Quinnipiac University Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine

Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine Medical Education Podcast

The TOLD ME (To Learn & Develop for Medical Educators) Podcast is for busy medical school faculty who want to expand their knowledge of teaching skills.

TOLD ME Podcast

This podcast is part of the faculty development program at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University and is produced in partnership with the Quinnipiac Podcast Studio. Each episode is approximately 30 minutes long and will be released every 2 weeks.

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All episodes of the podcast will be posted here as they are available, but be sure to click “Subscribe” below so you don’t miss out on future episodes.

Available Episodes

Season 4 Episode 2 | Learner Engagement

JT Torres Ph.D. is Quinnipiac's Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning and dedicates his career to helping educators to teach effectively, expertly translating learning theories into practical strategies. In this episode, we will be discussing learner engagement – what is it and why is the foundation for effective learning.

Learning Objectives
  1. Identify the components of learner engagement

  2. Explain strategies for increasing learner engagement

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How to claim faculty development credit: To receive .50 faculty development credit for listening to this podcast, email Katie Lyons. Please include your full name, phone number and your institution/practice.

Accreditation Statement: In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University and Hartford HealthCare. Hartford HealthCare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statement: Hartford HealthCare designates this enduring activity for 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with their participation. All other learners will receive 0.50 educational contact hours.

Financial Disclosures: The speakers, planners, and directors of this event have reported no financial conflicts of interest.

Commercial Support: There is no commercial support for this program.

How to claim CME credit: Click on the link below to the Hartford Healthcare website and follow the instructions to receive CME credit. In order to receive CME you will need to create a login with Hartford Healthcare. Please note: You will only be required to create a username once when claiming Podcast CME.

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Season 4, Episode 1 | Fostering Professionalism and Professional Identity Formation

Professional identity formation is the process that medical students experience as they transform from a lay person to a physician and learn to interpret and what it means to be a good doctor and demonstrate those ideals. An important part of teaching medical students is helping them develop their professional identity and professional behaviors. In this episode, we are speaking with Dr. Steve Paik, associate dean for student affairs at QU Netter, about how to foster this professional growth for our learners.

Learning Objectives
  1. Define key aspects of professionalism and professional identity formation for medical students

  2. Discuss how to give effective feedback about professionalism

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How to claim faculty development credit: To receive .50 faculty development credit for listening to this podcast, email Katie Lyons. Please include your full name, phone number and your institution/practice.

Accreditation Statement: In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University and Hartford HealthCare. Hartford HealthCare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statement: Hartford HealthCare designates this enduring activity for 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with their participation. All other learners will receive 0.50 educational contact hours.

Financial Disclosures: The speakers, planners, and directors of this event have reported no financial conflicts of interest.

Commercial Support: There is no commercial support for this program.

How to claim CME credit: Click on the link below to the Hartford Healthcare website and follow the instructions to receive CME credit. In order to receive CME you will need to create a login with Hartford Healthcare. Please note: You will only be required to create a username once when claiming Podcast CME.

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Season 3, Episode 5 | Transforming Your Presentation Skills

We all aspire to giving outstanding presentations where the audience is rapt and leave with new learning and maybe even some inspiration. In this episode, we are talking about an evidence-based approach to accomplishing these goals with Dr. Michele Daniel, Vice Dean for Medical Education at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine.

Learning Objectives
  1. Define essential components of effective presentations

  2. Explain the effective use of visuals in presentations

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How to claim faculty development credit: To receive .50 faculty development credit for listening to this podcast, email Katie Lyons. Please include your full name, phone number and your institution/practice.

Accreditation Statement: In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University and Hartford HealthCare. Hartford HealthCare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statement: Hartford HealthCare designates this enduring activity for 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with their participation. All other learners will receive 0.50 educational contact hours.

Financial Disclosures: The speakers, planners, and directors of this event have reported no financial conflicts of interest.

Commercial Support: There is no commercial support for this program.

How to claim CME credit: Click on the link below to the Hartford Healthcare website and follow the instructions to receive CME credit. In order to receive CME you will need to create a login with Hartford Healthcare. Please note: You will only be required to create a username once when claiming Podcast CME.

