Join us for our next Faculty Development Event! When new events are offered, an email will be sent to all SOM faculty, and information will be posted on this website.
Upcoming Events
Speed Mentoring for Career Development
This interactive workshop connects faculty with mentors through small group breakout designed to focus on specific academic areas for career development such as building research, enhancing teaching or seeking promotion.
Activity Leads: Amy Creel MD, Jen Lentz PhD, Michelle Moore PsyD, Jay Mussell PhD
Teaching Beyond the Classroom - AI Tutor: Transform Your Current Teaching Content into a Personalized Learning Support Tool
After learning the conceptual foundation for this model, participants will observe the steps for building a custom AI Tutor from existing teaching materials and identify how to customize the AI Tutor for specific course needs. Join us and bring your teaching skills to a new level of integration with AI.
Presenter: Jason Middleton, PhD
Belonging, Becoming, and Professing Our Identity: Medical Educators as Scholars
Ever feel like you'd like a map to direct your journey as an education scholar? Join other faculty, residents, and fellows for an interactive workshop to help you chart your path as an education scholar. Using the framework of Belonging, Becoming, and Professing, we'll navigate through self-reflection, small-group discussion, and hands-on exercises to help you discover your scholarly identity, build momentum, and even guide others on their own journeys to meaningful engagement with education scholarship.
Facilitators: Amy Creel MD, Robin English MD, Amanda Messer MD
Harnessing the Power of Generational Differences in the Clinic and Classroom
Central to learner-centered teaching is knowing your audience. As the next generation of learners begins to enter medical education, understanding their perspectives, preferences, and communication style can greatly improve interactions in both the classroom and clinical environments. In this presentation, we will explore the unique characteristics of our future colleagues and learn strategies to effectively and efficiently communicate.
Presenter: Geoffrey Talmon, PhD, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Launch Your Journey to Producing Quality Research Series: Part 1 Research Protocol Types and Maybe You Don't Need IRB Approval?
Welcome Aboard! Navigate the IRB and the 7 essential criteria for research protocol approval. Differentiate between quality improvement projects and “Not Human Subjects research” while learning about full board, expedited and exempt re-views.
Presenters: Jessica Rivera MD, Shannon Palumbo MD
Launch Your Journey to Producing Quality Research Series: Part 2 How to Avoid Writing Pitfalls on Research Protocols
Writing research protocols can be daunting. Let us help you – in this session we highlight language pitfalls to avoid while discussing strategies to enhance protocol clarity. This session will help ensure that your final IRB draft protects human participant data and is clear to IRB staff before launch.
Presenters:
Hui-Yi Lin PhD, Kayla Phelps MD
Launch Your Journey to Producing Quality Research Series: Part 3 PI’s Role in Trainee Support
Mentoring relationships in clinical and basic sciences may reveal challenges that can undermine a mentoring relationship. This session provides strategies to distribute tasks within a research team and ensure appropriate levels of guidance and supervision.
Presenters:
Stefany Primeaux PhD, Mary Ramos PhD, RN