An Update on the Diagnosis and Tracking of Parkinson’s Disease

Dr. Samuel Frank

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Teaching Clinical Reasoning

Dr. Warren Hershman discusses the teaching of clinical reasoning to medical students and residents.

Teaching_Clinical_Reasoning.m4a

Hiring and Managing Personnel

Presenters: George Snowdon and Boris Lazic, BUMC Human Resources

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Recruit personnel to support their academic work
  • Onboard and orient new hires
  • Manage employees effectively

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Effective Approaches to the Reluctant Learner

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Define “reluctant learner”
  • Diagnose the cause of the reluctance
  • Employ techniques to engage the reluctant learner

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Faculty Development Seminar: Demystifying Appointments and Promotions

What is the difference between rank, title, and track? And what does it take to get promoted? Current and former members of the Department of Medicine Appointments and Promotions Committee will explain how the process works.

At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:

  • Evaluate whether they are good candidates for promotion
  • Prepare materials for a promotion
  • Advocate for their career advancement

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Basic Epidemiologic Concepts via Podcast

As part of the new resident 'EBM' program, Tuhina Neogi, MD, PhD and Steven Vlad, MD are developing a series of podcasts exploring basic epidemiologic concepts. These parallel the content that we are now teaching our internal medicine residents. We'd like to invite you to view the first two of these podcasts on study design (Module 2, part A) and effect measures (Module 2, part B).

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Module 2, Part A - Study Design

Module 2, part B: Measures of Effect

Plasma Cell Disorders

Dr. David Seldin MD PhD discusses plasma cell disorders.

Direct download: approach_to_the_patient_with_abnormal_wbc.m4a

Teaching Bayes Theorem

Dr. Mitchell Medow shows how clinical reasoning can be taught using Bayes theorem. Includes an interesting explanation of  a 'qualitative' approach to Bayesian reasoning.

Direct Download: Bayes_theorem.m4a

Dermatology Cases: Beyond Skin Cancer

Marie-France Demierre, MD discusses some commonly seen skin conditions.

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Can Quality in Medicine Be Defined and Measured?

Joseph D. Restuccia PhD discusses the measurement of quality in medical care.

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