MEDICAL EDUCATION - RESEARCH REVIEW

Prepared by Sarah Karmin and Hilary Schmidt
(Center for Education Research and Evaluation)

Overview: In support of the "One-Stop-Shopping" Subcommittee to Education Strategic Planning Phase II, Sarah Karmin (administrative assistant to the task force) has initiated a comprehensive web-based review of medical education centers in the United States, in search of missions, programs, funding, number of staff supported by simulation, and resources needed to support these centers.

A search using the resource link on the Center for Education Research and Evaluation website for offices of education and support revealed the following:

• 15 Medical Education Offices were reviewed
• 4 Education Support / Technology Center
• 1 Academy
• 1 Committee

The search revealed the following for staffing of units reviewed:

The web-pages of 21 US Health Sciences Schools Centers (next page) have been carefully reviewed and searched to determine missions, programs, resources at Health Sciences Campuses across the country. The Centers are listed on the following page, and one page summaries of the key features of each of these 21 Centers (as best as could be extracted from the web-pages) is appended.

Fifteen Mission Statements were found on Center websites. All Missions include their desire to improve the quality of health education by providing support to faculty in curriculum, technology, testing and evaluation.

You will note that of the 21 centers, all focus on faculty development and improvement through programs offered. Most of the units offer media assistance or direct links to appropriate technology centers.

In the following pages you will find the name and location of the Units, the Mission of the Units, Type of programs offered, Contact Information and Funding Sources for each of the 21 Centers listed below:

• The Office of Curriculum Development & Management - University of Alabama
• Faculty Development Center - Stanford University
• Office of Medical Education Research & Development - Michigan State University
• Office of Educational Services - Medical College of Wisconsin
• Office of Educational Design and Development - hands on workshop - Medical College of Georgia
• Center for Research in Medical Education & Health Care - Jefferson Medical College
• Office of Consultation & Research in Medical Education - University of Iowa
• Office of Education - University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
• Office of Educational Development - University of Arkansas
• Arizona Health Sciences Library - Learning Resource Center - University of Arizona
• Office of Learning Resources - University of California San Diego
• Department of Medical Education - University of Illinois, Chicago
• Department of Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics - University of Washington
• Committee for Educator Development - Baylor University
• Department of Medical Education - University of Michigan
• Office of Educational Development - University of North Carolina
• Office of Educational Development and Support - University of Oklahoma
• Office of Educational Development - Harvard University
• Academic Information Systems - Tulane University School of Public Health
• Academy - Harvard University
• Office for Educational Resources - University of Rochester

Mission and Goals
Re curriculum:

• Help complete curriculum template redesign
• Help implement the revised curriculum year by year
• Write proposals for substantial external funding to support curricular initiatives
• Develop an on-line method for students in evaluating courses, clerkships, and the curriculum
• Find meaningful social/educational opportunities in Alabama for medical students during the summer

Re Instruction:

• Expand the use of the computer and testing software programs for instruction and review purposes
• Improve the skill and ease of use of computers in student testing
• Develop instructionally sound web pages for all courses and tri-campus clerkships and provide support for continually expanding the educational facets within the site

Re Research:
Establish a solid medical education research program, beginning with information provided from the DxR program and, when appropriate, involving faculty from all three campuses

Re Professional Development:
Develop a national reputation as an innovative and productive educational support unit

Programs:

Funding/Endowments: No information available on website

Number of Staff: 5: 3 PhD, 1 EdD, 1 unlisted

Contact Info: Email: Assistant Dean Bweaver@uab.edu (Beill Weaver, PhD)
Fax 205-934-3278
1670 University Blvd
VH L206 Box 700
Birmingham, AL 35294-0019

Facilities: No information available on website

Mission and Goals: No information available on website

Programs:
Contemporary Practice Program
Clinical Teaching Program
End-of-Life Care Teaching Curriculum
Geriatrics in Primary Care Program

Funding/Endowments: No information available on website

Number of Staff: No information available on website

Contact Info: No information available on website

Facilities: No information available on website

Mission and Goals: The Office of Medical Education Research and Development is a unit within the College of Human Medicine at MSU. Its mission is to improve medical education and related service programs through evaluation and research, consultation, relevant instruction, and programs of faculty development. It is the oldest continuously operating office of medical education in the United States (est. 1966).

Programs:
Faculty Development Seminar Series
Publications
Primary Care Faculty Development Fellowship Program

Funding/Endowments:
Jack L. Maatsch Visiting Scholar in Medical Education
Purpose is to stimulate and support interaction around ideas and projects in medical education, with primary focus on the development and assessment of clinical competence related to the full span of professional training. The program will accomplish this purpose through its support of visiting scholars to OMERAD in the College of Human Medicine and periodic sponsored presentations at national medical education conferences. Distinguished visiting scholars will provide a broader perspective from which faculty, students, and others may view their work, providing insights and experiences from other outstanding centers of medical education research and development.
The Visiting Scholar in Medical Education is supported by an endowed fund.
(The website gives an address to which contributions can be sent)

Number of Staff: 16: 9 PhD, 1 MBA, 1 MA, 1 Librarian, 1 BA, 3 Support Staff,
Contact Info: Director: William Anderson, PhD ander113@msu.edu
517-353-7791
A-217 East Fe Hall, MSU
East Lansing, MI 48824-1316

Facilities: Provides 2 conference rooms, a small library focusing on medical education and the OMERAD Technology Center

Mission and Goals: The mission of the Office of Educational Services (OES) is to provide leadership and excellence in education to identify and address MCW's educational needs and problems. OES achieves this mission using three primary strategies:

1. Direct service and consultation provided to faculty, committees, and administration to enhance the quality of educational activities at MCW. Areas of concentration include curriculum development, teaching methods, assessment of learner and evaluation of courses
2. Faculty development and continuing education are available to enhance knowledge and skills as educators. Provide presentations, workshops, fellowships, training programs and newsletters
3. Links to resources are provided to faculty. Opportunities for building on experience of others and funding sources to support innovative efforts

Programs: Instructional Design/Teaching Methods - Assistance for every stage of classroom or clinical teaching - objectives, curriculum, presentation
Assessment of Learner Performance - Any activity associated with testing students
Evaluation of Courses and Educational Programs - Course, program or teaching evaluation - annual or long-term
Grant proposal Writing for Medical Education - Assistance provided with special emphasis on objectives, methods, and evaluation sections
Standardized Patient Program

Funding: No information available on website

Number of Staff: No information available on website

Contact Info: No information available on website

Facilities: No information available on website

Mission and Goals:

Programs: Supports faculty integrating teaching and technology. We offer interactive course design, hands-on workshops, rich media integration, online testing services, and professional support. The Office of Educational Design and Development should be your first contact for exploring and implementing innovative means for delivering and enhancing instruction

Offers:
A variety of hands-on and on-line workshops for faculty. Workshops are offered on an extensive list of topics including popular presentation software, Web-based instructional materials and tools, multimedia development and deployment and computer conferencing.

Develop multimedia projects including interactive images, audio, video and animation to enhance teaching and learning

Provide electronic testing support and student management

Identify technologies and develop interactive tools that can increase faculty instructional effectiveness and efficiency

Consult with faculty on making the best choices about integrating technology tools and multimedia into teaching and learning practices

Provide support for planning and grants

Offer consulting, training, and information about emerging digital media

Provide guidance in implementing effective instructional design strategies

Provide page by page new semester review and revision to keep your course looking fresh and up to date.

Funding: No information available on website

Number of Staff:
Office of Educational Design and Development
Computer Mediated Instructional Design
3 Staff
Electronic Course support
2 staff
Faculty Media Studio
1 Staff

Contact Info: Clare Billman Cbillman@mail.mcg.edu

Facilities: No information available on website

Mission and Goals: The Center for Research in Medical Education and Health Care combines service to the Jefferson community with a broad range of medical education and health services research projects and studies. The Center supports Jefferson's educational and health services missions through projects such as the longitudinal tracking and outcomes assessment system the student clinical experiences project, the affiliations database, the Jefferson University Physicians clinical profile project, and a variety of testing and evaluation services related to education and health care.

Programs: The Center for Research in Medical Education and Health Care combines service to the Jefferson community with a broad spectrum of research studies and other externally funded projects.
Faculty and staff have qualifications and professional experience in psychometrics, medical education assessment, evaluation of quality of health care, development and application of severity of illness methods, risk adjustment and health care financing.

