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  Here is a teaching tip from the MMC Institute for Teaching Excellence (MITE). To learn more about MITE resources,  visit their website. MITE Monthly Tip October 2020 Eric Brown, MD How to construct good multiple-choice test questions: Assessment, or testing, is an important aspect of medical teaching and learning. When done well, testing helps learners meet curricular goals while communicating what the teacher views as important. Multiple choice questions (MCQ) remain a mainstay in testing because they can assess a broad range of knowledge in short period of time, leading to a high degree of testing validity and reliability. When constructed well, MCQs can test higher order learning such as comprehension, application, and analysis. However, as anyone who has ever written a MCQ knows, they can be difficult and time-consuming to construct. Even educators formally trained in the process plan for up to an hour writing each question. For this reason, many poorly written MCQs stil...

  October 29, 2020   New Flu Clinics Added Proof of flu vaccine (or documented medical or religious exemption) is mandatory for all MaineHealth care team members before the start of the 2020 – 2021 flu season. Care team members at Bramhall should visit the Dana Center during one of the following upcoming clinics, provided by Employee Health Services: Thursday, Oct. 29, 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. in the Dana Boardroom Friday, Oct. 30, 12:30 - 4:30 p.m. in the Dana Auditorium Monday, Nov. 2, 1 - 4:30 p.m. in the Dana Boardroom Wednesday, Nov. 4, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. in the Dana Auditorium Read FAQs about the new flu policy, egg-free vaccine, exemptions and more . Questions?  fluvaccine@mmc.org MMC News COVID-19 News ·          Patient’s Family Honors MMC NICU Nurse with Daisy Award ·          Eat Well, Get Active and Prevent Diabetes! ·          Immediate Release of...

  myPostdoc Monthly: What you Need to Know to Start, and Complete, an Effective NIH K99/R00 Application    Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. ET    The NIH K99/R00 grant mechanism offers postdocs a fantastic opportunity for support as they complete their mentored research and training, and transition to independence in a tenure-track faculty position. However, preparing the application is no small task. In this presentation I will help get you on your way by addressing the following questions:    How do I know if the K99/R00 is right for me? Where do I begin, and how should I budget my time? What are the key components of the application and what are reviewers looking for?    Both international and domestic postdocs are eligible to apply for the K99/R00 grant mechanism. Register here Audra Van Wart, Ph.D. , is associate dean for training and program development in the Division of Biology and Medicine at Brown University, and director o...

  Molecular Biology of the Cell Vol. 31, No. 22 Perspectives Developing a culture of safety in biomedical research training Published Online: 15 Oct 2020 https://doi.org/10.1091/mbc.E20-03-0167 Abstract The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) at the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) is committed to supporting the safety of the nation’s biomedical research and training environments. Institutional training grants affect many trainees and can have a broad influence across their parent institutions, making them good starting points for our initial efforts to promote the development and maintenance of robust cultures of safety at U.S. academic institutions. In this Perspective, we focus on laboratory safety, although many of the strategies we describe for improving laboratory safety are also applicable to other forms of safety including the prevention of harassment, intimidation, and discrimination. We frame the problem of laboratory safety using a number of re...