A Comprehensive Students-as-Teachers Program: Developing and Empowering Future Medical Educators.

We describe the development of two formats of a Students as Teachers (SaT) program that was designed to train fourth-year medical students as near-peer teachers in the pre-clinical classroom. This program has served 191 students since its inception in 2017 through a 2-week credit bearing elective or an evening workshop series. We describe key elements of the courses and positive outcomes of our program within a learning communities' framework.

Education Scholarship Assessment Reconsidered: Expansion of Glassick's Criteria to Incorporate Health Equity.

Recent events have ignited widespread attention to structural racism and implicit bias throughout the U.S. health care system and medical institutions, resulting in a call for antiracism approaches to advance health equity.

Promotion Criteria for Medical Educators: Are We Climbing a Ladder with Invisible Rungs?

Objective: In 2006 the Association of American Medical Colleges recommended standardization of documentation of the contributions of medical educators and guidelines for their academic promotion. The authors characterized current United States (US) medical school promotion guidelines for medical educators.

Methods: Authors collected publicly available data from medical school promotion websites from March through July 2022 after determining categories by traditional-set domains as well as peer-reviewed standards.

The ABCs of OTCs: A Video-Based Curriculum Regarding Over-the-Counter Pediatric Products.

Introduction: Over-the-counter (OTC) products are widely used by families with young children. To educate future pediatricians on OTC product counseling and support the health and safety of children under their care, modern, accessible, and engaging curricula are needed.

Methods: We developed an OTC product curriculum consisting of seven videos and one facilitated group discussion using a flipped classroom pedagogy to educate students on counseling parents about OTC product use.

Fidelity to Best Practices in EPA Implementation: Outcomes Supporting Use of the Core Components Framework From the University of Virginia Entrustable Professional Activity Program.

Problem: The rapid expansion of entrustable professional activity (EPA) assessment programs has led to calls to ensure fidelity in implementation and integrity in meeting the goals of competency-based medical education. Initiated in July 2017, in advance of the articulated core components of EPA implementation, this article describes the structure and outcomes of the University of Virginia (UVA) EPA Program and provides support for the identified essential components.

Approach: The UVA EPA Program includes workplace assessments by residents/fellows, attending faculty, and master assessors (MAs), experienced clinicians who assess students across disciplines and clinical settings.