Competency Based Medical Education (CBME) is a paradigm shift that places individual and community health outcomes front and center. CBME provides a framework for educators to develop instructional and assessment approaches to achieve desired equitable patient outcomes. CBME implementation is ongoing in undergraduate and graduate medical education in the U.S. and internationally and is of broad interest to educators and learners across the medical education continuum as the health care community at large seeks to address the persistent inequities in our health care, education, and assessment systems.

As described by Van Melle et al (Acad Med 2019), authentic implementation of CBME involves 5 core components: 1) a set of outcomes, 2) sequenced progression of competencies, 3) learning tailored to competencies, 4) teaching tailored to competencies, and 5) programmatic assessment. Many medical specialties in the U.S. have defined the outcomes (core component 1) for their specialty using the Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs)—observable activities expected of physicians—practicing in a given specialty.

This session will highlight how implementation of CBME’s core components, utilizing EPAs as outcomes, can be a driver for equity in the learning environment. Panelists will discuss the challenges that exist in the current clinical learning environment, with a focus on trust and its role in the implementation of CBME. Using one of the pediatric EPAs as a practical example (“Use of Population Health Strategies and Quality Improvement Methods to Promote Health and Address Racism, Discrimination, and Other Contributors to Inequities Among Pediatric Populations”), this session will conclude with a discussion of how the CBME outcomes framework, and specifically the EPAs, can be used to advance equity in patient care.

About IDEAS
The AAMC IDEAS (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Anti-racism) Learning Series provides actionable information about DEI strategies that you can put into practice to become a more effective and successful leader, educator, and member of the academic medicine community.

This webinar will cover the 2025 AAMC Fee Assistance Program benefits, eligibility requirements and the application process.  The webinar also includes time for live Q&A with AAMC's Fee Assistance Program experts.

Shannon Vines
AMCAS Operations Manager

Bianca Lipford
Lead Document Processing Associate

Jennifer Cleary
AMCAS Operations Manager

Mikala Harris
Lead Document Processing Associate

Join Medical Education Learning Specialist, Dr. Shavonia Wynn, and the AAMC for an engaging and interactive webinar where we'll explore crucial aspects of effective MCAT® preparation.  

The session will empower you with evidence-based active learning techniques to help improve your scores. Discover how to get started with your MCAT prep through long-term study techniques and efficient time management tactics—essential for conquering the MCAT exam and success in medical school.

Don't miss this opportunity to enhance your MCAT journey and be a part of an informative webinar that goes beyond conventional study methods.

Shavonia Wynn, PhD
Medical Education Learning Specialist

Dr. Shavonia Wynn has 10 years’ experience in medical education testing (MCAT, Shelf Exams, and USMLE Step 1 & 2) and over 15 years of experience within higher education learning and academic support. Currently, she works as a Medical Education Learning Consultant for several medical schools and national organizations including the Medical College of Georgia, Morehouse School of Medicine, the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), and MedEd Learning to name a few. Previously, Dr. Wynn held pivotal roles, including Director of Student Success Programs at Frist College of Medicine at Belmont University, Director of the Johns Hopkins JUMP program, and an eight-year tenure as a Learning Specialist at the UA College of Medicine – Phoenix. In her capacity as a Learning Specialist, she directly engages with medical students, delivering comprehensive academic support from matriculation to graduation.

Dr. Wynn earned her M.Ed. in Student Affairs – Higher Education Administration and her PhD in Curriculum & Instruction. Her dissertation focused on improving MCAT reasoning and self-efficacy among Black pre-med students.

Lauren Bauser
Director, MCAT Preparation

This webinar was originally presented as a session at the recent Group on Business Affairs (GBA) and Group on Institutional Planning (GIP) Joint Spring Meeting in April. Because of its popularity and timely focus, it was chosen to be put forth as part this year’s GBA/GIP Virtual Programming that the Groups co-host throughout the year.

Recognizing the need to better understand clinical effort definitions, especially as the pediatric specialty workforce has decreased, the Association of Administrators in Academic Pediatrics (AAAP) and American Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs (AMSPDC) began a partnership to help pediatric leadership groups across the U.S. and Canada.

After initial collaborative discussions in 2019, a demonstration project was launched to gain an understanding of institutions’ general definitions as they relate to overall full-time equivalent (FTE) expectations and how institutions interpreted and reported billable clinical FTE (cFTE). This session will highlight the process, the knowledge gained, and next steps in the journey to develop more accurate clinical work benchmarks.

The AAMC is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org

Attendance at this webinar will provide 1 hour of Continuing Professional Education credits in the areas of Business Management and Organization. The program level for this meeting is basic. The delivery method is Group-Internet. No prerequisites or advance preparation is required. For more information regarding AAMC administrative policies, please contact Heather Sacks at hsacks@aamc.org.

After completing this webinar, you will be able to:

• Understand the value of why and how the AAAP and AMSPDC initiated this clinical activity demonstration project.
• Understand key insights in what to consider when exploring the topic of cFTE and determining clinical hours worked.       
• Understand the primary recommendations and framework the AAAP/AMSPDC teams have developed to create a common knowledge and language around clinical effort.

You will be issued 1 credit for every 50 minutes you spend participating in a session. Partial credits will be given after the first credit is issued.

What are the novel, engaging, and evidence-based ways in which visual arts-based pedagogy can help enhance the well-being of health professions learners?

