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Education Day Wrap-up!

We have wrapped up yet another amazing TEACH Education Day. It was a truly wonderful day spent celebrating the legacy of an educational giant, spreading knowledge, and sharing new ideas amongst our vibrant teaching community. We were honored to have Dr. Louis Pangaro join us as our inaugural Richard C. Vari Endowed Lecture speaker. Dr. Pangaro, an internationally known medical educator, truly embodied the legacy of Dr. Vari in his presentation, showcasing the power of medical education assessment and weaving in a physiology connection that was near and dear to Dr. Vari. The afternoon was spent sharing our research, celebrating annual TEACH award winners, and hearing from selected individuals who are completing innovative educational research within our system. Thank you to everyone who was able to join us for our 2022 annual TEACH Education Day. If you missed a portion of the day or would like to review something you saw, full access to the event's materials is available on the TEACH website using the link above. We look forward to seeing you next year for another day full of learning, connection, sharing, and recognition! 

Upcoming Events: Join us!

(See calendar invitations for participation details!)

December 2022

• Monday, December 5, 2022, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: Health Professions Educator Series – Testing is Teaching: Promoting Metacognition in Assessment with Andrew Binks, PhD and Emily M. Holt Foerst, PhD
• Thursday, December 8, 2022, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: TEACH Journal Club (virtual) – Medical Students’ Exposure to the Humanities Correlates with Positive Personal Qualities and Reduced Burnout: A Multi-Institutional U. S. Survey facilitated by Helena Carvalho, PhD
• Monday, December 12, 2022, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: Health Professions Educator Series: Health Systems Science Open Forum – Systems Thinking and Systems Citizenry with Arthur Ollendorff, MD

January 2023

• Monday, January 30, 2023, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: Health Professions Educator Series – Education Research and Scholarship: Taking Daily Teaching and Practice and Turning It Into Research/Scholarship with Serkan Toy, PhD, MEd

Recognition & Rewards

Welcome our new TEACH colleagues, Spill the TEA, and congratulate the 2022 TEACH Awardees!

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Faculty Development

In partnership with the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) team at VTCSOM, we are now sharing information on resources and upcoming opportunities related to DEI faculty development. These resources and activities will serve to support efforts related to DEI and our teaching practices. To see a list of upcoming DEI Opportunities, check out the VTCSOM DEI Events Page.

Educator Resources

AAMC

• AAMC Medical Education Webinar Series: Each webinar takes place on Wednesday, from 12:00-1:15pm Eastern. Please visit the AAMC website for information on all the upcoming webinars. Recordings of previous webinars are also available on the web.
• November 30: What's Next for the Core EPAs? Reflection on the AAMC Pilot and the Future of Competency-based Education in Medical School. Register Here

TOLD ME Faculty Development Podcast

• The TOLD ME Faculty Development Podcast: Season 3 of the To Learn & Develop for Medical Educators (TOLD ME) faculty development podcast has launched. Hosted by Dr. Lisa Coplit (Associate Dean for Faculty Development Professor of Medical Sciences at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University), this podcast showcases interviews with experts in medical education, medical school faculty, and students to discuss the issues most relevant to today's medical educators. Click here to listen and subscribe (FREE AMA PRA Category 1 CME Credits are available for listening!).

TEACHing Tips

Developing Learning Objectives

from #MedEdPearls

#MedEdPearls are developed monthly by the CGEA. In September’s post, Kristina Dzara PhD, MMSc (Assistant Dean, Educator Development & Associate Professor, Medical Education at University of Washington School of Medicine) shared some great pearls about developing learning objectives. Click the button to read more about the importance of learning objectives and an outline for developing learning objectives for medical educators.

Educator Opportunities

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• ScholarRx Call for 2023 Innovation Grant Applications: ScholarRx is calling for grant applications as part of the Medical Education Research and Innovation Challenge (MERIC), a novel program designed to promote global educational scholarship and innovation. The MERIC small grants program will support health sciences education investigators seeking to collaborate with ScholarRx to test educational innovations and address questions ranging from educational methods and pedagogy to curricular development and student assessment. Deadline for letter of intent: December 16, 2022, 11:59 p.m. EST. More details are on the ScholarRx website.
• Save the Date: GDI and GFA Joint Professional Development Conference: The 2023 AAMC Group on Diversity and Inclusion (GDI) and Group on Faculty Affairs (GFA) Joint Professional Development Conference will be held June 12-14, 2023, at the Renaissance Esmeralda Resort and Spa in Indian Wells, CA. The in-person event is an opportunity for leaders in diversity, equity, and inclusion, faculty affairs, and faculty development to engage in candid and productive discussions about timely issues affecting faculty, graduate learners, administrators, and professional staff in academic medicine and science. For more information on this event and other upcoming AAMC professional development opportunities, follow @AAMCProfDev on Twitter and LinkedIn.
• The 15^th Annual Virginia Tech Conference on Higher Education Pedagogy is scheduled for February 15-17, 2023 in Blacksburg, VA. This conference showcases the best pedagogical practice and research in higher education today. Sessions address disciplinary and interdisciplinary instructional strategies, outcomes, and research. More information and registration is available on the CHEP website.