Charge

The Innovation Collaborative was convened in 2020 by the Office of Graduate Medical Education to foster collaboration and develop a culture of innovation across clinical education. The collaborative will be a community of practice that will facilitate learning about innovation, making connections, forming partnerships and pursuing the development of innovative activities for clinical education.

Overarching Goals

Members will:

Develop new knowledge about innovation and educational innovation
Make connections with a variety of innovators
Share lessons learned, new paradigms discovered and insights from both successes and failures
Find new collaborators across professions and disciplines
Contribute to the development of a culture of educational innovation

Membership

Membership includes highly innovative program directors, faculty, fellows, and residents who are project leads or team members that submitted an innovation project for GME Innovation Funds. Open to all, across all disciplines and specialties, including interprofessional colleagues.

2016-2020 Innovation Funds Summary

2020-2021 Innovation Fund Recipients

19 teams submitted projects totaling $129,264.40
12 endorsed for a total of $56,742.40                                      

All projects will have supportive consultations with GME Office (Wickham/Chappo)

Chairside digital intra-oral imaging for the dental operatory $6,519
Darrick Zirker, Hospital Dentistry – General Practice Residency Program

Simulated Flexible Fiberoptic Laryngoscopy Training using 3D-Printed Models $2,490
Jordan Gainey, Radiation Oncology Residency Program

Advancement and Integration of Point-of-care Ultrasound (POCUS) in an Internal Medicine Residency $6,207
Nicholas Arnold, Internal Medicine Residency Program

Education repository for dermatologic images of skin of color $4,749
Brian Swick, Dermatology Residency Program

Needs Assessment and Faculty Development for a Dedicated Ultrasound Curriculum with Urologic Residency Training $5,000
Ryan Steinberg, Urology Residency Program

A longitudinal faculty development program: supporting a culture of teaching $4,500
Jane Rowat, Manish Suneja, Internal Medicine Residency Program

Move and Motivate $5,197.40
Trent Davis, Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program

Proficiency Testing of Thoracoscopic Skills Using a Virtual Reality Mimetic Chest Wall and Lung Model $6,950
John Keech, Thoracic Surgery – Integrated Residency Program

Improving Communication and Care for Patients with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Family Medicine Residency Training (for short: "ICC4IDD") $6,000
Meghan Connett, Family Medicine Residency Program

Implementing game-based system-thinking training in surgical residents $4,650
John Keech, General Surgery Residency Program

Normalizing Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Simulation $3,580
Paul Leonard, Anesthesiology Residency Program

Board Preparation Knowledge Assessment Tool $900
David Dickens, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program