iSCTL is the Interprofessional Scholars Collaboration in Teaching & Learning. Two of the PA faculty have been selected to serve as Faculty Scholars this year.
PA student Zachary Lichter and Professor Kate Kunstel will be working on a project to develop a curriculum for psychological safety in medical education. Psychological safety is the underpinning of effective teams; it leverages diverse teams and sets the foundation for interpersonal trust, all of which is essential for interprofessional teamwork and providing excellent patient care.
Medical student Landry Cowley and Professor Jereme Mellenthin will be working on teaching a modified concept map technique aimed at helping medical and PA students to quickly learn the key features or sign and symptom clusters of diseases. Knowing the key features of various diseases is a fundamental skill that some students struggle to master. Our method will give students another way to learn and can be used as a building block to help them connect the pathophysiology of disease to the symptoms, work up, and treatment.
We are looking forward to following these projects!