Program Overview

Introduction to the Macy Mentorship Program

The Macy Mentorship Program is a comprehensive initiative that aims to improve oral presentation skills among medical students. The program is implemented in various medical schools, including Dartmouth Medical School.

Program Details

Purpose

The purpose of the program is to target oral presentation skills during case presentations in Surgery, Medicine, Family Medicine, and Pediatrics, recognizing the effect of setting and specialty.

Objectives

The objectives of the program are:

1. To improve oral communication skills through curricular enhancements in the 2nd year course, On Doctoring, and in all required 3rd year clerkships: Pediatrics -

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Educational Methods

The educational methods used in the program include:

• Four specialty-specific Video Cases, reflecting the particular content and behaviors to illustrate poor and better performances in each specialty
• Oral Presentation Evaluation Form covering:
  • Presentation of History
  • Physical Examination and Laboratory Components
  • Assessment & Plan
  • Communication style
  • Professionalism
  • A Global Assessment with a 5-point Likert-type scale
• Oral Presentation OSCE case

Applications

The program is implemented in the 2nd year On Doctoring course and in the orientation and/or weekly didactic series of all required 3rd year clerkships. Additionally, Surgery, Pediatrics, Family Medicine, and Medicine faculty reviewed specialty-specific videos and completed evaluation forms to trigger discussions on the importance of effective presentation skills.

Participating Institutions

The Macy Mentorship Program is implemented in several medical schools, including:

• UMass
• BU
• Tufts
• Brown
• Dartmouth
• Harvard
• UCONN
• Yale
• UVM