Faculty Development | Orthopaedic Surgery | Michigan Medicine

At Michigan Orthopedics, we realize that professional development and education are a continuum through advanced degrees, residency/fellowship (clinical or post-doctoral), and beyond. To assist in the continuing development and education of our advanced life-long learners, we regularly engage our vital University / Michigan Medicine resources, innovate with our collective initiative, and actively improve our professional lives by incorporating expert and evidence-based ideas from orthopaedics, medicine, and beyond.

Happy learning and improving!

- Jaimo Ahn MD Ph.D., Associate Chair for Education

- Michelle Caird, MD, Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery

Current Recommendations

Hoping your Spring has been great. Please take a look below for a brief outline, then FDP access info (no email yet from OFD for May).

MICHR – Starting a Clinical Trial? Take a look at the Participant Recruitment Toolkit.
RISE (Research, Innovation, Scholarship, Education)

Recordings for RISE Virtual Talking Circles HERE

Academy of Medical Educators (AME) & Association for Surgical Education (ASE)

Tue, May 16^th, 5-6 pm EST “A Glimpse into the Future of Surgical Metrics and Outcomes” by Carla Pugh, MD, Ph.D. | HERE and below
Previous AME recordings HERE | Additional AME resources HERE.

Office of Professional Development – Promotions

Clinical Track | NEW Wed, Jun 21, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Do’s and Don’ts | See HERE
Tenure Track | NEW Wed, Jun 7, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Do’s and Don’ts | See HERE
Research Track | NEW Mon, Jun 12, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | Do’s and Don’ts | see HERE | Previous Recording VIEW HERE

Office of Professional Development - Communication

Communicating the Value of Your Research to a Broad Audience | Thu, May 11, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM | LEARN MORE HERE
Communication & Management in the Electronic Era | Thu, May 25, 12:00 PM – 02:00 PM | LEARN MORE & REGISTER HERE

Looking forward from the Office of Patient Experience – Michigan Medicine’s Strategic Approach to Improving the Patient Experience Through Analysis of Survey Data (Thu, Jun 8, 11-12:30) | LEARN MORE
Looking forward from the Office of Professional Development – Leadership Academy (closed for spring) | LEARN MORE
Looking forward from the Office of Professional Development – Strategies and Tools for Thrivins Under Stress (Wed, Jun 7, 8-12) | LEARN MORE
Looking forward the Mid-Career Faculty Symposium (Fri, Jun 23, 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM)
Looking forward to Booth Business School at the University of Chicago for a Physician Leadership Program (PLP) (May is canceled, Oct dates are open). If you’re interested, please let me know and apply through our Faculty Development Fund (https://bit.ly/mo-fdpapply)

* For those continuing to follow, WorkLife

* Research topics under separate cover | Additional DEI-specific topics under separate cover

Happy learning!

Jaimo

Still not sure about using FDP (faculty development program) funds. Just 10 steps to consider.

You’re faculty.
There is ‘something’ that can help you with your education/development that requires funds and is not otherwise covered by standard CME or is not the best use of your discretion. Examples are at the end.
Works out with your day job? Your lab/practice will be good? If not totally clear, discuss it with your section chief.
Questions, unsure, curious? Email me at [email protected] or Mary Ellen at [email protected].
Apply for the funds here https://bit.ly/mo-fdpapply.
1. Not meant to be onerous – just a few words or a sentence or two for each section (5 minutes?)
2. Meant to be purposeful and responsible, gives us ‘institutional memory’ and documentation to pursue continued funding.
3. Up to $20,000 per faculty every 2 years; however, we know that some will use it and others will not, so the limit is flexible
Give us 2 months advance notice for standard items -- we will get back to you within a week or two; our committee will meet every Quarter for bigger programmatic items.
Do what you need to prepare for the program/event, and have a great event!
Payment and reimbursement can be typical for professional activities – P Card; you pay and get reimbursed; short code or invoice if appropriate.

Food, travel, and lodging (if needed) are according to standard UM specifications.

Save all your receipts and submit them as you would for any UM event/purchase/expense.
That’s it!

