Education Mission

August 25, 2023

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Janet Hafler, EdD

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00:00So welcome everyone.
00:01It's a wonderful place and
00:03I love seeing all these new
00:05faces and some familiar faces.
00:07I'm Janet Haffler.
00:10As Linda said, I'm talking about
00:13the educational mission today.
00:15Deena Lucy was not available.
00:17I want to go through sort
00:18of three areas that Deena,
00:19Lucy overseas.
00:20Let me just get my
00:29so in her role as deputy Dean,
00:32she really oversees,
00:33as you just saw with the Dean's mission,
00:36educating and nurturing the creative leaders
00:39in medicine and science and promoting
00:41the curiosity and critical inquiry.
00:43You'll have so many opportunities
00:45to really meet with our students,
00:47our residents and our fellows.
00:49And in her role, what she does,
00:51which is pretty impressive,
00:55we have a physician associate program
00:57and that's a Facetoface program and
01:00a physician assistant online program
01:03that they both report to Dena Lucy.
01:06We have 247 students and there are
01:09many ways that you'll be able to engage
01:12and teach in both of those programs.
01:15She also oversees our MD and our
01:18MDPHD program. We have 415 students.
01:22We just proudly are admitting
01:25106 students this year.
01:26Typically we have 104.
01:28So we have a very small class which
01:31is intimate. You get to know them.
01:32It's very relational.
01:34And as was pointed out,
01:36there's so many opportunities that
01:37they just love to come and talk
01:40with you and see what's available.
01:42And we'll talk a little bit
01:43about the curriculum.
01:44But then we also have a very close
01:47relationship with the hospital and Steve
01:50Hewitt heads our graduate Medical education.
01:53We have 1020 residents
01:55and we have 418 fellows.
01:58And again,
01:59these are part of our teaching faculty,
02:03All of these opportunities and many of
02:06you are doing clinical and research.
02:08You'll be engaged with our fellows,
02:10our residents, our students.
02:12And again, we'll talk about some
02:14of the teaching opportunities,
02:15and they're extensive and
02:18they're just wonderful.
02:20So then the Dean mentioned a
02:22little bit about the Yale system.
02:24And I don't know how many of you
02:25have heard about the Yale System.
02:27I'm just going to, can you hear me here,
02:30I'm going to step out for a moment.
02:33Raise your hand.
02:33If you've ever heard about the Yale system,
02:36OK.
02:36Some of you have.
02:38So the Yale system has been around for many,
02:40many years, and it really is to
02:42think about our learners as adults.
02:45And again,
02:46it's trusting them.
02:47It's providing A psychological
02:48safety space for them to learn,
02:50to ask questions and what's
02:52really important about teaching.
02:54And I'm going to talk a little bit
02:56more later about the Center for
02:58Medical Education that I oversee.
02:59But it's really whether you're in the lab,
03:02the clinic,
03:02any space where you have a learner,
03:05how do you create that space that
03:08they can really perform to their
03:10best ability in an independent
03:12way and be curious to really
03:14be asking questions and learn.
03:16Because as you know as you go on,
03:19we do our own continuing learning as
03:21the Dean had showed in the New Haven
03:23health system as one of the pillars.
03:25But it really is so important that
03:27we start nurturing that early.
03:29So we really that's part of the
03:31system that has been around for
03:33many years and our educational
03:35curriculum for our medical students
03:37is really built on that.
03:42Any questions about the system?
03:56so I wanted to point out our MD curriculum.
04:00It consists of four years
04:02of integrated courses.
04:03And again, as the Dean pointed out,
04:05we try not to have a siloed curriculum.
04:08There are many, many opportunities for
04:10you to be teaching in the curriculum,
04:12and we'll talk about that.
04:13But in year one, they're integrated
04:16basic science and clinical courses.
04:19We then move in January of year
04:222 to our clerkship experience.
04:25And again, all through this we have an
04:29integrated longitudinal experience.
04:32Again, if you're very interested in teaching,
04:34we have so many ways to engage you.
04:36You can come in and do small pieces
04:38of teaching or you can teach in a
04:42longitudinal course in a smaller session.
04:44We also have physical exams that there are
04:47opportunities for you to participate in that.
04:50What's quite exciting is
04:51that the end of years 3,
04:53they're really doing their sub eyes,
04:55they're doing electives and
04:58they're also doing research.
05:00What's very creative about the curriculum?
