Through SEAC, CPL evaluates and selects projects for funding from the Dean of the School of Medicine.
Early each Spring a Call for Proposals announces the availability of funding for faculty at the School of Medicine in support of scholarship and research focused on the educational mission of the School of Medicine.
Scholarship is taken to mean work that builds upon the work of others, entails a public accountability, is open to peer review, and is subsequently utilized by others in their own educational work. Scholarship in teaching and education requires faculty to frame and systematically investigate questions related to student learning-the conditions under which it occurs, what it looks like, and how to deepen it "...with an eye not only to improving their own classroom but to advancing practice beyond." This is consistent with the UNM Faculty Handbook and the literature on scholarship.
The call for proposals period for the two-year cycle including fiscal years 2023 and 2024 is open. Funding is available for the following types of projects as detailed below: Scholarship and Research Initiative, Patient Safety/Quality Improvement Initiative, and Scholarship in Wellness (funded through the Office of Professional Wellness).
Proposals are due May 16, 2022.
Funding for individual projects for up to 24 months during two consecutive fiscal (academic) years in support of School of Medicine faculty time and effort devoted to scholarship and research in medical education. All funds must be used and projects completed and submitted for presentation/publication by June 30 of the final year approved for funding. Faculty time approved for funding will be in the form of salary support for partial FTE (salary plus fringe, paid to faculty person's department).
Funding is available up to a maximum of $10,000 per project. Please review the full program description and submission guidelines. [LEARN MORE]
Funding for individual projects for up to 24 months during two consecutive fiscal (academic) years in support of scholarly quality improvement/patient safety initiatives. Development and implementation of each funded initiative must include one or more medical students or residents/fellows along with at least one faculty member. Funding can be used in support of project materials, books, journals, technology support, web-based development, data entry and analysis or travel, and poster development. All funds must be used and the projects completed and submitted for presentation June 30 of the final year approved for funding.
Funding is available up to a maximum of $2,500 per project. Please review the full program description and submission guidelines. [LEARN MORE]
The Office of Professional Wellness (OPW) offers funding for individual projects for up to 12 months during the 2022-2023 academic year in support of Wellness Initiatives which implement evidence -based strategies that impact School of Medicine physician wellbeing. Development and implementation of each funded initiative must include one or more medical students or residents/fellows along with at least one faculty member. This funding may be used for project supplies, student time, statistician time, making a poster, travel to meeting to present work, or other relevant project needs approved by OPW. All funds must be used and projects completed and submitted for presentation/publication by June 30, 2024.
Funding is available for two (2) projects, up to a maximum of $2,500 per project. Please review the full program description and submission guidelines. [LEARN MORE]
Funding for individual projects for up to 24 months during two consecutive fiscal (academic) years in support of School of Medicine faculty time and effort devoted to scholarship and research in medical education. All funds must be used and projects completed and submitted for presentation/publication by June 30 of the final year approved for funding. Faculty time approved for funding will be in the form of salary support for partial FTE (salary plus fringe, paid to faculty person's department).
Funding is available up to a maximum of $10,000 per project. Please review the full program description and submission guidelines. [LEARN MORE]
Funding for individual projects for up to 24 months during two consecutive fiscal (academic) years in support of scholarly quality improvement/patient safety initiatives. Development and implementation of each funded initiative must include one or more medical students or residents/fellows along with at least one faculty member. Funding can be used in support of project materials, books, journals, technology support, web-based development, data entry and analysis or travel, and poster development. All funds must be used and the projects completed and submitted for presentation June 30 of the final year approved for funding.
Funding is available up to a maximum of $2,500 per project. Please review the full program description and submission guidelines. [LEARN MORE]
The Office of Professional Wellness (OPW) offers funding for individual projects for up to 12 months during the 2022-2023 academic year in support of Wellness Initiatives which implement evidence -based strategies that impact School of Medicine physician wellbeing. Development and implementation of each funded initiative must include one or more medical students or residents/fellows along with at least one faculty member. This funding may be used for project supplies, student time, statistician time, making a poster, travel to meeting to present work, or other relevant project needs approved by OPW. All funds must be used and projects completed and submitted for presentation/publication by June 30, 2024.
Funding is available for two (2) projects, up to a maximum of $2,500 per project. Please review the full program description and submission guidelines. [LEARN MORE]
The Scholarship in Education Allocation Committee (SEAC) awarded funding to the following projects for fiscal years 2022 and 2023. Fiscal year 2022 is the 18th year of the SEAC Program, which is designed to stimulate and enhance the scholarship of education at the UNM School of Medicine. The SEAC Program is supported through funding from the Dean and administered by the Office of Education and Office for Continuous Professional Learning.
