The Augusta Webster, MD, Office of Medical Education (AWOME) team is committed to the success of prospective and current students, alumni and faculty. Please contact our team via the information below. AWOME partners with many other parts of Feinberg, including the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, to ensure a welcoming environment for all students and a curriculum that prioritizes cultural intelligence and inclusion, and the Medical Alumni Association, to support our graduates throughout their careers.
Learn more about our office's purpose and leadership.
If you are interested in giving to undergraduate medical education at Feinberg, please see more information on the Department of Medical Education site.
I am the Assistant Director of Student Affairs, and I work with students at all levels of training in the areas of professional development and career advising. I also co-Direct the Repro-GU module (Phase 1b).
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Career Advising
Repro-GU Module
Student Wellness
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Student Support Services
I work with Element and Thread Leaders, Clerkship Directors and Module Leaders to develop and implement curricular content for Phases 1 and 2 (the first three years of the curriculum).
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Program Evaluation
Student Assessment
Student Wellness
I am the director for Areas of Scholarly Concentration.
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Professional Development (Area of Scholarly Concentration)
My primary duties are to oversee the assessment system, including the FSM portfolio, and to lead evaluations of curricular outcomes.
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Program Evaluation
Student Assessment
My role at the medical school involves oversight of the integration of simulation-based education into the medical school curriculum. This occurs in the clerkships as well as pre-clinically in the Synthesis and Application Modules. Additionally, I work with other curricular leaders to implement the Phase 3 and Capstone curricula.
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Simulation
Synthesis and Application (SAM)
I am the Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education responsible for curriculum, assessment and experience of students achieving an MD degree at Feinberg School of Medicine. I am a pediatrician at Lurie Children's Hospital and work with medical students and residents in the clinic and in the hospital.
Manages logicistical operations for medical students. Primary liaison to campus departments and vendors. Maintains the student disability policy, provides housing resources and external research opportunity information. Oversees health compliance requirements, electronic record access, medical student facilities access, pager unit assignment/maintenance, prepares dean letters, and maintains the CTA UPass contract.
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Student Support Services
Cynthia is available to discuss any issues regarding financial aid and loan repayment with medical students. Her goal is to provide our students with the information necessary to make educated decisions concerning financial aid.
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Financial Aid
Works closely with students to offer support with the challenges of medical school.
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Student Wellness
Career Advising
Student Support Services
I am responsible for enrolling students in courses and scheduling clerkships. I post all grades, verify education, issue transcripts and audit academic completions and ensure on track to graduate. I also assist graduates with licensing paperwork and create the academic calendar for the medical school.
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Student Support Services
I certify that medical students are in good standing and verify license and state forms for current and past students. I certify national boards step 1 and 2 examinations. I also provide transcripts and handle grades.
I manage the Visiting Students Program. I maintain and refine program policy, collaborate with the Center for Global Health and medical departments for application review and enrollment of visiting students from the United States and Global Partner institutions. I also assist the Registrar with degree verification and course catalog updates.
I am a co-director of the Global Health portion of Health & Society Foundations. I am also the director and leader of SAM 1.
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Health and Society
Synthesis and Application (SAM)
I am a co-module leader for Foundations I; lecturer Foundations I.
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Foundations 1 Module
I am the Clerkship Director for Psychiatry, the Director of PTTP and the Fourth-Year Psychiatry Adviser.
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Career Advising
Financial Aid
Problem Based Learning
Professional Development (Personal Transition to the Profession)
Psychiatry Clerkship
Student Support Services
Student Wellness
I am the thread leader for Business of Medicine in Health and Society.
I am currently the clerkship director for the medicine sub-internship and I am the clerkship director for the Infectious Disease clinical rotation. I also have worked with students in PBL and TBL.
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Career Advising
Clinical Medicine
Education Center Medical Home
Foundations 1 Module
Medicine Sub-I Clerkship
Problem Based Learning
Professional Development (Area of Scholarly Concentration)
Synthesis and Application (SAM)
Teaching Selective
I am currently the clerkship director for the medicine sub-internship and I am the clerkship director for the Infectious Disease clinical rotation. I also have worked with students in PBL and TBL.
