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The ScholarRx Approach to Teaching: CBME and Pre-Clerkship Education in the Foundational Sciences
Free Webinar • June 8, 2022 • Noon (EST) What Will You Learn? Medical education has been evolving over the past two decades. One significant shift has been to move toward an outcomes-based perspective of learner achievement. This is often referred to as “competency-based medical education” or CBME. But what does CBME mean? In its…
ScholarRx Statement on Access to Safe Abortion and Why it Matters
At ScholarRx, we believe that by improving medical education, we are building a healthier world. Unfortunately, one of the building blocks of a healthier world is consistently under attack: sexual and reproductive health and rights. Sexual and reproductive health and rights are central to the health and well-being of patients and communities. It reflects not…
ScholarRx Welcomes Dr. Hossam Hamdy to Academic Advisory Board
LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 26, 2022 — ScholarRx is pleased to announce that Dr. Hossam Hamdy has joined the ScholarRx Academic Advisory Board, which is chaired by Dr. Charles Prober of Stanford University. Prof. Hamdy is Professor of Surgery and Medical Education at Gulf Medical University and is an internationally known medical educator and active Pediatric Surgeon. A scholar, professional, and leader in higher education…
Free Webinar on “The Rx Bricks Flipped Classroom Active Learning Experience”
If you missed our webinar on “The Rx Bricks Flipped Classroom Active Learning Experience”, you can now watch it on demand! Check out this ScholarRx exclusive webinar, hosted by Amber J. Heck, Ph.D., basic science medical education curriculum developer, and active learning facilitator expert. What Will You Learn? In this one-hour session, participants will explore…
MeSAGE Releases Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Collection
The Medical Student Alliance for Global Education, or MeSAGE, released its newest collection of Rx Bricks, which focuses on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. This set of free and open-access digital learning modules from ScholarRx covers a core value of modern medical education, but one that has often been missing from the traditional curriculum. The Diversity,…
Announcing the Brick Builder Grant: Call for Proposals
ScholarRx is pleased to announce the new ScholarRx Brick Builder Grant. This grant program supports educators and students* who want to develop and share new curriculum. Instructors across the globe are using Rx Bricks Create to build new learning experiences for students, and we want to offer this groundbreaking $25,000 grant program to support and…
We’ve Enhanced Study Stream!
New Features in Study Steam! As a part of our mission to build the best study tools for med students, we talk with hundreds of users each year to find out what we can do to keep improving. One consistent theme we’ve heard involves making Study Stream more flexible and easier to use. So, we are excited to announce upgrades to Study Stream! In…
ScholarRx Welcomes Dr. Nicole “Nikki” Woods to Academic Advisory Board
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Jan. 13, 2022 — ScholarRx is pleased to announce that Dr. Nicole “Nikki” Woods has joined the ScholarRx Academic Advisory Board, which is chaired by Dr. Charles Prober of Stanford University. Dr. Woods is a cognitive psychologist who received her PhD at McMaster University in 2005. Dr. Woods leads an internationally recognized research program…
MeSAGE Releases Collection of Open Access Bricks for The New Educator
The Medical Student Alliance for Global Education, or MeSAGE, released its newest collection of Rx Bricks, devoted to “The New Educator.” This set of free and open access digital learning modules covers the critical area of medical education. In the world of medicine, every patient encounter can be seen as a teaching encounter. Medical students…