Funding: Government and private grants support many Center studies. The Center serves as the national evaluator for the federally funded Undergraduate Medical Education for the 21st Century Program. The Center assists the Italian National Health Service in the design and assessment of new approaches to hospital financing for patients with chronic diseases and consults with the Emilia - Romagna region in Italy in the development of alternative approaches to per capita financing of health care. With the contribution of Jefferson Medical College clinical faculty, the 5th edition of Disease Staging Clinical Criteria edited by Joseph GS. Gonnella, MD, is nearing completion. Faculty at the Center teach a range of courses to JMC students and are involved in training of residents and fellows throughout the academic year.

Number of Staff: 13: 2 PhD, 2 MD, 1 MS, 1 MA, 1 BA, 2 BS, 1 ABD, 3 Unlisted/Support Staff

Contact Info: Joseph Gonnella, MD, Director Joseph.S.Gonnella@mail.tju.edu
Tel: 215-955-5492 Fax: 215-923-6939

Facilities: No information available on website

Mission and Goals: OCRME strives to link research with educational practice by helping faculty, staff, and students apply accurate, reliable knowledge and technology to produce valid and innovative education within the limits of available resources. We provide coordination of services and products that support curriculum development, faculty development, measurement, evaluation, and educational research. We recognize the value that each staff member contributes to our efforts and we strive to set an example of thoughtful application of validated methods in our own teaching and research.

Programs: The Office works with basic science and clinical faculty to improve the quality of education in the College of Medicine and strives to expand knowledge regarding health sciences education. OCRME accomplishes these goals through three activities: educational consultation, educational research, and faculty development.
Faculty Development -

Curriculum Development-
Medical Curriculum Database
Computers in the Medical
OCRME Advisory Committee Charge

1. Provide advice to the Office of Consultation and Research in Medical Education Director and the Dean of the College of Medicine regarding educational and administrative functions of the Office of Consultation and Research in Medical Education.
2. Foster faculty consciousness of the role and services of the Office of Consultation and Research in Medical Education
3. Recommend to the Dean:
   1. those educational proposals from the faculty that are to be funded by the College's educational development funds;
   2. other educational proposals as requested; and
   3. the recipient of the annual Lewis D. Holloway Award
4. Make recommendations to the Dean for nominees for selected teaching awards

Funding: OCRME - Educational Awards and Funding

Although funded by and dedicated primarily to the College of Medicine, OCRME services are available to all health science colleges for collaborative efforts and time and resources permit.

Number of Staff: 11 Staff: 4 PhD, 2 MA, 1 BS, 1 BA, 3 Support Staff

Contact Info: Kristi J. Ferguson, PhD, Director Kristi-Ferguson@uiowa.edu
1204 Medical Education Building
Iowa City, Iowa 52242-1000

Facilities: No information available on website

Mission and Goals:
The Office of Education (OE) was established in 1995 as a central campus resource that stimulates and supports the advancement of education at UCHSC. The OE offers faculty development and consultations regarding education theory, education program/ curriculum development, education methodologies, education assessment and evaluation, educational administration and leadership, education research, academic career development, professional portfolio development, and other areas. Faculty and graduate students may participate in the OE Academy for the Advancement of Health Professions Educators. Faculty may elect to earn various levels of certification and graduate students may receive graduate credit in health professions education.

The mission that provides the strategic vision for the UCHSC-OE is:
To serve as a central campus resource committed to supporting:

1. The advancement of the educational component of the mission of the UCHSC; that is, "the education of health professionals;"
2. The enrichment of faculty responsibilities as "educators" and the enhancement of their educational effectiveness; and
3. The enhancement of inter-professional education and cross-professional collaboration

Note: the term "faculty" includes individuals holding faculty appointments at the UCHSC (i.e., full-time faculty, adjunct faculty, clinical faculty, and community -based preceptors)

Goals and Projected Activities The mission (strategic vision) and goals (strategic directions) provide direction for all subsequent activities (tactical operations). Projected Activities and Performance Indicators for Continuous Quality Improvement are delineated for each strategic goal in the OSE Strategic Plan.

1. To stimulate changes in health professions education programming and the teaching-learning process in alignment with evolving societal needs, practice patterns, and scientific/technological developments.
2. To provide continuing professional and educational development for faculty in support of their academic responsibilities
3. To consult and collaborate with faculty on educationally related issues and activities, to include but not be limited to:
   Academic career development, instructional planning, development, management and evaluation, teaching and learning strategies, student assessment methods, curriculum development, evaluation and revision education research and scholarship
4. collaborate with other units within the UCHSC on educationally related ideas and activities
5. To collaborate and maintain relationships within the University of Colorado system, with other institutions of higher education, with professional organizations, and with agencies serving complementary purposes.
6. To conduct research, contribute to scholarship and be recognized in fields related to health professions education

OE Academy
Faculty may elect to earn various levels of certification in health professions education. Academy would offer 4 faculty development participation levels - would provide a guided and systematic approach to continuing development as a professional educator.

Supports faculty development, advancement, and promotion at the UCHSC
Serves to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the teaching and learning process
Promotes and facilitates inter-professional health care education and cross-professional collaboration regarding health professions education
Promotes enhanced communication, collaboration, and a sense of community among faculty, staff and students at the UCHSC regarding health professions education; and advocates for and models continuous quality improvements using evidence-based approaches regarding health professions education

The Office of Education (OE) contributes to the UCHSC mission in the following ways:
Education
The office of Education is dedicated to stimulating changes in health professions education and supports the advancement of the UCHSC education mission, programs, curricula and faculty. Among its service contributions, the OE provides seminars.
The mission of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center reflects the main purposes of the institution:

1. The Education of health professionals
2. The delivery of both Health Care and Community Service and
3. The advancement of knowledge through research in the health sciences

Programs:
Curriculum Review
The Office of Education serves in a consulting and advisory capacity to campus curriculum committees in reviewing and revising curricula. Development, review and revision of curricular components of programs are also supported by OE consultation. Ongoing support is given to the campus-wide Course/Instructor Evaluation System.
UCHSC Academics:

Office of Education offers workshops and seminars in the areas of education theory, education program/curriculum development, education methodologies, education assessment and evaluation, education administration and leadership, education research, and other areas, establishing the new OE Academy for the Advancement of Educators.

Community Service Education
The Office of Education is dedicated to ensuring that its efforts are directed to benefit the education and welfare of the public. The OE contributes to the UCHSC mission of community service by:
Consulting and collaborating on educationally-related issues with other institutions of higher education, professional organizations and agencies promoting, consulting, and collaborating on service-learning and community-based learning programs and experiences for UCHSC students.

Health Care Education
The office of Education contributes to the UCHSC mission of health care education by:

1. Stimulating change in clinical education in such areas as competency based programming, experiential learning methods, and authentic clinical assessments
2. Consulting and collaborating with the Office of Graduate Medical Education
3. Consulting and collaborating with the offices of continuing education within each school
4. Consulting and collaborating on projects and programs offering patient and community health education

Education Research
The Office of Education supports the UCHSC education research mission by providing faculty development consultation and technical assistance on:

1. Conceptualizing and designing applied education research and evaluation studies
2. Conducting qualitative and quantitative research in education
3. Selecting and using appropriate data analysis strategies in educational research
4. Contributing to scholarship in health professions education

Research Education

1. Collaborates with the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research in providing faculty and staff development on responsible conduct in research (RCR Education)
2. Collaborates with the Colorado Multiple Institutional Review Board Office in providing education on human subjects protection

Funding: No information available on website
Number of Staff: 1 EdD, 2 PhD, 1 Assistant
Contact Info: No information available on website
Facilities: No information available on website

Mission and Goals: The mission of the Office of Educational Development is to improve teaching and learning at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. To this end the office provides consultation to teachers and learners on the teaching and learning methodologies that have been shown to be effective and efficient. Faculty in the office work collaboratively with the faculty and administrative staff at UAMS to develop and evaluate new educational programs and the appropriate teaching and learning methods. In addition to providing consultation and collaborative development, the office manages several support areas that relate directly to the teaching and learning processes throughout the campus.

