Grading Systems Trends, Goals, and Challenges (Building Better Curriculum) - September 25, 2024

Clerkship grading, and best methods of assessment of clerkship students’ performance, are hotly debated topics in U.S. medical education. Drs. Aagaard and Hauer will discuss the purpose of and challenges with clerkship assessment and grading related to fairness, equity, learning and wellbeing. They will provide an overview of the varied approaches used at US medical schools and their advantages and limitations. They will discuss principles and frameworks that can inform efforts to address the ongoing challenges, including promotion of competency-based education, management of tensions in assessment, and recognition and mitigation of bias in assessment. This webinar provides essential background on innovations in clerkship assessment and grading.

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Karen E. Hauer MD, PhD
Vice Dean for Education and Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

Karen Hauer, MD, PhD, is Vice Dean for Education and Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). As Vice Dean, she is responsible for postbaccalaureate premedical, undergraduate, graduate and continuing medical education across the multiple UCSF clinical training sites. In her prior position as Associate Dean for Competency Assessment and Professional Standards, she designed and led the program of assessment in the UCSF School of Medicine Bridges curriculum and developed and directed the School’s medical student coaching program. For this work, she led the team which received the ASPIRE international award for excellence in student assessment. She is an active researcher in medical education and a research mentor for fellows, residents, students, and faculty with a focus on competency-based medical education, learner assessment, equity in assessment, coaching and remediation. In 2015, she completed a PhD in Medical Education through a joint program with UCSF and the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands. She received the 2024 Hubbard Award from the NBME for excellence in medical education assessment. She has served on leadership committees with the National Board of Medical Examiners and Macy Foundation, served as deputy editor for the journal Medical Education, and is past president of the Clerkship Directors in Internal Medicine national organization.

Eva Marie Aagaard, MD, FACP
Vice Chancellor and Senior Associate Dean for Education
Washington University School of Medicine

Eva Aagaard, MD, is the Loeb Endowed Professor, Vice Chancellor and Senior Associate Dean for Education at Washington University School of Medicine. She oversees health professions education across the continuum and graduate training. She spearheaded large-scale curriculum reform in the MD program and development of multiple initiatives to support educators.