Welcome to Education in Action: This e-newsletter is sent to faculty of the OSU College of Medicine who are interested in activities in the education mission.
News
Educational Scholarship Luncheon with Larry Gruppen
Join us for an educational scholarship conversation with Larry D. Gruppen, Ph.D., Josiah Macy Jr. Professor of Medical Education and Chair of the Department of Medical Education at the University of Michigan Medical School, Wednesday October 1, 2008 at noon. Lunch will be provided.
An active member of the Central Group on Educational Affairs at the American Association of Medical Colleges, Gruppen is also heavily involved with curriculum development and content appraisal at the U-M Medical School. Read More and RSVP.
CGEA Call for Submissions
The Central Group on Educational Affairs (CGEA), a sub-group of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), has issued a Call for Proposals for the 2009 Spring Conference, “Transformation Health Care through Education” which is scheduled to be held March 26-28 at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. Submission deadline is November 14, 2008. The CGEA conference welcomes submissions about any educational topic. However, this year's meeting will highlight the following themes into which reviewers will categorize submissions:
• Training, evaluation, and rewarding of educators
• Professionalism
• Safety and quality
• Patient and family-centered care
For more information about the CGEA Conference, or to schedule a consultation about a submission, contact the Center for Education and Scholarship.
Reports
Released in April, 2008, Ohio State’s review of its doctoral programs – “OSU Doctoral Program Assessment and Plan” -- praises the College of Medicine’s Integrated Biomedical Graduate Program (IBGP) as “innovative” and its plan for moving the program forward as “well-organized,” but is critical of its intention to divert support to the IBGP and away from the four biomedical Interdisciplinary Graduate Programs (IGP’s) that it currently supports. Ohio State’s interdisciplinary programs in the life sciences, involving ten OSU colleges, have been identified by the University as a top-priority, providing an opportunity to develop unique and cutting edge research and graduate programming. Read more in pages 25-26 of the report.
Tools
Soon you’ll see a new link in your Carmen course sites’ red navigation bar. When you or your students click on “Library,” you will see a page of information and links to the “Core 25” e-journals and e-books, PubMed/MEDLINE (and for Allied Medical Professions, also CINAHL), the Prior Health Sciences Library’s home page, and direct contact information for a Health Sciences Librarian.
Adding this new link to important biomedical and health care online resources will be effortless for you -- it will appear automatically in Carmen sites for the College of Medicine, School of Biomedical Sciences and School of Allied Medical Professions. Now, with one click, you can be sure that your students have easy access to high-quality information resources and assistance in using them.
Look for this new Carmen service in the near future. For more information, contact Carol Powell, Instruction Librarian at the Prior Health Sciences Library, at carol.powell@osumc.edu.
Recognition & Awards
Alex J. Auseon, D.O., Assistant Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine and Associate Director of the Cardiovascular Medicine Fellowship Training Program, has been selected to participate in the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) Teaching Skills Workshop for Emerging Faculty Program. The ACCF selection committee chooses only 20 junior faculty members nationally to attend this prestigious course on faculty development.
Journal Club
Gruppen LD, “Improving Medical Education Research,” Teaching & Learning in Medicine, 2007; 19:331-5.
In this special article, Dr. Larry Gruppen, Director of the Office of Educational Resources and Research at the University of Michigan, summarizes many of the quality issues that have limited the impact and effectiveness of medical education research. Can you avoid these pitfalls when developing a medical education research project? Dr. Gruppen explains how by offering possible solutions that would foster research quality and productivity.
This article is available through the E-Journals on the Prior Health Sciences Web Site (use this link if you are off campus).
The September issue of Academic Medicine tackles the thorny issue of how institutions handle students who are struggling. In a national study, 0-15% of students were characterized as struggling; twp-thirds of these students received passing or above average grades. Also discussed is whether future faculty (i.e. on the next clerkship) should be informed about a student who is struggling. Writing editorials in support of disclosure to future faculty are Lou Pangaro MD (USUHS) and Lynn Cleary, MD (SUNY Upstate) who maintain that an informed faculty member can help coach a student who is struggling from the start, rather than the student’s waiting to find out on his or her own about possible deficiencies. They emphasize the importance of sharing descriptions rather than conclusions (stating, for example, “This student doesn’t volunteer on rounds,” rather than “This student is shy.”) Susan Cox, MD from UT Southwestern takes the opposite position, arguing that faculty and residents in receipt of such information are likely to view the student with a biased eye.
What are your thoughts on this topic? Should faculty who will be working with a struggling student be informed about their difficulties? If so, how? Should residents working with students receive the same information as faculty? Please respond to EducationInAction@osumc.edu and we will publish your views in aggregate in the next edition.
For off campus access to the editorials use the following links:
Upcoming Seminars
“Adult Learning and Current Educational Theories for Medical Educators,” Dr. Cynthia Ledford Wednesday, September 17 from noon – 1:00 pm, 400 Prior Health Sciences Library
A solid grounding in learning theories can help you make important decisions about your teaching. During this session you will get a booster shot on adult learning and other learning theories, including an overview, practical examples and exercises applicable to health sciences education.
One (1) hour of Category I CME credit. Enroll in this workshop
For Success of Women Faculty Workshop
“Invisible Barriers for the Success of Women Faculty,” a workshop for deans, associate and assistant deans, department chairs, school directors and division heads, will be held from 9 am-1 pm on Wednesday, September 10. Lunch is included and registration is required. Register online. Contact: 292-2800.
SGIM Calls for Short Course, Workshop Ideas
The Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) has released a call for short courses (3 hours long) and workshops (90 minutes long) for the 2009 Annual SGIM meeting, scheduled for May 13-16, 2009 at the Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach, Florida. Both SGIM members and non-members are encouraged to submit ideas for workshops. This meeting typically presents a large number of workshops on educational methods focusing on students, residents and faculty development. This year's theme is the “Art and Science of Generalist Care.” Read more
If you have an idea for a workshop that you would like to submit, please contact the Center for Education and Scholarship , or Dr. Lucey.
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