2011 - UCSF School of Medicine - University of California, San ...

UCSF Education Day 2011Welcome to Education DayDear Friends,On behalf of The Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators and the Office ofMedical Education, we are proud to present the tenth annual Education Day, an eventthat showcases the scholarly work of the UCSF School of Medicine’s faculty, residents,and students.The program covers a variety of important research questions and innovations in medicaleducation. Following a blinded peer review of all abstract submissions, the Academy’sScholarship Working Group, which plans Education Day, has selected 51 submissions tobe featured at Education Day. Six of these submissions have been selected as oralpresentations based upon their quality and collective relevance to the largest audience ofmedical educators.We are also pleased to offer a number of special programs. We welcome NorthwesternUniversity’s Diane B. Wayne, MD, as this year’s visiting professor, who will delivertoday’s keynote address, Use of Medical Education Research to Improve Patient CareQuality. And in recognition of the recent opening of UCSF’s new Teaching and LearningCenter, we have also developed several workshops that demonstrate the cutting-edgeeducational technologies that are available to the UCSF community.This will be our fifth year presenting the Academy’s Cooke Awards for the Scholarship ofTeaching and Learning. Please join us for the awards announcement at the conclusion oftoday’s plenary session.We extend a very special thank you to our community of medical educators forcontributing so generously to this year’s Education Day. This program provides just asmall glimpse of the creativity and excitement of their scholarly work here at UCSF. Wehope you enjoy the program.Jody Steinauer, MD, MASChair, Scholarship Working GroupMolly Cooke, MDDirector, Academy of Medical EducatorsUniversity of California, San Francisco • School of Medicine 1