05:02In year four,
05:03they really can focus on their research,
05:06whether it's in education,
05:08whether it's in a clinical
05:10department or a bench.
05:11They really have the opportunities
05:13even in April of year one to submit a
05:17proposal so they can do summer research.
05:19Again,
05:20this is where and the Dean talked
05:22about mentoring our students.
05:23They love coming to you and just exploring.
05:26And I'm often encouraging them to say,
05:28oh, well,
05:28if you're really interested in psychiatry,
05:30just go and talk.
05:31Our faculty doors are open or
05:33if you really are interested in
05:35internal medicine and vascular.
05:37Again, our faculty,
05:38I have to say and I've looked at many
05:41medical schools over the country,
05:43our faculty doors are really open
05:45and I encourage you to really
05:47get to know our students.
05:48Most of the departments even
05:50have special interest groups
05:51where they have a get together,
05:53so you get to know the students
05:54so you can engage in that,
05:56but that's an important part.
05:58We also have a fifth year that
06:00about half of our students take
06:02a fifth year to pursue an indepth
06:04thesis and research commitment
06:07and they're always looking for
06:08wonderful mentors for that.
06:12Our physician associate program is a
06:15very strong program where it consists
06:18of 12 months of a didactic phase.
06:20Again, we have many of our medical school
06:24faculty teaching in our PA program.
06:26Then they move right into the
06:27clinical phase and of course,
06:29some research is integrated with it.
06:32It's been a program that's
06:33been around for many years.
06:35And Doctor Garino,
06:36who has a PhD in education,
06:38heads this program.
06:39She also heads and this is a newer program
06:43and it is the physician assistant.
06:45It's an online program where
06:47we have physician assistants
06:49trained throughout the country.
06:51And again,
06:51they come and they have a didactic phase.
06:54What's interesting here,
06:55they come here one time to really do some
07:00work and some educational experiences.
07:02They have clinicals all over the
07:05country and very close supervision with
07:08faculty here and part of the program.
07:10And then they have a capstone course,
07:13the immersions as you can sort
07:15of see the little why up here,
07:16that's when they come here and
07:18they get to know our community,
07:20they get to know you,
07:21you can participate in the immersions
07:23and the program is a very strong
07:27clinically oriented program.
07:29So I wanted to speak for a few
07:31minutes about how you can possibly
07:33engage with the students.
07:34Of course you can teach in the curriculum
07:37and you're welcome to contact myself,
07:39Deena, Lucy and Dean Schwartz.
07:42You could also be in the
07:44medical school curriculum,
07:45the MD program or the PA program.
07:48We also have opportunities for you
07:50to be on the admissions committee
07:52and many of you have certainly
07:55gone through numerous admissions
07:58experiences to get here as medical
08:00school and residents and fellows.
08:03We have a very strong admissions
08:05committee and of course we have the dice,
08:07which is the diversity, inclusion,
08:09community engagement and equity group.
08:12These are all opportunities.
08:14And as you think about sitting with,
08:16as the Dean pointed out,
08:18your fact the faculty identified,
08:21you know, what are your goals?
08:23What do you hope to do?
08:24How do you want to engage with
08:26our community here?
08:27There's so many opportunities and
08:28sometimes when you first start,
08:29it's like can be a little
08:31overwhelming to say.
08:32And that's why you need a mentor.
08:34You need someone to help guide you to say
08:36what it is that you really want to be doing,
08:39whether it's your clinical,
08:40your research and scholarship.
08:41But then what about the service part and
08:43how can you be part of our community?
08:45So again,
08:47we have Doctor Rohrbach,
08:48who's head of our Global Health program,
08:51which is phenomenal.
08:52We send students all over the world
08:54and there's numerous opportunities
08:56in Global Health to engage with our
08:58students and they're so strong.
09:00And you've got research opportunities.
09:02And of course we have the office
09:04of student Research where your
09:05profile could be there to say,
09:07Gee, I have an opportunity,
09:08I'd love to have a medical
09:10student work with me.
09:11And then of course we have two clinics,
09:13the Haven Free Clinic and the
09:15Neighborhood Health Project,
09:16where these are studentrun clinics.
09:18And again, you can go in and supervise
09:20students and work with them.
09:21And these are a small
09:24selection of opportunities.
09:25But as you start thinking about
09:26being part of our community here,
09:28there are opportunities for you to say,
09:30Gee, what it is that you want to
09:33do to contribute to the health
09:36and wellbeing of all of us.
