EVENTS

New! TUSM Office of Educational Affairs & other Faculty Development opportunities offered within the next 2 months are included on the Events page preceded by . Those courses eligible for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits are denoted with an asterisk.  Unless otherwise noted, contact Sharon Freeman to register at sharon.freeman@tufts.edu or 617-636-0891. For the complete listing, see the Faculty Development page on the Academic Affairs site on e_Workplace.

MARCH

Saturday, March 1

CareerMD's Connecticut Career Fair

Time: 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

Location: Omni New Haven Hotel at Yale Reservations
155 Temple Street
New Haven, CT 06510
Telephone: (203) 772-6664

This Career Fair provides residents and fellows with a venue to meet prospective employers who recruit and hire physicians across the full spectrum of medical specialties and sub-specialties. There will be information about opportunities in specific fields, and about hospitals, health care systems and practice groups by geographic area. This event is open to all residents and fellows in all specialties, sub-specialties and stages of training.

This event is free to all residents and fellows. Click here to RSVP.

Wednesday, March 5

Mary Y. Lee, MD Medical Education Research Day
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Location: TUSM Sackler 827

This day-long conference includes oral and poster sessions highlighting the many TUSM educational projects in progress and completed, as well as a keynote presentation and afternoon workshops on evaluation strategies used in medical education research and educational research funds and resources. Click here for more information and to register.

Thursday, March 6
Test Item Construction*

Time: 3:00 – 5:00 pm

Location: TUSM Hirsh Health Sciences Library, 5th floor Computer Lab

Learn methods of basic test item construction including the identification of basic test/assessment item types and applying the appropriate use of test item types.  Develop skills to utilize TUSK for posting a variety of on-line quizzes and tests (MCQs, fill-in, essay).  Repeat of workshop offered on February 26, 2008.

Monday, March 10
Schwartz Center Rounds

Time: noon – 1:00 pm

Location: Chestnut 1 A & B
Topic: She'll Always Be Her Mother... (download pdf)

Tuesday, March 11
Faculty Development Teaching Workshop*

Time: noon – 3:00 pm

Location: Chestnut 1 A & B
Speakers: Janet Hafler & Elisabeth Bennett, PhD

Workshop Schedule

12:00 – 1:00 pm: Providing Feedback for Residents and Fellows

1:10 – 1:55 pm: Writing Performance Objectives

2:00 – 3:00 pm: Case-based teaching

Time: noon ( Lunch will be served.)

Location: EOMR
Speaker: Susan E. Hankinson, MPH, ScD

Susan E. Hankinson, MPH, ScD, Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and Epidemiology at Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Hankinson is Co-Leader of the Brigham Research Institute and is a national leader in breast and ovarian cancer. Her research focuses on lifestyle, dietary, and genetic factors as determinants of cancer in women. She is the Principal Investigator of the Nurses' Health Study.

Wednesday, March 12
REACH: Women's Health: Strategies for Dealing with Maternal Mortality
Time: noon
Location: Chicopee/Agawam Room

Friday, March 14, 2008
5th Annual UIT Health Sciences Mini-Symposium for Teaching & Learning: Exploring Strategies for Engaged Learning in the Health Sciences
Time: 8:00 am – 2:45 pm (breakfast and lunch included)

Location: TUSM Sackler 827

This conference includes morning and afternoon workshops that focus on the engaged learner and the application of academic technology to enhance teaching and learning. 

The keynote, "Learning in a Clinical Setting", will be presented by LuAnn Wilkerson EdD, Professor of Medicine and Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA.

More information and registration at : www.regonline.com/5HealthSciences

Wednesday, March 19
Resident & Fellows Open Forums
Time: Fellows: 12:00 pm, Residents: 4:00 pm
Location: Chestnut 1 A & B

All residents and fellows should attend.

Wednesday, March 19
WAAM: Simulation Laboratory for Education @ Pediatric Grand Rounds
Time: 8:00 - 9:00 am
Location: Chestnut 1 A & B

Speakers: Gladys Fernandez & Mihaela Stefan

April

Thursday, April 3

Effective Small Group Discussion
Time: 11:30 am – 1:30 pm

Location: TUSM Sackler 207–208

Explore small group case-based teaching techniques. Learn methods for using questions to promote learning and understand the use of non-question techniques to promote learning.

Wednesday, April 9

Clinical Skills Interclerkship Faculty Development: Clinical Peer Observation, Support, and Self-Evaluation (POSSE)
Time: 7:30 am – 1:30 pm

Location: Baystate Health Education Center at Whitney Ave

Improve your peer-to-peer observation skills of Objective Structured Clinical Exams (OSCEs) during the TUSM Clinical Skills Interclerkship.

Wednesday, April 16

Clinical Skills Interclerkship Faculty Development: Clinical Peer Observation, Support, and Self-Evaluation (POSSE)
Time: 7:30 am – 1:30 pm

Location: TUSM

Improve your peer-to-peer observation skills of Objective Structured Clinical Exams (OSCEs) during the TUSM Clinical Skills Interclerkship.

Tuesday, April 29

Culturally Competent Care
Time: 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Location: TUSM Sackler 829-830

Develop the skills to design programs in culturally competent care by examining a variety of program designs. Explore suggestions for institutional support and organization of culturally competent care education.

Save the Date!

October 31 - November 5, 2008

Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Annual Meeting

Location: San Antonio, Texas

For more information, visit the AAMC website.