Professional Sessions

AIHC Leadership Webinar Series – Developing Faculty to Improve Quality of Care

Date: April 7, 2015
Time: 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: GEB A304

Presenters: Les Hall, MD, FACP – University of South Carolina School of Medicine; Linda Headrick, MD, MS, FACP – University of Missouri

Overview:

Although quality improvement (QI) initiatives have helped to improve health care outcomes and safety in recent years, many faculty members feel ill-equipped to teach improvement skills to learners.

In this AIHC Leadership Series webinar, Dr. Linda Headrick and Dr. Les Hall will summarize a decade of experience in teaching QI to interprofessional health professions learners at the University of Missouri (Columbia, Mo). They will highlight faculty development strategies that accompanied a gradually enlarging portfolio of QI learning opportunities for health professions students, leading to an expanded pool of faculty members engaged in this arena.

The session will conclude with a brief description of two national initiatives, supported by the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation and the Association of American Medical Colleges, that seek to escalate the number of faculty leading education programs in quality improvement and patient safety.

Session Objectives:

• Identify strategies to engage faculty members in the practice and teaching of quality improvement.
• Articulate successful educational strategies to engage learners from multiple health professions in quality improvement initiatives.
• Recognize how faculty members can use quality improvement as a means to simultaneously improve educational programs, improve systems of care and teach interprofessional teamwork.

To register to attend this session go to: http://tinyurl.com/uthsccalendar

Toastmasters Brain Builders UTHSC Chapter

Date: Every Tuesday
Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Location: The Urban Child Institute, 600 Jefferson Avenue, 1st Floor, Conference Room 4

If you would like to become an engaging public speaker, improve your skills as a teacher, seminar speaker or when presenting professionally to your colleagues, joining a Toastmasters club will allow you to reach your goals fast in a professional environment. A Toastmasters meeting is a learn-by-doing workshop in which participants hone their speaking and leadership skills in a no-pressure atmosphere. Free parking is available and everyone is welcome!

For more information about Toastmasters contact Detlef Heck (dheck@uthsc.edu) or Bill Howell (atenra@comcast.net).

Primarily Education-Focused Sessions and Resources

(Archive Now Available) Best Practices in Flipped Class Design (Magna Online 40-Minute Seminar)

Date: Session took place March 26, 2015

Presenter: Robert Talbert, Ph.D. – Associate Professor Mathematics at Grand Valley State University

Overview:

A long-standing model for teaching consisted of two separate but mutually complementary parts. First, teachers would expose students to new course material in the classroom through lectures, audiovisual presentations, and other in-class demonstrations. Then, students would study and assimilate the lessons on their own—outside of class. But a different teaching paradigm is disrupting this traditional approach in dramatic ways. The shift has students introducing themselves to the material first and using class time to process what they’ve studied. In short, the plan for learning has flipped.

In this Magna 40-Minute Seminar, you’ll explore the different variations of flipped learning, see examples of each, and walk away with a model for flipped course design based on learning theory and backwards design. Register today to see how the flipped class design could mean the next significant step in the way you teach your courses and in how your students learn.

Information related to accessing the recording and materials for this session is located in the Professional Development course within Blackboard. Enrollment instructions for the Professional Development course can be found at: http://tinyurl.com/profdevenroll

Online Discussion: Practices to Boost Learning & Engagement (Magna Online 40-Minute Seminar)

Date: April 28, 2015
Time: 1:00 PM – 1:40 PM
Location: GEB A304

Presenter: Lolita Paff, Ph.D. – Associate Professor of Business & Economics at Penn State Berks

Overview:

Online discussion is a great way for students to connect and learn. But you can’t just set up a board and leave it there. Students need responses to their work to keep growing and learning. An unmonitored discussion board can lead to huge headaches and not much learning. This means you need effective strategies to keep students on task and promote truly educational online interaction.

Online Discussion: Practices to Boost Learning & Engagement will show you how to coach students toward meaningful discussion. By the end of the seminar, you’ll have the insights and tools you need to:

•    Employ alternative strategies to promote interaction and develop students’ online discussion skills
•    Compare and apply different discussion board formats to increase student interest and engagement
•    Identify and manage techniques to empower students as facilitators of online discussion

To register to attend this session go to: http://tinyurl.com/uthsccalendar

Additional Resources

2014: The Year of Active Learning at UTHSC
To access a variety of active learning resources visit https://academic.uthsc.edu/faculty/2014.php

UTHSC’s Faculty Resource Center
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