What's on the schedule for the 2015 event? Check out these great presentations: Anxious Kids – A Primary Care Approach- Meds & More: C. Allen Musil, MD A discussion of the 3 classes of medication commonly prescribed to treat childhood anxiety, appropriate reasons to initiate medication in an anxious child, common side effects of SSRI treatment… Continue reading Head for the Hills!
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Hands On!
Active learning vs. lecture: What works best? According to a recent review of students in STEM classes, those with hand-on lessons have higher test scores , while those in traditional lecture classes were more likely to fail. As one article notes - We know that learning is harder from the sidelines. If deep understanding is the objective, then… Continue reading Hands On!
Graduate Medical Education – Part 2
Last week, we started a discussion on, the 22nd report from the Council on Graduate Medical Education, titled; “The Role of Graduate Medical Education in the New Health Care Paradigm” Let's look at one of the recommendations in the report (p. 14): Recommendation 1: GME training should be expanded in ambulatory and community sites to reflect the… Continue reading Graduate Medical Education – Part 2
The Role of Graduate Medical Education in the New Health Care Paradigm
Recently HRSA released the 22nd report from the Council on Graduate Medical Education, titled; "The Role of Graduate Medical Education in the New Health Care Paradigm" We'll spend the next few weeks providing some highlights and commentary. Challenges and Opportunities in Expanding GME Experience (p.17) "Although the data on the impact of training sites on… Continue reading The Role of Graduate Medical Education in the New Health Care Paradigm
Southwest Virginia Graduate Medical Education Consortium 