Maine Rural Healthcare Education Grand Rounds

In a partnership between MaineHealth, Northern Light Health, Central Maine Medical Center and Maine-Dartmouth Family Residency Program, the MERGE Collaborative is a first-of-its-kind opportunity to develop new rural residency rotations at hospitals and community-based healthcare centers across the state with a focus on giving medical residents experience caring for Maine’s diverse socio-economic, racial and regional populations.

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Stay Calm, Teach On: Managing Stress while Precepting

Frank Bailey EdD

This 30-minute virtual session will enhance rural preceptors’ intentionality in using emotional intelligence skills effectively in precepting and patient care while acknowledging their busy schedules. Participants will be able to:
- Recognize the components of emotional intelligence and their relevance in precepting and clinical practice.
- Apply strategies to communicate with learners effectively.
- Develop a personal approach to managing stress and integrating learner engagement into clinical workflows without increasing workload.
AI Supported Precision Medical Education

Kalli Varaklis

This 30-minute virtual session will review how artificial intelligence is impacting the field of medical education and how it can be used to improve outcomes. Participants will be able to:
- Understand the limitations of competency-based education
- Appreciate how is Augmented Intelligence is being utilized in Education NOW
- Explore how AI can support GME education in the future
Rupture and Repair: DEIA Accountability Measures in Practice

Tonya Bailey-Curry LCSW

This 30-minute virtual session on taking accountability for harm related to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA) in healthcare settings will focus on explaining the concepts, sharing best practices for accountability, and providing actionable steps for individuals and organizations. Participants will be able to:
- Understand the role of accountability in DEIA
- Identify different forms of harm in DEIA contexts
- Distinguish between intent and impact in harmful situations
- Create action plans for implementing accountability practices
Models for Medical Education in a Clinical Setting

Marc D. Kimball MD

This 30-minute virtual session will overview strategies and techniques for preceptors to be more effective. Participants will be able to:
- Understand the principles of Adult Learning Theory
- Implement the “One Minute Preceptor” tool to help with effective teaching in a clinical setting
- Implement the “BID” tool for teaching procedures/physical exam skills in a clinical setting
Supporting Healthcare Learners with Disabilities

Bethany Picker MD

This 30-minute virtual session will overview strategies and techniques to support learners with disabilities in a healthcare setting. Participants will be able to:
- Define disability in a health education setting
- Value learners with disability within a DEI framework
- Recognize the risks of un/mismanaged disability
- Appreciate the role of the preceptor in supporting learners with disabilities
Wellness and Mindfulness to Increase Retention and Reduce Burnout

Kelley Strout and MERGE Collaborative

This 30-minute virtual session will overview WellNurse, an interprofessional, holistic wellness intervention designed to promote resilience and reduce burnout.

Participants will be able to:

-Understand the impact of emotional well-being and stress on nursing student’s retention and on-time graduation.

-Define mindfulness

-Explore evidence-based intervention options for nurses and healthcare professionals and their use in student populations.
Navigating Difficult Feedback Conversations with Learners

Thomas Gearan MD, FACP and MERGE Collaborative

Learning Objectives:

-Apply relationship-centered communication skills to your feedback conversations with learners

-Identify factors that positively and negatively influence learner perspective of feedback credibility

-Develop an approach to navigating difficult feedback conversations
Recognizing & Supporting Neurodivergent Traits in Medical Learners

Rebecca Stetzer MD and MERGE Collaborative

This 30-minute virtual session will cover how to approach struggling learners with a neurodiversity lens with the goal of optimizing support efforts.

Participants will be able to:

- Identify ways in which neurodivergent traits may present in the clinical learning environment

- Recognize the strengths and challenges encountered by medical learners with neurodivergent traits

- Consider ways to adapt teaching approaches and environments to support neurodivergent learners, even if not disclosed
Integrating Addiction Care into Healthcare Provider Education

Eva Querion NP, PhD and MERGE Collaborative

This 30-minute virtual session will address the need for addiction awareness and give strategies to frame addiction awareness in the clinical education setting. Participants will be able to:

- State at least one reason why it is important for new health care providers to understand and treat addiction

- Recognize and correct stigmatizing language and attitudes related to people who use drugs and alcohol

- Identify and address at least one barrier to the integration of addiction care into the education of health providers
Structural Competency and Migrant Farmworker Health

Cheryl K. Seymour MD and MERGE Collaborative

This 30-minute virtual session will introduce the concept of structural competency in medical education through the example of migrant and seasonal farmworker (MSFW) health.

Participants will:

- Expand their clinical thinking to include structural causes of illness

- Define and apply structural competency as a framework using a shared vocabulary

- Explore the concepts of structural violence and structural interventions through examples from MSFW healthcare
Time Efficient Teaching

Jason Hine and MERGE Collaborative

This 30-minute virtual session will cover the educationally enriching roles learners can play to support clinical operations and share presentation techniques in the clinical teaching setting. Learning objectives for this session include:

- Identify and list specific teaching techniques that may improve the efficiency of teaching in the clinical setting.

- Create a plan for improving teaching efficiency that includes at least two specific teaching techniques.
Billing for Things Learners Do

Jim Jarvis MD, FAAFP and MERGE Collaborative

This 30-minute virtual presentation will cover allowable billing practices when learners are part of your practices including:

-The difference in billing practices between differing types of learners and different locations of care

- What services rendered by a learner are allowable for billing

- How Learners can assist in raising efficiency in your practice and increase revenue
Competency-Based Evaluation and Assessment

Annie Derthick PhD and MERGE Collaborative

This 30-minute virtual session will cover the foundations of competency-based medical evaluation (CBME) to enhance the feedback clinician educators provide their learners.

We will cover:

The General Principles of CBME

Optimizing Assessment Methods

Providing Effective Feedback

Managing the Assessment Burden of CBME
Teaching in the Rural Outpatient Setting

Kalli Varaklis MD, MSEd and MERGE Collaboration

This 30-minute virtual session will cover a variety of topics to help any medical professional in productive teaching sessions in a clinical setting including:

“The One-Minute Preceptor”

Technique Time Efficiency with a Learner

Increasing Learner Engagement