Larner Learning Commons Open House a Success

Announcements

REMINDER - CALL FOR EDUCATION TOPIC POSTERS - Snow Season Education Retreat. The deadline for poster abstract submission is November 15, 2017

This is an open invitation to submit a poster about your educational work, innovation, or research. We are seeking poster submissions (whether current or past work) for the 2018 Snow Season Education Retreat. This will be an opportunity for UVM LCOM educators 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. We will consider posters you have presented at previous venues, other than Teaching Academy events.

The poster session is Thursday evening, January 11, with additional poster viewing time on Friday morning. The deadline for poster abstract submission is November 15, 2017. To submit an abstract, please use the poster abstract submission form, and submit to teaching.academy@med.uvm.edu. In addition, authors may elect to receive peer review and feedback on their poster(s).

REGISTRATION IS OPEN - Snow Season Education Retreat

January 11 – 12, 2018. All events are at the Sheraton Hotel and Conference Center
View the schedule and Click here to register
Thursday evening includes, reception, poster session, and dinner with induction of new Teaching Academy members and recognition of teaching and education awards. Friday is a full day education retreat which will feature workshops, networking, and keynote speaker, Susan Skochelak, MD, MPH, Group Vice President, Medical Education, American Medical Association. This event is no charge, and is open to all faculty.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS - Writer's Workshop

Monday, December 4; 12:00 – 1:00 PM; Teaching Academy Resource Room, 130F
Jump-start your scholarly work, receive feedback, and offer insights from your own experience. Bring scholarly work on education topics in any stage of development – manuscripts, conference proposals, research proposals, etc. Please submit your work to: Randi-Lynn.Crowther@med.uvm.edu

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, Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Associate Dean of Medical Education Research, Director of Faculty Growth and Development, Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, RSVP for lunch: teaching.academy@med.uvm.edu.

LIMITED REGISTRATION STILL AVAILABLE - 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/

Questions about The Teaching Academy?
Please contact Teaching Academy Coordinator, Randi-Lynn.Crowther@med.uvm.edu

Regional/National Call for Proposals

NEGEA CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

The call for abstracts for our 2018 Northeast Group on Educational Affairs (NEGEA) Annual Conference "Emerging Issues in Medical Education" is now open.

The NEGEA invites abstracts for interactive workshops, oral abstract presentations, small group discussions, and posters. Proposals may represent original research (either completed or in progress) or innovations in medical education.

Abstracts can focus on any level of medical education (UME pre-clerkship or clerkship, GME, CPD, faculty development, or across the continuum).

All abstracts must be submitted online no later than 11:59pm (EST) on November 14th, 2017. Proposals can be submitted online by clicking HERE.

MORE AAMC DEADLINES

2018 GEA Regional Spring Meetings – November 14, 2017 at 11:59 pm EST.
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

AAMC Leadership and Management Foundations for Academic Medicine and Science
March 14-16, 2018
AAMC Learning Center, Washington, DC
For info visit their website

2018 IAMSE Annual Meeting

Call for Oral and Poster Abstract Presentations – December 1, 2017 at 5:00 pm EST.
http://www.iamseabstract.org/author-dashboard/

Teaching Academy in the News

Larner Learning Commons Open House a Success

July 28, 2017 by Jennifer Nachbur

A Larner Learning Commons Open House & Celebration, hosted by the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine, College of Nursing and Health Sciences and Libraries was held on Thursday, August 3, 2017, at 2:30 p.m.

Remarks were made by UVM President Tom Sullivan, Deans Rick Morin, Patty Prelock and Mara Saule, and others and were followed by an official ribbon-cutting ceremony. Self-led tours were available following the ribbon-cutting.

Located on the Larner Medical Education Center concourse that connects the College of Medicine and the University of Vermont Medical Center, the Larner Learning Commons opened in early summer 2017. This “hub” for medical and health science education co-locates learning activities and resources, including the Teaching Academy, Instructional Technology (IT), the Dana Medical Library and study space, along with the Larner Classroom.

If you were unable to join us in person but would still like to hear the remarks and watch the ribbon cutting, you can watch a playback of our Facebook live-streamed video here. The Dana Medical Library also offers a Self-Guided Tour Information Sheet available for download here.

LARNER LEARNING COMMONS FACTS & HIGHLIGHTS:

The construction of the Larner Learning Commons was supported by late College of Medicine alumnus Robert Larner, M.D.’42 and his wife Helen.
The Larner Learning Commons construction project – launched in November 2016 – involved the renovation of space that previously housed IT personnel, as well as books and reference materials.
The architectural team of Freeman French Freeman and Jones Architecture designed the Larner Learning Commons.
The Larner Classroom supports active learning for medical students including Team-Based Learning (TBL), dry laboratories, simulations, flipped learning, skill sessions and interprofessional team development.
The Teaching Academy, launched in 2015, ensures a scholarly approach to teaching and supports faculty to acquire new skills needed to teach in an active learning environment.
The IT team supports faculty, instructional technology and ensures continuous updates of curated information.
The Dana Medical Library supports information needs of the colleges of medicine and nursing and health sciences, and the adjoining medical center.
By reducing the book storage in the library and adding unused adjacent space, new space was created for office suites, a production studio, two Quiet Study rooms, and a 25 percent increase in the number of seats in the library.

November 2017

Upcoming Events

Research Consultation Drop-In Hours

Tuesday, November 28, 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.

Mentoring Groups

Monday, November 13, 2017, 12:00 – 1:00 PM; MedEd 204
Reappointment, Promotion & Tenure, led by Charles Irvin, PhD, and Sarah McCarthy, PhD
This month’s topic is ““How to Identify a Mentor”
Open to all faculty.

Monday, November 20, 2017, 4:15 – 5:15 PM; HSRF 200
Leadership, led by Lewis First, MD, and Bridget Marroquin, MD
Closed group.

Tuesday, November 28, 5:00 – 6:00 PM; HSRF 200
Teaching for Active Learning, led by Stephen Everse, PhD, and Bridget Marroquin, MD
This month’s topic will focus on "Facilitating Learning Through Concept Maps"
Open to all faculty, no RSVP required.

Thursday, November 30, 12:00 – 1:00 PM; MedEd 203
Educational Scholarship, led by Katie Huggett, PhD, Cate Nicholas, MS, PA, EdD, and Elise Everett, MD
This month’s topic is "Basics of Survey Design" with guest Alison Howe, MS
Open to all faculty, please RSVP: teaching.academy@med.uvm.edu