Faculty Advancing Medical Education (FAME): Going Beyond Zoom: Platforms, Places, and PowerPoint to Enhance Distance Learning

May 15, 2020
Faculty Advancing in Medical Education (FAME) is a faculty development program sponsored by the Academy of Distinguished Medical Educators and the MERITS Program (Medical Education Research, Innovation, Teaching, and Scholarship). FAME supports faculty educators by providing resources and training in key conceptual and practical skills in teaching and assessment.

Learn more at the FAME website!
 
As teachers transition to remote learning during the pandemic, teaching virtually is unfamiliar to many faculty. While Zoom is a common tool to many, the institution offers many other programs that can enhance learning. This session will provide practical tips to use these additional tools to improve virtual teaching skills.

Target Audience

This activity is designed for faculty members at the University of Chicago and NorthShore University HealthSystem dedicated to medical education.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Identify strategies to enhance remote teaching and learning based on adult learning principles;
  • State how UChicago Box can be used to share files to facilitate learning;
  • Describe features of PowerPoint that can be used to enhance virtual learning;
  • Discuss aspects of Yammer that can be used to encourage open communication in learning; 
  • Summarize how the Canvas learning platform can be used to support online education.
Additional information
ACGME/ABMS Core Competencies: 
Interpersonal and Communication Skills
Professionalism
For more information, please contact:
CME Coordinator Contact Name: 
Paige Fairchild
CME Coordinator Contact Email: 
pfairchild1@bsd.uchicago.edu
CME Coordinator Contact Phone: 
773-702-2041
Summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 Participation
Event starts: 
05/15/2020 - 12:00pm
Event ends: 
05/15/2020 - 1:00pm
Activity opens: 
05/15/2020
Activity expires: 
08/15/2020
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Chicago, IL
United States
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ACCESSIBILITY The University of Chicago is committed to providing equal access appropriate to need and circumstances and complies fully with legal requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you are in need of special accommodation, please contact our office at (773) 702-2041 or via email at pfairchild1@bsd.uchicago.edu.

The University of Chicago reserves the right to cancel or postpone this conference due to unforeseen circumstances. In the unlikely event this activity must be cancelled or postponed, the registration fee will be refunded; however, The University of Chicago is not responsible for any related costs, charges, or expenses to participants, including fees assessed by airline/travel/lodging agencies.

UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO FACULTY
Tessa Balach, MD  Tessa Balach, MD
  Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine




Amber Pincavage, MD  Amber Pincavage, MD
  Associate Professor of Medicine
  Co-Clerkship Director, Internal Medicine


 

Disclosure Declarations
As a provider accredited by the ACCME, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine asks everyone who is in a position to control the content of an education activity to disclose all relevant financial relationships with any commercial interest. This includes any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services consumed by or used on patients. The ACCME defines “relevant financial relationships” as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 12 months, including financial relationships of a spouse or life partner that could create a conflict of interest. Mechanisms are in place to identify and resolve any potential conflict of interest prior to the start of the activity.

Additionally, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine requires authors to identify investigational products or off-label uses of products regulated by the US Food and Drug Administration, at first mention and where appropriate in the content.

Physician Credit
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
 
The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
 
Other Healthcare Professional Credit
Other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Participation. For information on the applicability and acceptance of Certificates of Participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ from organizations accredited by the ACCME, please consult your professional licensing board.
 
Please Note: The credit claiming process will close three months after the conference end date. Requests to claim credit after three months will be subject to additional fees.
Registration: This course is only open to University of Chicago affiliates and will be held throughout the year.
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