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Visualization and Counseling Tool for Performance and Academic Success in Medical Education

This presentation discusses a visualization and counseling tool developed by Loyola University Chicago's Health Sciences Division to enhance academic success strategies in medical education. The tool helps assess student readiness for USMLE Step 1 and allows for continuous monitoring and intervention.

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Visualization and Counseling Tool for Performance and Academic Success in Medical Education

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  1. Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Division Stritch School of Medicine (SSOM)Performance and Academic Success Strategies (PASS):A Visualization and Counseling Tool 2014 Annual MedBiquitous ConferenceMay 19, 2014

  2. Speakers: Ron Price, Jr. Associate Vice President, Informatics and Systems Development Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Division & Associate Dean Office of Information Systems Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine Maywood, Illinois

  3. The Health Sciences Division • Loyola University Chicago Health Sciences Division (HSD) • Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing (MNSON) • 58 Faculty • 1,041 Undergraduate Students • 394 Graduate Students • Stritch School of Medicine (SSOM) • 589 Full-time Faculty, 1,100+ Part-time Faculty • 602 Medical Students • 181 Graduate Basic Science Students

  4. Performance and Academic Success Strategies (PASS) • In AY 2014, SSOM committed to enhancing its Academic Center for Excellence (ACE) • ACE & IT jointly developed tool to assist in assessment of student readiness for USMLE Step 1 • Tool needed to operate with existing data (e.g., MCATs, GPAs, grades, etc.) as predictors • Staff wanted a visual and interactive tool • Tool to be used continuously with interventions as soon as performance issues are detected

  5. Performance and Academic Success Strategies (PASS) • PASS visualization tool • Constructed with an open source JavaScript library from available from http://d3js.org/ • Application creates a “parallel coordinates” visualization with gating controls • Queries existing student systems for appropriate variables • Performance data in temporally ordered • Reference dataset includes 998 students over 7 years

  6. Demonstration of the PASS

  7. Questions and Answers

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