Are you interested in Medical Education?
Interested in Being a Student Leader?
Let BU help you bring SIGME to SUNY Downstate.
Read on . . .
The Student Interest Group in Medical Education is looking to expand to other medical schools that have students as passionate about medical education as our school does. The reason SIGME came into existence is because upon researching, we found that many schools lack a steadfast training program that provides exposure and hands on experience for students interested in pursuing a career as a medical educator. We formed a local group here at Boston University for the past year and based upon our success and the great response that we have received, we are now looking to expand to other schools. Here are some of the events that SIGME ran this past year:
Interested in Being a Student Leader?
Let BU help you bring SIGME to SUNY Downstate.
Read on . . .
The Student Interest Group in Medical Education is looking to expand to other medical schools that have students as passionate about medical education as our school does. The reason SIGME came into existence is because upon researching, we found that many schools lack a steadfast training program that provides exposure and hands on experience for students interested in pursuing a career as a medical educator. We formed a local group here at Boston University for the past year and based upon our success and the great response that we have received, we are now looking to expand to other schools. Here are some of the events that SIGME ran this past year:
- A kick off event with the Dean of the medical school presenting a talk entitled, "Why Choose a Career in Academic Medicine?" (flyer attached)
- A Teaching Workshop Series with events such as, "How to Integrate Technology into Medical Education," "Creating an Effective Teaching Environment," and "Assessing your Learner's Understanding"
- A Lecture Series with faculty showcasing the different roles and career paths of medical educators
- An Innovative Leader series with guest faculty highlighting new shapes and forms of curricula (flyer attached)
SIGME has been quite the success at BU. Over 80 people attended our last Innovative Leader Series talk, and our Lecture Series and Teaching Workshop Series continue to attract both students and veteran faculty. We have collaborated with other national student organizations at our school to organize events. In order to continually improve our student outreach, we've created surveys for internal review and have already used them for future event planning. We plan on presenting our work and the organization's structure at a medical education conference this June.
We have already heard from other schools interested in starting SIGME at their schools, and we would love to help you start a chapter at your school. Please contact me if you are interested.
Cheers,
Rounak Rawal
Boston University School of Medicine
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