remote learning. Now as the world increasingly reopens, the technology and teaching innovations that came from two years of working to humanize the online educational experience remain key to UCSF’s efforts to continually improve the student learning experience. |
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UC article highlights PRIME-US student Aminta Kouyate
A recent University of California article features Aminta Kouyate, a third-year medical student in the UCSF-UC Berkeley Joint Medical PRIME-US program. The piece details the personal experience that led Kouyate to pursue medicine, her advocacy for health equity, and her involvement in the UC PRIME program which works to address health equity issues in California by training a new, more diverse generation of doctors. UCSF is home to two UC PRIME programs, SJV Prime and PRIME-US.
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UCSF's Brain Camp featured in The Neurologist
Brain Camp, founded by medical students in 2016, is a free program designed to expose high schoolers from underrepresented in medicine backgrounds to medicine and neuroscience. An article highlighting this program, authored by multiple medical student Brain Camp organizers; Valerie Margol, Associate Director, Post-Baccalaureate and Outreach; and Andrew Josephson, MD, Chair of Neurology, was recently published in The Neurologist.
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Career Launch Graduation Requirement Update
Students who complete non-clinical work during Career Launch may apply a maximum of 6 units (4 weeks) of credit to their 12-week Elective Skills graduation requirement. Additional credits earned for non-clinical work will be reflected on the transcript, but will not count towards meeting graduation requirements. This update was approved by the Executive Curriculum Committee in November 2021 and is effective for the Class of 2023.
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Holistic Evaluation of Teaching Framework
The Educational Evaluations team recently collaborated with the School of Medicine Academic Affairs, Center for Faculty Educators, and Academy of Medical Educators to develop and recommend a holistic evaluation of teaching (HET) framework for faculty educators to use when reflecting on and presenting their teaching practice.
The HET framework underscores that many factors contribute to excellence in teaching. The comprehensive framework is a shift from solely relying on student evaluations of teaching which can exhibit bias, especially for faculty who come from historically marginalized groups and women.
This framework is recommended for faculty educators applying to the Academy of Medical Educators or when completing the Teaching Contributions section of their Curriculum Vitae in preparation for professional advancement.
The HET framework highlights an educator's commitment to teaching supported by multiple forms of feedback, consideration of teaching outcomes, and personal reflection on growth and development as an educator. This framework elevates the importance of an expansive view of excellence in teaching to the academic medicine mission and emphasizes the pivotal role of continuous quality improvement in education.
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion |
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AOC Initiative Provides Resources for the Clinical Learning Environment
The Anti-Oppression Curriculum Initiative team has curated a collection of resources to support faculty in their efforts to create an equitable, inclusive, and actively anti-oppressive learning environment. The resources include brief articles and videos on topics including Learning Environment, Communication, Assessment and Feedback, Anti-Racism Resources, Allyship and Upstanding, etc. If you have feedback or suggestions, please take the AOC Initiative faculty development survey.
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Seeking Applicants for new Director of PRIME-US
The UCSF School of Medicine invites applications for a role leading the Program in Medical Education for the Urban Underserved (PRIME-US) program. The position is 55% effort and will start on July 1, 2022. PRIME-US is a five-year longitudinal track at the UCSF School of Medicine and the UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program for medical students who are committed to working with historically marginalized communities in an urban setting. The application deadline is March 7.
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Apply for the Teaching Scholars Program (TSP) by April 1!
Apply now for the Teaching Scholars Program (TSP); a year-long program sponsored by the UCSF Center for Faculty Educators (CFE). This program is ideal for faculty members who wish to make education their primary area of responsibility (e.g., course and clinical leadership, educational committee participants) and/or scholarship. Upon completion, participants will possess teaching, curriculum development, educational scholarship, and academic leadership skills with an anti-oppressive framing. Graduates are poised to contribute to UCSF through curriculum, faculty development, and scholarship.
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