leadership and advocacy in women's health education

APGOAPGO Association of Professors Association of Professors of Gynecology & of Gynecology & ObstetricsObstetrics

APGO Clerkship Directors’ School

Educational Leadership and Advocacy

Jodi F. Abbott, MD, MHCMVice Chair for EducationDepartment of Ob/Gyn

Co-Director: Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Education

Associate ProfessorBoston University School of

Medicine

APGO Clerkship Directors’ School

APGO Clerkship Directors’ School

Educational Leadership and Advocacy

Jodi F. Abbott, MD, MHCMVice Chair for EducationDepartment of Ob/Gyn

Co-Director: Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Education

Associate ProfessorBoston University School of

Medicine

APGO Clerkship Directors’ School A

Learning Objectives

• Recognize the clerkship director’s responsibility to influence on behalf of medical student education within your department

• Understand the opportunities within your role as clerkship director to advocate for women’s health education in your organization

• Establish elements in your clerkship that effectively engage your students as women’s health advocates

Rate your POWER in your educational job at work1. 12. 23. 34. 45. 56. 67. 78. 89. 9

Rate your INFLUENCE in your educational job at work1. 12. 23. 34. 45. 56. 67. 78. 89. 9

Change your perspective

Who do you teach?

1. Undergraduate students2. Medical Students3. Residents4. Fellows5. Nurses and Midwives6. Administrators7. Faculty 8. Patients9. I’m a coordinator

Artificial Distinctions Narrow our Perspective

Educators educate

Advocating for Medical Student Education within your Department• Write down 3 clinical or

administrative changes currently happening in your department

Thought experiment

• Write down 3 changes currently happening in your department

• Next to them write a PLUS if it is GOOD for medical student education and a MINUS if it is BAD for medical student education

Thought experiment

• Write down 3 changes currently happening in your department

• Next to them write a PLUS if it is GOOD for medical student education and a MINUS if it is BAD for medical student education

• Consider an area of this change where influencing others to implement your idea would improve student experience

Thought experiment

• Write down 3 changes currently happening in your department

• Next to them write a PLUS if it is GOOD for medical student education and a MINUS if it is BAD for medical student education

• Consider an area of this change where if you had an idea to improve student experience you could influence others to implement your idea(s)

• Circle one of the changes and commit to bringing ideas home to implement using your influence

Bringing Women’s Health to the Grown Ups Table

What brought you to this day?

Where OUTSIDE of your department can you further Women’s Health Education?

Junior Fellow ACOG Community Service Projects

Develop Educational CME’s

Becoming an APGO resource

• APGO Scholars & Leaders program• Share your experience: Roundtable• Develop shared experiences (Find a

Friend): APGO Breakout sessions• Educational scholarship: CREOG

annual meeting• Publish your work: find the right place

Resident Led Advocacy

Resident Led Advocacy

Resident Led Advocacy

Programs to Develop your Educational Leadership: Masters Programs

APGOAPGO Association of Professors Association of Professors of Gynecology & of Gynecology & ObstetricsObstetrics

jabbott@bu.edu