admin Devoted to ‘The New Educator’, the Medical Student Alliance for Global Education or MeSAGE, released its newest collection of Rx Bricks. This includes a set of free and open access digital learning modules that encompass the critical area of medical education.
Details on the Release
The teaching-learning process in the world of medicine is never-ending. Each patient encounter can be seen as a teaching encounter. Medical students learn early on that they must be able to educate patients and their families about diagnoses, lab tests, and treatments. As they become physicians and/or scientists, the opportunities and desire to teach often increase. But teaching is a skill that must be developed.
The New Educator collection was created by an international team of young authors, who designed it for anyone with an interest in teaching and medical education. Topics in The New Educator collection include integral aspects like- Learning Principles, Teaching Principles, Instructional Design, Assessment and Evaluation, Scholarship in Medical Education, Teaching and Learning in the Classroom, Teaching and Learning in the Clinical Environment, Teaching and Learning in the Virtual Environment, Inter-professional Education, Curriculum Development and Design, the Medical Education Curriculum, Quality Assurance in Medical Education, Student Involvement and Advocacy.
Importance of MeSAGE
The first MeSAGE collection was released last year, covering the critical area of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. Upcoming collections include: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Digital Health, Social Accountability, Climate Change and Health, Health Policy and Advocacy, Leadership and Management Skills.
MeSAGE is the largest student-driven curriculum alliance on the planet, composed of student organizations representing over 1 million medical students in over 130 countries. Its partners include:
- AMSA: The American Medical Student Association
- AMWA: The American Medical Women’s Association
- APSA: American Physician Scientists’ Association
- AMSA-International: Asian Medical Students’ Association
- EMSA: The European Medical Students’ Association
- IFMSA: International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations
- Phi Delta Epsilon: The International Medical Fraternity
- SNMA: The Student National Medical Association
- SNO: Student Network Organization
- SOMA: The Student Osteopathic Medical Association
Dr. Tao Le, Founder and CEO of ScholarRx, said, “Through MeSAGE, we are excited to partner with leading student organizations to address educational needs at a global and societal level and help medical students define, build, and learn the key content that may be missing from the standard curriculum.”
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