Aquifer Educator Connection Podcast
The Aquifer Educator Connection Podcast brings you insights and practical tips about how expert health professions educators are using Aquifer’s virtual patient cases and resources to enrich learning. Join Dr. Lynne Robins as she talks to expert educators about how they incorporate Aquifer’s award winning e-Learning platform into their curricula to maximize student learning, provide tips and insights into getting the most out of the resources available to educators and students, and learn about best practices in using Aquifer.
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COMSEP and Aquifer: Collaborating for Excellence in Clinical Education
Guests: Melissa Held, M.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases and Associate Dean of Student Affairs at the University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Curriculum Lead, Aquifer Pediatrics. Kirstin Nackers, M.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Pediatric Undergraduate Medical Education at University of Wisconsin-Madison and Senior Director and Editor-in-chief of Aquifer’s Pediatrics Board. This episode discusses the longstanding and synergistic relationship between Aquifer and COMSEP. Educators from both groups have worked continuously to integrate their resources and ensure Aquifer Pediatrics comprehensively covers the COMSEP curriculum as it evolves. We’ll share details of COMSEP’s recent curriculum mapping project as an example of COMSEP and Aquifer's processes to create trustworthy curricula and teaching resources. Additional Resources: MS3 Curriculum Action Toolkit: https://gallery.mailchimp.com/d2249282f08ed957954d0b3b6/files/501849fa-1ad1-451d-ab3c-4fdfe6bdcdf8/COMSEP_Curriculum_Toollkit_2019_.pdf Full Show Notes: https://242251047.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na2.net/hubfs/242251047/Podcast%20Show%20Notes%20and%20Resources/Aquifer-Show-Notes-COMSEP.pdfImplementing Coaching in Clinical Settings
Guest: Sherilyn Smith, MD, Professor Emerita of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine and International Coaching Federation Certified Coach Description: In this episode, Sherilyn Smith returns to our podcast to discuss how to implement coaching in clinical settings. We revisit our discussion about the value of coaching to develop master adaptive learners and then spend time focusing on the specifics of preparing for and conducting coaching conversations with learners, with advice on how to use <a href="https://aquifer.org/exams-and-assessment/aquifer-calibrate/" rel="nofollow">Aquifer Calibrate</a>, our new formative assessment system. Additional Resources: <a href="https://aquifer.org/captivate-podcast/coaching-health-professional-students-for-lifelong-learning/" rel="nofollow">Previous episode with Dr. Smith on coaching</a> <a href="https://aquifer.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Aquifer-Coaching-Script.pdf" rel="nofollow">Aquifer Coaching Script</a> Full show notes can be found <a href="https://aquifer.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Aquifer-Show-Notes-Revisiting-Coaching-with-Sherilyn-Smith.pdf" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Debriefing Aquifer Cases: Templates for Dynamic Discussions
<p>Guest: Kelsey Dougherty, MMSc, PA-C is Assistant Professor, Pediatrics – Child Health Associate/Physician Assistant Program (CHA/PA) at the University of Colorado School of Medicine</p> <p>Description: In this episode, Kelsey Dougherty outlines the benefits of using a debriefing template to achieve program learning objectives by ensuring that all small group faculty highlight key concepts in class discussions. She emphasizes that the template is highly adaptable for use in all health professions educational programs and that it allows for creativity within a standardized approach. You can download the template and follow along as Kelsey and Lynne walk through the template and discuss how to approach the use of each component part. </p> <p>Additional Resources:</p> <p><a href="https://aquifer.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Case-Debrief-PPT-Template.pptx" rel="nofollow">Debriefing Template</a></p> <p>Full show notes can be <a href="https://aquifer.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Aquifer-Show-Notes-Kelsey-Dougherty.pdf" rel="nofollow">found here</a>.</p>Practicing Trauma-Informed Care with Aquifer
<p>Guests: Sheela Raja, PhD, Director, College of Dentistry Resilience Center and Associate Professor, Oral Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago.</p> <p><em>and</em></p> <p>Shairi Turner, MD, MPH, Chief Health Officer at Crisis Text Line, New York, NY.</p> <p><em>Drs. Raja and Turner, both experts in Trauma Informed Care, collaborated with interprofessional experts across the nation to create Aquifer’s cases on Trauma Informed Care.</em></p> <p>Host: Lynne Robins, PhD, Professor Emerita, Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA. </p> <p>Description: In this episode, Drs. Raja and Turner discuss the prevalence and impact of trauma on both patients and healthcare practitioners and the importance of acquiring the knowledge and skills necessary to practice universal trauma precautions in healthcare. They describe how they collaborated to create Aquifer’s <a href="https://aquifer.org/courses/trauma-informed-care/" rel="nofollow">Trauma-Informed Care</a> cases and lay out the kinds of trauma to which all practitioners must be attuned. Additionally, they provide strategies and suggestions for adding TIC to health professions courses and curricula.</p> <p>Full show notes can be found <a href="https://aquifer.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Aquifer-Show-Notes-Practicing-Trauma-Informed-Care-with-Aquifer.pdf" rel="nofollow">here</a>.</p>