All Webinars are conducted using the ASPE Teleconference Bridge. Our current service will accommodate thirty (30) phone lines on each call, so advance registration is necessary to secure your place. Members receive registration notification for an upcoming webinar via e-mail. A registrant may be alone on the phone, be on a speaker phone in his/her office with one or two others, or dial in directly from a conference room speaker phone with full projection equipment bringing this presentation to 10, 20, or even more individuals. Please note - it is essential when using speaker phones that mute buttons be switched ON. At present there is no fee to register and the only cost to participants is the long distance phone call to where our bridge is located.

Winter Webinar Schedule:

Topic: Advanced Verbal Feedback by Standardized Patients for Students
Presenters: Lou Clark, MA, MFA - University of New Mexico; Nancy Sinclair, RN, MBA – University of New Mexico
Date: Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Time: 12:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time (New York, GMT-05:00)

Description: Students want relevant, well crafted feedback from Standardized Patients (SPs) following individual encounters. This webinar is designed as an introduction to The Content Based Feedback Model designed by a faculty member and an SP Trainer that builds on our existing, basic “I-Statement” feedback model. The content based schema gives SPs opportunities to provide students with in-depth, topic driven feedback based on individual case scripts and student assessment tasks. This model was used by our institution in 2009 for two different cases in which students were tasked to counsel the patient about specific issues.  Counseling topics included diet/nutrition and risks for upcoming surgery.  SPs provided content specific feedback to students after each encounter while “in character” according to the wants and needs of the patients they portrayed.Post-assessment evaluation from faculty, staff, SPs and students supported the validity of the Advanced Feedback Model. Faculty observed feedback exchanges between SPs and students; students expressed appreciation for comprehensive feedback from SPs who, in turn, felt valued for their contributions in the role of feedback provider.

Topic: GTA/MUTA Special Interest Group Update
(GTA=Gynecologic Teaching Associate and MUTA=Male Urologic Teaching Associate)
Lead Presenter: Isle Polonko, Chair, ASPE GTA/MUTA Special Interest Group (SIG)
Other Presenters: GTA/MUTA SIG Subcommittee Chairs; Liz Ohle, ASPE Member Liaison
Date: Thursday, December 16, 2010
Time: 12:00 pm, Eastern Standard Time (New York, GMT-05:00)
Description:  Members of the GTA/MUTA SIG (Special Interest Group) will present an update of their activities supporting their mission for establishing and sharing programs, guidelines and resources to assist ASPE members in the development and administration of effective GTA and MUTA programs. All presenters are experienced  program coordinators specializing in the instruction of invasive exams. The report on current activities of the GTA/MUTA SIG will include a review of relative past Listserv inquiries, and plans for the development of associated guidelines and recommended audio-visual resource. They will also report on the work that has been completed to compile a “GTA/MUTA Bibliography” that will soon be available to the ASPE membership. Webinar participants will have the opportunity to ask a wide range of questions pertaining to GTA/MUTA programs.

If you missed the registration invitation, contact aspe@aspeducators.org for registration information.