The Center for the Advancement of Medical Learning (CAML) offers a variety of opportunities for basic and clinical scientists, physician educators, attending physicians, preceptors, alumni, residents and staff who seek to prepare themselves for teaching and/or improve their teaching skills.
These include our Medical Education Grand Rounds, various Faculty Enrichment and Educational Development (FEED) workshops on site and at CWRU-affiliated sites, the medical school’s annual Education Retreat and more—all designed to join educators in collaborative environments to share ideas and approaches to educating all learners across the continuum.
Explore our upcoming events below to learn more about the types of programming we offer. Or, consider partnering with us for an on-demand workshop. Departments and divisions can also access our comprehensive list of speakers.
Upcoming Events
Medical Education Grand Rounds
Focused on innovations, controversies and emerging trends in medical education, our grand rounds series provides monthly—or more—offerings on key topics to help our teaching faculty excel in their roles to inspire, teach, and coach our students. Grand rounds are offered on the first Thursday of each month at 5:15 p.m.
June 24, 2025
“MicroSkills: Small Actions for Big Impact”
Resa E. Lewiss, MD
Description: Microskills: Small Action, Big Impact is a business book that breaks down complex workplace skills, such as communication, managing a task list, self-care, and finding a next postion into small, manageable behaviors you can learn and apply one at a time. Rather than attempting sweeping organizational changes, this book shows professionals how to identify and improve the fundamental building blocks that lead to exceptional performance in any business environment. Through real-world examples from healthcare, leadership, and other professional contexts, you'll discover how focusing on these tiny but crucial skills creates a foundation for lasting success.
Biography: Resa E Lewiss MD is an adjunct Professor of Emergency
Medicine at Brown UniversityTEDMED speaker, designer, and award winning educator, mentor, and point-of-care ultrasound specialist. She studied at Brown University, the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, the NIH Howard Hughes Research Scholars Program, and Harvard Emergency Medicine. She served as a chief resident in her final year of training. She graduated in the first class of ultrasound fellows at Mount Sinai St Luke’s Roosevelt. She hosts the Academic Emergency Medicine Education & Training podcast, and her own The Visible Voices Podcast, amplifying content in the healthcare, equity, and current trends spaces. Her writing is widely published in medical and scientific journals ( > 125 pubmed entries) and the popular press. She has written for CNBC, Fast Company, Harvard Business Review, Nature, the Philadelphia Inquirer, MedPage Today, Doximity,and Slate. Her podcast has been featured in the Guardian, the Philadelphia Inquirer, and the Brown Alumni Monthly. She is co-author of MicroSkills: Small Actions, Big Impact, (HarperCollins 2024)
September 4, 2025
“How to Write High Quality MCQs”
Corinne Bazella, MD, FACOG
Description: In this session we will discuss the cognitive levels that multiple choice questions can evaluate and discuss the components of a good question. We will review common pitfalls when writing a question. Lastly us will learn the 5 step method of writing a good question and practice writing for your educational project.
Biography: Dr. Corinne Bazella Dr. Corinne Bazella is a general Ob/Gyn at
University Hospitals who specializes in menopausal care. She is the Vice Chair of Education for the Ob/Gyn department and chairs the Committee on Medical Education. Dr. Bazella writes multiple choice questions for the NBME and Chairs the Obstetrics and Gynecology TMDC Committee. She also writes questions for the Council on Resident Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology in their yearly “Count Down to CREOG.” Dr. Bazella is a member of the Testing and Assessment Committee for the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics ( APGO) and as part of the committee writes and edits a 800+ question bank and preparation for residency assessment tool for that organization. Corinne is a boy mom to two, loves to speed walk with a good audio book and food is her love language- both cooking and feeding people and enjoying herself!
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Faculty Enrichment and Educational Development (FEED) Series
The FEED series provides workshops and targeted training for faculty who participate in our curricular activities including IQ facilitator training, workshops on how to give effective feedback, programs on the language of assessment for learning, and discussions about creating a safe and welcoming culture of inclusion in the learning space.
The 2023-2024 FEED programs include continuing medical education (CME) credit for a variety of targeted faculty development offerings. These include courses of the following titles:
- Tuesday Seminars
- Science and Art of Medicine Integrated
- IQ Facilitators Training
- Faculty Enrichment and Educational Development (FEED) and Academy of Scholar Educators
- Interprofessional Scholars Collaboration in Teaching and Learning Program (iSCTL)
Annual Education Retreat
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine hosts an annual education retreat for medical educators, which is facilitated by the Center for Medical Education. The 2024 retreat is scheduled for May 9, 2024, 12:00 - 6:00 pm, at the HEC. Additional information will be available on the retreat’s website, coming soon.