2020 APGO Susan M Cox, MD, Clerkship Directors’ School 301

Identify challenging aspects of assessing learners on the clerkship. Discuss opportunities and best practices to improve clerkship grading. Compare and contrast forward feeding practices in clerkships. Compare and contrast weighing evaluations to account for inter-rater variability. Compare and contrast best practices for assessing competency. Identify ways to integrate gaming easily into didactic sessions. Apply principles of competition and teamwork to teaching bread-and-butter topics and complex clinical concepts. Review importance of the CV and best practices for creation and maintenance. Review importance of the personal statement and best practices for creation. Relay the knowledge, skills, and behaviors necessary for a successful, high quality residency interview maximize their mentorship relationship, both as the mentor, and as the mentee. Discuss the profile of millennials and the connection to their communication styles. Describe communication strategies to incorporate into the learning environment/clerkship. Discuss best practices to mitigate communication issues between generations in the learning environment.