On the WWAMI Site Director–Job description, you will see the essential outline of what being a Site Director entails. All Site Directors are required to have a Clinical Faculty appointment in the University of Washington Department of Pediatrics.
Responsibilities:
All “Preliminary Grade Forms" are due in the evaluation system (E–Value) by two weeks after a the end of a rotation.
Educate staff about the Goals and Objectives (see below) for the medical student program.
Ensure that site descriptions, directions, medical student information and that credentialing materials are kept current on the WWAMI Program medical student website.
Attend the annual WWAMI Pediatric retreat, typically held in June.
- Goals and Objectives
Ensure that all faculty and teaching residents are knowledgeable of the Medical Student Pediatric Core Goals and Objectives, wich can be found in the student manual located on the Patient Care Phase page.
- Curriculum
Curricular materials for every student in the pediatric clerkship are available on the medical student website for printing, reading and disseminating as needed.
It is suggested that you show the Clerkship Orientation Video for the student orientation.
Final Exam
The Final examination is an NBME shelf exam, administered and monitored by the University of Washington exam administration team. The exam length is 2.5 hours, unless there is a student accommodation letter from the University of Washington Disabilities office. All exams are on the last Friday of the clerkship.
NBME Shelf exam studying resources can be found on the above curricular materials page
Using Canvas
Students will log in to Canvas using their UW Net ID to submit required assignments during the clerkship. Assignments will be reviewed by the Pediatric Medical Student Office. Note: An educator is required to provide feedback on the review of the student write-up. This feedback must be included in the students uploaded document.
Grade Submission
All Preliminary Grade forms are to be submitted into the system by two weeks following the end of the rotation.
Using the E-Value Clinical Encounters
Students will log in to the E-Value system (using their UW Net ID) to record their required pediatric encounters. There are 8 domains to be completed during the pediatric clerkship.
- Aquifer Cases
Aquifer is an online teaching tool with virtual patient cases. To log in to Aquifer, click on the "For Educators" button and enter your email as your username and the password.
To obtain your password, email medical.students@seattlechildrens.org including your name and e-mail address (no gmail or hotmail accounts). You will receive confirmation when the request is complete.
- Evaluation System
The University of Washington School of Medicine uses the E-Value system for all student evaluations.
The Pediatric program leadership allows each site to choose the method of evaluation collection that works best for the site. This may be through E-Value (electronic collection), by meetings or e-mail, or on paper evaluation forms. No matter how the site collects the evaluative information, the site must keep records of the collection of feedback from your preceptors in case a student challenges their grade.
All site final grades for each student must be entered on the Preliminary Grade Form in E-Value.
The accrediting body for the UWSOM (LCME) requires that students must be able to evaluate each preceptor who they work with and provide feedback into their grade. Students evaluate educators in E-Value.