Abstract Objective: To develop an effective faculty peer feedback program. Background: Traditionally, teaching evaluation relies heavily on learner feedback, yet often produces biased results, reactive curricular decision-making, and is often unaligned with retention-promotion-tenure criteria. Some institutions have developed more holistic teaching evaluation processes to help faculty develop and thrive. Ideally, faculty should be partners in …

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Abstract Objective: To foster professional identity formation within medical education using habit formation techniques. Background and Rationale: As outlined in Linsenmeyers’s1 work, incorporating self reflection increases professional identity formation. By combining these self-reflection strategies with the habit formation techniques discussed by Shnayder-Adams2 we can develop a multitude of professional identity formation habits. Design and Methods: …

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Abstract Objective: To design an experiential learning session on decision-making bias, fallacies, and heuristics. Background: Reducing decision-making bias improves patient care.1,2 Teaching decision-making bias, fallacies, and heuristics early in medical education is the first step to reducing mental pitfalls in the healthcare system. There are short-term learning benefits to a cognitive bias session3, but the …

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