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Save the date for the annual SMHS Education Resources Medical Curriculum “Advance” (rather than retreat), to be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 24. Everyone is invited to attend. After last year’s retreat, Dean Wynne wrote in this newsletter that, “Perhaps we should rename the event the Medical Curriculum Advance to […]

North Dakota’s only medical school explores how and where to embed more arts and humanities education into its medical curriculum In 2020, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) published “The Fundamental Role of the Arts and Humanities in Medical Education,” a report that reiterated the organization’s belief that “integration of the arts and humanities […]

Earlier this week we held a reception to thank Dr. Marc Basson, senior associate dean for Medicine and Research, for all of his contributions to the UND SMHS over the past eight years, and wish him well in his new role as the next dean at the Northeast Ohio College of Medicine (NEOMED) in Rootstown, […]

Two noteworthy events directly related to the UND SMHS took place yesterday. The first was a curriculum retreat to review the medical student curriculum and assess how optimally it is preparing the future doctors we are educating. This year’s meeting was especially important since we are in the midst of full implementation of the major […]

Mark your calendars for the SMHS Medical Curriculum Retreat 2021! The retreat will be held virtually only from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021. Contact Alissa Hancock with questions at 701.777.3800 or alissa.hancock@UND.edu.

The UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) has announced the creation of several new assistant dean positions. In addition to creating a new executive-level position for gender equity, SMHS Dean Dr. Joshua Wynne asked his team to create administrative faculty positions for assessment and the School’s revised medical curriculum. The holders of these […]

This week was notable for three events at the School and UND. The first was Primary Care Week, wherein a variety of related events were featured through the coordination of our Center for Rural Health. I had a chance to sit in on several of the presentations, including a really interesting one highlighting the power […]

On Tuesday, Oct. 22, from noon to 1 p.m. in Room W203 of the SMHS Northeast Campus, Drs. Richard Van Eck and Adrienne Salentiny will present the second Education Resources curriculum series event: “Generating Measurable, Performance-Based Objectives.” Have lunch on us and learn how to improve your curriculum! Join Dr. Richard Van Eck, Associate Dean […]

Here we go again! One of the recurring events in higher education is the need to engage in reaccreditation of each of our health care academic programs. Our medical student curriculum is no exception, and our next accreditation visit from the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) likely will be in March 2022, eight years […]

This week’s “From the Dean” column is brought to you by Patrick Carr, Ph.D., the School’s assistant dean for medical curriculum, who will discuss facilitating leadership in medical students and unmasking the “hidden curriculum.” As another academic year begins, our thoughts are focused on helping our incoming students on their road to mastering the skills, […]