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Distinction in Medical Education Program

Goals of DIME

The goals of the DIME program are to recognize students who have demonstrated exceptional and sustained commitment to scholarship in medical education. The program affords the opportunity to train students in teaching and educational scholarship, and to offer recognition for completed projects, while adding to an important body of knowledge.

Objectives

All three of the following objectives must be achieved.

1. Students will plan and complete a scholarly project, including, but not limited to, traditional educational research, or an educational resource/instructional material appropriate for adoption in a course, clerkship or elective.

2. Students will demonstrate effective instructional strategies, which may include planning and implementing a presentation (lecture), facilitating small group instruction, and mentoring others.

3. Students will construct effective instructional materials, e.g., online modules, clinical cases, simulated patient scenarios, and written materials to complement lecture and small group teaching.