When COVID shut down our in-person teaching and learning operations, institutions, along with the faculty, staff, and learners pivoted to virtual experiences and shattered some myths and gathered innovations along the way. Although COVID is still very much with us, we have learned important lessons about teaching and learning at our institutions. What are those lessons? What innovations can we keep? What previous assumptions were either proven true or disproven? What opportunities and challenges are we facing with the current state of medical education three years out from the start of the pandemic?
In this AAMC three-part community call series focused on learning through looking back at the last several years, the following areas will be covered: (1) student engagement; (2) faculty and staff engagement; and (3) institutional operations. For each webinar, panelists representing different key perspectives on a topic (e.g., students, faculty, staff, institutions) will have an active discussion in a facilitated sharing session where some of the questions for panelists will be posted in advance of the webinar to provide attendees with a glimpse of what will be discussed on the call. Participants will also have the opportunity ask questions during the call.
To complement this virtual series, there will be an opportunity for participants to further engage on these topics in the AAMC IT Virtual Community where there will be follow-up communications to participants that will advance and build upon the conversations on the calls.
Goals
● To get a community view of the state of medical education several years out from the
start of COVID
● To share best practices, innovations, and learning from being virtual and returning to
in-person teaching and learning
● To determine any gaps and opportunities for resources that could support our
community during this time of transition and change
Upcoming Events
The registration information for the last webinar in this three-part series will be posted here when it becomes available.
Previous Events
Medical Education Four Years after COVID: Faculty and Staff Engagement
March 18, 2024
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Faculty and staff carrying out the medical education mission at our academic institutions face a number of challenges that may seem new since the COVID-19 pandemic arrived 4 years ago. Expectations for the design and delivery of learning experiences have shifted; many students now devote more of their energy to non-required activities that allow them to stand out during the residency application process; and workplace culture has had to adapt to flexible work arrangements.
This webinar is the second in a series looking at the lessons of COVID-19 and how the pandemic has shaped medical education. Through a panel discussion, speakers will explore how the roles of faculty and staff have been reshaped. For example, they will discuss questions like the following: What types of teaching innovations and technology have persisted since the COVID-19 pandemic? What opportunities for professional development and growth exist now for faculty and staff? How are faculty and staff remaining engaged and thriving in today’s environment?
Moderators
Michael Campion, MEd
Director of Academic and Learning Technologies
University of Washington School of Medicine
Janet Corral, PhD
Associate Dean of Medical Education
University of Nevada Reno School of Medicine
Panelists
Brian Herman
Associate Director for Educational Standards
Stanford University School of Medicine
Darshana Shah, PhD
Associate Dean, Office of Faculty Advancement
Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine
John Willford, PhD
Assistant Director and Clinical Associate Professor, WWAMI Medical Education Program
University of Wyoming
Julie Youm, PhD
Associate Dean, Education Compliance & Quality, and Director, Educational Technology
University of California, Irvine, School of Medicine
Medical Education Three Years After COVID: Student Engagement Webinar
November 28, 2023
Access Recording Here
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When COVID-19 shut down in-person teaching and learning operations, medical schools, along with their faculty, staff, and learners, pivoted to virtual experiences for preclinical students, shattering myths about online learning and innovating along the way. Through this process, we all learned important lessons about teaching and learning in both virtual and in-person environments. |
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Even though most schools have now returned to in-person learning, anecdotal feedback and metrics, like usage data for online resources, seem to indicate that medical student attendance and engagement in the preclinical curriculum looks different today than it did before the shift to virtual learning at the start of COVID. In this session, we’ll explore student engagement, what it looks like now 3 years post COVID, and opportunities to better engage learners. Speakers Michael Campion, MEd Janet Corral, PhD Tara Cunningham, EdD, MS Joe Geraghty, MD, PhD Alexander Philips |
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