The Optimizing Whiteboard Lectures (OWL) Checklist: A Novel "Chalk Talk" Assessment Tool

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¹ is Associate Clerkship Director, Harvard Medical School Internal Medicine Clerkship, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and an Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² is Associate Program Director, Beth Israel Deaconess Internal Medicine Residency, and an Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
³ is an Assistant Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁴ is Associate Director of Undergraduate Medical Education, Department of Medicine, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine, USA, and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁵ is an Instructor in Medicine, VA Boston Healthcare System and Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁶ is Senior Director of Simulation Research, Carl J. Shapiro Institute for Education and Research, and Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Ryan E Nelson et al. J Grad Med Educ. 2025 Jun.

. 2025 Jun;17(3):396-397.

doi: 10.4300/JGME-D-24-00696.1. Epub 2025 Jun 16.

¹ is Associate Clerkship Director, Harvard Medical School Internal Medicine Clerkship, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, and an Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
² is Associate Program Director, Beth Israel Deaconess Internal Medicine Residency, and an Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
³ is an Assistant Professor of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA.
⁴ is Associate Director of Undergraduate Medical Education, Department of Medicine, Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine, USA, and Assistant Professor of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁵ is an Instructor in Medicine, VA Boston Healthcare System and Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
⁶ is Senior Director of Simulation Research, Carl J. Shapiro Institute for Education and Research, and Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

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