Directors of Clinical Skills Courses (DOCS) 2019 Annual Meeting

Join us for the 9th Annual Directors of Clinical Skills Courses (DOCS) Meeting!

Friday November 8, 2019

7am - 5pm

Phoenix Convention Center

Convention Center North, Room 229

Meeting fee: $200 (by 10/25/19)

Late fee: $250 (after 10/25/19)

Student/Resident fee: $25

The DOCS meeting will take place prior to the AAMC Meeting on Friday, November 8, 2019 at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, AZ.

Please note that in order to attend the DOCS meeting, the AAMC asks that you also register for at least one day of the Learn Serve Lead meeting.

Plenary Speaker: Patricia O'Sullivan, EdD will be speaking with us about Assessment for Learning.

Patricia S. O’Sullivan is Director, Research and Development in Medical Education, Center for Faculty Educators at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. At UCSF she directs the Teaching Scholars Program and oversees the doctoral program in health professions education and provides leadership for the master’s program and education curriculum for students, residents and fellows. She leads efforts in faculty development for those interested in education and educational research. The faculty development program received the international 2016 ASPIRE for Excellence award from the Association of Medical Education in Europe. Dr. O’Sullivan has led the Research in Medical Education Section of the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), of the RIME Program Planning Committee and of the Division for Professions Education of the American Educational Research Association (AERA). Her educational research studies have collaborators from medicine, nursing, pharmacy, and health related professions. Her work has been recognized as a Fellow of AERA, the 2011 Merrill Flair Awardee of the AAMC Group on Educational Affairs, 2014 Distinguished Career Award from AERA Division I, 2018 Career Achievements in Medical Education Awardee from SGIM, and 2018 Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Awardee from UCSF.

Guest Speaker: DOCS is thrilled that a member of GEA Leadership from the AAMC has accepted our invitation to speak about the interface between DOCS and the AAMC. More details to come...

Program Overview

• 7:00 am Registration / Networking / Breakfast

• Plenary, Workshops, Showcases, Poster Session

• 5:00 pm Adjourn

Breakout sessions will include:

WORKSHOPS

• Exploring the Basics of Clinical Skills Education for the New Course Director

• Defining the Role of Clinical Skills Course Directors in USMLE Step 2: CS Preparation

• Weaving Trauma Informed and Culturally Sensitive Care into the Curriculum

• How to Create an OSCE for the New Course Director (Intro Level)

• Skills Development Best Practices: Ensuring all Learners Show Competence

• Creating/Revising Clinical Cases for Teaching and Assessment of Structural Social Determinants of Health: Mitigating bias

• Strategies for Improving SP Training, Evaluation, and Reliability

• Moving Beyond Theory to Practice: Clinical Reasoning Instruction for Medical Students

SHOWCASES

• Innovations in Interprofessional Education

• Incorporating EMR Training into Clinical Skills Courses

• Communication Skills Training-Advanced skills for clinical years

BEST OF THE CLINICAL SKILLS LITERATURE

QUESTIONS?

Please contact the Chair of the DOCS Program Planning Committee, Dr. Dani Roussel at: Danielle.Roussel@hsc.utah.edu