Programs: OED provides consultation in teaching/learning methodologies and evaluation/assessment technologies in the following areas:
Classroom Instruction - Lectures, Small Groups, Problem-based
Design of Instructional Programs - Curricula or Courses, Web-Based Learning
Use and Design of Instructional Technology/Media - Compressed Video for Instruction, Poster Sessions, Video, Multimedia
Student Assessment - Multiple-choice Exams, Performance Assessment, Portfolios
Testing/Survey Technologies - Remark Test-scoring System, WebCT, Teleforms
Program Evaluation
Research Design and Application of Statistics
Consultation Services, Instructional Development Services, Learner Assistance Program Evaluation Services, Measurement Services, Web-based Learning, Student Assessment

Funding: No information available on website

Number of Staff: 12: 3 EdD, 3 PhD, 2 Med, 1 MA, 1 BBA, 1 BS, 1 Unlisted

Contact Info: Diane Heestand, EdD, Director HeestandDianeE@Uams.edu
501-686-5720

Facilities: No information available on website

Mission and Goals:

Programs: The Learning Resource Center is a branch of the Arizona Health Sciences Library. The LRC is comprised of three distinct areas, all featuring computers with Internet access, Microsoft Office and various Medical and Statistical Software Packages.

At the Main Lab area of the LRC, in addition to the standard equipped computers, there are also scanners, PDA hotsynching computers and areas for open group discussion. LRC Help Desk staff assists LRC users with any type of academic related computer problems.

The LRC computer classroom is setup to host computer-based classes and workshops. During unscheduled times, it is also used as an open lab environment. The LRC classroom is equipped with 19 computers, 18 student and 1 instructor multimedia PC's, as well as an LCD projector that can display either the instructor's computer screen or a VHS tape for all attendants to see. Reservations for the use of this room may be done at the LRC Help Desk during regular business hours or by calling 626-2707
There are also eight Group Study Rooms equipped with a computer, TV-VCR, transparency overhead projector and slide projector. These rooms provide a quiet place for groups to study and/or share ideas.

Funding:

Number of Staff: 2 Staff

Contact Info: Jose Solorzano - Supervisor Jose@ahsl.arizona.edu
520-626-2738

Tessie O'Talley -Computer Operator otalley@ahsl.arizona.edu
520-626-6707

Facilities: No information available on website

Mission and Goals: OLR multimedia and technical services are here to serve the campus community's myriad of production needs. If you have an idea, we will help you bring it to life. The award-winning professionals at OLR provide the highest quality media and specialized technical services from publications, presentations, web-design, video productions, photography, digital imaging, scanning/printing to advanced machining and prototype electronic device design. We look forward to assisting you with your creative challenges. We are located on the School of Medicine Campus in the Basic Science Building under the Biomedical Library.

Programs: Computergraphics
The computergraphics division offers experienced designer who produce leading-edge digital graphics to serve publication, presentation, and web-presence needs.
Services Include:
Interactive multimedia presentations, Professional PowerPoint presentations, Medical/anatomical & scientific illustrations, Animation & QuickTime movies
Web Design
Complete publication service from flyers, invitations, brochures & catalogs to scientific journals, wide-format & standard posters & symposium displays, miscellaneous academic products: diagrams & flow charts, overheads, certificates, quick word slides, charts/graphs & finishing services (mounting & laminations)
Photography
The photography services are convenient, staffed with professional photographers and very affordable. We are happy to serve your traditional location/studio photography needs as well as scientific photography needs.
In addition to traditional photographic services, we offer an array of digital services that include scans from publication-quality scitex equipment and a Sienna digital color print processor that will print your files on glossy archival-quality paper up to 11x17.
Digital Imaging
OLR Digital Imaging offers an array of digital services to serve your imaging needs. Our professional photographers are able to scan your original artwork from a publication quality scitex scanner and print glossy archival-quality prints on a Sienna digital color printer.
Slide Imaging
Our slide image service offers fast, efficient 24-hour turnaround of your presentation files into 35mm slides from both MacIntosh or Windows platforms. Contact us at 534-6507 for information on transferring files electronically or come by our service desk to submit files on disk.
We are located in the basement of the Basic Science Building (below the Biomedical Library). Our hours are 8-4:30 Monday through Friday. We also offer a satellite office at the Medical Center Hillcrest Monday through Friday 8-noon for your convenience.
Electronic Services
The OLR Electronics Services Center offers consultation, design theory, development, prototyping, fabrication, installation, documentation, and or instrumentation, modification, repair and maintenance of electronic and laboratory equipment. Transform your ideas into an operating form utilizing sketches, schematics, specifications, or shop designs. We will analyze your technical data and detailed test analysis to determine system design problems. Let us modify and upgrade existing electronic equipment to meet your specific needs.
Machining Services
The OLR Machining Services Center is a full service instrument development facility. We offer design and production of new research equipment, mechanical repairs, and technical consultation. We offer 27 years of experience in tool making and machining skills as well as surgical instrument reconditioning and sharpening.
Video Production
The Video Productions unit offers the highest quality CCD cameras, lighting and production multi-format editing facilities. This award-winning service unit will script, record and edit video programs to assist you in the presentation and delivery of info. Other services include:
Audio and video duplication, computer generated graphics, conversion of computer graphics to video equipment repair, classroom audio/video support.
Funding: No information available on website
Number of Staff: No information available on website
Contact Info: No information available on website
Facilities: No information available on website

Mission and Goals: The Department of Medical Education (DME) is a unit of the College of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago. It is nationally and internationally recognized for pioneering work in health professions education and research. The Department offers courses and programs to meet the needs of today's health professional, including graduate and continuing medical education. The World Health Organization has designated DME as a collaborating center for education with emphasis on leadership development. National and international fellowships of interest to health professionals from all over the world are available in areas such as medical education, health systems research and bioethics.
Mission Statement:
The DME, through the educational expertise of its faculty and in fulfillment of the urban land grant mission of the University of Illinois, seeks to build and develop appropriate curricula and effective appraisal programs for the UIC College of Medicine. A main goal of the Department is to assist, support, and facilitate the College of Medicine's mission to provide a continuum of medical education to medical students, GME residents and practicing physicians. A key aspect of this goal is the maintenance of an academic environment that encourages research and intellectual creativity; is professionally stimulating and rewarding; enables faculty to pursue their collective and individual intellectual and academic interests; and uses the hospital and college as the laboratory for educational research.
Programs: The DME is comprised of 7 program areas:
Clinical Decision Making, Competence Assessment Curriculum, Educational Programs, International Programs, Medical Humanities, Program Evaluation, Research and Health Care Studies

Clinical Performance Center
The center provides services to a wide range of health professions in and around Chicago including most of the medical schools, many residency programs, and other health professions training programs.
See www.uiccpc.com
The CPC at UIC helps educators in the health professions improve clinical performance by using simulated clinical encounters for Training, Assessment, Quality Improvement, Research Simulated clinical encounters are especially powerful for teaching and assessing communication and interpersonal skills, attitudes and procedural skills.
Standardized Patients - Encounters usually include a checklist, rating scale or other mechanism for providing feedback or assessing the participant's performance. In addition to standardized patients, the Clinical Performance Center has a team of practical instructors who teach small groups of participants how to carry out various physical exam maneuvers. Practical instructors are trained to demonstrate physical exam techniques on their own bodies; students practice these techniques on the instructor and receive immediate feedback. Simulated clinical encounters are used in medicine, nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, and many other health professions. Learners at any stage - from students to practicing clinicians - can benefit from these experiences.
Medical Education Goes Online
DME has new online programs for the medical education community world-wide. These courses and modules are designed to deliver the same dynamic discussion-centered instruction that has become a DME hallmark. Programs include: The Master of Health Professions Education (MHPE), Specialty Needs for Primary Care Physicians, a continuing medical education course.
A new program designed specifically for the medical resident, the GME core curriculum will also debut this summer with short courses on professionalism and ethics.
Longitudinal Primary Care Program
The LPC is designed to give students immediate and long-term exposure to the work of physicians
Goals:
Under the physicians' supervision, students will learn the art of communication through the patient encounter, acquire basic problem-solving skills in the clinical setting, integrate basic science knowledge with clinical experiences, develop continuous one-on-one relationships with their preceptors, learn about the continuous care of patients 1 years after its establishment, the Curriculum Committee implemented the LPC program as a required course for all incoming students. The first 2 years of the LPC program became Generalist MD, Clinical I and II. (The 3rd year became an M-3 elective) 1997- Generalikst MD, Clinical I and II will become part of the College of Medicine's new Essentials of Clinical Medicine Course.

