Med Ed Special Events

This webpage is the place to check for curriculum retreats, teaching workshops, and more.

June 8, 2021: UMass Chan Faculty Development for all three schools.TBA

July 27-29, 2021: ExamSoft Community Conference "No going back: how to reconfigure learning for a post-COVID world." Learn more

August 3rd and 5th, 2021: Core Small Group Facilitator's Workshop on Small Group Dynamics where participants will explore facilitating methods to interact with differentO types of students and elicit their participation. (limited to Core Small Group Facilitators)

November 16, 2021, 12-1 PM: Getting Published In AAMC MedEdPORTAL, a Peer-Reviewed Online Journal of Educational Resources. Join this virtual workshop lead by Gail March Cohen, Ph.D., an AAMC MedEdPORTAL Faculty mentor and reviewer, and translate your innovative educational resources you have developed this past year into a published article for MedEdPORTAL. MedEdPORTAL publications are listed in PubMED. Link to Workshop recording. Workshop Slides PDF.

December 14, 2021, 12-1 PM: Updates on Writing Board-Type Question Items. Join this virtual workshop lead by Gail March Cohen, Ph.D., to review current NBME information on writing multiple-choice question items to prepare medical students for high-stakes board exams.Link to Workshop recording. Workshop slides with narraation notes PDF.

February 28, 2022, 12:30-1:30 PM: Add an Adventure to Your Class: Educational Excape Rooms. Join this Zoom workshop led by Gail March Cohen, Ph.D. to learn about creating the very popular teaching method of active, fun, and motivating escape rooms to your course. eMail Gail to receive the Zoom invite with details.

March 31, 2022, 12-1 PM: Teaching in a HyFlex Class.  Join this virtual workshop lead by Gail March Cohen, Ph.D. to provide best practices and ideas for teaching within a HyFlex medical school class.RSVP for the Zoom link and details.