Sherilyn Smith

Clinical Skills Learning Specialist  |  University of Washington |  Former Aquifer Chief Academic Officer

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Remediation Part 1: Aquifer Tools & Strategies

With 240+ cases covering five disciplines and a range of skills and interdisciplinary topics, Aquifer is a powerful resource for remediating students. To get started, I’d like to share with you some of the tools and strategies available to build...

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Lessons Learned from COVID: Trends & Teaching Strategies

The pandemic caused by SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) created widespread disruption for healthcare professional education throughout the world. Healthcare...

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Providing Formative Feedback Via Summary Statements

Providing meaningful and authentic formative feedback or assessment to students is time-consuming and may feel like busywork to students if it is not...

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The Pre-Clinical Pace: Using Cases for Early Learners

If you want to use Aquifer cases as a clinical correlate in basic sciences classes just assign one case per week (e.g. pediatric case about cystic...

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Reframe: Aquifer Cases as Virtual Standardized Patients

Many educators are wondering how to meaningfully engage their students in distance learning activities that create community and allow them to...

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