March Faculty Development: Interprofessional Education (IPE)

Definition: “When students from two or more professions learn about, from and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes.” (WHO, 2010) IPE is an educational technique. IPE allows learners to gain competency in interprofessional communication and team-based care by participating in collaborative educational sessions. By definition,…

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January Faculty Development: Interprofessional Education (IPE)

Interprofessional Education (IPE) Definition: “When students from two or more professions learn about, from and with each other to enable effective collaboration and improve health outcomes.” (WHO, 2010) IPE is an educational technique. IPE allows learners to gain competency in interprofessional communication and team-based care by participating in collaborative educational…

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August Faculty Development: PRIME+, An Assessment and Feedback Tool

PRIME+: An Assessment and Feedback Tool Part of the role of educators is writing performance evaluations and giving feedback. PRIME+ provides a framework to help educators deliver narratives that more fully reflect observed performance and supports the telling of the “story” of the learner, provides context that helps students understand…

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July Faculty Development: Narrative Evaluations

Faculty Development Narrative Evaluations Kalli Varaklis, MD, MMEdL Department of OB/GYN Narrative Evaluations Narrative evaluations add dimension and important details to numeric evaluations, HOWEVER Many faculty encounter barriers in writing good narrative descriptions of learner performance: Knowledge about why narrative evaluations are important Skill to write useful narrative comments Time…

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