1. Medical Education Update
Mark A. Levine MD
8/22/16

2. Recognition from the College of Medicine
The Shovel = Clinical Department of the Year:
Commended for teaching in subspecialties
and in general internal medicine ambulatory
and elective rotations which often proved
formative to student career decision-making
Gold Humanism Award – Dr. Nair

3. The Clerkships Outpatient IM = recent award winner
Inpatient IM = in midst of a QI program:
Clinical Tutor program updated R&R, pre-
rounding with Clerkship Director
PE Rounds with specialists and Chiefs
Stanford 5 Minute teaching moments
Faculty development
Lecture format change
Resident teaching expertise

4. Required Acting Internship
Continues to be successful
Plans to make lectures more interactive
Plans to better balance time away from patients with educational opportunities (18 hours per month)
Current student interest in IM career seems stable

5. Residency Newest initiative = academic half day
potential launch early 2017
Possible increase in size of program by 1 resident/year with VA funds
Resident as teacher curriculum (Chiefs)
Incorporation of more QI and reflections
Board pass rate %

6. Fellowships Summer lecture series going well Videos for recruitment
Geriatric fellowship planning +/- VA
Novel recruitment strategies: ID = global health elective, Certificate in public health
Graduating fellow research presentations on Fellows research day

7. Summer Research Seminar Series
Title
Speaker
On Being an Effective Consultant
Alan Segal, M.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
UVM College of Medicine/University of Vermont Medical Center
“Research at UVM Q&A”
Junior Faculty
“Navigating the IRB Process:  Step by Step”
David Kaminsky, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Pulmonary Disease & Critical Care Medicine Unit
“Risk Management: Malpractice and the Medical-Legal Environment?”
Mike Hawkins, Esq.
University of Vermont Medical Center
“Portals of Discovery: A Primer on Conducting QI Projects at UVM Medical Center”
Allen Repp, M.D.
Associate Professor
Chair, Primary Care Internal Medicine
“Mentorship:  How to get it, What to do with it & How to get the most out of it”
Charles Irvin, Ph.D.
Professor & Associate Chair for Research Affairs,
Department of Medicine
University of Vermont College of Medicine
“Basic Statistics and Study Design”
Renee Stapleton, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
“Getting Your Research Funded”
Christopher Huston, M.D.
Infectious Disease Medicine

8. GME STD Funds increase to $3000/trainee I-PASS transitions of care
High Value Care, Population health curricula,
and focus on post-acute care bundles