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ICU Clerkship
Simulation
I am the co-leader of Science in Medicine element, co-director of Neuroscience Module, PBL tutor.
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Neuroscience Module
I am the co-director of the Repro-GU Module.
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Repro-GU Module
I lead the ethics (Phase 1: Clinical Ethics, Intermediate Clinical Ethics; Phase 2: Advanced Clinical Ethics) and medical humanities (Medical Humanities and Applied Arts Seminars) components of the curriculum.
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Professional Development (Ethics)
Professional Development
Clerkship Director of Primary Care Clerkship, Co Director ECMH (Education Centered Medical Home)
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Education Center Medical Home
Primary Care Clerkship
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Problem Based Learning
I am the obstetrics and gynecology sub-internship director. I guide fourth year medical students through this rotation to obtain a robust clinical experience in this field.
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Clinical Medicine
OBGYN Sub-I Clerkship
I am a college mentor and the course director PTTP Phase 2 and 3.
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Clinical Medicine
Repro-GU Module
I am co-director of the Musculoskeletal Module.
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Musculoskeletal Module
Co-Leader of Health Equity and Advocacy Thread
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Health and Society (Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety)
I currently serve as a College Mentor for the class of 2020. I am an Assistant Professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine and care for hospitalized patients at NMH and Prentice. I am involved with clinical rewarming for MSTP students and have interests in medical education and oncology.
I am the module leader for Foundations 1. I also teach genetics.
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Foundations 1 Module
As module leader of renal module, I organize content and sequence of lectures included in the module.
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Renal Module
I am the thread leader for Business of Medicine in Health and Society.
A leader for anatomy, histology, and embryology content in the curriculum. Co-director of the Foundations 2 and Head and Neck modules in the Phase 1 curriculum. As Anatomy Lab Director, I oversee everything related to the functioning of the anatomy lab.
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Foundations 2 Module
Co-director of the Science in Medicine element, Co-director of the Pulmonary Unit, Co-director of the Critical Care Clerkship
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ICU Clerkship
Pulmonary Module
Co-director MSK unit Phase 1
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Musculoskeletal Module
I work with the education deans to address and coordinate educational initiatives and projects (LCME accreditation process, longitudinal educational surveys, student perception surveys, etc., AOA selection process). I am the coordinator for specific educational committees, as well as for Focused Clinical Experiences for M1s and M2s.
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Focused Clinical Experiences
Psychiatry Module Leadership of Phase 1b Curriculum. Teaching the Decision Making Capacity Evaluation and Suicide Risk Evaluation sessions in the MS3 Psychiatry Clerkship Curriculum. Teaching during ECT observation in the MS3 Psychiatry Clerkship Curriculum. Offering a senior elective in Cancer Psychiatry (aka Psycho-Oncology). Mentoring AOSC
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Health and Society
Psychiatry Module
The Teamwork & Leadership Thread leader works with other curricular leaders to create opportunities, like DOC cases and interprofessional education (IPE), to develop teamwork/leadership skills for the healthcare setting. I also help to develop and implement assessments that take place in the clinical setting.
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Health and Society (Teamwork and Leadership)
Individual Preceptorship
Student Assessment
Co-Leader of Health Equity and Advocacy Thread
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Health and Society (Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety)
I am currently one of the co-directors of Problem Based Learning (PBL).
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Problem Based Learning
I am co-leader of Foundations 3. I am also the Microbiology thread leader.
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Foundations 3 Module
Co-Leader of Health Equity and Advocacy Thread
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Health and Society (Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety)
I am a college mentor for the class of 2022.
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Clinical Medicine (Diagnostic Testing)
Clinical Medicine
Health and Society
Individual Preceptorship
Problem Based Learning
As Clerkship Director for Obstetrics and Gynecology I am the primary contact for any issues during the third year clerkship. I also assist with career counseling for third and fourth year students applying for residency in OB/GYN.
