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Virtual Peer Teaching with Aquifer

Jeanne Cawse Lucas, MD; Associate Professor, Theodore J. Phillips Endowed Professorship in Family Medicine | University of Washington School of Medicine When the COVID 19 pandemic interrupted our first-year medical students’ longitudinal primary...

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Hospital Systems Learning: A Virtual Case-based Framework

All students want to learn. But for students in clinical settings, there is an equally important goal: they want to be helpful. They want to have a...

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Adapting to a Shortened Virtual Clerkship

Like many others, Boston University moved to a shortened virtual-only clerkship (packed with the full knowledge of our regular in-person 6-week...

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Building a Core Clinical Virtual Integrated Curriculum

Nadia Ismail, MD, MPH, M.Ed | Associate Dean of Curriculum | Baylor College of Medicine Clerkship: Integrated curriculum across all core clerkships...

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Strategies for Flipping the Classroom with Aquifer

Editor’s Notes: Aquifer cases can form the basis for a huge variety of classroom sessions that can be easily adapted for virtual learning via Zoom,...

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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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A High-Value Care Course in the Era of COVID-19

Glenn Moulder, MD | Assistant Professor | University of Virginia School of Medicine It may seem unusual to design and implement a medical student...

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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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