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Season 3, Episode 4 | Think-Gather-Think: Practical Methods for Teaching Clinical Reasoning

Dr. Elizabeth Stuart joins us in this episode to discuss how we can effectively teach clinical reasoning. Dr. Stuart is a pediatrician and medical education leader who has held many leadership positions at Stanford University School of Medicine including the director of the core clerkship in pediatrics, which she has led since 2003. Her primary academic interests include cross-cultural communication, performance assessment, faculty development in clinical teaching, and clinical reasoning, the focus of today’s podcast.

Learning Objectives
  1. Identify signs that indicate a medical student is having difficulty developing their clinical reasoning skills

  2. Discuss strategies that faculty can use to help students advance their clinical reasoning skills

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How to claim faculty development credit: To receive .50 faculty development credit for listening to this podcast, email Katie Lyons. Please include your full name, phone number and your institution/practice.

Accreditation Statement: In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University and Hartford HealthCare. Hartford HealthCare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statement: Hartford HealthCare designates this enduring activity for 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with their participation. All other learners will receive 0.50 educational contact hours.

Financial Disclosures: The speakers, planners, and directors of this event have reported no financial conflicts of interest.

Commercial Support: There is no commercial support for this program.

How to claim CME credit: Click on the link below to the Hartford Healthcare website and follow the instructions to receive CME credit. In order to receive CME you will need to create a login with Hartford Healthcare. Please note: You will only be required to create a username once when claiming Podcast CME.

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Season 3, Episode 3 | Helping Students Learn Clinical Skills: Understanding the Why for the What

This is our second podcast about clinical skills; in this episode, Dr. Ilene Rosenberg joins us to talk about helping students learn physical exam, history taking and clinical reasoning with a focus on helping those students who may be having some difficulty learning clinical skills. Dr. Rosenberg, an expert in clinical skills education and remediation,  works as the director of clinical arts and sciences coaching at Netter and serves as co-director of the academic success team.

Learning Objectives
  1. Identify common challenges students experience in their clinical skills development

  2. List strategies faculty can use to help students who are having difficulty with their clinical skills development

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How to claim faculty development credit: To receive .50 faculty development credit for listening to this podcast, email Katie Lyons. Please include your full name, phone number and your institution/practice.

Accreditation Statement: In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University and Hartford HealthCare. Hartford HealthCare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statement: Hartford HealthCare designates this enduring activity for 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with their participation. All other learners will receive 0.50 educational contact hours.

Financial Disclosures: The speakers, planners, and directors of this event have reported no financial conflicts of interest.

Commercial Support: There is no commercial support for this program.

How to claim CME credit: Click on the link below to the Hartford Healthcare website and follow the instructions to receive CME credit. In order to receive CME you will need to create a login with Hartford Healthcare. Please note: You will only be required to create a username once when claiming Podcast CME.

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Season 3, Episode 2 | When Students and Residents Struggle (Remediation)

Dr. Jeannette Guerrasio is a practicing primary care internist in Colorado and a medical educator who served as the Director of Remediation at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and authored the book, Remediation of the Struggling Medical Learner. Dr. Guerrasio ran several faculty development workshops at QU-Netter to help our course/clerkship leaders to better support our students who are facing academic challenges. In this episode, she will share her insights and recommendations with our listeners.

Learning Objectives
  1. Recognize the most common academic challenges that medical students experience

  2. Describe the steps that faculty can take to help medical students who are having academic difficulty

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How to claim faculty development credit: To receive .50 faculty development credit for listening to this podcast, email Katie Lyons. Please include your full name, phone number and your institution/practice.

Accreditation Statement: In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University and Hartford HealthCare. Hartford HealthCare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statement: Hartford HealthCare designates this enduring activity for 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with their participation. All other learners will receive 0.50 educational contact hours.

Financial Disclosures: The speakers, planners, and directors of this event have reported no financial conflicts of interest.

Commercial Support: There is no commercial support for this program.

How to claim CME credit: Click on the link below to the Hartford Healthcare website and follow the instructions to receive CME credit. In order to receive CME you will need to create a login with Hartford Healthcare. Please note: You will only be required to create a username once when claiming Podcast CME.

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Season 3, Episode 1 | Please Submit Your Assessment of This Student

Clinical assessments of learners are crucial for high stakes decisions and learners' continued progress. During medical school, they contribute to students' grades and narratives in their MSPE’s and provide them with valuable feedback. In this podcast, we will discuss how to submit assessments that are more accurate and meaningful. Our guest is Dr. Judy Brenner, Associate Dean for Educational Data and Analytics at the Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell.

