Clinical Educators Faculty Development Module (On-Demand)-Orienting Your Students

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The webinar, presented by Dr. Pete Biddy, focused on how to orient medical students to a practice by combining clinical teaching with quality improvement and professional development. Dr. Biddy explained the concepts of quality and value in health care, emphasizing that good care should be safe, timely, effective, patient-centered, efficient, and equitable. He argued that students should not only learn clinical medicine but also how physicians solve system problems, improve workflows, and deliver value-based care.<br /><br />A major section of the talk covered quality improvement (QI) methods, including SMART goals, driver diagrams, cause-and-effect diagrams, and the Plan-Do-Study-Act cycle. He encouraged preceptors to involve students in small, measurable practice improvements, such as reducing wait times, improving hand hygiene, or decreasing no-show rates. These projects help students build practical skills while also benefiting the office.<br /><br />Dr. Biddy also discussed Entrusted Professional Activities (EPAs), a set of 13 tasks medical students should be able to perform by graduation. He showed how ordinary patient encounters—such as sending an acute patient to the ER or managing a positive rapid strep test—can teach multiple EPAs at once. Overall, the session encouraged educators to use everyday clinical work as a structured teaching opportunity.

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Keywords

medical education

quality improvement

clinical teaching

value-based care

SMART goals

Plan-Do-Study-Act

Entrusted Professional Activities

practice improvement