About Catherine Patocka, MD MHPE

ALiEM-AgileMD Education Design Fellow
Clinical Lecturer
Department of Emergency Medicine
University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine

MEdIC Series | The Case of the Catastrophic Classroom – Expert Review and Curated Commentary

The Case of the Catastrophic Classroom outlined a scenario where a junior faculty member is tasked with revamping didactics at her institution. We joined Jill as she walked through various phases of discovery, building empathy for her stakeholders. This case was subsequently discussed at the CORD Academic Assembly 2016 (#CORDaa16) where 4 teams competed to design novel solutions for this complicated problem.

This month the ALIEM Design team, led by Drs. Teresa Chan (@TChanMD), Catherine Patocka (@patockaem), Jeremy Voros (@vorosmd) co-hosted a design challenge with CORD’s Dr. Rob Cooney (@EMeducation) where a keen bunch of creative medical educators participated to identify the problems and pitch possible solutions that might work for Jill. Their discussion and solutions were based on the insights and suggestions from the ALiEM community. We are proud to present to you the Curated Community Commentary and our Design Hackathon team solutions. Thank-you to all our participants for contributing to the very rich discussions last week.

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By Catherine Patocka, MD MHPE|2019-02-19T18:57:58-08:00Mar 18, 2016|MEdIC series, Medical Education|

Team-Based Learning: 2016 JGME-ALiEM Hot Topics in Medical Education

As a follow-up to last year’s inaugural JGME-ALiEM Hot Topic in Medical Education on the Resident as Teacher role, this week we will be conducting a cross-disciplinary discussion about a unique instructional strategy called team-based learning (TBL). Originally developed by Dr. Larry Michaelson, a professor of Business at the University of Oklahoma, over the past 15-20 years TBL has been increasingly incorporated in health professions education. Prominent in undergraduate medical curricula, TBL focuses on active learning, collaboration, and application to real-world problems. As educators consider its value in postgraduate education, TBL is our “hot topic” for 2016.

Whether you are hearing about TBL for the first time, considering incorporating it into your practice or just curious to stay on top of what’s hot in meded, we invite you to engage in the discussion of the JGME publication entitled “Use of Team-Based Learning Pedagogy for Internal Medicine Ambulatory Resident Teaching” by Balwan et al. using the Twitter hastag #JGMEscholar [free article PDF].

Similar to previous ALiEM-Annals Journal Clubs, a live Google Hangout will be held with the authors and selected experts. Ultimately, a curated summary from discussions (ALiEM blog, Twitter, Google Hangout) will be published back in JGME. Some of your best tweets and blog comments will be featured.

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By Catherine Patocka, MD MHPE|2018-01-30T01:57:05-08:00Jan 11, 2016|Medical Education|

Poll : How do you use the PV cards?

In our effort to take the Paucis verbis (PV) card series to the next level, we are interested in knowing how YOU use the cards. We would appreciate your answers to the following 4 questions. Also if you have any comments/suggestions regarding the PV cards and how we can make them better please, use the Comments section.

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By Catherine Patocka, MD MHPE|2017-03-05T14:14:37-08:00Jul 24, 2015|ALiEM Cards|