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Career Advising
Clinical Medicine
Focused Clinical Experiences
OBGYN Clerkship
Professional Development (Area of Scholarly Concentration)
Repro-GU Module
I lead the Professional Development Element (including Medical Humanities and Bioethics, Personal Transition to the Profession and Area of Scholarly Concentration) and am also a College Mentor for the Class of 2019
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Professional Development (Area of Scholarly Concentration)
Professional Development (Ethics)
Professional Development (Personal Transition to the Profession)
I am the co-leader of Diagnostic Testing thread.
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Clinical Medicine (Diagnostic Testing)
I am a hospital-based pediatrician and the Pediatric Clerkship Director for the Pediatric Clerkship. My personal interests are medical education and mentoring, inpatient clinical medicine, late-preterm infants, physician handoffs, and simulation. I was previously a PTTP3 small-group leader and am a member of the Evaluation Subcommittee of the Curriculum Committee.
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Pediatrics Clerkship
Professional Development (Personal Transition to the Profession)
Simulation
I am the co-director of the Medical Decision Making thread.
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Clinical Medicine (Diagnostic Testing)
Clinical Medicine (Medical Decision Making)
I help organize and coordinate the month of lectures for the MSK module for the 1st year medical students.
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Career Advising
Clinical Medicine (Diagnostic Testing)
Clinical Medicine (Medical Decision Making)
Health and Society (Lifestyle Medicine)
Musculoskeletal Module
Mara coordinates LCME issues and supports data analysis required for program evaluation.
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Foundations 1 Module
Foundations 2 Module
Foundations 3 Module
Musculoskeletal Module
Pulmonary Module
Renal Module
Work with M3/M4 students to setup their time in the Neurology clerkship and communicate important updates throughout the month long clerkship.
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Neurology Clerkship
The Teamwork & Leadership Thread leader works with other curricular leaders to create opportunities, like DOC cases and interprofessional education (IPE), to develop teamwork/leadership skills for the healthcare setting. I also help to develop and implement assessments that take place in the clinical setting.
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Health and Society (Teamwork and Leadership)
Individual Preceptorship
Student Assessment
I am the Emergency Medicine Clerkship Director, the director of EM career advising, and the faculty adviser for the Emergency Medicine Interest Group.
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Career Advising
Emergency Medicine Clerkship
Professional Development
I am a lead for the Lifestyle Medicine thread and the Health & Society element for Foundations and Endocrinology Modules.
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Endocrine Module
Foundations 1 Module
Health and Society (Business of Medicine)
Health and Society (Lifestyle Medicine)
I am the co-leader of Diagnostic Testing thread.
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Clinical Medicine (Diagnostic Testing)
Heme/Onc Module
Health & Society Thread Liaison, working to integrate Health & Society content into various courses throughout the curriculum (i.e. PBL, SAM).
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Health and Society
I support and coordinate all aspects of the daily student and faculty activities related to the Phase 1b Science in Medicine element. I coordinate the longitudinal program Area of Scholarly Concentration (AOSC) for M1-M4 students and faculty. I also support and coordinate the week long Introduction to Phase 2 curriculum.
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Career Advising
Endocrine Module
Gastrointestinal Module
Heme/Onc Module
Medicine Clerkship
Medicine Sub-I Clerkship
Neuroscience Module
Professional Development (Area of Scholarly Concentration)
Psychiatry Module
Repro-GU Module
Student Wellness
I am the co-director of the Neurosciences Module.
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Focused Clinical Experiences
Individual Preceptorship
Neuroscience Module
I am a college mentor.
I am a mentor for class of 2017 and co-director of primary care clerkship. I am also a FAME member for faculty mentoring and Searle faculty for faculty mentoring.
Coordinates the Primary Care Clerkship and the M3 and M4 ECMH students
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Education Center Medical Home
Primary Care Clerkship
I co-direct the pulmonary unit of the Scientific Basis of Medicine.
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Pulmonary Module
As the director of medical student education in ophthalmology, I am the clerkship director as well as co-module leader for the Head & Neck unit. I'm involved in career advising and the PTTP (personal transition to the profession) course and coordinate the SAM content and IC-2 components related to Ophthalmology.