Educational Programs
Continuing Medical Education, Graduate Medical Education, Masters of Health Professions Education, Fellowships, International Programs, Medical Humanities, Research Ethics
Services and Resources
Clinical Performance Center, Consulting, Library, Testing Services, Online Course Development, knowledge representation, retrieval and analysis, health professions diversity, public health informatics, health workforce projections, teaching and program evaluation, competencies for primary care

Funding: Initially, the LPC Program was funded by the US Dept. of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Secondary Education (FIPSE) in a 3 year grant (1992-1995); also by Chicago Community Trust in a 2 year grant (1992-94) with a one year extension (1995). The total grant amount was $900,000.

Number of Staff: 18 Staff, 2 Administrative, 1 MD, PhD, 11 PhD, 1 JD, MPH, 1 ScD, 1 MOB, DEA, PhD 1 MA, 1 MD, 1 MHPE Admin 1 MBA, 1 BSME, 1 MA

Each Program i.e. Informatics has its own staff which includes adjunct and part-time faculty

Contact Info: Department Head Leslie J. Sandlow, MD, LJS@uic.edu 312-996-3593
Department Office Department of Medical Education (M/C591)
College of Medicine
808 South Wood Street, 986 CME
Chicago, IL 60612-7309

Facilities: No information available on website

Mission and Goals: The Department of Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics (MEBI) provides training, research and service in education and informatics across the breadth of health sciences and health care. Faculty interests and activities include:
Physician performance assessment, evidence based medicine, physician / patient communication skills, systems for clinical decision support, care based instruction, knowledge representation , retrieval and analysis, health professions diversity, public health informatics, health workforce projections, teaching and program evaluation, competencies for primary care

Programs:
General Medical Education
Provides training, research, and service in several educational areas central to medical education including faculty and course evaluation, construction and scoring of tests, curriculum development, implementation of innovative educational methodologies such as standardized patients, faculty development and research consultation. The division offers courses in general medical education and is the home of the Teaching Scholars Program, a yearlong educational curriculum dedicated to preparing faculty for positions of academic leadership.
MEDEX Physician Assistant Training Program
Provides a broad, competency-based curriculum, focusing on primary care with an emphasis on underserved populations and encouraging life-long learning to meet changing health care needs.
Biomedical and Health Informatics
A nationally renowned program in biomedical and health informatics that stresses the importance of teaching, research, and service.
Graduate Program in Biomedical and Health Informatics
Offers a full-time master's degree that prepares students for careers in research, teaching and information management within health care organizations and the health care computing industry.
CMER
Conducts policy-oriented research on medical education with a focus on primary care education, training of medical education researchers and translation of research into practical improvements in medical education
Patient simulations: Online patient cases

Funding: No information available on website

Number of Staff: 26: 13 General Medical Education, 4 MEDEX, 9 Biomedical and Health Informatics

Contact Info: No information available on website

Facilities: No information available on website

Mission and Goals: The mission of the committee is to assist the Baylor College of Medicine education mission by promoting teaching environment, increasing opportunities for teaching skills development, and increasing faculty involvement in teaching.

1. Support the continuum of educator development activities to improve teaching throughout the College to ongoing needs assessment.
2. Encourage formal methods of documenting and recognizing educational contributions to the College.
3. Establish methods of communicating information about teaching to all faculty.

Programs: Educator Recognition Awards, Skill Building Opportunities, Master Teacher Fellowship Program, Teaching Opportunities, Committee for Educator Development, Educational Resources, Master of Education in Teaching

Funding: No information available on website

Number of Staff: Members of the committee share a commitment to the concepts and techniques central to educational practice and recognize the value of their integration into the educational programs at Baylor College of Medicine.

18 Members: 2 Medicine, 2 Curriculum, 1 Hematology/Oncology, 1 Urology, 1 Radiology, 1 Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 1 Surgery, 2 Family/Community Medicine, 1 Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, 1 Otorhinolaryngology, 1 Academic General Pediatrics, 1 Medicine Cancer Education, 2 Pediatrics, 1 Biochemistry

Contact Info: No information available on website

Facilities: No information available on website

Mission and Goals:

Programs:
Resources for Medical Educators -
Curriculum and teaching evaluation

• Collaborate with course directors to develop and update evaluations of course and learning experiences
• Construct specialized surveys to collect student ratings of the learning experience
• Provide reports for clerkship, course and various teaching evaluations including lab, small group and lecture sessions
• Conduct and report research on teaching evaluation data at conferences and in scholarly journals
• Maintain web-based evaluation system and longitudinal student evaluation database

Multiculturalism and Health Program
This program addresses the growing emphasis on ensuring the cultural competency of the University of Michigan Medical School's graduating students and the value of diversity in working and learning environments. The goals of the program are to:

• Develop programs and materials to enhance the ability of undergraduate and graduate trainees to deliver culturally competent care.
• Develop and evaluate outreach programs to meet the needs of minority and medically underserved patient populations.
• Conduct studies of the impact of culture on health behavior and perceptions of health, illness and health care
• Provide content expertise and initiate development of undergraduate and graduate educational programs in multiculturalism
• Foster activities that will make the UMHS a supportive environment for students, residents, faculty, staff and patients of all cultural backgrounds
• Develop and implement evaluation methodologies for assessing the achievement of cultural competence for students and residents
• Conduct ongoing assessments of student, staff, resident and faculty attitudes and behaviors related to multiculturalism at UMHS

Medical Education Scholars Program
The Medical Education Scholars program is designed to prepare University of Michigan Medical School faculty members for leadership roles in medical education. The program goals are accomplished through a formal curriculum in educational theory, application, and research; individualized guidance and mentoring from a faculty member with expertise and training in medical education; and collaboration with scholarly experts and peers on specific education issues and problems. (They have their own website with a link)
Research Design and Statistical Consulting
Test Construction and Psychometrics

• Consult with faculty on test construction and development
• Conduct test item writing workshops
• Evaluate the reliability and validity of testing and assessment procedures

Designing Innovative Educational Interventions

• Collaborate with faculty from basic and clinical sciences to address educational needs and problems
• Use educational and psychological theory to guide educational innovations
• Apply appropriate educational methods and technologies
• Design sound evaluation procedures for educational interventions
• Communicate the results of the innovations in relevant scholarly journals and presentations

Study Design, Methodology, and Statistical Analysis
Consult with faculty to identify valid research designs for clinical and educational research
Identify and refine methods for data collection
Define data management and organization procedures
Plan statistical procedures, including power analyses
Faculty Development

• Plan and design faculty development initiatives
• Conduct workshops for faculty and residents on principles of adult education, interactive learning, leading small group discussions, assessing learner needs, and providing feedback.
• Provide individualized consultations with faculty on teaching methods, curriculum design, and assessment techniques
• Educational Skills Workshop Series
• Medical Education Grand Rounds Schedule

Medical Education Research Group (MERG)
The MERG is a collection of faculty from across the Medical School who are interested in pursuing medical education as a scholarly activity. The group meets monthly to present research findings, share ideas for innovations, get feedback on curricula and learning modules, learn new skills, and develop relationships that can lead to collaborations across departments.
Graduate Medical Education

• Plan curricular innovation, particularly web-based modules
• Collaborate in the design and implementation of research studies in resident education
• Develop methods for assessing resident competencies and professional characteristics
• Assist in developing goals and objectives for residency curriculum documentation

Funding: No information available on website

Number of Staff: 7 Faculty: 1 EdD, 4 PhD, 1 MD,1 MD, MS

Contact Info: No information available on website

Facilities: No information available on website

Mission and Goals: The Office of Educational Development provides programs, services and resources in support of the School of Medicine's teaching mission. These programs and resources serve course directors and faculty in general. Online resources are offered, and regular workshops are presented on topics of particular interest to school faculty through the Excellence in Teaching Program.

