The summaries here represent the work of Academy Scholars, produced during a two-year period of professional development and scholarly work in health professions education.
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Using Social Media to Increase Engagement and Decrease "Neurophobia" in Learners
Sarah Dodwell MD
Adding a social media component to undergraduate medical education courses can increase and prolong student engagement.
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Development of an Onboarding Curriculum for Advance Practice Providers
Mark Goode PA-C
Given the changes in healthcare and patient acuity new graduate Advanced Practice Providers require increased time for orientation to develop clinical acumen, service logistics and efficiencies. The APP advance onboarding program for Hospital medicine is designed to support the early growth of our new graduate colleagues.
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Enhancing the MMC Addiction Medicine Elective Curriculum for Medical Students
Sarah Hipkens MD
Enhancing a trauma-informed addiction medicine curriculum for Tufts medical students by defining course objectives, creating learner assignments and improving hands-on training.
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Professional Medical Writing & the Publication Process
Tim Kenny MLS
Navigating the professional writing & publishing landscape can be intimidating and time consuming for the working healthcare professional.
This course provides familiarity, tips, & best practices to mitigate barriers; especially for first time authors & investigators.
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A Healthcare Ethics Curriculum for MaineHealth Clinical Ethics Committees
Laura Madigan-McCown DBe, HEC-C
Healthcare professionals who sit on ethics committees have widely varying experience and understanding of hospital ethics consultation resources. A curriculum for ethics committee members should provide a range of depth, breadth and flexibility to meet the needs of all ethics committee members.