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Career Advising
Head and Neck Module
Professional Development (Personal Transition to the Profession)
I am the Endocrinologist Coordinator of SBM Endocrinology course.
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Endocrine Module
I focus on inpatient palliative care consultation and home based palliative care.
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Clinical Medicine
Problem Based Learning
Professional Development (Personal Transition to the Profession)
I am a co-leader for CV-Blood Module.
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Cardiovascular/Blood Module
Organizes Clerkship as Clerkship Director, Teaches in Clerkship as Site Director, Teaching Attending on inpatient wards, Primary Adviser for all students going into medicine, Co-writer with Chairman of the Department Letter
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Career Advising
Medicine Clerkship
I am the Lurie PICU contact person for Feinberg Medical Students. I provide pre-orientation help for students and do all the support work for Dr. Rozenfeld, the Director of the Clerkship, while they are on their rotation.
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ICU Clerkship
Pediatric ICU
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Professional Development (Personal Transition to the Profession)
I direct the M3 and M4 renal selective. I also work with Dr. Cheema, the Renal Module leader, on the M1 renal course.
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Career Advising
Clinical Medicine
Renal Module
I am a pediatric cardiologist and currently a college mentor for Class of 2018. In this role, I mentor, advice, and teach. I am a pediatric cardiologist with specialization in cardiac imaging and fetal echocardiography. I am interested in clinical ethics and working on developing a bioethics curriculum for trainees.
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Health and Society (Teamwork and Leadership)
Professional Development (Ethics)
Professional Development (Personal Transition to the Profession)
As director of the Focused Clinical Experience (FCE) for M-1 and M-2's, I identify clinical experiences within different areas that would be relevant to the respective blocks. We try to identify enough FCE's so that each M-1 and M-2 has at least one FCE in their 1st and 2nd years.
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Cardiovascular/Blood Module
Simulation
Anna supports and coordinates all aspects of the Phase 1 Clinical Medicine element including the student and faculty activities that happen within the Clinical Education Center (CEC) and the Individual Preceptorship (IP). She also coordinates the Diagnostic Testing Thread, the M4 Teaching Selective, Ultrasound, and Intro to Phase 3. Contact Me About Clinical Medicine (Diagnostic Testing) , Individual Preceptorship , Repro-GU Module , Synthesis and Application (SAM) , Teaching Selective
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Clinical Medicine (Diagnostic Testing)
Clinical Medicine (Medical Decision Making)
Clinical Medicine
Teaching Selective
I coordinate and organize the Psychiatry Clerkship and the Psychiatry electives.
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Psychiatry Clerkship
I am the clerkship director for the Pediatric Intensive Care Phase 3 clerkship. This clerkship fulfills the ICU graduation requirement. This clerkship involves patient care in the PICU, bedside teaching, simulation training and didactic lectures. I am also in charge of pediatric resident education in the PICU.
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Pediatric ICU
I am the Monika and Henry Betts Medical Education Chair at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab and the director of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Clerkship.
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Clinical Medicine
PMR Clerkship
I am a college mentor for the class of 2020.
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Career Advising
Clinical Medicine (Medical Decision Making)
I am the Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety Thread Lead.
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Clinical Medicine (Diagnostic Testing)
Health and Society (Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety)
I oversee the Health and Society Element. I also am a Faculty Adviser for AOSC.
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Health and Society
Professional Development (Area of Scholarly Concentration)
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Problem Based Learning
Sue Anne coordinates all aspects of the student and faculty activities related to the Professional Development element for all phases. She also coordinates the Synthesis and Application Modules during Phases 1 and 2.
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Professional Development (Ethics)
Professional Development (Personal Transition to the Profession)
Synthesis and Application (SAM)
I have been for course director of the MDM courses for the last decade. In addition to writing the course, delivering lectures and teaching small groups, I also attend on the wards and have medical students in my office.
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Clinical Medicine (Medical Decision Making)
Clinical Medicine
Individual Preceptorship
Professional Development (Area of Scholarly Concentration)
Professional Development (Personal Transition to the Profession)
I co-lead the Health Equity and Advocacy thread.
