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Teaching Academy News

Amanda Broder, Teaching Academy Coordinator, has accepted a position in the UVM Department of Communications.

Amanda joined the Teaching Academy on March 26, 2018 and has been instrumental in planning and implementing the many events and activities that support you as Teaching Academy members -- as well as all members of our LCOM community who aim to provide high-quality teaching, assessment, and educational scholarship. 

While we will miss Amanda and her many contributions, please join me to wish her well in her new endeavor.  Amanda’s last day in the office will be October 8. We are working on plans for posting the position. 

After 10/8 please direct messages to teaching.academy@med.uvm.edu if you are uncertain about whom to contact. 

2022 Frymoyer Scholars Program Call for Proposal

Through the Frymoyer Scholars Program, the John W. and Nan P. Frymoyer Fund for Medical Education supports physicians and nurses who are actively engaged in teaching University of Vermont medical and nursing students and who embody the best qualities of the clinician teacher. The program is an investment in outstanding medical education and promotes teaching that emphasizes the art of interprofessional collaborative patient care. More details about the program can be found via the website links below.  We hope you will take advantage of this opportunity by submitting a proposal. Applications for 2022 are due by March 14, 2022. The program has funded 56 projects over the past 21 years. The results accomplished by Frymoyer Scholars have enhanced the learning experience of our students and improved patient care. We look forward to more award-winning projects this upcoming year. 

Click here for the 2022 Frymoyer Scholars Program Call for Proposals

Frymoyer Scholars Program on the Teaching Academy website:

http://www.med.uvm.edu/teachingacademy/fellowshipsandgrants

Please contact The Teaching Academy: teaching.academy@med.uvm.edu for further formation.

LCOM Medical Education Research Registry

We invite UVM Larner College of Medicine investigators to list active medical education research projects and note key details about the project and project status. The goals of the registry are to increase of awareness of educational research activity, help investigators find collaborators, and prevent unnecessary duplication in scholarly activity. Visit the Commons page here: https://commons.med.uvm.edu/groups/ta/Lists/ResearchRepository/AllItems.aspx

Introducing Vital Voices, a new podcast from the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation

The podcast is a follow up to our webinar series “Taking Action on Harmful Bias and Discrimination in Clinical Learning Environments.” In each episode, Macy Foundation President, Holly J. Humphrey will be joined by guest experts to discuss issues related to bias and discrimination in clinical learning environments. Episodes will be posted every other Monday and our preview episode is available for download wherever you get your podcasts and on our website.  Listen Now

NEGEA Annual Conference 2022 "Moving Forward: Engagement and Revitalization in Medical Education"
Call for Abstracts is Open!

The NEGEA invites abstracts for workshops, oral abstract presentations, and posters for the 2022 NEGEA Annual Conference, which will be held virtually in the Spring of 2022. Proposals may represent original research or innovations in medical education. Abstracts can focus on any level of medical education (UME preclerkship or clerkship, GME, CME/CPD, or across the continuum). Students, residents, fellows, new investigators, and colleagues from historically non-majority backgrounds are strongly encouraged to submit their work for consideration.
All abstracts must be submitted online no later than 11:59 pm (EST) November 15, 2021.
To view the submission and review criteria click here. Submit your proposal here. If you have any questions about the submission website, please contact Sarah Brown (sarbrown@aamc.org).

Addressing Bias and Discrimination in the Health Professions Learning Environment

The Macy Foundation is excited to release the first episode of our podcast, Vital Voices!On this episode, Holly J. Humphrey is joined by Dr. Camila Mateo, Associate Director of Anti-racism Curriculum and Faculty Development at the Harvard Medical School, Faculty Advisor in the Office of Recruitment and Multicultural Affairs and a primary care pediatrician at Boston Children’s Hospital at Martha Eliot Health Center where her work focuses on care for underserved children. Listen Now  

AAMC Medical Education's Free Fall Webinar Series

The webinar series will cover a wide range of compelling topics including faculty development, competency-based learning, assessment, clinical reasoning and much more. Our Fall Webinar series will highlight engaging scholarly work taking place in the academic medicine community. Please join us for a free and open webinar which is sure to prompt meaningful discussion among those who attend. No registration is required.

