Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1. Describe the medical school’s DRIVE Initiative and how it fits with Baystate dignity model

2. Recognize and begin discussion of possible sources of bias in teaching material.

3. Locate and Apply the DRIVE Curriculum Appraisal Tool to sample teaching materials 

Faculty

Amanda Whitehouse, MS4
University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate
Baystate Medical Center 

Omar Taweh, MS1
University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate
Baystate Medical Center 

Christine Cronin, MS, CGS
Philanthrophy Officer
Baystate Medical Center 

Laurie Friedman, CNM, MSN, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate
Physician
Baystate Medical Center 

Angela Sweeney, MEd
Curriculum Design Specialist
University of Massachusetts Medical School-Baystate
Baystate Medical Center 

Melissa Fischer, MD
Professor of Internal Medicine
University of Massachusetts Medical School

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education ( CE ) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options.  Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity.

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.