photo by Elisabeth Fall
NEWS for our Educator Community | February 2018
In This Issue:
Features and Highlights
from left: Lindsay Mazotti, MD; Lowell Tong, MD; Glenn Rosenbluth, MD and Tim Kelly, MD; photo by Elisabeth Fall
Sad News Regarding Tim Kelly, MD

We have lost a beloved member of the Academy and UCSF community. Dr. Kelly was a member of the inaugural Academy of Medical Educators, inducted in 2001 and a dedicated educator at UCSF.
 
We will celebrate the incredible life of Dr. Tim Kelly in our next newsletter. Please view the announcement via the link below.

UCSF School of Medicine?s Strategic Planning Retreat 1.12.18
Dean Talmadge King speaking at the UCSF School of Medicine"s Strategic Planning Retreat 1.12.18
Observations from the School of Medicine Leadership Retreat

Academy member Jacque Duncan, MD shares her perspective from the 2018 School of Medicine Strategic Planning Retreat which brought together leaders and key stakeholders to discuss and prioritize areas of strategic attention for the School of Medicine.
Photo courtesy of Vanderbilt University
Med Ed Grand Rounds - Integrating Foundational and Clinical Sciences in the Medical Curriculum
Led by:
Neil Osheroff, PhD
Director, Academy for Excellence in Education
Professor of Biochemistry and Medicine
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
         
Dr. Osheroff will join us for a group discussion to share changes in the medical school curriculum at Vanderbilt, and how integration has been implemented throughout the curriculum. Dr. Osheroff was a founding member of Vanderbilt's Academy of Excellence in Education, which currently has over 100 members. He was appointed the Academy director in 2016.
Photo by Elisabeth Fall
Apply for the Teaching Scholars Program by April 1

We invite you to apply for the 2018-2019 Teaching Scholars Program (TSP), sponsored by the UCSF Center for Faculty Educators (CFE). Graduates of TSP often become health professions education leaders and scholars at UCSF and beyond.
CFE Education and Development Opportunities
Towards a Theory of When and How Problem Solving Followed by Instruction Supports Learning

A TickToC synopsis by doctoral student, Gustavo Valbuena, MD, PhD, takes a closer look at the recent literature on learning approaches that include two phases: an initial problem-solving phase followed by an instruction phase (PS-I). Dr. Valbuena also offers how these phases and mechanisms affect medical education practice.

Towards a Theory of When and How Problem Solving Followed by Instruction Supports Learning by Loibl, Roll, and Rummel in in the journal Educational Psychology Review.
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Faculty Development Educational Skills Workshops for 2017-2018

These workshops are open to the entire UCSF community and Teach for UCSF Certificate Program participants and others interested in registering for courses can view a filterable calendar by category and campus.
Med Ed Grand Rounds Schedule for 2018

The Center for Faculty Educators presents this monthly lecture series by the invited and local education researchers whose work guides how we educate the physicians of the 21st century. Join us in person or online.
Awards, Abstracts, Proposals & Funding Opportunities
The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation  Board and President's Grants 


Upcoming Events
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CFE in the Literature
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This time, we take a look at research on learner dashboards and performance focusing development and assessment of UCSF's learner dashboard for medical education. This team effort features CFE Researcher Christy Boscardin, PhD; third-year medical student Kirkpatrick B. Fergus, Director of Data and Analytics Bonnie Hellevig, and Associate Dean for Competency Assessment and Professional Standards Karen Hauer, MD, PhD.

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, Fergus KB, Hellevig B,  Hauer KETwelve tips to promote successful development of a learner performance dashboard within a medical education program. Med Teach. 2017 Nov 9:1-7. doi: 10.1080/0142159X.2017.1396306