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Stay up to date on the latest news and stories from the Office of Educational Improvement.

  • Recap: Webinar with David Hotchkiss

    Thank you to all who joined us on Wednesday, January 10, for a presentation and discussion on the basics of artificial intelligence and its implications for health sciences education.

  • Meet Our New Team Members

    Welcome to our new Office of Educational Improvement team members.

  • OEI Educator Leadership Certificate Applications Open

    The Office of Educational Improvement is pleased to announce that applications are being accepted for the 2024 Educator Leadership Certificate program.

  • OEI Teaching Toolbox: Faculty Quick Guides

    The Office of Educational Improvement’s Teaching Toolbox offers a selection of resources to support our teaching faculty, including resources to support faculty learning. Please refer to the Teaching Toolbox for a variety of Faculty Quick Guides on topics relevant to health sciences education.

  • MCWfusion Curriculum Launch Retreat

    The MCWfusion Curriculum Launch Retreat is scheduled for Monday, June 12, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. with an evening celebration reception from 5-6:30 p.m. This is an in-person event being hosted on the Milwaukee Campus. Limited sessions will be available to livestream for those unable to attend in-person.

  • New Educator Skills Development Calendar

    We are pleased to announce the launch of a new, interactive calendar for educator skills development at MCW! This calendar is a collaborative effort between the Medical School and the Office of Educational Improvement and features a comprehensive listing of faculty development sessions focused on the education mission.

  • Active Learning Clinics

    The Office of Educational Improvement has created a new Active Learning Clinic (ALC). The goal of this clinic is to support educators in implementing active learning into their respective learning environments.

  • HIPAA Zoom and Brightspace

    The Ed Tech team has taken some questions on the differences between HIPAA compliant Zoom and the regular Zoom license.

  • Instructional Design: Creating Effective Learning Experiences

    One very enjoyable part of being an instructional designer is building relationships and rapport with course directors. Listening to their wants, needs, and pain points of current and future iterations of their course helps in creating a course that supports the learner.

  • Virtual Reality at MCW: A Bench to Bedside Experience

    The Office of Educational Improvement (OEI) loves to collaborate with our ambitious and creative MCW faculty. OEI is working to bring virtual reality (VR) to the education mission at MCW.

  • Interprofessional Education in MCW School of Medicine: Gratitude and Hope for the Future

    During October and November, MCW students will participate in workshops helping them to hone their skills in the essentials of interprofessional care: communication, values and ethics, professional roles and responsibilities, and teamwork.

  • OEI Educator Leadership Certificate Program

    The Office of Educational Improvement is pleased to announce their new certificate program in Educator Leadership! This program is designed to develop knowledge and skills in faculty who aspire to various leadership roles in education.

  • Virtual Reality in Health Sciences Education

    With the increasing drive to provide clinical learning experiences, and the inherent difficulties in doing so, simulation has gained momentum as a method of delivering experiential learning.

  • OEI Teaching Toolbox: LCME Spotlight

    The Office of Educational Improvement’s Teaching Toolbox offers a selection of resources to support our teaching faculty, including resources to support our medical school’s LCME accreditation.

  • OEI Teaching Toolbox: The Feedback Loop

    The Office of Educational Improvement’s Teaching Toolbox offers a selection of resources to support our teaching faculty, including resources to support the feedback process in education. These resources include peer-reviewed articles related to giving and receiving feedback.

  • OEI Teaching Toolbox: Competency-Based Medical Education

    The Office of Educational Improvement’s Teaching Toolbox offers a selection of resources to support our teaching faculty, including resources to support competency-based medical education. These resources are provided to help our educational faculty and staff understand competencies and entrustable professional activities, or EPAs.

  • OEI Teaching Toolbox: Distance Learning

    The Office of Educational Improvement’s Teaching Toolbox offers a selection of resources to support our teaching faculty, including variety of resources to support distance learning. These resources are provided to help our educational faculty and staff navigate current approaches to teaching and learning during the pandemic.

  • Medical Education Conferences 2021-2022

    View the list of 2011 and 2022 conference dates you might be interested in attending or submitting a scholarly abstract to in the next year.

  • Residency Match 2021: Match Results

    Through the Match, 242 MCW medical students (95.6 percent) obtained first-year residency positions.

  • Residency Match 2021: SOAP

    Students will receive a notice regarding whether they MATCH on Monday, March 15, 2021 at 10:00 am (CT). For students who don’t match, the Department of Academic Affairs supports their participation in SOAP (the Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program), which many of you know as the “Scramble.”