Aquifer Blog

Make the most of Aquifer cases and teaching tools.

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Improving Student Confidence and Performance with an Engaging Hybrid Clerkship

At Windsor University School of Medicine, we have adopted pieces of our COVID-19 learning design and resources to create a long-term hybrid rotation model with positive student outcomes. Like many others during COVID-19, we explored ways of engaging...

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Six Activities to Get Started Integrating Basic Science and Clinical Learning

“There is only one way to eat an elephant: a bite at a time.” (Desmond Tutu) Making a small change in the way you teach can have a significant impact...

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Case Study: Using Aquifer Across the PA Curriculum

Touro University California Physician Assistant Program has been utilizing Aquifer cases since 2019. Originally, the cases were assigned to clinical...

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Flexibility in the Fourth-Year: Extending Virtual Electives

At Florida Atlantic University Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, we are supporting our fourth-year students with flexible online elective...

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4 Ways to Use Aquifer High Value Care Across Your Curriculum

Aquifer High Value Care, a free course available to all faculty and learners, teaches students how their decisions about diagnostic testing, care...

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Using Integrated Illness Scripts: Three Integration Stories

Aquifer Integrated Illness Scripts are new teaching and learning tools designed to link basic science and clinical knowledge and drive cognitive...

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Remediation Part 2: Success Stories & Structures

Whether you’re looking for materials to help learners develop clinical reasoning skills, new ways to structure coaching sessions, or ideas to...

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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...

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Building on Basic Science: Integrated Illness Scripts as a Foundational Boundary-Crossing Curricular Tool

At Loma Linda University School of Medicine (LLUSM), a key framework of our curricular design is the integration of basic science, clinical sciences,...

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6 Ways to Use WISE-OnCall to Prepare Your Students for Clinical Responsibilities

WISE-OnCall is used by programs across medical and health professions education to help learners diagnose and manage clinical situations they are...

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