The Office of Educational Development's work lies in the following three areas, which represent central functions for which the medical school is accountable:

1. Helping to ensure that our graduates are competent and knowledgeable practitioners.
   OED contributes to this effort through its work in…
   • student assessment: including the development and administration of the Clinic Practice Exam, administration of the USMLE, development and administration of the Assessment and Item Management System, and assisting faculty with course-related exams, curriculum evaluation and development: including service on curriculum committees, new efforts to develop and implement a continuous quality improvement system for the curriculum, course evaluation, and assistance to faculty in course design and development faculty development: including the development and implementation of programs for on-campus, community, and AHEC faculty, as well as fellowship programs for primary care faculty academic skills development: including individual consultations and workshops for students needing to develop test-taking and study skills
2. Helping to ensure representation of minorities in the medical profession
   OED assists in the recruitment, preparation, and retention of underrepresented minority and disadvantaged students through its work in…
   • administering the MED program: which prepares promising students for the rigors of medical school recruitment of underrepresented minority students medical school admissions committee work participation in administration and evaluation of the Research Apprenticeship Program for high school students
3. Engaging in and producing scholarly work. While the substance of our work is encompassed by the areas described above, our efforts are characterized by a scholarly approach that allows us to make credible contributions both to the medical school and the larger medical education community.
   
   The structures that frame this scholarly work include…
   The OED research database project: which facilitates gathering and analyzing institutional data and evaluating programs, including the MED program and aspects of the curriculum the Center for research in Medical Education: a federally funded program to study effective educational approaches to the preparation of primary care practitioners.

Programs: Educational programs and resources for:
Course Directors & Faculty, Preceptors & Community Practitioners, Medical & Health Affairs Students, High School & College Students, Educational Researchers
Programs:

Services:

Community Preceptors & Practitioners
The Office of Educational Development provides a variety of opportunities for community-based preceptors and practitioners. These programs and resources serve a variety of constituents and take many forms, from fellowship programs and seminars to self-paced distance learning programs and a newsletter for community faculty. Continuing Medical Education credit (CME) is available for most of the programs.
Medical & Health Affairs Students
Consistent with our mission to help ensure that our graduates are competent and knowledgeable practitioners, the Office of Educational Development provide a variety of programs and resources for students.
High School and College Students
The Office of Educational Development sponsors several programs designed to encourage and support disadvantaged students in pursuing health careers. These programs begin in the middle school years, progress through high school (with RAP) and extend to the college years (MED). In addition, the Student National Medical Association (SNMA) sponsors additional programs which support similar age groups.
Educational Researchers
Many of OED's educational research efforts grow out of our on-going work in curriculum development and evaluation, student assessment, faculty development, and development and administration of programs to support diversity in the health professions.

Funding: No information available on website

Number of Staff: 25 Staff
1 Grad Assistant, 1 Contract Programmer, 1 Office Assistant Special Programs, 1 Coordinator Standardized Patient Program, 1 Research Database Coordinator, Learning/Assessment Coordinator, 1 Computer Programmer, 4 Office Assistant, 1 Educational Consultant and Coordinator AIMS, 1 Associate Director of OED and Curriculum Development Director, 1 Special Research Associate, 1 Associate Director of OED, Special Programs Director, Asst Dean for Admissions, 1 Computing Consultant, 1 Associate Director of Special Programs, 1 Office Assistant Visiting Clinician Program, 1 Special Programs Coordinator, 1 Research Assistant Professor, 1 Business Manager, 1 Faculty Development Coordinator, 1 Professor, 1 Coordinator, Curriculum Evaluation Projects, 1 Director of OED, Associate Dean for Educational Development 1 Educational Consultant and Standardized Patient Trainer

Contact Info: Carol P. Tresolini, PhD, Director, ctres@med.unc.edu
The Office of Educational Development
CB#7530 322 MacNider Building
UNC School of Medicine
UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7530
919-966-3641

Facilities: No information available on website

Mission and Goals: The College of Medicine Office of Educational Development and Support commenced operations in July 2001. The result of a merger between the former Educational Support Services and the Office of Educational Development and Research, the Office functions as part of the Dean's office division of Academic Affairs and is housed in the Basic Sciences Education Building. Dr. Chris Candler serves as the Associate Dean for Education and as the Director of the Office of Educational Development and Support.
The mission of this Office is to promote educational excellence through programs and services that support and advance the educational mission of the College of Medicine.

Programs: Educational Support
The objective of the support division of the Office of Educational Development and Support (OEDS) is to provide the support needed to assist the faculty in their efforts to educate students to become highly qualified health services practitioners, educators and research scientists. Our efforts include classroom and classlab scheduling, support for activities held in the Basic Sciences Education Building, and audiovisual equipment check out services. OEDS recently purchased an audience response system for use in the BSEB lecture halls. In addition to direct classroom support activities, OEDS provides test scoring and instrument shop/engraving services for all colleges. Through the Willed Body Program and the State Anatomical Board, OEDS provides the cadavers for all OUHSC programs as well as programs throughout the State.
Services and Activities

A/V Equipment
Audiovisual equipment is available free of charge for official OUHSC activities. Non-university groups may be charged.

To request Equipment, Contact Dana Wanzer 271-2424 bsebequp@ouhsc.edu

Classroom Support
The classroom support team is responsible for the acquisition, checkout and maintenance of audiovisual equipment used in the BSEB, which includes an audience response system. The response system consists of 180 uniquely numbered response pads, and a dedicated computer. (NOTE: Requests for TV/VCR and television related services should be directed to Television Services, 271-2318)
The following support is provided for classes held in the Basic Sciences Building;

• Set up for classses in the East, West, and Third Floor Lecture Halls (includes but not limited to: checking sound system, setting up slides, setting up computer/data projector, setting up for panel discussions
• Scheduling and setup of Audience Response System for use in the East or West lecture hall Audio record on request
• Provide a projectionist, as needed, for the lecture halls (during normal working hours only)
• Provide exam security and assist with exam distribution as required
• Distribute microscopes for student laboratory sessions
• Check-out/in for student use, slides and CD-ROM's
• Distribute lecture handout material and mail to students in the BSEB
• Take messages for and page students in the BSEB
• Set up small classrooms for special activities
• Setup, continuous monitoring, cleanup and tear-down of anatomy labs in the BSEB
(includes cadaver issue and cremations)

Test Scoring Services
Hours: 7:45 AM to 4:30 PM
Location: BSEB Room 100
Test Scoring Services uses a Scantron 8200 Scanner. Test scoring forms are Scantron Form No. F-1712; colleges are responsible for purchasing the test scoring sheets from the Scantron Corporation.
Data may be copied to a 3.5" diskette in Excel Format (departments must provide the diskette) There is NO CHARGE for this service; however, departments must provide their own answer sheets

The following statistical reports are available:

The following Gradebook Information is available:

Instrument and Engraving Shop
Located in the Basic Sciences Education Building
Services must be scheduled in advance by calling 271-2424
The Instrument Shop is equipped with the necessary machine tools to fabricate from metals like aluminum brass, steel, stainless steel and from plastics such as Plexiglas, nylon and delrin (examples: equipment modification or special adapters for research projects, repair or sharpening or special lab tools, etc.) We are available to help with many projects or problems; if we lack the equipment or expertise for your projects, we can help you locate an outside vendor and coordinate the job if desired-- Outside shop rates vary. Our shop rate is $28.00 per hour; estimates are free.
Public Facility Rates
The University of Oklahoma may make its facilities accessible for use for public events that are not sponsored by the University but which further the University's purpose or mission. However, the University first has an obligation to its students, faculty, and staff to accomplish its mission of higher education and secondly to the taxpayers of Oklahoma to protect against property and casualty losses. University Purposes: Student clubs and organizations, which are officially recognized by the Educational Services Office, are considered a part of the OUHSC for the use of OUHSC facilities; however, these recognized student clubs and organizations may not necessarily be provided liability protection by the State of Oklahoma for the event itself.
Non-University Purposes: Non-University sponsored activities are those organized and conducted by non-recognized student groups, community groups, local or national organizations, members of the public, and members of the OU community for non-University purposes.
Facility Coordinator: The individual responsible

Funding: No information available on website

Number of Staff: 13

Contact Info: Chris Candler, MD, Director, Associate Dean for Education, chris-candler@ouhsc.edu 271-9333, ext 48527

Facilities: No information available on website

Mission and Goals:
The HMS Office of Educational Development promotes the pursuit of excellence in teaching and learning. We aim to enrich the culture of teaching and learning at HMS through the development of a community of scholars engaged in the educational enterprise. To this end, we are dedicated to creating innovative programs, building new educational systsems, conducting research and mentoring.

