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In its 2001 strategic plan, The College of OsteopathicMedicine called for the development of a medical
educationunit. In the spring of 2003 a group of interested peoplethroughout COM began discussion and planning. The concept of a medical education unit wasderived from a set of needs:• Curriculum revision from an outcomes/ competency-based approach • Interests of the people in the group converge and overlap• A forum for networking, problem identification, and solution for cross-curricula faculty• An agenda for medical education research• A master plan in faculty development across COM• Use of technology, including distance learning, to
enhance teaching and learning
Creating a Medical Education Unit: Pearls and Pitfalls
India Broyles EdD, Rorie Lee PhD MPH, Sarah Sprafka PhD, Mildred Savidge PhD, Evelyn Schwalenberg-Leip DO, Kathryn Thompson PhD
University of New England, College of Osteopathic Medicine, 11 Hills Beach Rd, Biddeford, ME 04005
Maine, the Way Life Should Be!
A “virtual” unit would provide an opportunity to combine current resources in a more efficient manner that insures continuity and shared complementary expertise. The Center for Educational Enhancement (CMEE) would become the hub for support of work in other units. Our vision of this educational center was to: Capitalize on the expertise of educational personnel and serve as a “think tank” to approach problems and create new ideas in the UNECOM medical education process. Encourage, support, and conduct clinical and educational research as well as other forms of scholarship. Offer the medical educators at UNECOM a networking and feedback group with opportunities to critique and encourage each other. Increase medical educators’ participation in college governance, policy development, and educational issues.
The Center is dedicated to enhancing the quality of medical education and scholarship in the College of Osteopathic Medicine and extended medical education communities.
INITIAL VISIONINITIAL VISION
Background
The Center promotes:• Program development including curriculum and
instructional support, • Program evaluation including learner
assessment,• Clinical and educational research and
scholarship,• Collaboration among COM faculty/staff and with
other UNE units, • Professional development for faculty and staff• Grant acquisition for educational improvement.
Innovation – serves as internal and external change agents
Systematic Development – coordinates the development, implementation, and evaluation of educational programs
Service – serves the college, the university, the community, and the profession
Collegiality – supports and augments individual efforts through collaboration, consultation, and teamwork
Scholarship – strives for excellence in the pursuit and dissemination of new knowledge in medical education
Advocacy – seeks to empower and secure accessInclusion – thrives on strength through diversityQuality – uses evidence/data as part of quality
improvement
Mission
VALUES
GOALS
The implementation stalled. A new curriculum-revision committee began a year-long study. As the work advanced, the committee realized the need for one unit with the authority and expertise to guide the multiple elements of a comprehensive curriculum, instruction and assessment plan with concurrent faculty development. The medical education unit needed an institutional home with authority
Office ofFaculty
Development
Office ofthe Dean
Office ofCommunityPrograms
Office ofClinicalAffairs
Office ofBasic
Sciences
Office ofStudentAffairs
Office ofCurriculum
Support
Dean’sCouncil
AcademicAffairs
Center forMedical
EducationEnhancement
Program DevelopmentEvaluation & ResearchInstructional Technology
Office ofContinuing
MedicalEducation
ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
The Center for Medical Education Enhancement seeks to Promote vertical and horizontal organization of
educational programs Correlate faculty development with curriculum design Promote research on medical education and stimulate
scholarship with faculty, staff, and students Seek grant support for internal development and
grant/contract support for larger projects that extend our influence in medical education
Improve the quality of program development and research in medical education
Increase participation in governance Develop strong relationships with funding agencies and
organizations Encourage the development of certificate/degree in
medical education Manage the current resources to bring together
technology and media for the improvement of medical education
POTENTIAL OUTCOMES/TASKS