Reaching and teaching educators in the health professions
A global, collaborative organization improving the knowledge, skills, and performance of educators in the health professions, as well as helping to improve communications and presentation skills.
- Individual and organizational consultation on learning science and educational design, achieving higher-level outcomes in CPD and IPCE, and global health education systems
- Assess systems and practices of educating healthcare professionals globally
- Provide structured training in healthcare professions education throughout the continuum, from undergraduate through CPD
- Faculty development workshops designed to improve communications and presentation skills
- Provide global consultation for CME/CPD/IPCE providers in order to localize education around the world.
- Work with non-healthcare organizations to improve presentations, presentation skills, and apply learning science and educational psychology principles into sales and marketing
- Give keynote and plenary presentations
- Consult, engage, and lead the conversation about the inclusion, optimization, and role of CPD in the medical education continuum for all stakeholders
- Research and practice in team-based education and Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE).
- Individual and organizational consultation on:
- Learning science and educational design, delivery, and assessment with a focus on CPD and IPCE
- Presentation and communications skills for all forms of delivery including digital and face-to-face
- Ongoing faculty development for CPD professionals from all stakeholder groups
All projects are developed collaboratively with local expertise and involvement. We believe that it is hard enough to be competent in one's own culture, so it is incredibly important to be sensitive to all others.
Lawrence Sherman FACEHP, FRSM, CHCP is a global inspirational learning facilitator. He is the President of Meducate Global, LLC, a Florida, USA-based collaborative organization focusing on improving the knowledge, skills, and performance of educators of healthcare professionals around the world. Lawrence also works with the Association for Medical Education in Europe in International Development. His expertise in faculty development, digital education/e-learning, and communications skills are helping health professions educators adapt to the current environment. He was formerly Senior Vice President, Strategic Education at AGILE (Academy for Global Interprofessional Learning and Education), a Swiss-based global provider of interprofessional continuing education (IPCE).
Work with educational providers, pharmaceutical and biotech companies, and other related organizations globally to ensure that appropriate learning science and educational principles are incorporated into educational and informational activities. This is pivotal to ensure the "why" of educational content and activities are considered along with the "how" and "what" formats and content are being presented.
Additionally, consultation to help globalize and localize educational activities is available. Helping to bring education across borders and oceans is another key service, as is the ability to supply and/or training professional healthcare moderators for learning activities and events.
Current clients include CME/CPD/IPCE providers, academic and private healthcare organizations, specialty societies and associations, conference producers, and medical communications companies, and small, mid-sized, and larger pharmaceutical companies.
Provide structured face-to-face and digital education to improve competence, confidence, and performance in health professions educators across the continuum.
Work with healthcare professions faculty at all levels, healthcare professionals, other educators, and those in private industry who are tasked with giving live or virtual presentations to 10 or 10,000 people to maximize impact and minimize stress!
Additionally, coaching and training for individuals and small groups on how to have critical conversations with patients, families, caregivers, colleagues, customers, and others.
Working independently and in collaboration with organizations like the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE), assess the status of healthcare professions education in systems around the world, helping to provide opportunities for improvement across the healthcare education continuum, from undergraduate through CPD.