The following projects were selected in a competitive process from among all proposals
submitted during the spring 2021 Call for Proposals period.
An Outpatient Point-of-Care Ultrasound Curriculum: Project CHAOS (Community Health Approach to Outpatient Sonography)
Investigators/Department: Jerica Johnson, MD & David Stromberg, MD, Department of Family & Community Medicine
Purpose: To improve point-of-care knowledge, confidence and self-reported likelihood of use in future practice among UNM Family Medicine Residents by implementing a novel outpatient focused curriculum with dedicated faculty time for training and quality assurance.
Pilot Study: Heterogeneous Grouping and Reciprocal Peer Teaching in Anatomy Medical Education
Investigators/Department: Julia Jordan, DPT & Rebecca Hartly, PhD, Department of Cell Biology & Physiology
Purpose: To identify teaching strategies that elevate outcomes for the lowest quartile of medical students.
Micro-Mentoring Through the Use of a Web-Based Mentorship Platform in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Investigator/Department: Lindsay Smart, PhD, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Purpose: To collect, interpret, and disseminate data regarding a micro-mentoring model to the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Chairperson and leadership as a potential option to improve mentoring opportunities for Faculty, Residents, Fellows and Staff in the Department.
A Comparison of an 8-week Spanish Course versus Distributed Spanish Curriculum that Focuses on Students’ Ability to Speak and Verbally Understand Clinical Spanish
Investigator/Department: Rose M. Vallejo, PT, DPT, Department of Orthopaedics, Division of Physical Therapy
Purpose: To determine if a distributed Spanish curriculum improves student acquisition of communication (speaking and auditory comprehension) in Spanish.
On-Demand, Individual-Need-Focused Research Training in Study Design and Biostatistics for Residents and Fellows: A Feasibility and Scoping Study
Investigators/Departments: Yiliang Zhu, PhD, Jessica Reno, MPH & Melissa Schiff, MD, Department of Internal Medicine; Laura Canchien Parajón, MD, Department of Family & Community Medicine; Hengameh Raissy, PharmD, Department of Pediatrics
Purpose: To develop a platform for research methodology training for residents and fellows, covering clinical research study design, biostatistical analysis, and informatics tools; and to determine the scope of the training program and develop a plan of dissemination to other departments and programs of UNM SOM as well as to UNM Health Sciences Center (HSC) students and researchers.
Use of AIDET® to Improve Internal Medicine Hospitalist HCAHPS Physician Communication Scores
Investigators/Department: Leonard Noronha, MD & Emily Weeks, PA-C, Department of Internal Medicine
Purpose: To educate providers and learners on the methodology and significance of HCAHPS scoring, and to create a training tool for AIDET skills and feedback that providers can access at their convenience.
Secondary Cancer Screening in the Resident Clinic: Who Gets It Done?
Investigator/Department: Melissa Schiff, MD, Department of Internal Medicine
Purpose: To evaluate local adherence to ASCO/ACS secondary cancer screening and survivorship guidelines by comparing the difference in percentage of appropriate screening tests ordered per each eligible clinical encounter between attendings and residents at UNMH ambulatory clinics; then subsequently comparing both of those rates to the national average.
Improving Resiliency and Decreasing Burnout for Faculty, Residents and Medical Students via an Organizational Mindfulness Intervention
Investigator/Department: Joyce F. Phillips, MD, Department of Anesthesiology
Purpose: To reduce burnout and stress in healthcare professionals and learners through a 6-session mindfulness curriculum to be delivered either virtually or in person by instructors with expertise in teaching and practicing mindfulness.
Rural and Community Psychiatry Residency Rotation: A Quality Improvement Initiative for Resident Training in Integrated Care
Investigators/Department: Poone Haghani Tehrani, MD, Kelsey Sala-Hamrick, PhD & Julie Salvador, PhD, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
Purpose: To evaluate an integrated behavioral health curriculum that has been implemented with psychiatry residents since the 2017 academic year.
Evaluation of a Forest Therapy Intervention on Healthcare Provider Wellness as Indicated through Assessment of Burnout Symptoms (Faculty Life Cycle Project Funded by the Office of Faculty Affairs & Career Development)
Investigators/Departments: Elizabeth Lawrence, MD, Department of Internal Medicine; Heidi Rogers, College of Nursing
Purpose: To provide an additional, evidence-based intervention to alleviate symptoms of healthcare provider burnout. Burnout has been shown to impact patient safety and quality of care, thus an improvement in provider burnout is related to improvement in these aspects of patient care.
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