Learning Objectives
  1. Recognize the benefits and challenges of observation-based clinical assessments

  2. Describe practices that improve the quality of faculty assessments

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How to claim faculty development credit: To receive .50 faculty development credit for listening to this podcast, email Katie Lyons. Please include your full name, phone number and your institution/practice.

Accreditation Statement: In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University and Hartford HealthCare. Hartford HealthCare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statement: Hartford HealthCare designates this enduring activity for 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with their participation. All other learners will receive 0.50 educational contact hours.

Financial Disclosures: The speakers, planners, and directors of this event have reported no financial conflicts of interest.

Commercial Support: There is no commercial support for this program.

How to claim CME credit: Click on the link below to the Hartford Healthcare website and follow the instructions to receive CME credit. In order to receive CME you will need to create a login with Hartford Healthcare. Please note: You will only be required to create a username once when claiming Podcast CME.

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Season 2, Episode 6 | Are We All Leaders?

Many physicians serve in leadership positions but many would argue that all physicians are leaders by the nature of their roles. If this is the case, what should we be teaching medical students about leadership? Join us for a discussion with Rahul Anand, MD, MBA, director of the medical student elective curriculum on leadership at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University and Alexa Lisevick, a 4th year medical student at QU-Netter.

Learning Objectives
  1. Define leadership for the practicing physician

  2. Recognize a variety of leadership domains that are helpful for clinician-educators

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How to claim faculty development credit: To receive .50 faculty development credit for listening to this podcast, email Katie Lyons. Please include your full name, phone number and your institution/practice.

Accreditation Statement: In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University and Hartford HealthCare. Hartford HealthCare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statement: Hartford HealthCare designates this enduring activity for 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with their participation. All other learners will receive 0.50 educational contact hours.

Financial Disclosures: The speakers, planners, and directors of this event have reported no financial conflicts of interest.

Commercial Support: There is no commercial support for this program.

How to claim CME credit: Click on the link below to the Hartford Healthcare website and follow the instructions to receive CME credit. In order to receive CME you will need to create a login with Hartford Healthcare. Please note: You will only be required to create a username once when claiming Podcast CME.

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Season 2, Episode 5 | Improving Your Teaching of Technical Skills

In this episode, we focus on how to teach procedures and technical skills effectively. Specifically, we explore the use of coaching as a teaching model. This podcast is not just for faculty in surgical or procedure-based specialties, but is broadly applicable to anyone who teaches any type of technical skill. We are joined by Danielle Friedman, MD, FACS, an assistant professor and the surgery clerkship director at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University.

Learning Objectives
  1. Describe the use of coaching in teaching technical skills

  2. Define deliberate practice in the context of medical education

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How to claim faculty development credit: To receive .50 faculty development credit for listening to this podcast, email Katie Lyons. Please include your full name, phone number and your institution/practice.

Accreditation Statement: In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University and Hartford HealthCare. Hartford HealthCare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statement: Hartford HealthCare designates this enduring activity for 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with their participation. All other learners will receive 0.50 educational contact hours.

Financial Disclosures: The speakers, planners, and directors of this event have reported no financial conflicts of interest.

Commercial Support: There is no commercial support for this program.

How to claim CME credit: Click on the link below to the Hartford Healthcare website and follow the instructions to receive CME credit. In order to receive CME you will need to create a login with Hartford Healthcare. Please note: You will only be required to create a username once when claiming Podcast CME.

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Season 2, Episode 4 | The Power of Mentorship

In this episode, we discuss mentoring of learners and colleagues, what it means to be a mentor and how we can be as effective as possible in this important role in medical education. We are joined by Dr. Katherine McLeod, director of scholarly reflection and concentration capstone course, and Dr. Jennifer Rockfeld, a general internist and the assistant dean for clinical curriculum at Netter.

Learning Objectives
  1. Recognize the most common mentoring needs of mentees

  2. Identify attributes of effective mentors

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How to claim faculty development credit: To receive .50 faculty development credit for listening to this podcast, email Katie Lyons. Please include your full name, phone number and your institution/practice.

Accreditation Statement: In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University and Hartford HealthCare. Hartford HealthCare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statement: Hartford HealthCare designates this enduring activity for 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with their participation. All other learners will receive 0.50 educational contact hours.

Financial Disclosures: The speakers, planners, and directors of this event have reported no financial conflicts of interest.

Commercial Support: There is no commercial support for this program.

