Category: Education

Social and Health Systems 4 (SHS4) is a course for Application Phase medical students which meets monthly and provides a setting in which students can discuss aspects of the practice of medicine that they will encounter in their clinical experiences but that may not otherwise be a part of the formal curriculum in the clinical clerkships. The course is seeking new faculty members for Population Health and RICE seminars for the coming academic year (March 2022 to February 2023).

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Family Medicine assistant professor Catherine Coe, MD, was recently selected to the AMA Accelerating Change in Medical Education Consortium Executive Committee.

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In Case You Missed It: “Can we really advance Health Equity? Five key strategies to consider” The UNC Health Office of Health Equity, The Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Research and the Health Disparities Program hosted a Health Equity Seminar on September 24, 2021 featuring Dr. Crystal Cene, MD, MPH, FAHA and Angela Bryant, JD.

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The Program for Precision Medicine in Health Care will host an interactive mini-symposium exploring mechanisms for predicting how a patient's genome will influence their response to medications, implementing pharmacogenomics in the clinic, and development of EHR support.

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On August 11, 2021, the Teaching Scholars Program graduated twelve faculty from the year-long program. At the ceremony, the Scholars presented their scholarly work on a variety of topics aimed to enhance the medical education environment at UNC SOM. This year, the program celebrates its 20th year, and is welcoming 19 new scholars for the 2021-22 cohort.

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School of Medicine IT recently launched an IT Training site with live and on-demand educational technology sessions for the school. Here are some of the upcoming events scheduled for September.

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The deadline to apply for the UNC Academy of Educators Passing the Torch Program, housed within the Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development, is Monday, August 31st, 2021 at 11:59 PM EST.

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On September 23 and 24, 2021, NC Biotech and FastTraCS are collaborating with health systems across North Carolina to provide a foundation for clinician innovation. This two-day virtual event puts an emphasis on action, connecting attendees with the people, insights, and strategies needed to systematically tackle the innovation process from ideation through execution.

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The School of Medicine is now using UNC’s new cloud Panopto for lecture capture recording.

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The Alliance for Black Doulas for Black Mamas (ABDBM) graduated its first class of Black Doulas on July 10th. Founded by UNC Family Medicine’s Venus Standard, MSN, CNM, FACNM, LCCE, ABDBM offers an enhanced Doula training program whose goal is to increase access of Doula training to Black women, while improving Black women’s birth outcomes by expanding their access to social, emotional, and educational support from professionally trained Black Doulas.

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The UNC Academy of Educators (AOE), housed within the Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development, is proud to announce the participants of the newly revamped FLAGship Program (Faculty/Fellow Leadership and Growth) launching in August 2021.

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The Teaching Scholars Program, housed within the Office of Faculty Affairs and Leadership Development, is accepting nominations for the 2021-2022 year until 12:00pm on Monday, August 9, 2021.

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