In the general area of Curriculum Development, we work side by side with faculty to create, implement, and monitor courses, introduce innovative teaching methods, and investigate new educational technology. To expand the faculty knowledge base in education and enhance teaching skills, we provide programs for all new and experienced tutors in the techniques of the small-group tutorial, conduct sessions on clinical teaching, and create workshops and seminars upon faculty request. We offer personal assistance individual faculty who wish to improve their teaching in tutorials, lectures, laboratories, and clinics.

Assessment encompasses students' academic performance, professional growth and development, course and clerkship evaluation, and related activities. Recent projects focus on the development of new performance assessment techniques, a fourth year comprehensive examination, and uniform assessments across multiple clinical sites.

Born out of the realization that physicians need and want help with the art and science of teaching and learning, the OED plays a vital role in strengthening the educational activities of the medical school. Faculty from all departments and divisions work together in the OED toward the ideal of a stimulating curriculum that flows logically from the preclinical through the clinical years and enriches the educational offerings at the diverse clinical sites. Our aim is to work with the HMS faculty to provide a sound general medical education that will serve as the basis for the graduate education of many of the future leaders in medicine.

Programs:
Assessment Unit Information
The Assessment unit of the OED serves several functions that help implement and improve the Program in Medical Education. It is responsible for the application of the principles of educational research, evaluation, assessment and current measurement techniques to medical education at Harvard. In addition, the Assessment Unit also supervises information technology services for the OED. Major activities include:
Student Course Evaluations
Web based surveys for Years 1 & 2
Paper-based surveys for Years 3 & 4
Oversight and Coordination of School-Wide Exams
PDII OSCE in Year 2
Comprehensive OSCE in Year 3
Evaluation & Research Projects
Evaluation of the Macy-Institute
Evaluation of US-EU MEE project
Survey of HMS Graduates
Study of Feedback in Tutorial Groups
Relationships Between Clerkship Grades and Shelf-Exam Scores
Relationship of Clerkship Grade, Time from Beginning of Clerkship and OSC Score in Radiology
Study of How Well Second Year Students Learn Physical Diagnosis
Response Rates and Sample Size in Normal & WebBased Surveys in Medical Educaiton
Teaching
Harvard-Macy Institute Evaluation and Assessment Courses
Harvard Medical International Evaluation and Assessment Courses
Responsibility for Proposed Masters in Medical Education Management Evaluation and Assessment Track
OED Information Technology Services
The Assessment unit has taken on the oversight of IT/Web services for the OED. Much work has been done and will continue to upgrade the computer technology in the OED to the state of the art. We continue to support a mixed Mac/PC network. Additionally, more web-based projects have been launched by educators, requiring increasing support.
Surveys
Online Student Course Surveys
Faculty Development
Longitudinal Faculty Development
Faculty Development Workshops
System and Criteria for Promotion
Harvard Macy Institute
Established in 1994 with a $1.5 million grant from the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation and an additional $2 million in 1997, the Harvard Macy Institute aims to create and foster a community of scholars who work to promote innovative change in medical education. The institute is a collaborative effort of the Harvard Medical School, the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Harvard Business School. In 2001, the Institute began a new partnership with Harvard Medical International. This partnership will enable the Institute to create additional alliances with the global medical education community, providing opportunities to design and develop specific programs that address unique curricular planning efforts worldwide. Facilities from the three Harvard schools work together to design and implement two programs each year. The Program for Physician Educator targets physicians and basic scientists who have a strong interest in teaching and learning in the academic medicine environment but have no advanced training in education. The Program for Leaders in Medical Education is designed for those interested in learning more about techniques for promoting organization change.
Since its inception in 1994, the Institute has trained over 700 physician educators worldwide. This group has developed into an international alumni community committed to a lively ongoing dialogue on medical education reform.
MedEd News
MedEd News is published biannually by the Office of Educational Development at Harvard Medical School.
Its purpose is to provide a forum/medium for stimulating discussion and promoting the sharing of innovative ideas on teaching and learning in medical education.
United States-Europe Medical Educational Exchange Project (USEUMEE)
Since 1988, the HMS Office of Educational Development sponsors a multinational medical student exchange program that occurs in the Spring. The program selects 2-3 students from each of the 5 consortium schools for a one-month clinical training rotation at a partner institution across the Atlantic.
Partner institutions: Weill Medical College of Cornell University, Harvard Medical School, Ludwig Maxmillians University in Germany, Lund University in Sweden, and the University of Copenhagen in Denmark.

Endowments: No information available on webpage

# of Staff:
Program in Medical Education and Administration and Finances
1 Associate Dean - Educational Administration and Finances 1 Financial Systems Manager, 1 Financial Coordinator, 1 Staff Assistant
Assessment, Curriculum and Faculty Development
1 Director of Medical Education - M.D, 1 Director of Faculty Development - Ed.D., 1 Staff Assistant (Faculty Development) 1 Curriculum and Assessment Program Coordinator - M.Ed., 1 Coordinator of Faculty Development - Ph.D., 1 Evaluation and Assessment Manager - M.A., 1 Director of Curriculum Development - Ph.D., 1 Staff Assistant (Primary Care Clerkship), 1 Comp and OSCE Exam Coordinator, 1 Staff Assistant ( Educational Assessment and Financial Systems) 1 Staff Assistant

Contact Info:
Daniel Goodenough - Director of Medical Education
Daniel_goodenough@hms.harvard.edu
Facilities: No information available on webpage

Mission and Goals: The Office of Academic Information Systems is dedicated to advancing the School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine's Strategic Plan. We are a service-oriented organization committed to excellence in promoting, developing, and delivering information technology services and resources to the community, and facilitating their use. We support our users' efforts to respond to a dynamic environment by adopting appropriate new technologies, maintaining our core competencies, and acquiring new technical skills, knowledge, and resources to share with our users.

Programs: Portable Access Technology for Classroom Use Three classrooms and the main computing lab are equipped with E-podiums. Each has a high-end Dell computer with all the standard software and is attached to a ceiling mounted projector. The same 3 classrooms are also equipped with VCR's, DVD players, and overhead projectors. You can also bring in your laptop and plug it into the system. If you need a tutorial on this equipment before your class, please Email: ais@tulane.edu to set up an appointment. Please be sure to set aside about 30 minutes for the tutorial.
For portable access to technology, staff and faculty may borrow from a small pool of laptop computers with projectors that can be used in the classrooms that do not have E-podiums. These machines are intended for temporary use only, not to exceed class time. They are on a first come, first serve basis. Laptops are not loaned out for the entire summer or for an overseas trip. If you are interested in checking out a machine, contact the admissions department at 587-7642 or Email: smills@tulane.edu

Computing Facilities and Resources TUSPHTM

Endowments: No information available on webpage

# of Staff: No information available on webpage

Contact Info: No information available on webpage

Facilities: No information available on webpage

Mission & Goals: The Academy is established to advance the education of future physicians, by:

1. Supporting the educational activities and enhancing the skills of its members, who are recognized as committed, effective and innovative teachers at Harvard Medical School
2. Supporting the educational activities of, enhancing the skills of, and providing greater recognition for the entire community of teachers at Harvard Medical School
3. Supporting the development and implementation of innovative curriculum, educational resources and educational scholarship at Harvard Medical School.

