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2019 Special Supplement on Learning Communities in Undergraduate Medical Education (UME)
To All Learning Community Leaders, Faculty, Staff, and Students and Other Interested Parties:
We are delighted to share the contents of the 2019 Special Supplement on Learning Communities in Undergraduate Medical Education (UME), published by the Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development. The articlesfeatured include research, educational case reports and…
Associations between learning community engagement and burnout, quality of life, and empathy among medical students
Read about components with a Learning Community that are valued differently and varying their relationships with student outcomes. In this cross-sectional study, all Johns Hopkins School of Medicine students were surveyed regarding perceived value of learning community components (peers, faculty advisors, clinical skills course, reflective discussion sessions, social activities, and LC…
Medical School Factors That Prepare Students to Become Leaders in Medicine
This new study led by Louise Arnold, PhD (LCI Arky Awardee, 2014) from the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine (UMKC) sought to identify medical school factors perceived as contributing to the leadership development of UMKC graduates who are now in major leadership positions. This study offers guidance from theory and practice for medical schools to consider in shaping…
A Multi-Institutional Longitudinal Faculty Development Program in Humanism Supports the Professional Development of Faculty Teachers
Read about the first 11 academic years of a longitudinal, small-group faculty development program for strengthening humanistic teaching and role modeling at 30 U.S. and Canadian medical schools. The multi-author study includes Richard Frankel, PhD (Indiana University) who was the recent Keynote Speaker at LCI 14th Annual Meeting in Birmingham and Lars Osterberg, MD, MPH (Stanford) who is…
Peter Densen, MD Honored with 2017 Arky Award
As the Carver College of Medicine's first Associate Dean for Student Affairs and Curriculum, he not only led the development and implementation of a radically revised curriculum but also the development and implementation of the CCOM Learning Communities as the element that connected student affairs and curriculum for the students.
Upon his return to the deans office as executive dean…
Amy Fleming, MD: Finding joy in work and learning
Dr. Fleming has been a clinician-educator in the Department of Pediatrics since 2007. She is a founding Vanderbilt University School of Medicine College Mentor; she served for five years as the Pediatric Clerkship Director and as a Master Clinical Teacher. In 2015, she received the Leonard Tow Humanism in Medicine Award, presented by the Arnold P. Gold Foundation.
The Growth of Learning Communities in Undergraduate Medical Education
Read about the growth of learning communities in undergraduate medical education in a new study published by Sunny Smith (UC San Diego) and other LCI leaders!
The Growth of Learning Communities in Undergraduate Medical Education.
Sunny Smith, MD, Robert Shochet, MD, Meg Keeley, MD, Amy Fleming, MD, and Kevin Moynahan, MD
The number of medical schools with learning communities is…
From High School to Medical School: the Importance of Community in Education
Read about the importance of learning communities in education from high school to medical school a new report published by Lars Osterberg (Stanford University) and other education leaders!
From High School to Medical School: the Importance of Community in Education.
Lars Osterberg, MD, Jeff Gilbert, MA, and Rachel Lotan, PhD
Learning communities (LCs) are learning environments…
Assessing medical students? and residents? perceptions of the learning environment: exploring validity evidence for the interpretation of scores from existing tools
Read about the validity of tools used to assess medical students’ and residents’ perceptions of the learning environment in a study led by Jorie Colbert-Getz (University of Utah)!
Assessing medical students’ and residents’ perceptions of the learning environment: exploring validity evidence for the interpretation of scores from existing tools.
Jorie Colbert-Getz,…
Benefits to faculty involved in medical school learning communities
Read about the benefits to faculty involved in medical school learning communities in a new study published by James Wagner (Univ of Texas – Southwestern) and other LCI leaders!
Benefits to faculty involved in medical school learning communities.
James Wagner, MD, MSc, Amy Fleming, MD, Kevin Moynahan, MD, Meg Keeley, MD, and Robert Shochet, MD
Academic clinical faculty members…
The Johns Hopkins learning environment scale: measuring medical students? perceptions of the processes supporting professional formation
Read about a new measure to assess students’ perceptions of the medical school learning environment in a study published by Robert Shochet (Johns Hopkins), founding Chair of LCI
The Johns Hopkins learning environment scale: measuring medical students’ perceptions of the processes supporting professional formation.
Robert Shochet, MD, Jorie Colbert-Getz, PhD, and Scott Wright, MD…
The impact of learning communities on interpersonal relationships among medical students.
Read about the impact of learning communities on interpersonal relationships among medical students in a study published by Young Investigator Award winner Dr. Eve Privman-Champaloux (University of Virginia)
The impact of learning communities on interpersonal relationships among medical students.
Eve Privman-Champaloux, MD-PhD candidate and Meg Keeley, MD
This work is the first to…
Using the Faculty Learning Community Model to Design Medical Student Learning Communities.
Read about the use of the faculty learning community (FLC) model to design student learning communities (SLCs) at Wayne State University School of Medicine in an article published by Laurie Richlin, PhD (Wayne State University).
Using the Faculty Learning Community Model to Design Medical Student Learning Communities.
Laurie Richlin, PhD, Rod D. Braun, PhD, Steven Daveluy, MD, Jack Folbe, MD,…
Medical Student Perceptions of the Learning Environment: Learning Communities Are Associated With a More Positive Learning Environment in a Multi-Institutional Medical School Study.
Read about the association of learning communities with a more positive learning environment in a large multi-institutional study led by Sunny Smith (UCSD)
Medical Student Perceptions of the Learning Environment: Learning Communities Are Associated With a More Positive Learning Environment in a Multi-Institutional Medical School Study.
Sunny Smith, MD, and Dunham L, Dekhtyar M, Dinh A, Lanken…
Small group activities within academic communities improve the connectedness of students and faculty.
Read about the impact of learning communities to enhance connectedness between students and faculty in a study published by Young Investigator Award winner Dr. Katherina Brandl (UCSD)
Small group activities within academic communities improve the connectedness of students and faculty.
Katherina Brandl, R. Ph., PhD, Stephen Schneid, MHPE, Sunny Smith, MD, Babbi Winegarden, PhD, Jess Mandel,…
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