MedEdPortal : Monthly News April 2010

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Monthly News
April 2010

Featured Publications
Notes from the Editor: The Role of Associate Editors
MedEdPORTAL Welcomes New Associate Editors
MedBiquitous Releases Virtual Patient Standard
Did you know…MedEdPORTAL publications consist of full learning modules?

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Featured Publications

Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Simulation (U/SS) Case Scenario Package
Leo Kobayashi, MD
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
This resource consist of a modular package containing 5 high-fidelity full-body simulation case scenarios with supplemental bedside Emergency Department Ultrasound videos...


Disclosing Medical Errors to Patients
Win May, MD, PhD
Keck School of Medicine of the University of So California
This is a standardized patient case which has been used to assess the communication skills of radiology residents when disclosing a medical error to a patient. The case content can be modified for use in other specialties.

Infection Control - Faculty Development Materials
Timothy Dellit, MD
University of Washington School of Medicine
Infection Control is a vital part of patient safety concerned with the prevention of healthcare-associated infections and the transmission of infectious agents among patients and healthcare workers.


Enriching Educators' Repertoire of Appropriate Instructional Methods
Deborah Simpson, PhD
Medical College of Wisconsin
Educators frequently depend on familiar teaching methods to achieve their educational objectives, reporting limited knowledge of alternative instructional methods. "From Madness to Methods" was developed to actively engage educators in learning and applying new instructional methods.


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Notes from the Editor: The Role of Associate Editors

Associate Editors play an instrumental role in the MedEdPORTAL peer review process. Associate Editors work closely with the Editor and MedEdPORTAL staff to facilitate the review of submissions. During the screening process each submission is reviewed to determine whether or not it belongs to one of the twenty content areas for which an Associate Editor is assigned (e.g., Pediatrics, Surgery, etc.)…Learn More >>>

To read past articles, please visit: Notes from the Editor

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MedEdPORTAL Welcomes New Associate Editors

MedEdPORTAL would like to congratulate and formally welcome our three newly-appointed Associate Editors: Wayne T. McCormack, PhD, Linda Perkowski, PhD and Sheila Chauvin, PhD. These individuals bring a wealth of knowledge and expertise to the MedEdPORTAL peer review process...Learn More >>>

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MedBiquitous Releases Virtual Patient Standard

Healthcare educators are working to transform healthcare curricula to adapt to reduce patient contact time and teaching resources while improving patient safety. A new American National Standard from MedBiquitous will enable them to do just that while collaborating with international colleagues in the process. MedBiquitous Virtual Patient, ANSI /MEDBIQ VP.10.1-2010, is a technical standard that enables the development of global banks of virtual patient cases...Learn More>>>

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Did you know…MedEdPORTAL publications consist of full learning modules?

MedEdPORTAL publications consist of full learning modules that include instructor guides and all the necessary tools that will allow an educator to download, utilize, and implement the educational resource into the curricula without ever having to contact the author. For more information regarding standard formats for submission, please visit: MedEdPORTAL Submission Instructions.

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