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Dr. Gerome Escota- IDSA Med Ed COP

Drs. Gerome Escota & Ige George presenting at IDWeek 2019
Drs. Gerome Escota & Ige George presenting at IDWeek 2019

The Infectious Diseases Society of American Medical Education Community of Practice (IDSA Med Ed COP) recently selected Gerome Escota, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, to chair the Teaching and Learning Resources (TLR) Work Group of the IDSA Med Ed COP. This appointment will be for three years. As the TLR Work Group chair, Dr. Escota will also serve on the Executive Committee of the Med Ed COP.

The Teaching and Learning Resources Work Group was created to develop and curate material to support the IDSA community to be better teachers as well as resources for ID clinician educators to enhance their skills in medical education.

Also, the @WuidQ project of Drs. Gerome Escota & Ige George was chosen as a finalist out of 51 applications from all over the world for the ID Innovation Award: https://idweek.org/ideaincubator/.