Category: Announcements

Instructional Design Studio Update

The Instructional Design Studio, or ID Studio, is now operational. Located on the lower level of Becker Library, the seven-hundred square foot space is a technology-rich environment where faculty are able to design and develop video-based educational resources for School of Medicine students. As of October 2019, the studio is now fully-staffed with a director, videographer, and education […]

Health and Behavior Research Center Receives Grant Funding

    Congratulations to the Health and Behavior Research Center in securing a grant to increase training for opioid use disorder in the medical school curriculum. The effort is being led by Sarah Hartz, MD, PhD and David Liss, MD. The project title is: “Implementation of Initiatives in Medical Student and Resident Education for Improved Access to Medication-assisted Treatments for […]

Dr. Cara Cipriano and Kate Gerull Have Received the AMA Joan F. Giambalvo Fund for the Advancement of Women Research Grant Award

  Dr. Cara Cipriano and 4th year medical student Kate Gerull have received a 2019 Joan F. Giambalvo Fund for the Advancement of Women Research Award from the American Medical Association Foundation. The title of the award winning study is “Gender differences in medical students’ sense of belonging in Orthopedic Surgery: A multi-institution study.” The goal […]

Welcome Erin Morris, Education Specialist/Instructional Designer

Welcome Erin Morris, MA to the Office of Education as the new Education Specialist/Instructional Designer.  Erin comes to us from St. Louis College of Pharmacy, where she served in a similar role for the past five years.  In this newly created role, Erin’s primary focus will be on supporting the instructional design and education development needs of […]

Gerome Escota, MD Appointed Chair of the Teaching and Learning Resources Group for the Infectious Diseases Society of America

Congratulations is extended to Dr. Gerome Escota, MD on being selected as the Chair of the Teaching and Learning Resources Work Group for the IDSA.  Dr. Escota will develop and curate material to support the IDSA community to be better teachers as well as resources for ID Clinician Educators to enhance their skills in Medical Education.  This appointment will be a […]

White Coat Ceremony

The entering class of 2019 received their white coats from School of Medicine faculty and took the class oath in the presence of family and friends at Washington University School of Medicine’s annual White Coat Ceremony on Friday, August 16, 2019. Watch the livestream video, read the class oath and view photos from the event here.

Capstone Course Director Position Announcement

Hello everyone. I am writing to let you know that Dr. Gina LaRossa (Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Hospitalist Medicine, Department of Medicine) has decided to step down as director of the 4th-year Capstone Course. We are enormously grateful for the considerable work Gina has put into the course and for seeing it through […]

The Academy of Educators Inaugural Cohort Announced

Congratulations to the inaugural cohort of the Academy of Educators at Washington University School of Medicine. This represents a group of outstanding faculty, selected through a rigorous process that included review of their applications by internal and external peer reviewers. We are looking forward to these members networking with each other and promoting educational excellence […]

Office of Education Instructional Design Studio

Construction is nearly complete on the Washington University School of Medicine Instructional Design Studio, located on the lower level of Becker Library. The seven-hundred square foot space includes a sound-proof video-recording studio which supports filming using lightboard and greenscreen technologies. It also houses a recording booth for supported or independent screencast recording, along with a […]

Dr. Jennifer Duncan Named Director of Wellness for Graduate Medical Education

Dr. Duncan will begin her new role as of October 1, 2019. Dr. Duncan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics and is the Program Director for the Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellowship. She is a graduate of the University of Chicago School of Medicine and Pediatric residency and completed her fellowship in […]

Update on the Curriculum Renewal Process

As described in the prior edition of EdUpdate, the Curriculum Architecture Consensus Team has been working intensely over the last 6 months to develop the large-scale framework for the new Gateway Curriculum. This was accomplished by taking the ideas and concepts built by the original architecture teams and incorporating the massive and helpful feedback obtained […]

New Director of Assessment: Dr. Amanda Emke

Dr. Amanda Emke from the Department of Pediatrics will join the Office of Medical Student Education as the Director of Assessment beginning Monday, July 1, 2019. Dr. Emke came to us from the University of Missouri-Columbia School of Medicine for her pediatrics residency in 2002 and she additionally completed a fellowship in pediatric critical care. […]