Faculty Development and Evaluation Committee, Mentoring Committee Updates
Faculty Development and Evaluation Committee
We invite you to bookmark our website to stay up to date on events and spotlights!
Recent Events
The committee is grateful for faculty interest and participation at the recent Winter Teaching Tune-Ups to fuel their teaching journey for the start of 2025. Participants learned about debriefing as well as how to teach procedures by developing checklists from Drs. Peter Deblieux, Daryl Lofaso and Rachel Fiore and engaged in small group exercises to apply the principles that they learned.
These workshops will be heading to Baton Rouge and Lafayette on March 7th, so be sure to register and secure your spot. PowerPoint slides for both sessions are available on the Faculty Development website.
Podcast Spotlight
In this issue, The Committee would like to spotlight episodes from the Tiger Bites Podcast that uncover roles of the Department Chair within the School of Medicine.
- What does it mean to be a department chair for the clinical sciences? Listen as Dr. Cynthia Brown shares her vision of leadership as the Chair of the Department of Medicine. Learn about her journey into leadership and what keeps her invested in faculty development during Episode 1.9.
- What does it mean to be a department chair for the basic sciences? Listen as Dr. Carmen Canavier shares her journey into leadership, what she has learned throughout the years and her vision for her faculty as the Chair of the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy during Episode 2.8.
Upcoming Events
The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery in collaboration with the Faculty Development
Committee is excited to announce the 2025 Moerschbaecher Academic Forum, a full day
of Writing Workshops, to be held on Friday, April 11th with guest speaker Rachel Walden,
MS, ELS. Walden is the Director of Editorial Services in the Department of Orthopaedic
Surgery at Johns Hopkins, and she will be coming to our campus to share her expertise
and enthusiasm for writing with all of us. Descriptions for all three sessions can
be found on the faculty development website.
Register HERE or by using the QR code on the attached flyer.
Mentoring Committee
The SoM Mentoring Committee continues to provide resources and opportunities for formal and informal mentoring.
Anyone interested in formal mentorship for professional development is invited to complete the brief online application to be paired with mentors in their individualized areas of interest. Individuals at all faculty ranks are welcome to submit an application for mentorship.
Stay tuned for registration details about our next Speed Mentoring Event. Planning is underway for a Zoom event in March or April. This event offers an opportunity for faculty to connect in small groups around topics such as building a research portfolio, developing a curriculum, interest in administration, and educational leadership.
Reach out to the Mentoring Committee chairs, Jay Mussell and Amy Creel, with any questions.