2024 DOM Clinical & Education Retreat Recap

Thank you to everyone who attended the 2024 DOM Clinical and Education Retreat. We'd like to say a special thank you to Dr. Thomas Lee, our keynote speaker, who gave an engaging talk entitled, "Improving Care by Building Social Capital" and discussed ways in which each of us can promote positive change.

Following the keynote, was a panel discussion entitled "Trust in Healthcare" where the audience and moderator Dr. Amteshwar Singh asked real life questions about caring for patients to our panel of experts featuring Dr. Natasha Chida, Dr. Erica Johnson and Dr. Corey Tapper.

The teaching competition featured multiple "bite-sized" presentations from DOM residents and fellows. We'd like to extend a huge congratulations to Dr. Carolina Lopez-Silva for winning the teaching competition in her intern year. We'd also like to congratulate Dr. Ashley Gordon-Philips and Dr. Dana Goplerud who received honorable mentions.

Finally, the retreat featured Case Problem Solving where Dr. John Woller tested the internist skills of Dr. Gail Berkenblit and Dr. Khalil Ghanem while they attempted to solve a clinical case in-action.

To view more details about the events and/or speakers listed above, view the Clinical & Education Retreat booklet.

Below are highlights from Dr. Nadia Hansel's welcome and opening of the retreat:

Miller Coulson Academy

Clinical Excellence Track: Professors

These individuals have been promoted via the Clinical Excellence Track since its inception in 2018.

Clinical Excellence Track: Associate Professors

These individuals have been promoted via the Clinical Excellence Track since its inception in 2018.

Resources

DOM Educator Promotion Accountability Groups (PAGs)

Meet once a week over 10-weeks (must commit to at least 7 sessions)
4-8 members
Agenda:
- 15 minutes of updates and goal-setting followed
- 30 minutes of individual writing
- 15 minutes of reporting and wrap-up
Open to any faculty member at any rank and any stage of readiness
Click here to sign up

DOM Faculty Educator Series

Last session on September 25 focused on leadership development
Great opportunity to network with new and old faculty
January session will focus on the application of AI in medical education
Previous session entitled Pathway to Promotion about being promoted as an educator

Institute for Excellence in Education Educator Resources

Central repository for resources across SOM and Hopkins
Teaching aids, faculty development resources, funding opportunities and more
hopkinsmedicine.org/institute-excellence-education/educator-resources

New Hopkins Policy & Document Library

Multi-entity library launched in September
Updated platform includes enhanced search capabilities, user-friendly filters, a cleaner interface, new tools and mobile-friendly access
hpo.jh.edu/o/multi-entity

Sitting at the Bedside: Chair Initiative

Dedicated clinician chairs (folding chairs, hung on the wall near the door)

Fully installed in 9 DOM units (Nelson, Meyer, Halsted/Osler)
Osler residents sitting at bedside highly correlated with patient perceptions of better communication
Patients reported their physicians were more likely to:
- Sit at the bedside, odds ratio compared to units without chairs 2.05 (1.10 – 3.82)
- Spend enough time, 2.43 (1.32 – 4.49)
- Check for understanding, 3.04 (1.44 – 6.49)

Initiative for Humanizing Medicine

Initiative to build community to develop innovative strategiesto transform and humanize healthcare
Advancing scholarship
- Research grants
  - 46 proposals received, 5 funded
- Mentoring scholars in the field
Supporting advances in respectful/compassionate clinical care
- Micro-grants
- CLOSLER stories about humanizing care
Integrating advances of heightened respect and compassion into education
- Teaching sessions
- Online resources
- Education research