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Michigan Orthopaedic Surgery Initiatives

Improving your life at work:

You may have felt or realized that there is so much more to “work” than your primary professional activity. Mastering some of these other aspects enhance our professional activities (e.g., learning behavior change, negotiating), and others contribute to greater emotional satisfaction (e.g., being engaged rather than lonely). Wouldn’t it be great to learn about these topics, be entertained, and not feel like you wasted time doing it?

Let Michigan alumnus/luminary, NY Times bestseller, Wharton professor, and engaging human Adam Grant to introduce you to different ways of thinking and behaving in your work life. He has helped millions of people understand nuances around give-and-take, thinking, and learning. You can start by listening to his Podcast, Work Life, in ~40min episodes. Academic enough to intrigue your science brain and easy enough that I can listen, think, and even exercise simultaneously.

If this really instigates thought and action, great. If not, no problem. It will at least entertain you if it doesn’t teach you something, and it will give us a common language and group of topics to consider beyond the “work” of work. So with that said, please look beyond your next case, next patient, next grant, or next experiment and make work more fun and meaningful. You can find the thought-provokers here https://www.adamgrant.net/podcast/(link is external)

or on any of your post-cast players. After listening and considering, we will engage and further exchange ideas.

December 2020 - Reinventing the job interview
January 2021 - Authenticity is a double-edged sword
February 2021 - Burnout is everyone’s problem
March 2021 - How to love criticism
April 2021 - How to trust people you don’t like
May 2021 - Bouncing back from rejection
June 2021 - Become friends with your rivals

Educate OFTN (Orthopaedic Frequent-Feedback & Teaching Now)

Part 1 - Feedback in 4 behaviors and Grand Rounds

New Behavior 1 - after every half session of clinic / every surgical case with a resident (could be as your closing?), ask them, “What do you think went well?” & “What do you think you did well?” When they answer, nod affirmingly, thank them and move on with your day. Resist the urge to discuss more.

New Behavior 2 - after their response, tell them if you agree or not and why; then, you tell them, “I think [XYZ] went well, and you did [ABC] well.” Thank them for participating, and move on with your day. Resist the urge to discuss what went poorly or what you would change, do better.

New Behavior 3: Ask, “What would you do differently?” When they answer, nod affirmingly (or mysteriously), thank them, and move on with your day. Resist the urge to discuss more.

New Behavior 4 - after their response, tell them if you agree and why; then, you tell them, “I think you/we could have done [XYZ]. Next time, consider [ABC].” Then thank them for participating and go on with your day.

Grand Rounds - understand the evidence and science of feedback and the Pendleton Method with educationalist Chitra Subramaniam Ph.D. (education), toward a better practice of formative feedback.

Part 2 - Competency and the O-Score

New Behavior 1 - For the next short week, before each case you perform with a resident, (A) ask them to rate their expected performance on the scale of 1-5 below and then (B) perform the procedure toward that rating and (C) discuss their performance relative to their rating after the case.

New Behavior 2 - For the next week, after each case, you perform with a resident (A) ask them to rate their performance on the scale of 1-5 below and then (B) you rate them on their performance; and finally (C) compare and discuss.

Grand Rounds - understand competency-based surgical education and the O-Score, towards a better practice of formative feedback with Markuu Nousiainen MD, MEd, FRCS.

XR in Orthopaedic Surgery Education

While orthopaedic surgery is among the most demanding in medicine for exacting and sequence-oriented technical execution, our learners remain focused on mentorship-based hands-on learning in the real-time OR environment, primarily supplemented by strong cognitive efforts outside the operating room. Unlike other performance-based disciplines such as sports or performing arts, rehearsals, practices, scrimmages, and the like remain secondary. And unlike other life-or-death engaging fields like aviation, technology, and innovation-driven simulation is not at the forefront. Recently, however, there has been emerging interest in implementing XR to enhance orthopaedic surgical education and evidence to support it. Therefore, in 2021, we plan to:

Incorporate VR-based simulation training into orthopaedic surgery Intern Education and structured curricula for trauma, arthroplasty, and arthroscopy.
Include orthopaedic surgery residents and their teachers as learners
Engage partner institutions for the comparative analysis of meaningful variables and outcomes (Duke, UCSF, HSS)
Collaborate with other surgical XR colleagues toward the development of an NSF proposal to advance XR-based medical education

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