April 2022 Faculty Development Tip

What are the best approaches for Professional Development for Healthcare workers? Nora Fagan, RN, MSN, BScN, CMSRN Introduction Professional development for those working in healthcare is of utmost importance in order to ensure all interdisciplinary teams up to date on the most current evidence based practice. Within the rapid paced…

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February 2022 Faculty Development Tip

Differences among Millennials vs Generation Z and the Effects This Plays on Medical Education Abtin Farahmand, MD Introduction: Medical education continues to transform itself based on the generation of learners being educated. As an example with Millennials, medical schools and educators have reduced the number of large didactic sessions and…

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December 2021 Faculty Development Tip

How to teach Operational Excellence Techniques during clinical precepting Elizabeth Eisenhardt, MD, FACP Operational Excellence and Quality Improvement principles can provide ripe educational opportunities beyond the standard format of lectures or book reading. Quality Improvement/Operational Excellence principles can be taught “in the moment”, “at the bedside” or “just in time”…

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July Faculty Development Tip

MITE Monthly Tip The Objective Structured Teaching Exercise (OSTE): Tips for Faculty Development Corinn Martineau, PharmD, BCACP, CDOE It is clear that faculty development is important to enhance clinical teaching skills, however there are few objective measures of the impact of faculty development on these skills. An Objective Structured Teaching…

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June Faculty Development Tip

Pronoun Visibility in Health Professions Education Brandy Brown, LCSW Program Manager, The Gender Clinic The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital   Learning Objectives: Understand the value of creating inclusive norms, by sharing pronouns, in medical education settings. Identify ways to professionally share pronouns in a medical education setting. Sharing pronouns in…

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May Faculty Development Tip-Finding Joy in Work After Hitting a Wall

Finding joy in work after hitting a wall Elizabeth Eisenhardt, MD Healthcare providers have been experiencing an emotional and exhausting process as they work to navigate the Covid-19 pandemic. The challenges and hardships from this pandemic stretched most humans to the end of their coping capabilities. Many health care workers…

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April Faculty Development Tip: The Education of Psychiatry – Caring for Patients Experiencing Homelessness

The Education of Psychiatry – Caring for Patients Experiencing Homelessness Malia E. Haddock, MS, PMHNP-BC Although trainees incidentally care for patients experiencing homelessness throughout residency and beyond, intentional didactic and clinical experiences with homelessness create unique opportunities to increase interest, confidence and ability among resident psychiatrists in the care of…

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March Faculty Development Tip-The Prebrief: More than just an Orientation

February Monthly Faculty Development Tip Shelly Chipman, RN The Prebrief: More than just an Orientation Our passion and responsibility as educators is to facilitate the acquisition of knowledge and/or skills upon our students. Traditionally, this has been a rather passive process, where faculty provide information and learners absorb by listening…

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January Faculty Development Tip-Creating a Culture of Psychological Safety as Medical Educators

Creating a Culture of Psychological Safety as Medical Educators Jillian Gregory, DO As the COVID-19 pandemic has led to changes in medical infrastructure in the US, many new medical teams, often with medical student and resident learners, have formed in varying capacities to help mitigate the influx of patients.  Many…

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