Programs and Resources for your Professional Development
Programs and Resources for your Professional Development
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   Programs and Resources for your Professional Development - April 2023

In This Issue of the CFE Newsletter


  1. Register for the “Elevating Others With Your Words: Spring Seminar Series” Letters of Support for Residency, May 18th
  2. CHEERS Education Research Consultation Service - Next session on May 23rd
  3. Department of Medicine - Foundational Assessment of Clinical Learners Workshop Series Workshop Recap
  4. RSVP for the Clara Bliss Hinds Society 2nd Annual Event - June 21, 2023
  5. Faculty Focused Resources: 
  • Blackboard Updates
  • Register for AAMC IDEAS Learning Webinars
  • Register for AAMC Webinar Series focused on Scholarly Publishing
  • Register for the “The Social” - Health Professions Education Research Session
  • Applications are open for The Macy Foundation's Scholar Program
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Elevating Other with Your Words: Spring Seminar Series - Letters of Support for Residency, May 18th
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CHEERS Education Research Consultation Service

The Office of the Associate Dean for Evaluation and Educational Research is teaming up with the Collaborative for Health Education Evaluation, Research, and Scholarship (CHEERS) to offer a monthly education research consultation service. Designed as an opportunity to consult with social science researchers and other GW colleagues in a friendly group setting, the consultation service is open to any student, trainee, or faculty member affiliated with SMHS.  
The next open session will be held on Tuesday, May 23rd, 12-1 pm via Zoom.
  • Zoom Link to join: https://gwu-edu.zoom.us/my/smhscfe
  • Upcoming Sessions: June 26th
If you're interested, please feel free to join. You don't have to present; you can simply listen or provide your own thoughts and insights. This is a collegial group that strives to support each other in the pursuit of high-quality education scholarship. For more information on CHEERS and to request a consultation, visit our website.
If you have questions, please feel free to contact Dr. Artino (aartino@gwu.edu) or Dr. Zaidi (zzaidi@gwu.edu)
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Department of Medicine - Foundational Assessment of Clinical Learners Workshop Series Workshop Recap

With the support of Dr. Jillian Catalanotti and Dr. William Borden, the CFE provided faculty development workshops to the Department of Medicine in March. This series focused on topics surrounding the assessment of clinical learners.


Faculty members learned about:
  • Applying grading expectations and definitions to ensure consistency in evaluations.  
  • Providing clear expectations to learners about grading criteria.
  • Recognizing the critical role that evaluation and feedback play in allowing learners to identify areas for improvement and build on their strengths.
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Clara Bliss Hinds Society 2nd Annual Event
RSVP
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Faculty Focused Resources


Upcoming Changes in Blackboard
There are two updates to Blackboard that are coming on May 19-20:
  • Blackboard’s landing page is getting a new look as GWIT will be upgrading the GWU version of Blackboard from Learn to Ultra. This change will not be applied to courses, only to the landing page upon login.  There is no timeline for converting courses as of yet.
  • Around the same time, IT will enable two-factor authentication to Blackboard to improve security for all GW users.  
More information will be provided in our May newsletter. 
Upcoming Workshops/Sessions
Register for the “The Social”: Health Professions Education Research Session
Research Design: Conceptual Frameworks and Methods
May 1st, 2023 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
For more information, view the full announcement here.

The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) IDEAS Learning Webinars are free resources for registered members. AAMC membership is also free. The Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-racism Series page: https://cloud.email.aamc.org/ideas outlines all recorded webinars and additional resources. For example, the following topics are addressed, among many others: 
  • "Disrupting Bullying in Academic Medicine"
  • "Addressing Microaggressions in Academic Health: A Workshop for Inclusive Excellence"
  • "Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Competencies Across the Learning Continuum"
  • "Using Inclusive Language in Scholarly Writing"
  • "Effective Unconscious Bias Training Models for Health Professions Faculty and Staff"
  • "Strategies for Promoting Antiracist Research in Medical Education" 
  • "Improving the Learning Environment for LGBTQ+ Medical Students" 
The IDEAS Learning Webinars are led by experts with the purpose to provide "comprehensive, reliable information." These educational series are helpful to health and medical faculty, staff, and students who want to be proactive in their efforts to foster inclusive environments and promote equity in medical schools.


Register: AAMC Webinar Series focused on Scholarly Publishing
Register for a monthly webinar series hosted by the editorial teams of the AAMC’s 2 peer-reviewed journals, Academic Medicine and MedEdPORTAL. Sessions will cover the importance of publishing your education scholarship and practical suggestions for how to do so successfully, and will include interactive exercises to practice what you have learned and time for Q&A with the editorial teams of Academic Medicine and/or MedEdPORTAL. While this series features the editorial teams of the AAMC’s journals, the topics and recommendations presented will also apply to other types of medical education scholarship and to submissions to other journals and publications. These sessions are open to all so please consider sharing with your peers, students, and others interested in these topics. 

The Macy Foundation Scholar Program

This program is now accepting applications for the 2024 Macy Faculty Scholars Program, a two-year career development program for medicine and nursing faculty who show great promise as educators. I have attached the 2024 program brochure, which outlines all of the salient details. The Macy Faculty Scholars Program is often cited as one that is transformational, in large part because of the community of Scholars and mentors.
  • We are eager to hear from applicants who are relatively early in their careers; successful candidates will likely have roughly three to eight years of faculty experience. 
  • We are also eager to hear from applicants who are representative of the many diverse individuals and communities served by health professionals throughout the country.
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