How to claim CME credit: Click on the link below to the Hartford Healthcare website and follow the instructions to receive CME credit. In order to receive CME you will need to create a login with Hartford Healthcare. Please note: You will only be required to create a username once when claiming Podcast CME.

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Season 2, Episode 3 | What I Wish I Had Known: A Resident's Perspective on Medical School

In this episode, we are joined by a Netter graduate, Dr. Zachary Steinman, currently a 3rd year resident in Pediatrics at CT Children's and the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. We discuss how residency has changed his perspective on medical school in terms of what he learned and didn't appreciate at the time and how he wants to use that perspective to shape his own teaching.

Learning Objectives
  1. Recognize medical student learning experiences where faculty can highlight the relevance to clinical practice

  2. Describe ways to communicate the relevance of the material being taught to medical students

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How to claim faculty development credit: To receive .50 faculty development credit for listening to this podcast, email Katie Lyons. Please include your full name, phone number and your institution/practice.

Accreditation Statement: In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University and Hartford HealthCare. Hartford HealthCare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statement: Hartford HealthCare designates this enduring activity for 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with their participation. All other learners will receive 0.50 educational contact hours.

Financial Disclosures: The speakers, planners, and directors of this event have reported no financial conflicts of interest.

Commercial Support: There is no commercial support for this program.

How to claim CME credit: Click on the link below to the Hartford Healthcare website and follow the instructions to receive CME credit. In order to receive CME you will need to create a login with Hartford Healthcare. Please note: You will only be required to create a username once when claiming Podcast CME.

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Season 2, Episode 2 | What’s the Evidence?

In this episode, we discuss how to teach evidenced-based medicine. I am joined by Dr. Douglas McHugh, assistant dean for foundational sciences and previously our capstone course director, and Dr. Joanna Marantidis, a Netter alumnus who at the time of the recording was one of our 4th-year medical students. 

Learning Objectives
  1. Recognize opportunities for teaching evidence-based medicine

  2. Describe effective methods for teaching evidence-based medicine

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How to claim faculty development credit: To receive .50 faculty development credit for listening to this podcast, email Katie Lyons. Please include your full name, phone number and your institution/practice.

Accreditation Statement: In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University and Hartford HealthCare. Hartford HealthCare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statement: Hartford HealthCare designates this enduring activity for 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with their participation. All other learners will receive 0.50 educational contact hours.

Financial Disclosures: The speakers, planners, and directors of this event have reported no financial conflicts of interest.

Commercial Support: There is no commercial support for this program.

How to claim CME credit: Click on the link below to the Hartford Healthcare website and follow the instructions to receive CME credit. In order to receive CME you will need to create a login with Hartford Healthcare. Please note: You will only be required to create a username once when claiming Podcast CME.

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Season 2, Episode 1 | Mistreatment and Microaggressions: The Impact on Medical Learners

As educators, we are mindful of the lasting effects of formative learning experiences during medical training. In this episode, we explore the impact of mistreatment on students and residents in the form of bias and microaggressions and consider what we can do as educators to affect change. Dr. Dowin Boatright, emergency medicine physician and faculty associate for diversity, equity and inclusion educator development at Yale School of Medicine, joins us to share his research and experience.

Learning Objectives
  1. Recognize the outcomes of microaggressions on medical trainees' wellbeing

  2. Identify actions medical educators can take to address bias in the learning environment

Listen to the episode

How to claim faculty development credit: To receive .50 faculty development credit for listening to this podcast, email Katie Lyons. Please include your full name, phone number and your institution/practice.

Accreditation Statement: In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University and Hartford HealthCare. Hartford HealthCare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statement: Hartford HealthCare designates this enduring activity for 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with their participation. All other learners will receive 0.50 educational contact hours.

Financial Disclosures: The speakers, planners, and directors of this event have reported no financial conflicts of interest.

Commercial Support: There is no commercial support for this program.

How to claim CME credit: Click on the link below to the Hartford Healthcare website and follow the instructions to receive CME credit. In order to receive CME you will need to create a login with Hartford Healthcare. Please note: You will only be required to create a username once when claiming Podcast CME.

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Season 1, Episode 7 | Teaching Clinical Skills: What's New and Improved?

Clinical skills form the cornerstone of physicianship. In this episode, Dr. Listy Thomas, emergency medicine physician, assistant dean for simulation and director of the clinical arts and sciences course at Netter, joins us to talk about teaching clinical skills to medical students.

