Weekly Information for UW Medical Students
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COVID-Related Information
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Do You Have Concerns About COVID- 19 Symptoms or a Possible Exposure?
If you are experiencing COVID-19 symptoms, or if you have encountered a possible or known exposure, please follow these COVID-19 Exposure/Symptoms/Diagnosis procedures:
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UW Medicine Town Hall Meeting
Please join us for the next UW Medicine Town Hall on Friday, August 13, at 3 p.m. PDT.
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Information for All Students
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Health Insurance Reminder for Alaska, Montana, Washington, and Wyoming Students
If you need or want to change your health insurance plan, the federal special open enrollment period is in effect through August 15, 2021 for individuals in Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, and Montana to obtain health insurance coverage for the remainder of 2021*. You can access the healthcare exchange for your particular state via the following website: https://www.healthcare.gov/.
*Idaho’s special enrollment deadline expired in April.
Medical students are strongly encouraged to obtain and maintain health insurance while enrolled at the School of Medicine. Incoming first-year students in Alaska, Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho may be eligible for a student health insurance plan through your respective WWAMI partner university. More information about health insurance is available on the SOM Health Insurance website and from your local Foundations site.
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Montlake Bridge Closure Impacts Access to Health Sciences Building and UW Medical Center
On August 9, 2021, Montlake Bridge repairs will begin. The Montlake Bridge will be closed to vehicle traffic for a continuous 26-day span — August 9 to September 3 — and an additional five weekends in the fall (dates pending). Read this page for more information.
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Learning Environment Corner
Neurosurgery: Improving the Student Clerkship Experience through Empowerment Evaluation
By Sylvia Zavatchen, MEd, Administrator of Education, Department of Neurological Surgery, UW Medicine
We have all received them. Feedback surveys for items we have purchased or services we have received. Most times, we probably ignore them. Sometimes, if the product or service was exceptional or lousy, we complete the survey, wondering if anyone on the other end will act on the information.
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For the NEUR S 655 and 665 P-Clinical Neurosurgery Clerkships (Seattle and Spokane) and the NEUR S 680 - Neurological Surgery Sub-Internship we wanted something better, so we implemented focus groups with the intent of “empowerment evaluation”. Empowerment evaluation “mirrors the increasingly collaborative culture of medical education and offers tools to enhance the…students' learning environments” (Fetterman, 2010).
Noting both the survey-fatigue that students express and the importance of course evaluation, program directorship decided to pilot end-of-rotation focus groups which would evaluate process measures. As Ragsdale et al explain, process measures “focus on aspects of program and curriculum delivery, such as logistics of how teaching occurs [and] how courses are organized.” After the final exam, the students meet with the Program Operations Specialist and the Administrator of Education for about 30 minutes to evaluate the course.
A key aspect of empowerment evaluation is the encouragement of “students and support personnel to actively participate in system changes” by “gathering, analyzing, and sharing data about a program and its outcomes” (Fetterman, 2010). Therefore, focus groups consist of the current student cohort, the Program Operations Specialist, and the Administrator of Education.
Program support personnel create a “safe place” for the session, so that students feel they can share opinions without repercussions. We stress that suggestions are noted without names; the “what” is important to us, not the “who”. Also, comments are aggregated across 3 course groups. This not only protects anonymity, but also helps to identify trends vs outliers.
To view the complete article and learn about the steps to conduct an Empowerment Evaluation, please use this link.
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- UW Changes to face coverings, vaccination requirements and other COVID-19 updates
- BIPOC Focus Group Invitation for Students Who Completed RUOP
- UWSOM Accreditation Status
- Service Learning Update: Alaska Students Have H.E.A.R.T!
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Updates for each class:
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