#HMICHAT CONNECTING THE HMI GLOBAL COMMUNITY BEYOND THE CLASSROOM

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#HMIChat is a monthly twitter chat—a global community of practice focused on health professions education and curated by Harvard Macy Institute Scholars. Our aim is to connect HMI scholars around the world, to continue the conversations, and learn from and with each other. Our growing community would like to invite you to connect with others by joining the health professions education hot topics discussions. Welcome!

#HMIChat Team

Learn about our curators, building a community of engaged and experienced educators.

Loretta Garvey

“I am excited to work together with this global team of interprofessional educators supported by the Harvard Macy Institute to expand our international community and engage in rich conversation and sharing of practice and experience in health professions education through #HMIChat.”

Lauren Mazzurco

“I have found a community of practice in the #HMIChat that both supported innovation in the face of mutual challenges and encouraged growth through collaboration. I am honored to be part of this team that will continue to foster an environment of inclusive, forward-thinking discussion to enhance medical and health-professions education!”

Michelle Schmude

“The #HMICommunity has provided me with a platform to engage with colleagues from around the world whom I learn from and collaborate with, and who have become wonderful friends. Through the #HMIChat I look forward to enhancing these relationships and establishing new ones through our shared commitment to advancing health professions education.”

#HMIChat Blog Reflections

Transitioning #HMIChat Leadership After 5 Wonderful Years

#hmichat HMI 26 April 2021
We announce that our current #HMIChat team will transition from their leadership roles with respect for the past and excitement for the future. The Harvard Macy Institute has the utmost appreciation ...
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#HMIchat August 2019: Developing Leaders: Busting Myths and Lifelong Learning

#hmichat HMI 04 November 2019
Despite numerous calls for an increase in physician leaders and leadership development in medical education, a 2018 systematic review found significant gaps exist in (1) understanding the best ways to...
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#HMIchat September 2018 - How Do We Use and Foster Curiosity and Creativity as Educators?

#hmichat HMIChat 27 September 2018
Another issue our chat touched on was the challenge of translating our educational love for curiosity and creativity to the busy hospital environment, and we heard some great ideas. Jeremy Amayo (@Me...
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Disrupting Health Professions Education…What we learned from this month’s #HMIChat

#hmichat HMI 24 August 2018
A few themes worth considering: Simulation: There was a significant amount of discussion related to simulation in medical education and how this can potentially play an expanded role [thanks Komal B...
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#HMIchat July 2018 - What Image or Song Would You Choose?

#hmichat HMIChat 26 July 2018
For those of us in the United States, it was a special holiday version of #HMIchat on July 4th— a 24 hour asynchronous chat (no synchronous sessions this time)! Because July 1st marks the beginning of...
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#HMIchat June 2018 - What are We Really Teaching? Exploring The Hidden Curriculum.

#hmichat HMI 22 June 2018
The June HMIChat was a lively discussion on participants’ experiences with the hidden curriculum, how their institutions aligned the hidden curriculum with the formal curriculum, and how the hidden c...
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#HMIChat May 2018 on the Clinical Learning Environment

#hmichat HMIChat 29 May 2018
I’ll discuss each of these more in depth below.  The first theme called attention to the importance of healthy interpersonal relationships. This discussion highlighted inter-professional relatio...
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#HMIChat April 2018 - Learning Analytics, Promises and Perils

#hmichat HMI 20 April 2018
Learning Analytics may be a new term for many readers. Analytics refers to the collation and display of data about learners from assessments, and also from other learning activities. The evolution to...
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Reflection on March 2018 HMIchat on Health Equity

#hmichat HMI 02 April 2018
Health equity vs. health equality: Equality refers to distribution of same amount of resources to each person, while equity looks at each person’s needs and distributes the right amount of resources ...
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#HMIchat February 2018 – Let’s talk about trust - of the educator

#hmichat HMI 23 February 2018
Relationship: this was the key ingredient to trust within our #HMIchat community. Many talked about the bidirectionality of trust – or even the circle of trust that encompasses learner, educator, pa...
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Design Thinking in Health Professions Education - reflections on our January #HMIChat

#hmichat HMI 26 January 2018
So how better to reflect on the a chat about #DesignThinking then using the key concepts of design thinking highlighted in the #HMIChat? As stated by @TChanMD, It is through listening, learning, an...
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#HMIchat December 2017 – Cost and Value in Health Professions Education

#hmichat HMI 12 December 2017
Reflecting on the discussion, we felt three strong themes emerge: The first, and arguably the most important theme to arise, was around WHAT value actually is. The term value can be used in many way...
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#HMIChat November 2017: Social Media in Medical and Health Professional Education

#hmichat HMI 27 November 2017
Listen to the reflection with the HMIchat team and read Lauren’s thoughts below: As I sat in my cozy office in the basement of an historic building in Rochester, MN and began to reflect on the most r...
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#HMIchat October 2017: “Learners-as-Educators

#hmichat HMI 30 October 2017
Now here I am back at Caffe Nero, blocks away from the school and hospital where I hold my new faculty position as a clinician-educator, with two stars of my education community of practice, reflecti...
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#HMIchat September 2017- The “Post-AMEE chat”

#hmichat HMI 26 September 2017
The chat was expertly moderated by HMI alumni Eric Gantwerker MD MMSc (MedEd) [@DrEricGant] and Javeed Sukhera MD, FRCPC, PhD Candidate [@javeedsukhera]. We delightfully noted that there were several...
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What was discussed during the #HMIchat August 2017 on - What does it take to be a #MedEd Leader?

#hmichat HMI 21 August 2017
What was discussed during the #HMIchat August 2017 - What does it take to be a #MedEd Leader Our 19th twitter chat was on Wednesday (August 2nd), at 9 pm eas...
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What was discussed during the #HMIchat July 2017 on Communities of Practice

#hmichat HMI 25 July 2017
What was discussed during the #HMIchat July 2017 onCommunities of PracticeOur 18th twitter chat was held on Wednesday (July 5th), at 9 pm eastern standard time (E...
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What was discussed during the #HMIchat June 2017 on Professional Identity Formation in #MedEd - What, Why and How?

#hmichat HMI 19 June 2017
What was discussed during the #HMIchat June 2017 on Professional Identity Formation in #MedEd - What, Why and How?​Our 17th twitter chat was on Wednesday (June 7t...
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Founding #HMIChat Team (2016 - 2021)

Learn about our curators, building a community of engaged and experienced educators.

Elissa Hall

medical educator. passionate about teaching & technology. forever curious. tweets my own. #HMIchat curator, #MayoClinicETF team, #theCGEA committee

Teresa Sörö

#MedEd -ucator and #PICU nurse. #activelearning and #digped is a drive. Curating #HMIchat and hosting #MedEdTalk. Tweets are my own and my opinions can change:-)

Justin Kreuter

Pathologist @MayoClinic: transfusion medicine & transplant compatibility laboratory. #HMIeducators 2016.

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