Elizabeth McMurtry, DO, FACEP – Identifying the Struggling Student

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10-15% of all medical learners will experience significant difficulties during their medical training.  Dr. McMurty will discuss how to identify the struggling student.

Learning Objectives:

1. Develop a method to describe and diagnose learners who are struggling in the clinical environment
2. Identify available helpful resources for struggling students
3. Describe the principles of student remediation according to the familiar SOAP model
4. Incorporate student remediation principles into clinical precepting practice 

Elizabeth McMurtry DO is a practicing Emergency Medicine physician and Assistant Dean of Clinical Education and Faculty Development for Pacific Northwest University, in Yakima, Washington. Dr. McMurtry received her medical degree from the Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine, in Des Moines, Iowa. She completed residency at Scott and White Memorial Hospital – Texas A&M University Health Sciences Center, in College Station, Texas. Dr. McMurtry has researched and published about emergency medicine and pediatrics and has delivered many lectures and presentations on her areas of expertise in medicine and medical education. She is a fellow of the American College of Emergency Physicians, a member of the American Medical Writers Association and a member of the Walla Walla Valley Medical Society. Dr. McMurtry has been actively involved in item writing for COMLEX-USA and COMAT exams since 2016 and was elected to the NBOME Board at the 2018 December Annual Board Meeting.

Dr. McMurtry discloses that she has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling or distributing health care goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients relative to the content of this presentation.

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