
Laura Hirshfield
@hirsheys
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sociologist in/of #meded. @uicdme assoc prof and @uicsoc affiliate, former #NCF faculty, @UMSociology & @swarthmore alum. cofounder of @soc_hpe. she/hers.
ÜT: 27.398566,-82.495203
Joined April 2010
🗓️JOIN US: Tue, Oct 29, 6-7 PM CDT @uiccom #MHPE & Certificate in #HPE Virtual Information Session: https://t.co/yPUEbX5nu0 Meet #MedEd @thisisUIC faculty🔥& ask questions! 👥💡🌎❤️🔥🌏💡👥
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📢2024-2025 Ilene B Harris Legacy Research Fund: https://t.co/LTVava6OTH 🗓️LOI deadline: Tue, Oct 15 #MedEd #HPE research projects (<=$40K for 1 year of support) that address important problems/questions in ways that advance innovation and/or methodologic approaches @uiccom
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🚨🤓Submit to our ESS 2025 mini conference! We welcome papers on how health professionals build solidarities within, across, between, and beyond their professions, on practices of solidarity, and on forging community-partnerships to build solidarity beyond the ivory tower.🚨🥸
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UI COM's Department of Medical Education offers a master’s & PhD in health professions education, as well as a graduate certificate in the field. Applications for the master’s and PhD programs will be accepted starting August 1 for the 2025 academic year. https://t.co/eW9Ewteyab
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Wrote this important Nature op-ed with @mayank_mchugh inspired by my migration and identity taxation research with @hirsheys and my experience as grad program director. Hope it leads to change in addressing global south scholars' and students' doc status precarity.
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Beyond excited for my @soc_hpe co-founder @ahvinson and her team for being selected for this year's Harris grant! Such a cool (ethnographic) study they designed. #MedEd cc: @uicdme
🥁Announcing... @uiccom #MedEd #HPE Ilene B Harris Legacy Research Fund awardees @VCU Michael S Ryan & @umichDLHS @ahvinson for "Competency decisions in med school: cultures of undergrad consensus-based committees" Adaptive #GME to #UGME approaches from 6 schools Congrats, All!
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Congratulations to @CheungJJH for winning the A. Brownell Anderson Award from @TheCgea, which recognizes outstanding early career medical educators. You make @uicdme proud!
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Are you an experienced reviewer, researcher, or scholar looking to gain experience in an editorial role? Beginning April 15, 2024, we will be seeking applications for our volunteer assistant editor role! Read more here: https://t.co/K059zCchVs.
#MedEd #scholarlypublishing
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Are you an experienced reviewer, researcher, or scholar looking to gain experience in an editorial role? Beginning April 15, 2024, Academic Medicine will be seeking applications for the journal’s v…
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Excited for day 1 of our annual @soc_hpe Mini-Conference at @essnet ! We’ve got panels on Career Expectations, Navigating Workplace Tensions, and Negotiating Jurisdiction—and we’re kicking it off with an Author Meets Critics to celebrate @fumishowers new book 😁
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Congratulations to Dr. Michael Blackie, Department of Medical Education Faculty of the Year! @uiccom #MedEd #healthhumanities
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Some reflections on a sensational @soc_hpe preconference at #ASA2023 yesterday (8/17)… @ahvinson @KellyUnderman
@TaniaMJenkins @laurendolsen (1/6)
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TOMORROW. @laurendolsen is on the morning treats. I’m on the afternoon treats (donuts and fruit!). @TaniaMJenkins is on the happy hour treats. @ahvinson is our fearless leader. This conference is going to be super super good. See you there!
Have you been seeing the tweets about our upcoming Preconference at #ASA2023? Let us tell you about our amazing line-up of speakers! Read on for a program overview and details about registration 🧵
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Another opportunity to thank @hampshirecolg and shout out its admissions offer to New College of FLA students, and welcoming them to our #AmherstMA community. https://t.co/0co3lqKuHz
hampshire.edu
It’s time to make a change. Whether you are transferring from a large university or another small institution, Hampshire College offers transfer students the opportunity to build a customized program...
BREAKING: The New College of Florida board of trustees has directed the administration to abolish its Gender Studies program. We are the first public university in America to begin rolling back the encroachment of queer theory and gender pseudoscience into academic life.
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So proud to have @dr_nicole_perez as my colleague here @uicdme!
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What makes a good surgical intern? We are THRILLED 🎉 to share a new CoSEF perspectives publication-- "Thriving as a Surgical Intern: Three Tips From the..." : Annals of Surgery Open #MedTwitter
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Making your plans for ASA? Don’t forget to put our Preconference on your schedule! $5 gets you a full day of @soc_hpe — hear panels and keynotes on the history and evolution of the field and meet emerging researchers. See link or contact us for more info! @ASAnews @ASAMedSoc
Save the Date for an @ASAnews Preconference: “The Social Transformation of the Sociology of Health Professions Education” to be held Aug 17th in Philadelphia. For info, see https://t.co/XzppBOTclQ or contact a co-organizer: @ahvinson @KellyUnderman @laurendolsen @TaniaMJenkins
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