John McCahan Medical Campus Education Day

John McCahan

Fostering a vibrant community of educators

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Abstract and workshop submission deadline: April 20, 2012

Plenary speaker: Constance Bowe, M.D.
Senior Consultant, Partners Harvard Medical International

“#Health Science Education:  R Our Students Optimally Prepared for Their Futures in iHealthcare?”

Program:

8:30-8:40 a.m.	Welcome
8:40-9:30 a.m.	Panel of BUMC Academic Deans
9:30-10:30 a.m.	Poster Session/Vendors/Networking
10:45-11:45 a.m.	Keynote Lecture
12-12:45 p.m.	Lunch/Networking/Vendors
12:45-1:45 p.m.	Award Presentations
2-3:30 p.m.	Workshop Sessions

Target audience: Faculty, fellows, residents, students and staff at BU interested in educational innovation and scholarship on the BU Medical Campus.

Projects that have been presented in the past include:

“Promoting deep learning in a student centered classroom: A case study for Public Health”
“Teaching motivational interviewing in an ambulatory medicine clerkship”
“Assessment of a peer teaching model in Yemen”
“The effect of faculty presence vs. absence on small-group learning and group dynamics”
“Oral disease – Educational strategies to address a significant health issue in children”

Past workshops include:

How the brain learns: How neuroscience informs our teaching
Using digital media inside and outside the classroom
Technology-enhanced active learning

Contact Jackie McDonnell in the Office of Medical Education at 617-638-5110 or jdesmara@bu.edu for more information.