The School of Medicine seeks passionate medical educators from the clinical and foundational sciences to author and peer review problem-based learning sessions for the M2 Integrated Curriculum. Participants will develop problem-based/case-based learning opportunities for second-year medical students.  Learning objectives and templates will be provided to the authors. After completion of the activities, outcomes data will be collected, and the curricula will be submitted for publication to the online MedEdPortal, an AAMC, peer-reviewed publication indexed by PubMed, which can be included in promotions packets and on all professional CVs. The work for publishing the M1 POPs sessions is ongoing and will likely be completed this summer.

 

Each POPS session requires 15 multiple-choice questions and five patient cases with open-ended questions. In addition to peer review, editing is provided to ensure the USMLE style is followed. Two authors working together will likely require 5 to 10 hours to complete one POPS session and respond to peer review comments. The turnaround time for cases is approximately two months.

 

If you are interested in volunteering, please email Dr. Brittany Ricker ([log in to unmask]) to volunteer. We will be looking for facilitators for these sessions over the summer, so please consider joining us when the call comes out.

 

David

 

PS—Having done a half dozen of these, they are quite fun to do.

 

David R. Norris, MD, MA, FAAFP

Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs

Professor of Family Medicine

University of Mississippi School of Medicine

Academic Office T: 601-984-5006 | F: 601-815-1861

Clinic T: 601-815-5700 | F: 601-815-5795