We'll discuss how teaching clinical skills to a first-year student is different than teaching a third-year student. We will also explore what has changed in clinical skills education over the years including some newer topics that medical students and physicians need to know.

Learning Objectives
  1. Identify important content areas in clinical skills teaching

  2. Recognize the importance of expanding the teaching of clinical skills to include advanced communication skills and topic areas such as trauma-informed care

Listen to the episode

How to claim faculty development credit: To receive .50 faculty development credit for listening to this podcast, email Katie Lyons. Please include your full name, phone number and your institution/practice.

Accreditation Statement: In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University and Hartford HealthCare. Hartford HealthCare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statement: Hartford HealthCare designates this enduring activity for 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with their participation. All other learners will receive 0.50 educational contact hours.

Financial Disclosures: The speakers, planners, and directors of this event have reported no financial conflicts of interest.

Commercial Support: There is no commercial support for this program.

How to claim CME credit: Click on the link below to the Hartford Healthcare website and follow the instructions to receive CME credit. In order to receive CME you will need to create a login with Hartford Healthcare. Please note: You will only be required to create a username once when claiming Podcast CME.

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Season 1, Episode 6 | Teaching When the Hospital is Hectic

When your patients are your first responsibility and the hospital is bustling, how do you find time for teaching? And not just any teaching—good teaching. In this episode, two of Netter's inpatient-based clinical educators and leaders, Dr. Scott Kurtzman, a surgeon at Waterbury hospital, and Dr. David Regelmann, an internist at St. Vincent's Medical Center, share their experiences and suggestions.

Learning Objectives
  1. Identify characteristics of effective teaching in a busy clinical setting

  2. Describe effective teaching strategies in the hospital setting

Listen to the episode

How to claim faculty development credit: To receive .50 faculty development credit for listening to this podcast, email Katie Lyons. Please include your full name, phone number and your institution/practice.

Accreditation Statement: In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University and Hartford HealthCare. Hartford HealthCare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statement: Hartford HealthCare designates this enduring activity for 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with their participation. All other learners will receive 0.50 educational contact hours.

Financial Disclosures: The speakers, planners, and directors of this event have reported no financial conflicts of interest.

Commercial Support: There is no commercial support for this program.

How to claim CME credit: Click on the link below to the Hartford Healthcare website and follow the instructions to receive CME credit. In order to receive CME you will need to create a login with Hartford Healthcare. Please note: You will only be required to create a username once when claiming Podcast CME.

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Season 1, Episode 5 | Teaching When Your Practice is Packed

When you're overbooked, every room is filled with a patient who is waiting to see you, and you have a medical student with you eager to learn, how do you take great care of your patients and find time for teaching? In this episode, two of Netter's ambulatory-based clinical educators, Dr. Namita Wijesekera, a pediatrician at Child and Adolescent Health Care in Woodbridge and New Haven, and Dr. Josh Mosdale, an internist with Trinity Health of New England, offer their recommendations.

Learning Objectives
  1. Identify characteristics of effective teaching in a busy clinical setting

  2. Describe effective teaching strategies in the ambulatory setting

Listen to the episode

How to claim faculty development credit: To receive .50 faculty development credit for listening to this podcast, email Katie Lyons. Please include your full name, phone number and your institution/practice.

Accreditation Statement: In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University and Hartford HealthCare. Hartford HealthCare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statement: Hartford HealthCare designates this enduring activity for 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with their participation. All other learners will receive 0.50 educational contact hours.

Financial Disclosures: The speakers, planners, and directors of this event have reported no financial conflicts of interest.

Commercial Support: There is no commercial support for this program.

How to claim CME credit: Click on the link below to the Hartford Healthcare website and follow the instructions to receive CME credit. In order to receive CME you will need to create a login with Hartford Healthcare. Please note: You will only be required to create a username once when claiming Podcast CME.

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Season 1, Episode 4 | Medical Students’ Feedback on Feedback

Why create three episodes on giving feedback? Because it can be tough to give and even tougher to give well. In this episode, we round out our series on giving feedback. Drs. Joshua Bia and Nicholas Calitri (Netter Class of 2020) give us students' viewpoints on feedback. They provide valuable perspectives and helpful suggestions for faculty.

Learning Objectives
  1. Recognize medical students’ roles in the feedback process

  2. Describe medical students’ priorities in receiving feedback on their clinical performance

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How to claim faculty development credit: To receive .50 faculty development credit for listening to this podcast, email Katie Lyons. Please include your full name, phone number and your institution/practice.

