Transforming health care through leadership education
Vol. I, Issue 18
News
Faculty Forward Initiative to Identify Faculty Satisfaction Factors
The College of Medicine will participate in the Association of American Medical Colleges’ (AAMC) Faculty Forward initiative, which focuses on faculty development and retention. The first stage of the three-year initiative is a survey administered by the AAMC and the Collaborative of Academic Careers in Higher Education (COACHE) at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Ohio State is one of 25 schools to join the initiative. Robert Bornstein, Associate Vice President and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Secretary of the College, is leading the project along with an appointed task force of faculty leaders. Participation in this initiative will allow the College to assess the factors that drive faculty satisfaction. Faculty will be contacted in May with survey instructions. For more information, visit the Faculty Forward site, 202-828-4796, or contact Robert Bornstein, Faculty Forward Task Force Chair, 292-1707.
“Putting Professionalism into Practice” Seminar Series Begins May 8
Faculty are invited to join in collegial dialogue on how we can help each other be at our professional best, even in the most challenging of situations. Learn how error analysis can increase your understanding of professionalism lapses; identify why some situations are particularly challenging; and discover how to recognize skills that support your professional ability to recover quickly from setbacks. Presented by Cynthia Ledford, MD, John Mahan, MD, and Richard Potts, Director of Customer Service, and sponsored by the College of Medicine Professionalism Council, the first in this series of seminars will be held in Room 115 of the Biomedical Research Tower on May 8, 2009, from 12 noon until 1 pm. Seminars are open to OSUMC staff, faculty, residents, students, nursing administration, and allied medical professionals. Sign up for this seminar.
ABSAME Extends Submission Deadline to April 30
Faculty wishing to present at the 2009 ABSAME Conference now have until April 30 to submit their abstracts. The conference theme, Behavioral Competence for Integrated Health Care: Development and Implementation,” will focus on evidence-based practices in integrated health care and will be held on October 8 through October 10, 2009, in Sante Fe, New Mexico. Submit Abstracts here. Contact 810-715-4365, or email admin@absame.org.
Resources
Leadership Academy Workshops Offered
Your role as a faculty member is important as we work to become a high-performing organization and workplace of choice. Take advantage of the following Leadership Academy opportunities to further your faculty leadership development:
Performance Excellence Series: Coaching for Improvement
Diversity in the Workplace (New)
Know Thy Self: Self-Awareness and Emotional Intelligence
To register, log on to NetLearning system, click on Enroll in Class and select the Leadership Academy workshop you would like to attend. Questions? E-mail leadershipacademy@osumc.edu. Read more.
Educational Leadership Positions
Mary Beth Fontana, MD, has been appointed to the Harry C. and Mary Elizabeth Powelson Professorship of Medicine. The Powelson Chair is designed to support the work of an outstanding faculty member in the area of medical student tutoring and mentorship. Congratulations to Dr. Fontana on receiving this prestigious honor.
Recognition and Awards
James Allen, MD, has been chosen as the 2009 recipient of the Earl N. Metz Distinguished Physician Award at OSUMC. The award acknowledges the accomplishments of esteemed clinicians and teachers in the department of internal medicine. Recipients are selected by their peers. Allen is widely recognized for his excellence as a clinician, researcher and teacher in the areas of pulmonary diseases, interventional bronchoscopy and inhalational therapeutics.
Linda Stone, MD, associate professor and associate dean in the College of Medicine, is the first recipient of the OSU College of Medicine Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Stone accepted the award at a college gathering on April 20.
Jillian L. Gustin, MD, assistant clinical professor and physician in palliative care at OSUMC, has received a Mini-Fellowship in Palliative Care Education from Duke University. The four-day fellowship, Palliative Care Curriculum Development, offers attendees an opportunity to meet with expert faculty in a learning atmosphere that will promote their professional growth as clinician educators.
Education Journal Club
“Why Peer Discussion Improves Student Performance on In-Class Concept Questions,” M. K. Smith, W. B. Wood, W. K. Adams, C. Wieman, J. K. Knight, N. Guild, and T. T. Su, Science, 2 January 2009: 122-124.
Is the Use of Small Group Discussions and Clickers in Large Group Lectures Just Sharing the Ignorance?
When students answer an in-class conceptual question individually using clickers, discuss it with their neighbors, and then revote on the same question, the percentage of correct answers typically increases. This outcome could result from gains in understanding during discussion, or simply from peer influence of knowledgeable students on their neighbors. To distinguish between these alternatives in an undergraduate genetics course, the authors of this article followed the above exercise with a second, similar (isomorphic) question on the same concept that students answered individually. Their results indicate that peer discussion enhances understanding, even when none of the students in a discussion group originally knows the correct answer. (Use this link, if you are off campus.)
Upcoming Seminars
Friday, May 8, 2009
“Putting Professionalism into Practice,” presented by Cynthia Ledford, MD; John Mahan, MD; and Richard Potts, Director Customer Service
12 noon to 1 pm, Room 115, Biomedical Research Tower
Register.
Call for Submissions
Deadline Reminders
2009 ABSAME Conference - April 30
AAMC Faculty Award Nominations - May 1
Herbert W. Nickens Award
Herbert W. Nickens Faculty Fellowship
10 TeamWorks! Program - May 2
Mentorship
A resident in the Department of Surgery pursuing a Masters in Anatomy, Lisa Haubert, MD, presented results of her research in medical education entitled “Surgical Clinical Correlates in Anatomy: Implementation of a First Year Medical School Program” at the AAMC Central Group on Educational Affairs (CGEA) meeting in Rochester Minnesota, March 26-28, 2009. Her work is guided by Ken Jones, PhD, in the Division of Anatomy and Susan Moffat-Bruce, MD, PhD, in the Department of Surgery.
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