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Health and Society (Healthcare Equity and Advocacy)
Health and Society
As Associate Chair for Education in the Department of Pediatrics, I oversee pediatric educational programs at Lurie Children's. I also direct the pediatric subinternship, the career advising program in pediatrics, and the pediatric bootcamp during the capstone course. I am board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Emergency Medicine.
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Pediatrics Sub-I Clerkship
I work in the Department of Medicine coordinating the internal medicine clerkship and sub-internship and electives for third and fourth year Northwestern students and visiting students. I also coordinate the advising programs for students interested in pursuing careers in internal medicine.
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Career Advising
Medicine Clerkship
Medicine Sub-I Clerkship
Student Wellness
I am currently one of the co-directors of Problem Based Learning (PBL). I also serve as a mentor for several AOSC students.
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Problem Based Learning
Co Director ECMH (Education Centered Medical Home)
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Education Center Medical Home
I am a college mentor.
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Health and Society
Professional Development
I perform a variety of duties for the third and fourth year pediatric students programs. Including scheduling, and orientation; requiring excellent data management, organizational and administrative skills.
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Education Center Medical Home
Pediatrics Clerkship
Pediatrics Sub-I Clerkship
Repro-GU Module
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Health and Society (Business of Medicine)
Health and Society (Healthcare Equity and Advocacy)
Health and Society (Healthcare Quality and Patient Safety)
Health and Society (Lifestyle Medicine)
Health and Society
Teaching Selective
I am the Neurology clerkship director.
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Clinical Medicine (Medical Decision Making)
Individual Preceptorship
Neurology Clerkship
I co-direct the hematology portion of the hematology-oncology module in Science and Medicine. I also have taught hematology modules in SAM.
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Heme/Onc Module
Through group social activities, participation in social science courses and individual portfolio reflection, I serve as a mentor for personal, professional and academic development to students in the Class of 2019. I instruct in all three phases of the curriculum and chair the Assessment Committee.
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Career Advising
Program Evaluation
Student Assessment
The Teamwork & Leadership Thread leader works with other curricular leaders to create opportunities, like DOC cases and interprofessional education (IPE), to develop teamwork/leadership skills for the healthcare setting. I also help to develop and implement assessments that take place in the clinical setting.
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Health and Society (Teamwork and Leadership)
Individual Preceptorship
Student Assessment
My primary duties are to oversee the assessment system, including the FSM portfolio, and to lead evaluations of curricular outcomes.
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Program Evaluation
Student Assessment
I am responsible for recruiting, scheduling and training actors to realistically portray simulated patients for clinical skills courses and assessments for medical students and other NU learners in diverse health care professions.
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Simulation
I recruit, hire and train Standardized Patients to work with our students on communication skills, formative assessments and OSCEs. I work closely with faculty to ensure the highest quality in simulated activities throughout the curriculum and in all of our events.
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Simulation
As Director of the Standardized Patient Program I am responsible for all clinical skills curriculum for our medical school as well as for other Northwestern learners such as PA, PT, and Genetic counseling students. I oversee all operations of the Center including all assessment, educational, and research projects. Through the use of standardized patients we provide hands-on experience in both the Clinical Education Center and the Simulation Lab.
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Simulation
I oversee the Clinical Medicine element of many of the Phase 1 modules including Clinical Correlations, CEC Skills Sessions and OSCEs.
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Cardiovascular/Blood Module
Clinical Medicine
Dermatology Module
Heme/Onc Module
Musculoskeletal Module
Neuroscience Module
Psychiatry Clerkship
Psychiatry Module
Pulmonary Module
Renal Module
Repro-GU Module
I ensure quality patient simulation performance through recruiting, training, and scheduling actors to portray patients for our students and health care professionals. Our Standardized Patients are utilized for formative assessments as well as OSCEs, assessing communication skills and diagnosis checklists. I work with SPs in both the Clinical Education Center as well as the Simulation Lab.
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Simulation