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Mission Statement

The Center seeks to develop, test, and deploy a dynamic educational environment that optimizes learning for all department members and enhances patient outcomes. Through collaborative research that uses state-of-the-art technology to identify the best educational methods, CERTAIN aims to continually enhance our existing programs and create new and innovative systems for teaching and learning.

Goals
  • Advance research to create an optimal learning environment for our department members as well as members of other departments.
  • Implement systems to quantify and improve communication and professionalism skills in our department members.
  • Design and assess systems to teach faculty to provide effective and high-quality feedback to department members
  • Develop and apply innovative metrics to evaluate and enhance our educational programs.
  • Use state-of-the-art technology to create, assess, and deploy new learning tools and methods.
  • Refine techniques to teach complex technical skills to our department members.
  • Support other departmental educational efforts to improve patient care and satisfaction
  • Provide mentorship, support, and guidance to faculty pursuing educational research.

 

The Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, & Pain Medicine has four focused and dynamic research centers: the Center for Inflammation Research; the Center for Education Research Technology and Innovation (CERTAIN); the Center for Anesthesia Research Excellence (CARE); and the Sadhguru Center for a Conscious Planet. The Centers comprise teams of researchers and scientists who collaborate with experts in their respective fields across the Harvard Medical School research community and affiliated hospitals. This page focused on CERTAIN. Learn more about these exciting endeavors and the breadth of their work here:

The Center for Education Research, Technology, and Innovation (CERTAIN) in the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care, and Pain Medicine creates an environment of educational excellence through a process of continuous learning, assessment, and feedback, under the leadership of Dr. Robina Matyal. 

CERTAIN conducts wide-ranging educational research, uses findings to improve our programs, and evaluates those programs to maintain heightened learning and satisfaction. We use state-of-the-art technology to create innovative teaching and assessment methods that allow us to tailor educational efforts to individual trainees and focus on their learning needs. Our ongoing cycle of quality improvement ensures that our anesthesia educational programs are among the best in the country.

In addition, the Center also fosters a supportive, collaborative environment for faculty to engage in educational scholarship. We provide mentorship, guidance, and support in areas such as study design, grant preparation, methodology, IRB correspondence, and manuscript preparation and submission.

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About US
Mission Statement

The Center seeks to develop, test, and deploy a dynamic educational environment that optimizes learning for all department members and enhances patient outcomes. Through collaborative research that uses state-of-the-art technology to identify the best educational methods, CERTAIN aims to continually enhance our existing programs and create new and innovative systems for teaching and learning.

Goals
  • Create an optimal learning environment for our department members as well as members of other departments.
  • Develop and apply innovative metrics to evaluate and enhance our educational programs.
  • Use state-of-the-art technology to create, assess, and deploy new learning tools and methods.
  • Refine techniques to teach complex technical skills to our department members.
  • Provide mentorship, support, and guidance to faculty pursuing educational research.
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