This two-hour, Zoom-only session is designed for Clerkship faculty to enhance their engagement and development. The session will provide a high-level overview of the evolving curriculum and assessment strategies, focusing on aspects relevant to clerkship preceptors. It will also highlight best practices in clinical teaching, including adapting to current medical school practices and student needs, and reinforce awareness and response strategies for student mistreatment. A dedicated Q&A sessi...

Tired of meetings that feel like a waste of time? This 50-minute training, led by Craig Fischer and Erin Van Antwerp, MHA, will equip you with the practical skills needed to transform your meeting experience, whether you’re leading a committee or are simply a key team member.Do you lead meetings? This workshop will offer proven strategies for preparing a purposeful agenda, managing group dynamics, and ensuring key decisions are made and followed up on. Learn how to navigate common challenges, fr...

Standardized tests remain a common method intended to assess medical knowledge in health professions training. That said, there is plenty of evidence in the literature that many factors, in addition to pure medical knowledge, contribute to standardized test scores. When learners struggle with passing standardized tests, it can often be difficult to assess which of these factors are contributing. This recorded FAMER session introduces the self-regulated learning framework, as well as a test-takin...

The future of healthcare is being shaped by innovative thinkers—many of whom are neurodiverse, with learning and attentional differences. Their unique perspectives, problem-solving skills, and resilience make them invaluable contributors to medicine. But how can we create environments where they truly thrive?In this eLearning course, you’ll explore practical strategies, resources, and support systems that empower neurodiverse learners to succeed, helping foster a more inclusive and dynamic healt...

In this eLearning, Susan Hecker, MD, FACP, and Jennifer Troiano, MD, explore common reasons why students may struggle with multiple-choice (MCQ) assessments. Faculty content experts will gain practical strategies for supporting learners and helping them build the skills needed for exam success.This session was organized by the Office for Faculty Affairs and Continuing Professional Development. If you have questions about the content, please contact us.

In this recorded session, participants learn a novel approach to debriefing critical events that commonly occur in the clinical environment, such as patient death, deterioration, and conflict with patients and families. Using example cases, participants review an evidence-based six-step framework for debriefing and practice addressing common debriefing challenges. ____________________________________________________________________Faculty Advancing Medical Education in Residency (FAMER) is a se...

Adapted by the Office for Faculty Affairs and Continuing Professional Development from a live session presented by Dr. Ranna Nash, Disability Resource Professional, and Holly Ashkannejhad, J.D., Compliance and Civil Rights Director/Title IX Coordinator/ADA Coordinator, this eLearning provides faculty and staff with a clear overview of legal responsibilities under federal disability laws, including the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. Through intera...

In this recorded session, participants are introduced ambient listening technology and provided a simulated patient encounter to have them experience ambient listening technology in action. Reflecting on this hands-on experience, it transitions to the implications of this technology on the resident ambulatory experience. The recording covers best practices for training learners, teaching the patient consent process, finalizing ambient listening-produced documentation, and considering obstacles...

Writing effective multiple-choice questions (MCQs) is key to quality assessment. In this training, we will explore what makes a good MCQ, plus help you generate and edit MCQs of your own. It can be challenging to write MCQs that effectively measure the application of knowledge and clinical problem-solving, but this course will guide you through the process from start to finish. You will learn how to write and edit questions of your own, recognize common MCQ flaws, and get the answers to some Ass...

Writing effective multiple-choice questions can be challenging, but this recorded session provides practical strategies to make the process easier. You’ll learn a step-by-step approach for creating clear, high-quality questions from scratch and discover how to avoid common pitfalls in question design. The session also includes examples and demonstrations to help you refine your skills. Whether you’re new to question writing or looking to improve your technique, you’ll leave with tools to develop...