09:38So thinking about how do you engage and
09:41enhance your own knowledge and skills?
09:43We have this new Center
09:45for medical education,
09:46which I'm very excited about,
09:48where we have a group of teaching and
09:51learning professionals and we've moved CME
09:53under this Center for Medical Education.
09:56And in this group we have a large
09:59number of opportunities to enhance
10:02your learning as researchers,
10:04as faculty, as teachers,
10:07as curriculum developers.
10:09And I'll talk a little bit more about
10:11the centre and how you can engage
10:13with our centre at after the break.
10:16Our biomedical ethics program
10:18is extremely strong and they
10:20bring biomedical ethics together
10:22and you can attend sessions and
10:25hear how we integrate that.
10:27And of course, we have humanities,
10:29and we have a new It's fairly new.
10:32The title's new the Yale Center
10:35for Healthcare Simulation.
10:36Lee, Doctor Lee Evans heads that.
10:38It used to be a bit smaller,
10:39and it was just in the emergency
10:42department offering it.
10:43But many of you are engaging in teaching
10:46and research around the use of simulation,
10:49and it's a wonderful large center.
10:51And if you ever have a free
10:53moment to go over and see it,
10:55it's just close to Howard Street.
10:57And of course the library is
10:59a very special place here.
11:01The students are actually assigned a
11:03personal librarian when they get here.
11:05And as faculty in our various departments,
11:08every department has a faculty
11:10assigned to them.
11:11So if you need some help with
11:13some research or scholarship,
11:15you can go to your personal librarian
11:17and say and it's a wonderful use.
11:19We also have faculty of staff in
11:22the library who will help with
11:24instructional videos to create
11:26some instructional videos for
11:28you to be teaching our students.
11:30So the library is extremely rich resource.
11:33We also have a librarian who's just
11:35assigned to education, Judy Spec.
11:37She just works with us.
11:38She knows every journal and has
11:42published with us in medical education.
11:44So again,
11:45as you think about the opportunities,
11:47these are a few.
11:52So I wanted to point out,
11:54and this is an extremely important piece,
11:57many of you have already completed your CV,
11:59part one and two.
12:01If you haven't completed Part 2,
12:03it's where you really document
12:05your Yale activities in leadership,
12:07teaching roles, curricula, development.
12:10Again, start doing this tonight.
12:13Don't delay.
12:14Some of you have already been here.
12:16I can't stress enough, right, Linda?
12:18It's really important and you can
12:21really Sometimes when you look back,
12:22it's hard to say, oh,
12:23I can't remember what I did,
12:24so start documenting it.
12:26You also need your teaching evaluations,
12:29and I really encourage you.
12:31If you're not receiving teaching evaluations,
12:34come to us.
12:35We'll figure out how to get them,
12:36whether it's you're teaching residents,
12:38you're teaching fellows,
12:39you're teaching medical students,
12:41Also continuing medical education.
12:42You need to be collecting your teaching
12:45evaluations and going through them.
12:47If you do find that you're trying a
12:48new strategy and it's not working well,
12:50we're here in the Center for
12:52Medical Education to help you
12:53out and it's confidential.
12:54You can just bring them
12:55and we can talk about it,
12:56but start making sure you are
12:59receiving teaching evaluations
13:00because they are needed when
13:02your packets for appointment and
13:04promotion are being put together.
13:06We also have a very special teaching
13:10awards at commencement where this
13:12is schoolwide faculty are nominated
13:14and they're giving it commencement.
13:15Of course all your departments
13:17often have other awards.
13:18But again this is a couple of ways
13:21that we're really recognizing the
13:23importance of of teaching contributions here.
13:27And the last is and I, I,
13:28the Dean has really established this,
13:30that if there are highlights
13:32that you're doing,
13:33let your department know so they can
13:35be put into news and recognition.
13:37If you've done something significant,
13:39maybe they might not identify
13:41that you've done that.
13:42So please,
13:43it's a way that we the Dean has
13:46this as news and recognition to
13:48all of the our Yale community.
13:51So as a last slide,
13:53we really have an open door policy.
13:55Doctor Lucy is always available.
13:58Michael Schwartz is our head
14:00of our curriculum.
14:01He's also available and as the head
14:04of the Center for Medical Education,
14:07I'm always available.
14:08So please feel free to come by, send emails.
14:12I'd love to meet with all of you
14:15and talk about opportunities,
14:17ways that you can mentor our students,
14:19ways that you could engage with
14:21our community here. So thank you.