Medical Education

Hughes Evans, MD, PhD

Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education

UASOM aka UAB

• Three campuses Birmingham (4 years) 106 students/class Tuscaloosa (MS3 and 4) 35 students/class Huntsville (MS3 and 4) 35 students/class

• Entering class: 176

• 89% Alabama residents

• Tuition: approximately $15K/y

• Fees: $4378 annually

Graduate Medical Education

• Assistant Dean: Gustavo Heudebert, MD

• 75 medical and 3 dental ACGME accredited residency and fellowship programs Birmingham, Huntsville, Montgomery, Selma

• 839 residents 202 new residents/y 48 new subspecialty fellows/y

• 53 affiliated institutions

• Oversight: Dean’s Council on GME

Continuing Medical Education

• Assistant Dean for CME: Monika Safford

• Certifies live and online CME programs

• Research projects

• Maintains AL and MS Practice-Based Networks Over 700 physicians involved

• Creates state-of-the-art, web-based CME content

Undergraduate Medical Education

• Associate Dean for UME: Craig Hoesley MD Office of UME

• Assistant Dean for Diversity:Anjanetta Foster MD• Associate Dean for Students: Laura Kezar MD

Assistant Dean for Students: Waid Shelton MD Assistant Dean for Admissions: Nathan Smith MD Medical Student Services

• Career counseling• Student life and • Records• Admissions• Financial aid and scholarships

Admissions Programs

• Early Decision Admissions Program

• Regular Admissions Program

• Medical Scientist Training Program (MD/PHD)

• Doctor of Medicine and Masters of Public Health (MD/MPH)

• Rural Medical Admissions Programs Rural Medical Scholars Program (Tuscaloosa/University of Alabama) Rural Medicine Program (Huntsville/Auburn)

• Early Medical School Admissions Program (EMSAP)

Admissions Process

• Regimented Application Review and Interview Process

• Priority to Alabama Residents

• Meet the Missions of the School of Medicine Diversity Academic Excellence Research/Academic Medicine Underserved Patient Populations

• Average student: GPA 3.77, MCAT 30

Medical School Admissions Committees

• Admissions Committees are faculty committees More than 60 faculty members Admissions Executive Committee (AEC) Admissions Selection Committee (ASC) Admissions Interview Committee (AIC) Admissions Research Interview

Committee (ARIC)

AIC Membership

• Three year appointments

• Commitment each year: Full day of orientation and training

Interview 5-6 days (once per month)8 a.m. until ~ 3 p.m.

Interviews are held on Thursdaysmid-September thru mid-March

• Typical needs Women, Active Researchers, Cultural and Ethnic

Diversity

Admissions Research Recruitment Committee (ARIC)

• Conducts “recruitment” interviews with applicants targeted for research and academic medicine careers

• Assess applicants’ interest and aptitude for research/academic careers

• Interviews held Thursday mornings (9 am- 11:30 am) from mid-September until mid-March

Medical Student Services

• UAB Learning Communities Steve Smith PhD, Director of Student Life Assigns faculty mentors to a group of students Meet several times a year Goals are varied

• Career advice• Medical school survival skills• Balancing medicine and personal life• Academic counseling and tutoring

Guiding Principles of the Curriculum

• Student centered, active learning• Problem solving skills• Learning facilitated through clinical context• Integration of modules with interdepartmental approach• Appreciation of evidence as the basis for medical decision

making• Appreciation of investigation as a component of medical

practice and learning• Integration of important themes• Evaluation methods appropriate to assess goals and

objectives

MS1

MS2

MS3

MS4

Themes

• Medical humanities and ethics

• Cultural diversity and health disparities

• Special Populations: Women’s health Palliative care and geriatrics Rural Medicine

• Evidence based medicine and health informatics

• Nutrition

• Clinical Skills

Scholarly Activity Phase

• Scholarship is defined broadly

• 8-12 weeks

• Required for graduation

• Appropriately mentored and supervised

• Defined final product for each experience

• Review and oversight by a faculty panel

How Can You Become Involved?

• Medical Education Introduction to Clinical Medicine: Stan Massie MD Lectures and Small Group Leaders Attending Physicians Scholarly Activity Mentor Course Director for Electives, Special Topics

• Student Services Learning Communities Admissions Professionalism, Global Health, others

Contact me

• Hughes Evans: hevans@uab.edu