About Us
Mission
The OCER provides centralized resources and works collaboratively with community-based faculty (CBF), Geisel Course Directors, Departments and Administration to promote excellence in community-based education locally, regionally and nationally.
Vision
OCER will be a model center linking the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth to multidisciplinary, community-based faculty and practices. This center will be recognized for its dedication to excellence in communication, education, evaluation, research and scholarship.
Goals
- Maintain Centralized and Standardized Processes and Database to Advocate for, and support Recruitment and Retention of, CBF
- Provide Centralized Faculty Development Opportunities and Tracking for CBF
- Facilitate Communication and Networking for CBF within the Geisel/Dartmouth Community
- Promote Community-based Educational Scholarship
The Office of Community-based Education and Research (OCER) at the Geisel School of Medicine officially opened its doors in July, 2000. The OCER is funded by the Geisel Dean's Office and is a continuation of efforts to enhance community-based education begun by the Office of Generalist Education (funded through the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Generalist Physician Initiative).
Our office has an ambitious agenda that supports community-based teaching of Geisel medical students, residents and community-based faculty while developing research and special projects in ambulatory and community-based education. We, the OCER Team,
continue to expand and revise this agenda in collaboration with ambulatory course directors, the OCER Community Preceptor Education Board, the OCER Steering Committee, community-based faculty, and leaders in education at the Geisel School of Medicine and nationally.
OCER Team
Catherine Florio Pipas, MD, Medical Education Director 603-653-6641
Virginia A. Reed, PHD, Research Director 603 653-3449
Diane Chamberlain, B.A., Communications & Research Coordinator 603-653-3451
OCER Support for Community-Based Education
- Coordinate and support community-based site visits, teaching site development and faculty development
- Promote coordination and quality of student community placements and experiences by tracking and monitoring student placement and educational experiences in community settings
- Support computer connectivity of community-based faculty
- Engage preceptors and enhance communication with the Geisel School of Medicine
OCER Support for Research
- Assist with educational grant development and submission
- Provide quantitative and qualitative research expertise
- Serve as evaluators on funded grants
- Monitor funding agencies for grants in educational research
- Produce and assist with manuscripts on community-based teaching and learning
- Supply office space, computer equipment, and computer support for educational research programs involved with community-based education
OCER Steering Committee
Michael Zubkoff, PhD, Chairman, Community & Family Medicine
John F. Modlin, MD, Chairman, Department of Pediatrics
W. Blair Brooks, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
Leslie H.Fall, MD, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Murray Korc, MD, Chairman, Department of Medicine
Richard Reindollar, MD, Chairman, Department of OB/GYN
Jonathan M. Ross, MD, Department of Internal Medicine
Charles R. Mannix, JD, MPA, Associate Dean and Chief Operating Officer, Geisel School of Medicine
Mary Turco, Director, Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences and for CME
Richard Rothstein, MD, Professor of Medicine
Rand Swenson, MD, PhD, Professor of Anatomy, Professor of Neurology
Greg Ogrinc, MD, Associate Professor of Community and Family Medicine
Helen Heneghan, MD, Central Coordinator for Keene's Educational Initiatives
Glenda Shoop, MD, PhD, Director of Curricular Design and Assessment
Cathy Morrow, MD, Associate Professor of Community and Family Medicine
Nancy Cochran, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine
Laura Cousineau, MLS, Instructor of Medicine
Additional Information
For more information about the formation and structure of the OCER, contact us or see: Carney, PA, KE Schifferdecker, CF Pipas, LH Fall, DA Poor, DA Peltier, DW Nierenberg, WB Brooks. A Collaborative Model for Supporting Community-based Interdisciplinary Education. Academic Medicine 77: 610-620, 2002.