We are continuing our work to provide a space for the sharing of ideas and engaging of peers in scholarly research and the next webinar Oh, the places you will go when developing Milestones: Creating Competency-Based, Developmental Expectations for Medical Students, scheduled for Monday October 4th, 12-1 PM EST - will address the development of core competency frameworks that support approaches outlined by the AAMC and ACGME to bridge the transition from undergraduate medical education (UME) to graduate student education (GME).  The webinar will address best practices for writing behavioral expectations and how to use this process at your own institution. This webinar series is designed to highlight timely work representative of scholarly research that will represent the depth and scope of medical education across the continuum.

Join the webinar when it's time using this link

Save the date for our upcoming webinars:

• Monday, October 18th at 12pm ET : Using Film and Inter-professional Dialogue to Address Learner Mistreatment
  
• Monday, November 1st  at 12pm ET: Caring, Character and Human Flourishing: A Framework for Medical Education and Practice
  
• Monday, November 15th at 12pm ET: Assessment Practices that Support Learning and Well-being
  
• Monday, November 29th at 12pm ET: KeyLIME Podcast
  
• Monday, December 13th at 12pm ET: A Conversation Among Readers, Editors, and Authors About Medical Education Literature
  
• Monday, January 10th at 12pm ET: Revisiting the Core Entrustable Professional Activities for Entering Residency
  
• Monday, January 24th at 12pm ET: The Next Frontier: Management Reasoning Now and into the Future
  
• Monday, January 31th at 12pm ET: Contribution Analysis in Program Evaluation: Moving Beyond the Kirkpatrick Framework

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

Recent Publication by Teaching Academy Members

A Descriptive analysis of urine drug screen results in patients with opioid use disorder managed in a primary care setting
Sobel, HG, Warrington, JS, Francis-Fath, S. et al. A Descriptive analysis of urine drug screen results in patients with opioid use disorder managed in a primary care setting. Addict Sci Clin Pract 16, 59 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13722-021-00264-4

Be Astonished and Tell About It
Zhang B. Be Astonished and Tell About It in book “Teaching Medical Science with a Sense of Humor: Why (and How to) Be a Funnier and More Effective Medical Science Educator and Laugh All the Way to Your Classroom” edited by Vaidya, K. The Curious Academic Publishing, 2021

Flipped Math Teaching in Diagnostic Medicine
Zhang B. Flipped Math Teaching in Diagnostic Medicine in book “Designing Courses with Digital Technologies: Insights and Examples from Higher Education” edited by Hrastinski, S. 1^st edition, Routledge, 2021

Pseudohyperkalemia and the Need for Imperative Caution With the Newly Introduced Potent Potassium Binders: Two Cases
Onuigbo MA, Ross A. Pseudohyperkalemia and the Need for Imperative Caution With the Newly Introduced Potent Potassium Binders: Two Cases. Cureus. 2021 Aug 14;13(8):e17179. doi: 10.7759/cureus.17179.

Stopping RAS Inhibitors in Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease and Cardiorenal Outcomes-Several Unanswered Questions Remain
Onuigbo MAC. Stopping RAS Inhibitors in Advanced Chronic Kidney Disease and Cardiorenal Outcomes-Several Unanswered Questions Remain. Am J Med. 2021 Aug;134(8):943. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2021.03.031. Epub 2021 May 4.  

The Impact of Elective Withdrawal of Long-Term Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System Blockade in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients with Progressive Acute Kidney Injury: A Prospective 40-Months’ Single-Unit Cohort Study
Onuigbo, M., & Izuora, A. (2021). The Impact of Elective Withdrawal of Long-Term Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System Blockade in Chronic Kidney Disease Patients with Progressive Acute Kidney Injury: A Prospective 40-Months’ Single-Unit Cohort Study. Medical Research Archives, 9(9). doi:10.18103/mra.v9i9.2549  

Writers Workshop Success!

