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Western Group on Educational Affairs (WGEA)
The WGEA is one of four regional groups of the AAMC Group on Educational Affairs (GEA). We strive to promote excellence in the continuum of medical education by fostering the professional development of medical educators and advancing research in medical education. Annual meetings provide opportunities to share ideas and resources and report research among its members.
2015 MESRE Award Winners
The WGEA Congratulates the 2015 MESRE Award winners:
Outstanding Oral Presentation Awards:
Jorie Colbert-Gets, University of Utah
Measuring the Impact of the Flipped Anatomy Classroom: The Importance of Categorizing an Assessment by Bloom's Taxonomy
Joshua Jauregui, University of Washington
The Faculty Reentry Project: Understanding the Factors that Effect Sustainable Faculty Success after Participating in a Longitudinal Faculty Development Program
Outstanding Poster Presentation Awards:
Stephen Schneid, UC San Diego, School of Medicine
Relationship between Study Strategies and Retention of Basic Science Knowledge by Second year Medical Students
Lavjay Butani, UC Davis Medical Center
What Pediatric Medical Educators Understand about Reflective Practice: A National Survey
2015 WGEA Mini-Grant Initiative
The submission period closed June 22. Submissions are currently under review.
The WGEA is providing a funding opportunity to both experienced and new investigators in the area of medical education research. This small grants program is meant to promote medical education research within the Western region. WGEA has made a total of $12,000 available. Investigators can request up to $5,000 to initiate a new study. A maximum of $1,000 are granted to investigators needing funds to complete ongoing projects (“finishing grants”). For more information, please download the below document or contact Cha-Chi Fung, Ph.D., at email@example.com.
WGEA 2015 Mini-Grants Guidelines
Funded Proposals for 2014-2016
Awardees for New Study Proposal
Pamela DeVoe, PhD
University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Title: Does Near-peer Tutoring Facilitate Medical Student Learner Self- Efficacy?
Funding Requested: $2069 - Funding Awarded: $2000
Jeff Riddell, MD
Title: Prospective randomized crossover evaluation of a flipped classroom model for emergency medicine trainees
Funding Requested: $ 4050 - Funding Awarded: $4000.00.
Lavjay Butani, MD MACM
University of California Davis
Title: A mixed-methods study exploring how pediatric faculty and residents teach, learn and use reflective practice
Funding Requested: $5000 - Funding Awarded: $4000
Awardee for “Finishing Grant”
Erin Bonura, MD
Oregon Health & Science University
Title: Team-Based Learning Among Internal Medicine Residents: A Feasibility and Acceptability Study
Funding Requested: $1000 - Funding Awarded: $1000
- Medical Education Research Certificate (MERC) Program
- Computer Resources in Medical Education (CRIME)
Contact the WGEA
Cynthia Irvine M.Ed.
Assistant Dean, Medical Education
Stanford University School of Medicine