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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Developing a Charter

Developing a Charter Elizabeth Andrews, MPH, LSSBB Improvement Specialist MMC/P Performance Improvement Team Learning Objectives: Express the importance of developing a charter Describe general components of a charter Determine when to use a formal charter versus a mini-charter The development of a charter is one of the first steps 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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Run Charts

Run Charts Alan Picarillo, MD, FAAP Medical Director of NICU/CCN The Barbara Bush Children’s Hospital Learning objectives: Describe why dynamic data Is preferable to static data for quality improvement Explain the basic components of a run chart Identify the basic rules of a run chart Measurement of data is a…

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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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PDSA Cycles for Continuous Improvement

April MITE Hot Topic – PDSA Cycles for Continuous Improvement Author: Hilary Perrey, MHA, LSSBB Improvement Specialist II Maine Medical Center Performance Improvement Learning Objectives: Describe what PDSA cycles are and how we use them in continuous improvement. Explain how to conduct PDSA cycles. Illustrate a helpful PDSA cycle template.…

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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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Avoiding the “Whack-a Mole” Approach to Patient Safety Events: the Safety Assessment Code matrix

March 2021 MITE Quality Improvement Patient Safety Hot Topic Avoiding the “Whack-a Mole” Approach to Patient Safety Events: the Safety Assessment Code matrix Erin Graydon Baker, MS, RRT, CPPS, CPHRM Clinical Risk Manager, MaineHealth Learning Objectives: Describe how and when to prioritize immediate safety threats Explain the Safety Assessment Code…

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Introduction to Simulation Modelling

Introduction to Simulation Modelling Mohit Shukla, MS, LSSBB Quality Management Engineer MaineHealth Performance Improvement Team Learning objectives: Describe Discrete Event Simulation with an example State when simulation might be more appropriate than other Lean improvement tools Simulation modelling is the application of computation models built to replicate real life phenomena…

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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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