Advancing Educators and Education - AAMC's member profile

Scholarship Consensus ConferenceScale1 = Poor5 = ExcellentCourserating2003‒04 2004‒05 2005‒06Average ofcomparisoncoursesCourseratingAverage ofcomparisoncoursesCourseratingAverage ofcomparisoncoursesOverall quality 3.4 4.0 4.2 4.1 4.3 4.0Outcomes related to course integration project:• Improved evaluation pre-post introduction ofcases and faculty development workshops fortargeted courses compared to nontargetedcourses (clinical relevance statistically improvedon AAMC Graduation Questionnaire)• Produced cases and tutor training• Increased collaboration (all small groups intargeted courses now co-led by basic scientist andphysician)• Developed two collaborative research projects• One case workbook. Case book peer reviewedand accepted for AAMC MedEdPORTAL. In thepast year, it has received 150 hits with over 20schools adopting the curriculum.• Reflective Critique: Based on the student ratingsand faculty facilitator evaluations, several changeswill be implemented in the next academic year,including more emphasis on student facilitationof small groups, more emphasis on the evidencefrom literature that underlies decisions, and morefaculty development before each small-groupsession• Piloted the incorporation of basic science educationin clinical clerkships• Developed fourth-year integrative selectives withbasic scientists from targeted courses and otherclerkship directors.Presentation (Dissemination):[Citations listed under each using commonlyaccepted standards would appear in this section butare omitted for brevity]• One peer-reviewed journal publication• Three national peer-reviewed presentations• Two national/regional peer-reviewed posters• Two invited presentations33Association of American Medical Colleges, 2007