LAURA E. HIRSHFIELD, PHD
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Teaching 

Prior to joining the faculty at UIC, I taught a number of courses in sociology at New College of Florida and University of Michigan, including Marriage and the Family; Social Psychology; Research Methods; Sociology of Education;  Women and Work; and Elementary Statistics. 
At UIC, my primary teaching role is in the Masters of Health Professions Education (MHPE) program. I am course director for one core course and three electives in the program.
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Leadership and Organizations in Health Professions Education
Qualitative Methods
Leadership and Professional Identity
Interviewing and Ethnographic Methods
I also teach in the undergraduate medical education (i.e., medical school) curriculum at UIC - sessions focused primarily on inequality, identity, and bias:
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I provide support and coaching on communication and empathy for both medical students and  graduate medical trainees (i.e., residents) , especially regarding Objective Structured Clinical Exams (OSCEs).​
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Finally, I advise several teams of medical students on health professions education research projects. Study topics include wellness, student engagement, extra-curricular programs, and student experiences of the Step 2CK exam. The latter study was recently funded by the AAMC Central Group on Educational Affairs. 
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