2009 COMER Retreat

Recap of 2009 COMER Retreat

The second annual retreat titled Academic Career Strategies for Educators in the Health Professions was held on Wednesday May 27, 2009 from 9:00 am to 3:30 pm in the Biomedical Research Tower.  Activities of the retreat focused on charting career paths as educators and leveraging innovative ways to publish and document educational scholarship as a means of achieving success in a career.  A more detailed agenda can be viewed here. 

 

Invited speakers

Deborah Simpson, PhD, Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin

Michael Saleh, Project Manager
MedEdPORTAL, Association of American Medical Collegees (AAMC)

John D. Mahan, MD, Professor and Vice Chair of Education, Pediatrics
Pediatrics Residency Program Director, Nationwide Children's Hospital

Catherine Lucey, MD FACP, Vice Dean for Education and
Associate Vice President for Health Sciences Education
The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Presentations

Advancing Educators and Educational Scholarship

Deborah Simpson, PhD
Michael Saleh

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Professional Development and Academic Advancement:
Define Your Professional Mission Statement

John Mahan, MD

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Effective Presentation: Starting Your Educator's Portfolio
Deborah Simpson, PhD

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MedEdPORTAL: Publishing Educational Materials on an Open-Source
Michael Saleh

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Rejuvenating Your Careers: A Look at Career Ladders
Catherine Lucey, MD FACP

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