Join us on January 15 at 12pm ET for an insightful and interactive webinar on how to enhance well-being through the use of visual arts in health professions education. Participants will take part in a visual arts exercise, then three health professions educators will describe the visual arts programs they designed using evidence-based strategies to enhance flourishing, build common ground and increase well-being across learner levels. Don't miss this opportunity to learn about ways to enhance your teaching practice and uplift the well-being of your educational community!   

Learning Objectives:

After the session, participants will be able to:

1. Summarize existing evidence supporting the use of the visual arts in health professions education for well-being.
2. Describe three arts-based wellbeing programs across the continuum of medical education.

Kamna Balhara, MD, MA, FACEP
Co-Director, Health Humanities at Hopkins Emergency Medicine Johns Hopkins University

Margaret S. Chisolm, MD
Director, The Paul McHugh Program for Human Flourishing
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Deepthiman Gowda, MD, MPH, MS
Assistant Dean for Medical Education
Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine

Former U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary, President Emeritus of Morehouse School of Medicine and Chairman of the Sullivan Commission The Honorable Louis W. Sullivan, MD, will deliver the annual Herbert W. Nickens Award lecture on the importance of institutions in our society.

The Herbert W. Nickens Award was established by the AAMC in 2000 to honor the late Herbert W. Nickens, MD, MA, and his lifelong concerns about the educational, societal, and health care needs of racial and ethnic minorities. This award is given to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to promoting justice in medical education and health care. Learn more about the Herbert W. Nickens Award here.

About IDEAS
The AAMC IDEAS (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Anti-racism) Learning Series provides actionable information about DEI strategies that you can put into practice to become a more effective and successful leader, educator, and member of the academic medicine community.

In this session, the skills of scholarly writing will be explored through the lens of analyzing a manuscript that was accepted for publication. The participants will examine review criteria that are used by healthcare education journals and apply them to a sample manuscript. In discussing scholarly writing the participants will make a decision about the type of feedback they would give to the authors of the sample paper. 

At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

1. Identify the components of a scholarly publication;
2. Discuss how to frame a problem statement;
3. Identify an effective Research Question;
4. Discuss whether the Design/method is appropriate to the question;
5. Discuss whether the authors have applied the best data collection methods to the appropriate sample;
6. Understand the Results section and how to present results in a clear manner.

Recordings will be made available for viewing following the completion of each workshop. Viewing of recordings may not be substituted for participation in live workshops.

This workshop is a part of the MERC Virtual Workshop 2024 - Series 4.

This workshop helps participants prepare their data for analysis and be able to answer questions about their data that a statistician will likely ask when providing consultation. 

At the end of the workshop the participants will be able to:

1. Collect data;
2. Set up data files;
3. Enter data into data files;
4. Check and clean data prior to analysis;
5. Compare my sample to my population;
6. Address statistical issues discussed during consultation with a statistician (e.g., Type I & II errors, power, effect sizes).

Recordings will be made available for viewing following the completion of each workshop. Viewing of recordings may not be substituted for participation in live workshops.

This workshop is a part of the MERC Virtual Workshop 2024 - Series 4.

Please review your subtotal before checking out. The cost of registration is $125 per workshop. Your total should not be $1,000 unless you intended to register for 8 workshops. If your subtotal is incorrect, please return to the choose your workshops tab and review your selections.

MERC Overview 

The Medical Education Research Certificate (MERC) program is intended to provide the knowledge necessary to understand the purposes and processes of medical education research, to become informed consumers of the medical education research literature, and to be effective collaborators in medical education research. Alone, MERC is not intended to produce independent medical education researchers.

The program is open to all who are interested in improving their educational research skills and is targeted for those with a background in medical education but relatively less experience in conducting educational research. The courses are targeted for clinicians and other educators who desire to learn research skills that will enable collaborative participation in medical education research projects.

Curriculum

Each three-hour workshop focuses on a key skill or area in educational research, emphasizes opportunities for hands-on activities and active participation, so as to maximize the applicability of the workshop principles. Six workshops of the participant's choosing must be completed to qualify for the certificate. These workshops can be taken in any order.

Certificate

Those interested in receiving a MERC Certificate must complete six workshops. In order to receive a MERC Certificate, you must first complete six workshops. Upon completion, you may request your certificate. Certificates are sent via email at the end of each month. There is no fee associated with the certificates at this time.

Registration and Fees

The cost for registration is $125 per workshop. You may register for all eight workshops in this series, or select a single workshop from our a la carte menu. 

Cancellations and Refunds

Please note that refunds will not be issued.  If you have any questions, contact the MERC staff merc@aamc.org. 

Faculty physician recruitment and retention continues to be one of the top challenges facing academic medical centers (AMCs). The AAMC has partnered once again with SullivanCotter, a nationally recognized consulting firm with deep expertise in the AMC space, to conduct a survey of AAMC-member institutions that was focused specifically on faculty physician recruitment and retention. During this webinar, SullivanCotter will present several findings from this survey, as well as provide industry perspectives and insights, and an overview of the changing workforce dynamics impacting physician recruitment, retention, and compensation strategy.

Panelists from AMCs will discuss the ways in which recruitment and retention have impacted their institutions and how they are addressing their challenges through both compensation and strategic workforce planning. We anticipate a highly engaging and robust discussion, given the overarching role that this topic has on compensation and strategy.

This webinar is hosted by the Group on Business Affairs (GBA) and the Group on Faculty Practice (GFP), and open to anyone working at an AAMC member institution.

Please use Google Chrome, Firefox, Edge or Safari on this registration site. Problems with registration? Questions about webinar registration can be directed to aamc@commpartners.com. Other questions can be directed to Shawn Rosen-Holtzman.