NEWS for our Educator Community | August 2017
In This Issue: Updates and Announcements
Features and Highlights
Welcome Back Educators
S ummer is winding down and the school year has returned! 


This month's issue is full of useful information for faculty development and honoring educators.

For September, we are celebrating the Academy's Class of 2017, recognizing faculty and staff in medical education, and presenting our annual Teaching Scholars' presentations and research over the past year.  

We invite our educator community to celebrate with us and connect with your colleagues and peers. 
September CFE Education and Development Opportunities
Aviad Haramati, PhD
Academy Celebration of New Members 2017
Monday, September 11, 3-5 p.m.
Keynote:  Aviad Haramati, PhD
The Academy will honor its seventeenth class of new members, Boyden Staff awardees, AME Service awardees, and 2017 Excellence in Teaching Award recipients. 

Academy Class of 2017:

Kimberley Chan, Residency Coordinator
Department of Medicine

Laura Pliska, Administrave Director, GME
Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

Excellence in Teaching Awardees:  Read the full list of 49 recipients
Keynote Workshop with Aviad Haramati, PhD
Tuesday, September 12, 9:00 to 10:30 a.m.  

Approximately half of all physicians experience burnout, which can lead to changes in the patient-provider relationship and adversely influence the quality of care. This workshop will introduce participants to several mind-body medicine skills.  Registration is required for this workshop (open to all). 
photo by Elisabeth Fall
2017 Teaching Scholars Graduates' Scholarly Presentations
TickToC: An education sciences article in a minute (July 2017)

How do clinical competence committees make decisions about trainee performance?
A synopsis of the article How do small groups make decisions? by Chahine, Cristancho, Padgett, and Lingard in the journal Perspectives in Medical Education.

Medical Education Journal Club 
Thursday, September 14, noon-1 p.m.  
Deliberate Practice and Innate Ability
Access and read articles prior to the session
Deadlines Approaching - Awards, Abstracts, Proposals & Funding Opportunities
WGEA Call for Mini-Grant Proposals
Application due September 29

The deadline for the WGEA mini-grants is quickly approaching. For project inquries or additional grant information, email CFE Education Researcher Christy Boscardin, PhD.
Innovations Funding for Education
Concept Proposals due October 2

The Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators, the UCSF Program for Interprofessional Practice and Education and the UCSF Library, together with additional support from Tideswell at UCSF, offer this joint call for proposals to address a range of priorities in education of students and trainees at UCSF. The funding period is July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019.

For more information: Innovations Funding for Education
Other Awards, Abstracts, Proposals & Funding Opportunities
The Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation  Board and President's Grants 


Upcoming Events
CFE
Celebration of New Members, Academy of Medical Educators, Sep. 11, 3-5:00 p.m., Parnassus

An Experiential Introduction to Mind-Body Medicine, with Aviad Haramati, PhD (Celebration Keynote), Sep. 12, 9:00-10:30 a.m., Parnassus

2017 Teaching Scholars Graduates' Scholarly Presentations, Sep. 12, 3:30-5:30 p.m., Faculty Alumni House

2016-2017 School of Medicine Teaching Awards Ceremony, Oct. 18, 5:30-8:00 p.m, Cole Hall
 
Other Events
CFE in the Literature
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Recent Publications from CFE Researchers and Academy Members. We're featuring a piece from Academy members Lowell Tong, MD and Erick Hung, MD focused on using department fellowships to promote medical education scholarship.

Tong L, Hung E.  A Novel Department-Based Faculty Fellowship to Promote Scholarship in Medical Education. Acad Psychiatry. 2017 Aug 10.