This workshop introduces participants to the principles of score reliability and validity, using a combination of didactics and review of medical education research projects. The workshop is divided into two parts with group exercises designed to reinforce understanding of the main principles.

Staff, students, and faculty are routinely stepping away from our institutions for leaves of absence. Whether attending to personal matters or addressing an academic or professional lapse, they typically return to work or school with very little opportunity to either reconnect with their peers or reorient to the demands of their roles. Reentry and reintegration processes grounded in restorative practices offer impactful, sustainable, and humanistic practices that transform the way people step away from and return to our communities. This webinar will describe the restorative framework for reentry and offer some concrete actions for establishing values-aligned practices for bringing people back into our institutions.

This two-part series will demonstrate how to implement restorative insights and strategies to resolve conflict, collaborate effectively across differences, and navigate academic medicine’s evolving landscape. Attendees will learn how conflict within a team influences collaboration and impact, and how to begin defining a restorative practice framework for their institution that includes shifting mindsets, embracing uncertainty, and creating environments where all team members can express their perspectives and experiences.

The AAMC IDEAS Learning Series provides actionable information that you can put into practice to foster respect and belonging, respond to discrimination, and maximize individual potential within the academic medicine community.

Join us for this AAMC-hosted Specialty Spotlight webinar.