Category: Teaching and Learning
Cultural Competence Education for Students in Medicine and Public Health
With the increasing cultural diversity of the nation, there’s a necessity of updated knowledge, skills, and attitudes for addressing changing health care needs. A new report from the AAMC and the Association of Schools of Public Health, Cultural Competence Education for Students in Medicine and Public Health, presents recommendations for training students from both disciplines on […]
Feb 20, 2018
The Good and Bad of Fast Brain Thinking
Understanding the Impact of Our Unconscious Biases Health care providers are specifically trained to make high stakes decisions in fast-paced, life and death situations. Every day, we rely on a host of past experiences and “our gut” to make important decisions. But sometimes these skills and behaviors can lead to unintended consequences for us as […]
Jun 6, 2017
Beyond the Test: Ways to Assess Before It’s Too Late
New curriculum requirements. New accrediting guidelines. Education through simulation. Teaching in the clinic. These are all changing the way faculty need to approach assessment. No longer are traditional, high-stakes multiple choice exams the sure-fire way to know where students are struggling. But how is a faculty member supposed to make this shift? Are there ways […]
Feb 9, 2017
Using iPads in Health Science Education
Technology can be a valuable ally in the classroom. Faculty and students are taking advantage of the power of iPads to make education more interactive, impactful, and ultimately easier to manage. The capabilities that tablets possess are astounding, with applications that streamline note-taking, create charts and graphs, host collaborative workspaces, and so much more — all […]
Dec 21, 2016
Legal Implications for Teaching
The legal responsibilities and guidelines for teachers can sometimes seem overwhelming. This enlightening development seminar provides you with an easily digestible and understandable look at the legal roads that responsible educators must travel. Participants are asked ethical questions and given scenarios that can often be found in educational environments, resulting in emergent problem-solving techniques in […]
Dec 21, 2016
Flipped Classroom in Health Professions Education: Expanding Interactive Learning at UNMC (2-Part Series)
FLIP Seminar: Part One Student needs are changing and as a result, teaching needs to change as well. The topics covered in the first part of the FLIP seminar include reworking curriculum institution-wide and also the structure of curriculum at a classroom scale. Key Presenters: Mary Lee, MD, MS, FACP — Presentation: Leading Institutional Change Adam Persky, […]
Dec 21, 2016
Developing Strategies for Teaching in the Health Profession
To develop better education strategies, you have to reflect on both yourself and your methods of teaching. Breaking down your own expertise in the field and putting yourself on the same level as your students is the first step in focusing on a learner’s needs. “Being a good teacher is not being an expert at […]
Dec 12, 2016
Is Outcomes-Based Education Different from What We're Already Doing?
Looking at curriculum delivery, what is the most effective strategy for giving students the best education possible? With a background in economics, Dr. Hugh Stoddard works his knowledge into a session on outcomes-based education. He creates simple but effective models and explanations for the creation of an education system, taking you step-by-step through how the outcomes-based […]
Dec 12, 2016
Assessment in Health Care Education
The word, “assessment,” can be a vague and misunderstood term in education, especially when the standard model of higher learning is centered around a “culture of assessment.” But, what is a culture of assessment? What does this give us as educators and part of an institution? Where do evaluation, accountability, feedback, and accreditation fit in […]
Dec 12, 2016
Principles of PBL (part 2 of 2)
It’s the journey to a diagnosis that matters, not the final diagnosis itself. Problem-based learning, or PBL, helps give students a memorable, integrated, and clinically relevant acquisition of knowledge. Commonly used as a hybrid approach in conjunction with other teaching styles, PBL reinforces material as an active-learning tool. It’s used to digest information, synthesize the […]
Dec 12, 2016
