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AAS Town Hall Webinar – Academic Surgery in the Time of COVID – 19 : How to Optimize Educational Experiences During the Pandemic

AAS Town Hall Webinar

Academic Surgery in the Time of COVID-19

How to Optimize Your Educational Experiences During the Pandemic


In this time of the COVID-19 pandemic, many academic institutions are facing challenges in how to best educate both medical student and residents. In this webinar titled Association for Academic Surgery Town Hall, the leaders and experts in surgical education will discuss strategies on how to optimize your educational programs during the pandemic. Topics to be covered in this webinar will include virtual learning strategies for medical students and residents, skills for educators on running a virtual learning session and how to maintain a simulation/skills curriculum during the pandemic.

Topics:
  • Virtual learning strategies for medical students and residents
  • How to run a successful online teaching session as an educator
  • How to continue and expand your skills and simulation program at a distance
Session Moderators:

Kathleen S. Romanowski, MD, MAS, FACS
Assistant Professor, Division of Burn Surgery, University of California, Davis and Shriners Hospitals for Children Northern California

Brenessa Lindeman, MD, MEHP, FACS
Assistant Professor; Associate Program Director, UAB General Surgery Residency; Department of Surgery; University of Alabama at Birmingham

Agenda
Panelist
Presenting
Dawn Elfenbein, MD, MPH, FACS
Associate Professor
Department of Surgery
University of Wisconsin
Virtual Learning Strategies for Medical Students

Presented Resources:
  • American College of Surgeons resources: https://www.facs.org/education/cme-platform/resources/virtualizing
  • AAMC resources for medical schools during the COVID-19 pandemic https://www.aamc.org/coronavirus/medical-education
  • MedEd Portal virtual learning resources during COVID-19 https://www.mededportal.org/virtual
  • AAMC article “From Bedside to Webside: https://www.aamc.org/news-insights/bedside-webside-future-doctors-learn-how-practice-remotely
Abbey Fingeret, MD
Assistant Professor
Division of Surgical Oncology
University of Nebraska
Virtual Learning Strategies for Residents
Jane Miller, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Family Medicine
University of Iowa
How to Run a Successful Online Teaching Session as an Educator

Presented Resources:
  • https://chicago.medicine.uic.edu/sail/# (scroll down to “archived webinars”)
  • https://www.simulation.umn.edu/research-and-innovations (scroll down for multiple simulation types – mental health and normal vaginal delivery included)
Michael Awad, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Division of General Surgery Section of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Washington University
How to Continue and Expand your Skills and Simulation Program at a Distance

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