Websites

Competencies

• Dean’s Office for Medical Education and Curricular Affairs : Call to schedule a competency consultation. The competency director and/or MECA staff would be happy to assist you in exploring ways to integrate communication and interpersonal skills into your course or non-course activity. Phone 317-274-4556.
• Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education—ACGME Assessment Toolbox.
• Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education Outcome Project
• Association of American Medical Colleges—Medical School Objectives Project: an initiative designed to reach general consensus on the skills, attitudes, and knowledge that graduating medical students should possess.
• Association of American Medical Colleges—Medical School Objectives Project III: Contemporary Issues in Medicine: Communication in Medicine. October, 1999.

Education

• ANGEL
• IUSM Clinical Skills Education Center (CSEC): A facility for the teaching and assessment of clinical skills, including communication. CSEC staff members are available for help with designing or conducting a variety of types of formative and summative evaluation experiences. Phone 317-962-5588.
• METI (Human Patient Simulator)—The Terre Haute center has purchased and is successfully using this equipment. Call 812-237-3409 for more information.
• National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME)
• Liaison Committee for Medical Education (LCME)
• United States Medical Licensing Examination (USMLE)
• GSU (Georgia State University) Master Teacher Program: On Learning Styles Discusses briefly (1) the four dimensions underlying the Myers-Briggs Type indicator (MBTI), and (2) several teaching approaches that will appeal to different MBTI profiles.
• Health Educational Assests Library (HEAL)—Repository of multimedia health resources, including: collection of 600 histological images and over 100 neurology examination videos.
• National Service-Learning Clearinghouse (NSLC)—National site for service-learning information.
• Center for Teaching and Learning

Indiana University School of Medicine

• Medical Student Affairs (MSA)
• Office of Medical Service Learning (OMSL)
• Office of Professional Development
• Ruth Lilly Medical Library
• School of Medicine

Professional Organizations

• AAMC Central Group on Educational Affairs (CGEA)
• American Academy on Physician and Patient (AAPP): This organization has many resources which relate the most current research in patient-physician communication to medical student and resident education. They offer faculty development training as well. Teaching materials and resources.
• American Academy on Communication in Healthcare This organization has many resources which relate the most current research in patient-physician communication to medical student and resident education. They offer faculty development training as well as teaching materials and resources.
• American Medical Association (AMA)
• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)—Formerly the Health Care Financing Administration (HCFA), administers Medicare, Medicaid, related quality assurance programs, and other programs. It also makes certain that its beneficiaries are aware of the services for which they are eligible, that services are accessible, and that they are provided in an effective manner.
• RHI-American Medical Women’s Association’s Reproductive Health Initiative
• Society of General Internal Medicine
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• National Institutes of Health (NIH)
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services