Vision of Academy Activities A. The Academy is an organization designed to establish and support a community of scholars with abilities, commitment, and leadership in the teaching of medicine by:

1. Facilitating excellence in the teaching of medicine
2. Facilitating innovation in the teaching of medicine
3. Facilitating the choice of a career path with the teaching of medicine as a major component
4. Providing a locus for the exchange of ideas about the teaching of medicine
5. Providing a platform for enhanced interactions among basic, social, and clinical scientists
6. Acquiring new resources to support the teaching of medicine
7. Providing alternative means for distributing resources to support the teaching of medicine Financial, Educational, Programmatic

B. Members are outstanding teachers who:

1. Devote significant time to the teaching of medicine (ranging from 10-50%)
2. Develop innovative projects and programs
3. Participate in educational colloquia and workshops
4. Participate in membership meetings and an annual retreat
5. Represent the Academy at their home departments, education councils, and regional and national meetings

C. The Academy will develop new means to support its members, including:

1. Recognition as outstanding, effective, and innovative teachers
2. Support for educational activities and innovations
3. Advocacy for academic advancement (promotion)
4. Mentoring and career development
5. Salary support

D. The Academy will foster the teaching abilities and academic growth of its members and of the entire community of teachers at Harvard Medical School, by:

1. Program development activities
   1. Developing educational leadership programs
   2. Developing educational mentorship programs that:
      
      1. Enhance the mentoring of faculty members as teachers
      2. Enhance the mentoring of fellows, residents and students as teachers
   3. Developing career development programs
   4. Providing support for curricular innovation
   5. Targeting new resources to support teaching throughout the School
2. Course development activities
   1. Developing educational colloquia and workshop
   2. Providing innovative courses and workshops (including accredited courses) on the professional development of teachers
3. Advocacy activities
   1. Advocacy for contributions to the teaching mission of the School
   2. Advocacy on behalf of the entire teaching faculty

E. The Academy will contribute to curriculum design and development at Harvard Medical School, by:

1. Developing a strategic approach to the education of physicians that is research-based, economically viable, and professionally attractive, and that considers both the formal and the informal curriculum
2. Promoting the development of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary teaching programs (e.g. integration of basic and clinical teaching throughout the medical school curriculum)
3. Facilitating integrated (rather than departmental) approaches to undergraduate medical education

F. The Academy will support educational outreach by facilitating the interaction of its members with teachers at other academic medical institutions, possibly leading to faculty exchanges

G. The Academy will promote educational assessment, by:

1. Developing tools to evaluate teaching quality and effectiveness
2. Developing tools to evaluate educational scholarship
3. Evaluating the success of the Academy through quantitative and qualitative research on:
   1. Teaching time, quality and effectiveness
   2. Availability of teachers
   3. Promotion rates for teachers
   4. Educational Scholarship
   5. Faculty and student satisfaction with teaching and the learning environment
   6. Development of the expert teachers
   7. Educational program and curricular changes
   8. Structural/organizational changes
   9. Educational outreach (development of Academies at other medical schools)
   10. Career paths of Academy members

H. The Academy will develop close working relationships with:

1. The Academic Societies at Harvard Medical School
2. The Office of Educational Development at Harvard Medical School
3. Education and research programs at the Harvard-affiliated teaching hospitals
4. Medical Education and Leadership Programs at Harvard Medical International
5. Other Schools at Harvard University (e.g., Arts and Sciences, Business, Dental, Education, Government, Law, Public Health)
   1. By fostering teaching collaborations with other Schools at Harvard University
   2. By supporting joint programs with other Schools at Harvard University

I. The Academy will develop collaborations with Academies at other medical schools, including:

1. The Academy of Medical Educators at the University of California San Francisco
2. Other Academies at United States medical Schools (e.g., Mayo Clinic, Baylor)
3. Educational infrastructure unites ("Academies") at international medical schools

J. The Academy will provide a focus for fund-raising and grant writing activities to support the teaching mission at Harvard Medical School and at other organizations with which the Academy has a close working relationship

Programs: Harvard Medical School and the University of California at San Francisco are creating the UCSF/Harvard Academy of Medical Educators Collaborative to develop and share a national model that will provide new strategic approaches to medical education. These new approaches will:
1. foster excellence in teaching
2. facilitate integrated approaches to undergraduate medical education and
3. provide alternative means for distributing financial, educational and programmatic resources to support the teaching mission of medical schools. The Academy Collaborative will develop, implement, evaluate, and share nationally the results of a new strategic approach to medical education.
Will work in:
National Ressource and Outreach Activities
Develop and share nationally a strategic approach to medical education
Provide 'blueprints' for other medical schools
Promote links between institutions
Share faculty development programs and materials
Share faculty promotion strategies
Faculty Development and Advocacy for Teachers
Pool resources, experiences, creative approaches
Develop national and local faculty development programs
Provide a longitudinal CME program for Academy members
Develop new strategies for promotion of medical teachers
Educational Research and Scholarship
Assess needs locally and nationally
Carry out educational research, scholarship
Develop educational materials
Fundraising
Joint applications to support the Collaborative and raise funds for further support of teaching and medical education

Endowments: No information available on webpage

# of Staff: No information available on webpage

Contact Info:
The Academy at Harvard Medical School
Gordon Hall, Room 320
25 Shattuck Street
Boston, MA 02115
PH: 617-432-5401
Email: academy@hms.harvard.edu

Director
George E. Thilbault, MD

UCSF/Harvard Acadmy
Co-Directors: Elizabeth A. Rider, MSW, MD
from Harvard and
Molly Cooke, MD from UCSF
Facilities: No information available on webpage

Mission & Goals: The primary function of the Office for Educational Resources is to provide educational support services to the Medical School, School of Nursing and the Graduate Studies Program

Programs:
Anatomical Gift Program
Advanced Cardiac Life Support Training
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Ryan Case Method Room Reference Manual
Emergency Medical Technician Training
Lap Equipment
Media Services - which includes department for faculty support - helps faculty put together PowerPoint presentations, get microphones, AV and use the ARS system
Medical School Course Support
Models and Slides

On website - full course manual and description of many of the options offered through the office.
Please refer to http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/smd/oer/ for full detail.

Endowments: No information available on webpage

# of Staff: No information available on webpage

Contact Info: No information available on webpage

Facilities: No information available on webpage

Mission & Goals:
Increase the scholarship of discovery, integration of knowledge within and between disciplines, teaching, application. This Goal will be accomplished through the following activities:

1. Create a dialogue with faculty and administration that will increase the awareness and interest in the scholarship of discovery, integration, teaching, and application
2. Consultation with faculty on the writing of publishable materials
3. Conducting of workshops on writing for professional journals

Provide leadership, advocacy, support and assistance to administrators and faculty in improving professional growth, evaluation techniques, leadership skills, the quality of the scholarship of teaching and the ability to participate in interdisciplinary activities. This goal will be accomplished through the following activities:

1. To support individuals, departments, and others inthier efforts to achieve their instructional teaching goals
2. To sponsor workshops, seminars, orientation sessions, and other efforts to improve the teaching/learning environment of the campus to acquaint administration and faculty with innovation instructional techniques, pedagogical research and effective teaching, and state of the art instructional technology to enhance education.
3. To foster a professional dialogue among faculty and administration concerning effective teaching and learning and evaluation of those efforts
4. To establish a formal Orientation Program for all faculty new to the Dental Branch.
5. To provide evaluation expertise to enhance the faculty's abilities to structure, develop, and evaluate courses and curriculum by collaborating with the DB Evaluation Committee, Curriculum Committee, and individual chairs and faculty
6. assist in establishing a mechanism and process for the valid, reliable and objective evaluation of faculty by students, department chairs, and the Dean
7. To develop, pilot test, evaluate and implement a Peer Review System of the faculty.
8. To assist in establishing a mechanism and process for the valid, reliable, and objective evaluation of administration by faculty, peers and the Dean.
9. To provide consultation and mentoring on the promotion and tenure process, the Six Year Review, and portfolio development
10. To develop a formal Faculty Mentoring Program
11. To provide individual consultation to support faculty development
12. To provide a professional development program for department chairs to further the development of leadership and management skills
13. To conduct annual salary equity studies and consults with chairs and administration to ensure equity

Provide leadership, expertise, in the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of new educational technologies. This will be accomplished by:

1. Fostering a dialogue with the Dental Branch Community on the use of educational technologies in teaching and evaluation of students and calibration of faculty
2. Consultation with faculty, administration, and staff to determine: a) Their educational needs and objectives b) The appropriate technological approach to meet those needs and objectives and c) The design, development, implementation and evaluation of that approach
3. Establish a Simulation Steering Committee to investigate the use of simulation in pre-clinical and clinical teaching of undergraduate dental students and to make recommendations on the use, implementation and evaluation of that simulation environment

Promote sensitivity among administration, faculty and staff to cultural and gender differences

1. The OERPD will establish an ad hoc committee on diversity that will provide the Dental Branch Community with an assessment of the current environment, recommendations for finance, and implementation strategies. This will be a one-year study.
2. Sensitivity regarding cultural and gender differences will also be promoted through the workshops offered by the Office of Professional Development

