First Annual Meeting Medical Education Learning Specialists (MELS)
Hosted by Tufts Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
Friday, November 3, 2017, 4:00 to 8:30 PM
Session I: Learning Principles & Best Practice Pearls for Enhancing Learning & Test Taking
Presenter: Robert Lebeau, EdD, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Helping Students Use Learning Principles to Navigate among Alternative Learning Practices
Presenter: Terri Edwards, Med, MA, NBCT, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
When two do the same thing, it is not the same thing after all. Presenter: Aubrie Swan Sein, PhD, EdM, Columbia Medical Center The Student Assessment of Learning
Questionnaire (SAL-Q): Focusing Student Learning and Academic Support
Session II: Developing a Comprehensive Academic Support Program
Presenter: Norma Saks, EdD, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
The Evolution of a Comprehensive Academic Support Program: A 26-year Retrospective Look at
Essential Elements
Presenter: Eron Drake, EdD, MBA, Central Michigan University College of Medicine
The Strategic Center: Developing, Maintaining and Sustaining a High Quality Academic Success Center
Presenter: Tom G. Smith, PhD, Medical University of South Carolina
Writing, Learning, Teaching across Health Professions: Iterations of ialist Role and Supplemental
Instruction at MUSC
Session III: Best Practices for Helping Students Prepare for USMLE, Step 1
Presenter: Wm. Scott Slattery, PhD, LP, University of Minnesota Medical School
1-2-3 + C-Q-A = Exam Success
Presenter: Kristina H. Peterson, PhD, New York Medical College
A Peer-taught USMLE Step One Preparation Program Helps Students Jump-start Their Dedicated Study
Period
Presenter: Hanin Rashid, PhD, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
Through the Lens of a Novice MELS: Preparing Students for USMLE Step 1 Success at Rutgers Robert
Wood Johnson Medical School
Presenter: Josh Hopps, PhD, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University of Chicago
Advising During Dedicated Step 1 Study Time: Using Benchmarks for Making High Stakes Decisions
Under Duress to Optimize Performance
MELS Annual Conference Planning Team (2017)
Eron Drake, Ed.D, MBA
Director of Academic Success, Office of Medical Education
Central Michigan University College of Medicine
1280 S. East Campus Drive, CMED 2421
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859
989-774-3338
Drake1ee@cmich.edu
Terri Edwards, MEd, MA, NBCT
Director and Learning Specialist, Office of Student Development and Academic Counseling
Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University
600 Moye Boulevard
Greenville, NC 27858-4354
BSOM 4N-51 I Mail Stop 707
252-744-2500
www.ecu.edu/bsomcounseling
Robert Lebeau, EdD
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry
Cognitive Skills Program
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
675 Hoes Lane, Room R-109
Piscataway, NJ 08854
732-235-4129
robert.lebeau@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Hanin Rashid, PhD
Cognitive Skills Program, Department of Psychiatry
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
675 Hoes Lane, Room R109
Piscataway, NJ 08854
732-235-4129
hanin.rashid@rwjms.rutgers.ed
Norma S. Saks, EdD
Assistant Dean for Educational Programs & Director, Cognitive Skills Program
Professor of Psychiatry
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School
675 Hoes Lane West, R-109
Piscataway, NJ 08854
732-235-4129
norma.saks@rwjms.rutgers.edu
Emily Walsh, MEd
Associate Director of Academic Support, Office of Student Affairs
Tufts University School of Medicine
Sackler Center, 4th Floor
145 Harrison Avenue
Boston, MA 02111
617- 636-6534
e.walsh@tufts.edu
Helping Students Use Learning Principles
The Student Assessment of Learning Questionnaire