2014 HPERD!

July 29, 2014
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The Sixth Annual Gerald S. Gotterer Health Professions Education Research Day (HPERD)! The Gerald S. Gotterer Health Professions Education Research Day will be held Monday, September 22, from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., in 208 Light Hall.

Art Dalley, PhD, to Receive Highest Honor in Human Anatomy Education!

July 22, 2014
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accolades
Dr. Arthur Dalley has been selected to receive the American Association of Anatomists' "Henry Gray/Elsevier Distinguished Educator Medal."  The medal is AAA's highest education award for human anatomy education in the anatomical sciences as broadly defined-including gross anatomy, embryology, histology, and neuroanatomy-at the medical/dental, graduate, or undergraduate level of teaching.  

Dr. Wayman recipient of the 2014 Straatsma Award for Excellence in Resident Education

June 26, 2014
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accolades
Laura Wayman, MD, has been awarded the prestigious Straatsma Award for Excellence in Resident Education for 2014! This award was established by the American Academy of Ophthalmology (AAO) and the Association of University Professors of Ophthalmology (AUPO) and carries the name and honors the achievements of Dr. Bradley Straatsma, former Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at the UCLA Jules Stein Eye Institute.  The award recognizes the critical role of the Residency Program Director and honors an individual felt to be the premier program director in the nation. 

Vanderbilt Represented at AAMC IQ Meeting

June 24, 2014
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accolades
Read the Reporter article about The Continuity Clinic Experience AAMC Award here<<< Several VUMS faculty presented at the AAMC 2014 Integrating Quality Meeting: Improving Value through Clinical Transformation, Education and Science - June 12-13 , Chicago.

SGEA 2014 Award for Outstanding Poster

June 24, 2014
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accolades
Former GIVME Grant Recipients Castanellos and Horn Awarded! Emily Castanellos, MD, and Leora Horn, MD, MSc, on behalf of the Southern Group on Educational Affairs (SGEA), were selected for the 2014 Outstanding Poster by a Trainee Award.  The poster, "Improving the Internal Medicine Subspecialty Clinic Experience through a Learner-directed Intervention", was peer evaluated as part of the Medical Education Scholarship Award (MESA) program during the conference and was very highly rated both for its content and design.

VUMS Faculty Presented at IAMSE

June 24, 2014
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accolades
Cathy Pettepher, PhD, and Neil Osheroff, PhD, were members of the Program Committee for the 18 Annual Meeting of the International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE) which was held in Nashville on June 7-10, 2014.  Presentations from VUSM faculty: "Interprofessional Education Synchronous a Synchronous Clinical Practice Simulation Across Disciplines and Across University" Mavis Schorn, PhD, CNM, FACNM, Vanderbilt University School of Nursing

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