Office of Educational Research and Professional Development Activities

1. To engage in the scholarship of teaching and research on learning
2. To engage in the scholarship of professional development
3. To promote cultural diversity and sensitivity among the Dental Branch Community
4. To engage in the formalization of interdisciplinary activities among HSC schools
5. To conduct exit interviews of all departing faculty and administration
6. To explore and communicate the potential of the application of new technologies to educaiton
7. To test the efficacy of new technologies in Dental Education

To assist in the development and evaluation of instructional teaching simulations

Programs:
The OERPD provides the following Services

1. Individual consultation on faculty development needs and issues
2. Provides expertise for Educational Research
3. Conducts New Faculty Orientation
4. Provides resources and expertise to faculty on teaching and evaluation
5. Introduces new instructional methodologies including case-based or problem-based learning to transform courses
6. Assessment of teaching effectiveness
7. Consults on the appropriate use of instructional technologies in teaching and learning
8. Consults on design and implementation of Dental Branch Program Communication and Promotions
9. Consultation on promotion and tenure process plus portfolio development
10. Consultation on salary equity issues with chairs and other administration
11. Conduct Exit Interviews for faculty and administrators
12. To provide a series of professional development seminars for staff to further
13. To assist Dental Branch personnel in developing their communication skills and conflict prevention skills
14. To provide a forum for faculty, administration, and staff for discussion of concerns relating to their work
15. Provides workshops and seminars on needed topics
16. Mentoring

Policies:

1. All consultations are confidential matters between the OERPD and the client
2. All members of the DB are eligible to use the resources of the office

Endowments: No information available on website

# of Staff:
1 Associate Dean: Paula O'Neill, EdD (Paula.N.ONeill@uth.tmc.edu)
1 Director, Educational Assessment and Technology: C. David Taylor, EdD
(713.500.4535; David.Taylor@uth.tmc.edu)
1 Staff: Rebecca L. Lopez Title: Administrative Assistant I Phone: 713.500.4320
E-Mail: Rebecca.L.Lopez@uth.tmc.edu

Facilities: No information available on website

Mission & Goals:
The mission of the Kresge Center for Nursing Research (KCNR) is to support scientific inquiry and expansion of the knowledge base of nursing and health care. The Kresge Center is able to further its mission by facilitating faculty research, conducting collaborative research with community health care agencies, supporting student research and generating proposals seeking external funding.

The goals of the Kresge Center for Nursing Research are:

• to expand the body of knowledge in health care and nursing science.
• to provide research consultation service to nursing and other university faculty as well as to local regional, state, and national health service providers.
• to increase faculty productivity in generating external funding.
• to assist masters and doctoral students in theses and dissertations.
• to provide undergraduate students with opportunities to participation research activities.
• to encourage nursing faculty to conduct collaborative research projects with other university faculty as well as with local, regional, state, and national health care agencies.

Programs:
Extensive research support is available for all DSON students and faculty
Available services include:

These services are also available for a fee to those outside Binghamton University
Research Projects:
AIDSNET
Alzheimer's Disease
American Lung Association - Open Airways For Schools - Asthma Project
Domestic Violence
Greek - American Health Risk Comparison
Health Promotion
Investigation of Lead Levels In Pregnant Women An Young Children
Multiple Sclerosis Community Needs Assessment
New York State RN Workforce Data Project
New York State School Health Report Card
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospice Community Assessment
Teen Assessment Project (TAP)
Teen Net
The SCNY Worth the Wait Project
United Health Services - Asthma Project
Endowments: No information available on website
# of Staff:
1 Director, Gale A. Spencer, R.N., Ph.D
1 Assistant Director and Manager of Information and Research Systems, A. Serdar Atav, Ph.D.,
1 Research Associate, Yvonne Johnston, R.N., M.S., C.S., F.N.P.
1 Administrative Assistant, Rene Conklin
A group of faculty fellows consisting of professors consisting of professors from the Decker School of Nursing as well as from other schools in the University, also participate in collaborative research projects at the Kresge Center.
Contact Info: http://dson.binghamton.edu/kresge.htm#top
Facilities: No information available on website

Mission & Goals:
Vision: The Centre is dedicated to the achievement of excellence in research and practice in health professional education

Mission: The Centre is composed of individuals engaged in educational scholarship and professional educational consulting aimed at improving the education of future health professionals. It is the home to any member of Faculty who wants to do educational research as an academic career focus.

The Centre will be a force in Canada and internationally for education research. It will initiate, conduct and foster research with the goal of improving the education of health care professionals. It will create a focal point for University of Toronto, Faculty of Medicine researchers and visiting scholars to enable educational research and practice to reach high levels of understanding and application. It will bind together all Faculty of Medicine researchers in this area so that individual work will be improved by presentation, critical feedback and support.

The Centre will become a leading world player in health professional education research. It will be productive and progressive in its approach to research and to its collaborating researchers. It will have an international outlook, by collaborating with institutions in Canada and in other countries and by attracting visiting scholars to spend time at the Centre.

It will actively participate in and collaborate with the other four Ontario schools, in promoting and developing graduate degree programs (MEd, MA, EdD, PhD).

These programs will ensure that the research reputation of the Centre will be enhanced, while offering career opportunities for students and faculty in health professional education and research.

The Centre will stimulate the interest of the faculty in education research, educational development and faculty development leading to the creation of a network of faculty involved in medical education. Additionally, the Centre will provide professional advice and consultation to members of the Faculty of Medicine.

The Centre is expected to grow on the strength of its research accomplishments, its developing national and international reputation and on its ability to attract excellent, established researchers and potentially excellent young researchers. The education of future physicians and health professionals will depend less on tradition and experience than upon a sound empirical research basis. Thus the mission of the Centre is focused on research that will enhance the education of future health care providers. In contributing to better education, the Centre will play an increasingly vital, societal role.

Programs:
Fellowship in Surgical Education, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto
Masters Degree in Higher Education with Specialization in Health Professional Education
MHSc Professional Research Degree Program: Family & Community Medicine Stream

Objectives:

The Centre will:

1. Conduct a program of research which will be drawn from:
   • Learners, learning and learning environments and their evaluation and improvement.
   • Teachers and teaching evaluation and improvement.
   • Informatics in health professional education.
   • Computer assisted instruction.
   • Clinical and technical skills assessment.
   • Interdisciplinary projects in cognitive sciences regarding clinical problem solving, critical thinking and memory.
   • Health Sciences Faculties collaborative projects related to educational and practice outcomes of health professional education.
   • Faculty development.



2. Encourage and support diverse individual research initiatives.



3. Set funded research targets for the short terms (1-3 yrs) and long term (5-10 years).



4. Set targets for peer review publications and scholarly presentations for both the short and long term, using current publication track records as a base line.



5. Be used by faculty members as the vehicle enabling them to advance their academic careers through education research.



6. Establish a consortium of Ontario Medical Schools to act as guide and stimulus for the continuing development of the Masters and higher level degree programs in Health Professional Education.
7. Graduate from the Masters and higher level degree programs a cadre of educators who will be leaders in education in their respective departments.



8. Reestablish the Medical Schools educational place in national (e.g. ACMC) and international (e.g. AAMC) organizations.



9. Provide advice and consultation related to education issues and problems with emphasis on undertakings with a research/evaluation potential.



10. Achieve recognition, by appointments, awards and research productivity, as being a leader in the field of education research.



11. Attract at least one eminent visiting scholar in the field each year to conduct research and present research ideas and findings.



12. Produce and widely disseminate an annual report of the Centres research, education and consulting accomplishment

Endowments: No information available on website

# of Staff: 1 Director, 2 Administrative Assistants, 9 Educational Scientists, 1 Educational Researcher, 1 Research Coordinator, 1 Special Projects Manager, 1 Systems Administrator, 2 Special Project Coordinators, 1 Director - Standardized Patient Program (MEd),2 Associate Directors - Standardized Patient Program, 1 Administrative Assistant - Standardized Patient Program, 1 Research Officer - Standardized Patient Program, 1 Director - The Peters-Boyd Academy
1 MD/MEd/FRCPC, 1MD/MA/EdD, 7PhD, 1PhD/MA, 1 Faculty Emeritus, 1MeD, 1Doctoral Student

Contact Info: Brian Hodges, Director brian.hodges@utoronto.ca
http://cre.med.utoronto.ca/cre/vision.htm

Facilities: No information available on website