The Office of Medical Education in the UNMC College of Medicine will hold a Faculty Resource Center Showcase on April 11 in the Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education, Room 4053.
Leading the presenters at the 7 a.m. showcase will be Geoffrey Talmon, M.D., associate professor of pathology/microbiology and vice chair of medical education. In addition to Dr. Talmon, representatives from the OME, Faculty Development, the Sorrell Simulation Lab, iEXCEL, the McGoogan Library of Medicine, E-Learning, the Interprofessional Academy of Educators, and Learning Environment and Internet Services will present short overviews of services they offer to faculty as they prepare for curricular change.
Following the presentations, there will be a question-and-answer session fostering one-on-one interactions between faculty and staff. Light refreshments will be available.
Created by Pamela Arellano, curriculum transition coordinator, and Teresa Hartman, associate professor in the education and research services department of the McGoogan Library of Medicine, the online Faculty Resource Center connects faculty and staff with educational experts to take the guesswork out of constructing dynamic active learning-based classes, in addition to providing curriculum templates and lecture support.
"This showcase will provide faculty with direct access to the UNMC staff who can make their educational visions a reality," Arellano said.
The organizers of the showcase aim to fulfill another goal — easing anxiety.
"Normally, the curriculum building process involves spending time hunting for the right educational modality, setting up appointments with designers, and creating classroom materials," Arellano said. "Busy faculty do not necessarily have the time to do that, as much as they’d like to. This showcase provides one-stop shopping for curricular assistance."
In addition to being invaluable to faculty involved in creating the Training the Physicians of Tomorrow curriculum, due to launch this August, the FRC Showcase will provide early career faculty with a roadmap for teaching success, while making emerging technologies available to seasoned instructors, she said.
"We are extremely excited about the innovations that are going into creating Training the Physicians of Tomorrow," said Kelly Caverzagie, M.D., associate dean for educational strategy for the College of Medicine and the leader of the COM curriculum redesign effort. "We owe the faculty who are working extremely hard on the project every advantage we can give them to create the best curriculum possible."
Dr. Caverzagie encourages faculty who cannot attend the showcase to visit the online Faculty Resource Center and take advantage of its contents. Information on the Training the Physicians of Tomorrow curriculum is available at www.UNMC.edu/tpt.