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EDUCATION & ACADEMIC AFFAIRS ANNUAL REPORT ACADEMIC TRAINING | PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION | PUBLIC AND PATIENT EDUCATION EDUCATION MEDIA SERVICES | EDUCATION PUBLICATIONS & COMMUNICATIONS
IN 2011, HSS AND ITS FACULTY CONTINUED TO FOSTER a learning culture that provides educational programs and curriculum that embrace core competencies, result in measurable improvements in terms of the knowledge, competence and performance of the learner, comply with requirements of accrediting bodies, and foster integration with hospital-wide quality of care initiatives.
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o reach these goals, the Education & Academic Affairs 2011 strategic work plan emphasized establishing benchmarks in program delivery, changes in learner performance and a defined impact on community programming, which are delineated throughout this report.
robust pilot phase in developing a state-ofthe-art e-Learning platform and best practice webcasting production processes to extend the reach of HSS musculoskeletal health programs and continue to build the reputation of HSS as the “most trusted educator” via the internet.
Milestones realized include offering online Resident Anatomy Sessions and Nearly tutorials to augment residency training, online Visiting Professor Lecture Series presentations participants and 93rd Annual Alumni Meeting webcasts to enhance HSS were reached by Education & Alumni relations and education; digital capture of Medical Staff Academic Affairs Conferences to support HSS activities in 2011. internal communications; and web The accomplishments illustrated and podcasted educational content throughout this report are the for healthcare consumers, collectively reaching result of maintaining and strengthening strategic 2,517 participants. partnerships with our numerous Education & Academic Affairs Advisory Committees, Financial highlights in 2011 included the institutional partners and broadening external capacity to continue diversifying funding streams community relations, now global in scope. to support our programming, resulting in a 200 percent increase in total exhibitor fees for Education & Academic Affairs activities reached professional education activities compared nearly 40,000 participants in 2011, a 17 percent to 2010. Alumni Association programs and increase from 2010 through state-of-the-art philanthropy produced a 12 percent increase Graduate Medical Education (GME) programs, in total dues and ongoing support by alumni of leading-edge Continuing Medical Education the recently created HSS Alumni Fund. Another (CME) accredited activities, Bioskills Education success in 2011 occurred with a 19 percent Laboratory (BSEL) sessions, International increase in external funding for a total of $3.77 Learning and Training Center (ILTC) initiatives, million, demonstrating our sustained ability in Kim Barrett Memorial Medical Library resources, fostering relationships to acquire vital financial Public and Patient Education endeavors and a resources to meet our goals. brand-new Academic e-Learning forum. To strengthen physician-hospital partnerships, Inaugurated in 2011, our Academic e-Learning an orthopaedic faculty reimbursement program program culminated with the completion of a Efforts continued in 2011 to realize our aspirational statement “to be the ‘most trusted educator’ of patients, the public and health professionals. To ensure academic excellence, HSS thought leaders engage learners at all stages along the education continuum, utilizing adult learning principles.”
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