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: • Fees: approximately $15K/y $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:  Office of UME Craig Hoesley MD • 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 Admissions Research Interview Committee (ARIC) (AIC)

AIC Membership

• Three year appointments • Commitment each year: 

Full day of orientation and training

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

Interviews are held on Thursdays mid-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: [email protected]