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The Department of Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics
provides training, research, and service in education and informatics
across the breadth of health sciences and health care. Faculty interests
and activities include:
- physician performance assessment
- evidence based medicine
- physician/patient communication skills
- systems for clinical decision support
- case based instruction
- knowledge representation, retrieval and analysis
- health professions diversity
- public health informatics
- health workforce projections
- teaching and program evaluation
- competencies for primary care
MEBI DIVISIONS AND PROGRAMS
General Medical Education
Provides training, research and service in several educational areas
central to medical education including faculty and course evaluation,
construction and scoring of tests, curriculum development, implementation
of innovative educational methodologies such as standardized patients
and web-based simulated patients, faculty development and research
consultation.
The division offers courses in general medical education and is
the home of the Teaching Scholars Program, a year-long educational
curriculum dedicated to preparing faculty for positions of academic
leadership.
MEDEX
Physician Assistant Training Program
Provides a broad, competency-based curriculum focusing on primary
care with an emphasis on underserved populations and encouraging
life-long learning to meet changing health care needs.
Center
for Medical Education Research (CMER)
Conducts policy-oriented
research on medical education with a focus on primary care education,
training of medical education researchers and translation of research
into practical improvements in medical education.
Biomedical
and Health Informatics (DBHI)
A nationally renowned program in biomedical and health informatics
that stresses the importance of teaching, research, and service.
Graduate
Program in Biomedical and Health Informatics
Offers a full-time master's degree that prepares students for careers
in research, teaching and information management within health care
organizations and the health care computing industry.
Experience MEBI
• Patient
Simulations: Online patient cases!
Annual
Report 2004-2005, click here
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