UW Medical Education Forum

2/4/2008 - Foege

 

Attendees:

Alan Yen,  Andrew Davidson, Andrew Pittaway, Brian Ross, Carrie Chun, David Morgenroth, Dennis Burges, Doug Brock, Douglas, C. Schaad, Ellen Kuwana, Erik S Wallen, Fred Wolf, Gail Dykstra, Glen Tamura, Helen Powell, Jan Carline, Jennie Struijk, Jim Stout, Joseph York, Julie Calcavecchia, Karen Wick, Kate Mulligan, Linda Pinksy, Lynne Robins, Marjorie Wenrich, Molly B. Jackson, Molly Billings, Peggy Schlesinger (via teleconference), Rick Arnold, Sherilyn Smith, Thomas K Varghese, Tim Evans, Tom Norris

 

Structure / Ground Rules
- presentations will be focused on research and/or scholarship in medical education
- our goal is to make this a community building experience, to build contacts and fuel discussion
- the environment should be informal & supportive (no heavy sighs...)
- we'll have 1-2 presenters at each session
- if we have only 1 presenter, we'll select a journal club article for the other half of the session
- attendance is not mandatory (but please do commit to come when you are able)
- we will reserve 10-15 min for last-minute presentations for folks with a new research idea, or headed out to present & interested in some preliminary feedback (please let us know a few days in advance if you'd like to do this)
- we may add a second monthly session on a different day of the week to fit schedules of those who have routine Monday commitments

Needs Assessment
- what med ed research is going on at UW?
- collaboration around integrating simulation (electronic, SPs, etc.)
- collaboration around digital opportunities/software
- learning about new educational tools
- how to generally improve the ways we teach
- learning how to bring evidence to what and how we teach
- impact and dissemination
- interest in learning theory
- grant opportunities
- educational resources that can be used in WWAMI & training people for rural practice
- list of resources on the blog for upcoming medical education conferences and journal deadlines

 

Presentation

Sara Kim from the Institute for Surgical and Interventional Simulation (ISIS) - http://www.isis.washington.edu/ - gave a dynamic overview of medical education & research activities ongoing for their team, as well as faculty opportunities and research support. Q&A and discussion followed.

 

Many thanks to Tom Norris, Vice Dean for Academic Affairs at UWSOM, for providing lunch for this and future sessions.