Faculty Development Programs at New Jersey Medical School

In Academic Year 2010-2011 twenty-four Faculty Development Sessions were presented:

The IAMSE Faculty Development Webcast Series on Team-Based Learning – Fundamentals, Implementation and Research was presented to our faculty in the fall of 2010:

  • TBL 101 – Where to Begin. Presenter: Larry Michaelsen, September 23, 2010.  
  • Voices of Experiences - Adopting TBL into your Course. Presenter: Ed McKee and Brenda Roman, September 30, 2010.  
  • Peer Evaluation – The Keys for Success. Presenter: Ruth Levine and Paul Koles, October 7, 2010.                                                                   
  • Creating Good TBL Questions and using MedED Portal Resources. Presenter: Jim Sibley and Ed McKee,   October 14, 2010.                                                                                                                                                         
  • The 12 Tips of Creating a Good TBL Course. Presenter: Dean Parmelee and Larry Michaelson, October 21, 2010.                                                                                                                                                                         
  • Research in Team-Based Learning.  Presenter: Paul Haidet, October 28, 2010
  •  A Faculty Development Session on Professionalism was held on November 15, 2010 by the Office of Education and the Office of Student Affairs for the Basic Science Faculty.
  • Five small group sessions are scheduled for the Faculty of the Disease, Therapeutics, Prevention and Therapeutics Course (DPPT) to be given by Richard Feinberg on Objectives, Item Writing and Audience Response.

The IAMSE Faculty Development Webcast Series on “New Places, New Opportunities, New Ideas in Medical Education” was presented to our faculty in the winter of 2011:

  • Integration of Basic and Clinical Sciences Across the curriculum in a Community Based Distributed Campus Educational Model: A Work in Progress at the Florida State University College of Medicine.  Presenter: Mary Johnson and Dennis Baker, January 18, 2011.
  • Curriculum Integration and Student-Centered Learning at Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine. Presenter: Robert Noiva and Angela Nuzzarello, January 25, 2011.
  • Educating  Physician Thought Leaders at the Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine. Presenter: Richard Vari, February 1, 2011.
  • Promoting Learning over Teaching: Organizing Principles for Curriculum Design at Hofstra University School of Medicine. Presenter: David Battinelli, February 8, 2011.
  • Affiliation of West Virginia University (WVU) School of Medicine with the Oman Medical College to Provide a Quality Medical Curriculum in the Sultanate of Oman. Presenter: David Smith and James Shumway, February 15, 2011.
  • The SELECT MD Program. Presenter: Frazier Stevenson, February 22, 2011.

The IAMSE Faculty Development Webcast Series on “The Use of E-Learning in Medical Education” was presented to our faculty in the spring of 2011:

  • Lecture Capturing and Other Streaming Video Applications. Peter Anderson, March 8, 2011.
  • Engaging Students with Classroom Technologies. Peter de Jong, March 15, 2011.
  • Use of Simulations and Simulators in Medical Training.  Sheila Chauvin and John Szarek, March 22, 2011.
  • Integration of E-Lessons into Face to Face Activities. Mary Dankbaar, March 29, 2011.
  • Opportunities and Challenges of Social Media in Medical Education. Rachel Ellaway, April 5, 2011.
  • The Digital Learning Environment of the Future. James B. McGee, April 12, 2011.

   Four additional Faculty Development Sessions were held on the Newark campus:

  • Clinical Teaching: A Workshop for Attending Physicians and Residents, Beth Alger, May 18, 2011
  • Educational Technology at NJMS: Today and Tomorrow. Richard Feinberg and James Boyce, June 2, 2011.
  • Addressing Sex and Gender Health Disparities Through Medical Education Innovations, Ana Nunez, Drexel University College of Medicine, June 30, 2011.  
  •  Careers in Medicine Advising Workshop entitled “Helping Students Find Their Fit”, Jeannette Calli, M.S., AAMC, July 19, 2011.