Technology Trends to Follow in 2018 As the year draws to a close, it is a worthwhile time to reflect on where we have been and where we plan to go. With respect to technology, Moore’s Law, coined by Gordon Moore, the co-founder of Intel, continues to hold true: computing abilities will increase at an exponential rate (while decreasing in Read More…

2018 Educating Learners through Innovation and Technology (ELITe) Conference The 2018 Educating Learners through Innovation and Technology (ELITe) Conference is a three day conference, designed for health professions educators across all specialties. Education has rapidly changed over the past ten years. Rather than just lectures and textbooks, educators can now choose from podcasts, vodcasts, free open access medical education (FOAM), massive open online Read More…

Inaugural Med Augmented Reality (AR) Jam Launching Next Week The School of Medicine has hosted Med AppJam competitions with the Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences (ICS) for the last 5 years. The Med AppJam is a student-to student competition that pairs medical students with ICS students to create mobile health apps. This Read More…

Faculty and Resident Training on SOM Learning Objectives & Key Policies The “Faculty and Resident Training on SOM Learning Objectives & Key Policies”, a training module administered through the UC Learning Center, has been assigned to all faculty, residents and staff who must attest to reviewing its contents. This annual training module contains: The School Read More…

Coming Soon: New System to Request Educational Technology Support Next week, the Division of Educational Technology will launch ServiceNow which will replace the “iMedEd Service Request Form” to manage incoming requests for technology support at the Office of Medical Education (Med Ed). ServiceNow is a system that manages technology service requests and the reporting of Read More…

Publishing Case Reports The Cureus Journal of Medical Science is an online community, and open-access publication targeted at a new generation of doctors and researchers. Cureus makes the publication and crowd-sourced peer review process very efficient: Article templates guide authors through a step-by-step submission process, reducing publication times from months to just weeks. Authors retain Read More…

Writing Case Discussions Establishing the clinical relevance of curricular content is a fundamental goal of medical education. Case-based discussions are an effective way to promote active learning and critical thinking if they are well-constructed. In the article,”Twelve tips on writing a discussion case that facilitates teaching and engages learners”, the authors provide tips on how Read More…

Note-taking on the iPads This week marked the start of classes for the 8th class of medical school students to receive funding for iPads through the iMedEd Initiative. A majority of students chose to purchase an iPad Pro and take advantage of the Apple Pencil, a stylus that offers greater precision and distinctive features through Read More…

Pearls on Educational Principles Evidence-based educational principles are important to be considered when developing new curriculum and evaluating the effectiveness of didactic activities. To help inform medical educators about such principles, the UCSF Center for Faculty Educators has developed the “Pearls on Educational Principles” program. This program consists of brief one-page brochures covering learning theories Read More…