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Yale Neurology Welcomes International Medical Educator

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Yale welcomes Dr. Olle ten Cate for two days of educational activities. Currently based in the Netherlands, Dr. ten Cate is an internationally renowned medical educator who served as president of the Netherlands Association of Medical Education from 2006 to 2012. He continues to be a lead educator and education researcher at University Medical Center Utrecht, and in 2012 was also named an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at UCSF.

Yesterday, he presented his work on competency-based teaching at Neuroscience Grand Rounds.

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Neuroscience Grand Rounds

This afternoon, Dr. ten Cate’s presented his keynote address at Medical Education Day 2016 to great acclaim.

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Medical Education Day 2016

Coincidentally, earlier this week Dr. ten Cate published his article “Measuring cognitive load during procedural skills training with colonoscopy as an exemplar” in Medical Education, accompanied by a commentary written by third-year Yale resident Dr. Vincent Lau with program director Dr. Jeremy Moeller.

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Residents Drs. Lau (left) and Dewey (right) with Dr. ten Cate

Interdisciplinary Education in Neurology and Internal Medicine

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Senior resident Dr. Jeffrey Dewey led residents from two specialties through a joint neurology-medicine conference today.

A collaborative effort between the programs that started this academic year, interdepartmental case conferences allow neurology and internal medicine residents to discuss topics in the crossover between the closely related fields. The cases on cortical vein thrombosis today highlighted the intersection between stroke neurology and hematology, while prior conferences have addressed neurological complications of systemic sarcoidosis (led by senior neurology resident Dr. Benjamin Blond) and strokes in the young as related to endocrine disorders (led by senior neurology resident Dr. Shivani Ghoshal).

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This year, residents from both departments also collaborated in teaching the “Top Ten” joint medicine-neurology clerkship conferences for third year medical students at Yale School of Medicine. Neurology residents currently teach four of the ten sessions in each cycle. The goal is for medical students to develop expertise in approaching patients who present with neurological complaints stemming for systemic medical disease and vice versa.

Leadership from the two departments are continuing to seek collaborative educational opportunities.

68th American Academy of Neurology Annual Conference

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The 68th American Academy of Neurology (AAN) annual conference in Vancouver was well-attended by Yale trainees this year including seven resident physicians and three fellows. Presenters included fellows Drs. Amy Chan, Irene Yang and Teddy Youn as well as residents Drs. Diane Chan, Ilena George, Vincent Lau and Sirisha Sanamandra. Recent Yale alumnus and current Vanderbilt fellow Dr. Matt Schrag discussed tPA for central retinal artery occlusion based on joint research from the two institutions.

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Neuro-oncology fellow Dr. Amy Chan discusses treatment of Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia with central nervous system involvement

 

Dr. Matthew Schrag presenting joint research from Yale and Vanderbilt

Recent alumnus Dr. Matthew Schrag presents joint research from Yale and Vanderbilt

 

At the awards luncheon, chief resident Dr. Sara Schaefer was honored with the Award for Creative Expression of Human Values in Neurology based on her piece “Caring for Maggie“, published in the Neurology journal in August 2015. Dr. Ilena George also represented Yale as an editor of Neurology (an example of her work is found here in a recent podcast).

Highlights from residency leadership included department chair Dr. Hafler’s plenary speech, vice-chair Dr. Greer’s discussion on brain death and program director Dr. Moeller’s talk on neurology simulation. Residents also praised presentations on EMG waveform reading, neuro-ophthalmology cases and unusual movement disorders. Many participated in virtual reality sessions and other learning activities at the exposition.

Drs. Irmady and Lau participating in a virtual reality module about multiple sclerosis

Drs. Irmady and Lau participate in a virtual reality module about multiple sclerosis

 

Drs. Chan and Sanamandra learning about Parkinson's psychosis via virtual reality

Drs. Chan and Sanamandra learn about Parkinson’s psychosis via virtual reality

 

Residents networked with faculty at the Yale Neurology reception on Tuesday April 19th and dined at Belgian restaurant Chambar the following evening. Outside of the convention, attendees explored the beautiful city of Vancouver via biking to Stanley Park and Granville Island, braving the 70-meters-high Capilano Suspension Bridge and riding the Seabus to North Vancouver.

Yale neurology reception: Dr. Greer with current and former trainees

Yale neurology reception: Vice-chair Dr. Greer with current and former trainees

 

Attendees look forward to the AAN conference in 2017 to take place in Boston.