A qualitative assessment of emergency medicine residents’ receptivity to feedback
Fredette J, Michalec B, Billet A, Auerbach H, Dixon J, Poole C, Bounds R. A qualitative assessment of emergency medicine residents’ receptivity to feedback. AEM Education and Training. 30 Jul 2021. https://doi.org/10.1002/aet2.10658

Recent Publications to Note

Required Longitudinal Service-Learning and Its Effects on Medical Students’ Attitudes Toward the Underserved
Arebalos, M.R., Botor, F.L., Simanton, E. et al. Required Longitudinal Service-Learning and Its Effects on Medical Students’ Attitudes Toward the Underserved. Med.Sci.Educ. 31, 1639–1643 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-021-01350-7

National Survey to Assess Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Differences Among Radiology Residency Applicants Regarding Factors Impacting Program Selection
Madsen L, Kalantarova S, Jindal R, Akerman M, Fefferman N, Hoffmann J. National Survey to Assess Gender, Racial, and Ethnic Differences Among Radiology Residency Applicants Regarding Factors Impacting Program Selection. Academic Radiology. 15 Aug 2020. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acra.2020.07.026

Tensions in describing competency-based medical education: a study of Canadian key opinion leaders
Sherbino, J., Regehr, G., Dore, K. et al. Tensions in describing competency-based medical education: a study of Canadian key opinion leaders. Adv in Health Sci Educ 26, 1277–1289 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-021-10049-8

Anatomy Scholars Program for Medical Students Entering a Surgical Residency
Gongola, A., Gowen, J.T., Reif, R.J. et al. Anatomy Scholars Program for Medical Students Entering a Surgical Residency. Med.Sci.Educ. 31, 1581–1585 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-021-01352-5

A Suggested Strategy to Integrate an Elective on Clinical Nutrition with Culinary Medicine
Leggett, L.K., Ahmed, K., Vanier, C. et al. A Suggested Strategy to Integrate an Elective on Clinical Nutrition with Culinary Medicine. Med.Sci.Educ. 31, 1591–1600 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-021-01346-3

Novel and Innovative Approaches to Teaching Human Anatomy Classes in an Online Environment During a Pandemic
Diaz, C.M., Linden, K. & Solyali, V. Novel and Innovative Approaches to Teaching Human Anatomy Classes in an Online Environment During a Pandemic. Med.Sci.Educ. 31, 1703–1713 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-021-01363-2

October 2021

Medical Education Grand Rounds

October 22, 2021; 12:00-1:00pm: via Zoom

"Tracking Progress in a Competency-Based Medical Curriculum”

Robert Malinowski, PHD, DVM, MA
Office Of Medical Education Research And Development, College Of Human Medicine, Michigan State University; Heather Laird-Fick, MD, MPH, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University; Gary Ferenchick, MD
College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University.

Please RSVP to teaching.academy@med.uvm.edu to receive Zoom log in details. For more Information about Medical Education Grand Rounds, click here.

Writers Workshop

Thursday, October 14; 8-9am; Remote
Bring scholarly work on education topics in any stage of development – manuscripts, conference proposals, research proposals, etc.
Please sign up at least a week in advance by emailing teaching.academy@med.uvm.edu

Teaching Academy Medical Education Research Group

Monday, October 18; 2-3pm; Remote
Share and brainstorm ideas for research in medical education, foster collaborations, and seek feedback on your projects. These meetings will happen every other second Monday from 2-3pm. Please email teaching.academy@med.uvm.edu for zoom info!

Thursday, October 21; 10:30-11:30am; Remote
Research consultation with Leigh Ann Holterman, PhD, Director of Curricular Evaluation. Please email Leigh Ann if you’d like to sign up for a consultation at least 24 hour ahead of time and share any relevant documents. (Sign up by 9am on Wed., October 20th)

Educational Scholarship Mentoring Group

Wednesday, October 20; 12-1pm; Remote
"Reference Management Software" with Donna O’Malley, MLS, Library Associate Professor. RSVP: teaching.academy@med.uvm.edu Click here for more information about the Educational Scholarship Mentoring Group

Medical Education Grand Rounds

Friday, October 22; 12-1pm; Remote
"Tracking Progress in a Competency-Based Medical Curriculum” with Robert Malinowski, PHD, DVM, MA; Office Of Medical Education Research And Development, College Of Human Medicine, Michigan State University; Heather Laird-Fick, MD, MPH, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University; Gary Ferenchick, MD, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University. Please RSVP to teaching.academy@med.uvm.edu to receive Zoom log in details. For more Information about Medical Education Grand Rounds, click here.

Faculty Development Series for Clinical Teachers 201

Thursday, October 28; 7:30-8:30am; Remote 
"Teaching Procedural Skills" with Elise Everett, MD. Please RSVP teaching.academy@med.uvm.edu to receive log in details. For more information about this series, click here.

And more! Visit the Teaching Academy website for more Events!