6/4/24 - Writing Effective Narrative Comments for Clerkship Students
Tuesday, 6/4/24
5:30-7:00 pm
222 Richmond Street, Room 280
Zoom option available
Refreshments will be provided
This workshop, facilitated by clerkship directors in core rotations, endeavors to enhance the quality of written evaluations crucial for the ongoing feedback and learning of medical students.
The session will kick-off with a collaborative exploration of the attributes contributing to the efficacy or ineffectiveness of narrative comments* and then transition to a didactic overview of the new core competencies and competency descriptions. Time will then be dedicated to working in think-pair-share groups to identify commonly observed sub-competencies pertinent to their engagement with students and collaborate in generating descriptions of directly observed behaviors to create a customized evaluation template that can be used for future assessments. The session will wrap up with a review of sample narrative evaluation comments, enabling participants to discern best practices to perpetuate and common pitfalls to circumvent in their evaluative endeavors.
*Please note this session has an emphasis on crafting narrative comments over assigning numeric ratings of student performance.
Attendance in person is encouraged; however, there is also an option to livestream the workshop.
Target Audience
This session is open to all faculty, staff and trainees.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be better able to:
- Describe The Warren Alpert Medical School's new competency framework
- Identify observable sub-competencies relevant to their work with clerkship students
- Create a customized evaluation template
- Include more direct observation and behaviorally based descriptions into their next evaluation
- Identify evaluation best practices and pitfalls
Refreshments will be provided.
SPEAKERS:
Kate Cahill, MD
Associate Professor of Medical Science, Clinician Educator
Associate Professor of Medicine, Clinician Educator
Clerkship Director, Internal Medicine
Warren Alpert Mecial School of Brown University
Providence, RI
Erica Chung, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Clinician Educator
Co-Clerkship Director, Pediatrics
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Providence, RI
Alison Riese, MD, MPH
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Associate Professor of Medical Science
Co-Clerkship Director, Pediatrics
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Providence, RI
Beth Ryder, MD
Associate Professor of Medical Science, Clinician Educator
Associate Professor of Surgery, Clinician Educator
Co-Clerkship Director, Surgery
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Providence, RI
Planning Committee
Katherine E. Mason, MD
Assistant Dean, Faculty Professional Development
Professor of Pediatrics
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Vice Chair of Pediatric Education
Pediatric Intensivist
Hasbro Children's Hospital, Division of Pediatric Critical Care
Providence, RI
Chelsea Reyes
Coordinator, AMS Office of Faculty Professional Development
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Jennifer Maloney
Assistant Director, CME Accreditation and Special Projects
Brown Office of Continuing Medical Education
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Maria Sullivan
Director, Brown Office of Continuing Medical Education
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University
The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University is accredited by the Accreditation Council of Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Physicians: The Warren Alpert Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Available Credit
- 1.50 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
- 1.50 AttendanceParticipants will receive a Certificate of Attendance stating this program is designated for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. This credit is accepted by the AAPA and AANP.