Geisel Academy Teaching Bootcamp: Stepping in to Help - Precepting Learners at the Bedside

Monday, August 11, 2025, 12:00 PM - Friday, August 11, 2028, 1:00 AM

AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ (1.00 hours), CME-Designated Participation Credit (1.00 hours)

Join Dr. Amelia Cullinan for an engaging and practical session designed to equip medical educators with tools to support learners during emotionally charged or complex communication with patients and families. This interactive session explores how to precept effectively at the bedside while navigating real-time challenges in patient care. Whether you're a seasoned faculty member or new to clinical teaching, this session offers valuable insights into tailoring your approach to meet individual learner needs and transforming challenging encounters into meaningful learning opportunities.

Presenter

Amelia Cullinan, MD, FAAHPM
Associate Professor of Medicine
Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth
Interim Section Chief of Palliative Medicine
Co-Director, Serious Illness Care Program
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

Dr. Amelia Cullinan is the Interim Section Chief of Palliative Medicine at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, and an Associate Professor at the Geisel School of Medicine. She’s been at DHMC since 2012.

Dr. Cullinan’s non-clinical passions are education and quality improvement work. She is Distinguished Faculty with VitalTalk, an international organization which disseminates communication frameworks and teaching approaches for difficult communication. She co-directs the Serious Illness Care Program at Dartmouth-Hitchcock, which has educated over 500 interdisciplinary learners in the Serious Illness Conversation (SIC) Guide, and she led the creation of the Advance Care Planning tool in eDH.

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1. Reflect on the challenges of supporting learners with difficult communication at the bedside.
2. Describe the elements of a successful faculty “step-in” to support a learner with difficult communication.
3. Practice using the Point and Describe skill when debriefing with a learner.

In support of improving patient care, Dartmouth Health is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. 

American Medical Association (AMA)
Dartmouth Health designates this Enduring Material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. 

All other learners may claim CME-designated participation credit. Consult your professional licensing board regarding the applicability and acceptance of CME-designated participation credit for programs certified for credit by organizations accredited by Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Education.

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Bibliographic Sources

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• Back AL, Arnold RM, Tulsky JA, Baile WF, Edwards K. "Could I add something?": Teaching communication by intervening in real time during a clinical encounter. Acad Med. 2010 Jun;85(6):1048-51. https://doi.org/10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181dbac6f. PMID: 20505408; PMCID: PMC3097516.

• Ende J. Feedback in clinical medical education. JAMA. 1983 Aug 12;250(6):777-81. PMID: 6876333.

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