Accreditation Statement: In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University and Hartford HealthCare. Hartford HealthCare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statement: Hartford HealthCare designates this enduring activity for 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with their participation. All other learners will receive 0.50 educational contact hours.

Financial Disclosures: The speakers, planners, and directors of this event have reported no financial conflicts of interest.

Commercial Support: There is no commercial support for this program.

How to claim CME credit: Click on the link below to the Hartford Healthcare website and follow the instructions to receive CME credit. In order to receive CME you will need to create a login with Hartford Healthcare. Please note: You will only be required to create a username once when claiming Podcast CME.

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Season 1, Episode 3 | Write the Best Feedback Ever!

In this second episode of our series on giving feedback, Dr. Taranjeet Ahuja, director of the initial and advanced clinical experience continuity clinics at The Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine, explains what we should be writing in the comments section of medical students’ assessment forms.

Learning Objectives
  1. Address common challenges in writing feedback

  2. Describe the essential elements of effective narrative/written feedback for medical students

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How to claim faculty development credit: To receive .50 faculty development credit for listening to this podcast, email Katie Lyons. Please include your full name, phone number and your institution/practice.

Accreditation Statement: In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University and Hartford HealthCare. Hartford HealthCare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statement: Hartford HealthCare designates this enduring activity for 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with their participation. All other learners will receive 0.50 educational contact hours.

Financial Disclosures: The speakers, planners, and directors of this event have reported no financial conflicts of interest.

Commercial Support: There is no commercial support for this program.

How to claim CME credit: Click on the link below to the Hartford Healthcare website and follow the instructions to receive CME credit. In order to receive CME you will need to create a login with Hartford Healthcare. Please note: You will only be required to create a username once when claiming Podcast CME.

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Season 1, Episode 2 | A Tastier Feedback Sandwich

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed a lot of things in medical education, but it hasn’t changed the fact that our learners need feedback and it’s a skill that takes time to master. In this first episode of our 3-part series on giving feedback, Dr. Lyuba Konopasek, senior associate dean for education at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine and an expert in giving feedback, talks about the building blocks of effective feedback along with specific, practical recommendations.

Learning Objectives
  1. Identify the essential elements of receiving and giving effective feedback

  2. Describe the ask-tell-ask model for giving feedback

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How to claim faculty development credit: To receive .50 faculty development credit for listening to this podcast, email Katie Lyons. Please include your full name, phone number and your institution/practice.

Accreditation Statement: In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University and Hartford HealthCare. Hartford HealthCare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statement: Hartford HealthCare designates this enduring activity for 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with their participation. All other learners will receive 0.50 educational contact hours.

Financial Disclosures: The speakers, planners, and directors of this event have reported no financial conflicts of interest.

Commercial Support: There is no commercial support for this program.

How to claim CME credit: Click on the link below to the Hartford Healthcare website and follow the instructions to receive CME credit. In order to receive CME you will need to create a login with Hartford Healthcare. Please note: You will only be required to create a username once when claiming Podcast CME.

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Season 1, Episode 1 | Racism in Medical Education

Over the past 8 months, we have witnessed the most unified call to action for racial justice since the civil rights movement. Dr. David Acosta, chief diversity and inclusion officer at the Association of American Medical Colleges, joins us to talk about the role of teaching faculty in addressing racism in healthcare education.

During the podcast, Dr. Acosta references AAMC diversity and inclusion resources and special collection of articles, podcasts, webinars and guidelines on racism and health.

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Learning Objectives
  1. Recognize the role of individual faculty in addressing racism in medical education

  2. Identify related faculty development resources

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How to claim faculty development credit: To receive .50 faculty development credit for listening to this podcast, email Katie Lyons. Please include your full name, phone number and your institution/practice.

Accreditation Statement: In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University and Hartford HealthCare. Hartford HealthCare is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statement: Hartford HealthCare designates this enduring activity for 0.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit (s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with their participation. All other learners will receive 0.50 educational contact hours.

Financial Disclosures: The speakers, planners, and directors of this event have reported no financial conflicts of interest.

Commercial Support: There is no commercial support for this program.

How to claim CME credit: Click on the link below to the Hartford Healthcare website and follow the instructions to receive CME credit. In order to receive CME you will need to create a login with Hartford Healthcare. Please note: You will only be required to create a username once when claiming Podcast CME.

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