Calendar of Events Archives
Fall 2007 Workshops & Seminars
These School of Medicine (SOM) workshops/seminars are open to all faculty, residents, fellows, postdocs and interested persons. For questions, contact Debbie Stewart, 828-6591, dstewart@vcu.edu
September 11, 2007 (Tuesday)
WISDM Professional Development Seminar
12 - 1:15pm, MSB 104/105
Time Management and Avoiding Burnout
Speaker: Harold Chung, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hematology/Oncology
September 12, 2007 (Wednesay)
Faculty Development Series on Educational Scholarship
9 - 11:30am, MSB 104/105
MedEdPORTAL Training Workshop
(for those interested in submitting their educational resources for peer review)
12 - 1:30pm, MSB 104/105
Educational Scholarship & MedEdPORTAL
(information on how to use this extensive teaching resource and overview of peer-reviewed publishing opportunities)
Guest Faculty Speaker: Robby Reynolds, MPA, Director, MedEdPORTAL, Division of Medical Education, AAMC
September 26, 2007 (Wednesday)
Project on Research in Medical Education (PRIME)
8 - 9:30am, Sanger 1-038
Teaching Clinical Communication Using Techniques of Theater
Speakers: Alan Dow, MD, MSHA, Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Assoc. Dir., Residency Training Program, SOM; David Leong, MA, Professor & Chair, VCU, Department of Theater; Aaron Anderson, PhD, Associate Professor, VCU Department of Theater
October 9, 2007 (Tuesday)
8am - 12 noon, MSB 104/105
New Faculty Orientation
SOM Overview, Career Planning
October 9, 2007 (Tuesday)
12 noon - 1:30pm, MSB Auditorium
Faculty Excellence Awards
Followed by a luncheon reception on the MSB Plaza
October 10, 2007 (Wednesday)
8am - 12:30pm, MSB 104/105
New Faculty Orientation
Clinical Enterprise & Educational Environment & Resources
October 15, 2007 (Monday)
WISDM Professional Development Seminar
12 - 1:15pm, MSB 104/105
Managing Emotions: How to Stay Cool, Calm and Unflappable
Speaker: Aradhana Bela Sood, MD, MSHA, Professor, Psychiatry & Pediatrics, Chair, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical Director, VTCC, SOM
October 24, 2007 (Wednesday)
Project on Research in Medical Education (PRIME)
8 – 9:30am, MSB 104/105
One-Month General Anesthesia Preparatory Course for the CA1 Residents
This preparatory course has the following goals: To educate resident physicians basic competencies of anesthesiology as well as knowledge and basic clinical and technical skills, as required by the ABA (American Board of Anesthesiology). To observe and assess the individual progress of each resident throughout the course and by the supervision of an attending anesthesiologist dedicated to teaching Clinical anesthesia and specific OR procedures.
Speaker: Iolanda Russo-Menna, MD, Asst. Professor, Anesthesiology, Div., Pediatric Anesthesia, Chair of Curriculum/Scheduling, MEd in Medl Education Pilot Program Student
November 1, 2007 (Thursday)
8 am - 12:30pm, MSB 104/105
New Faculty Orientation
Research: Getting Started at VCU (presented with the VCU Office of Research)
November 14, 2007 (Wednesday)
Faculty Development Series on Educational Scholarship
9 – 11:30am, Sanger 1-050
Keys to Getting Your Journal Articles Published
12 – 1:30pm, Sanger 1-050
How Journals Work—and Making Them Work for You
Faculty Guest Speaker: Addeane Caelleigh, M.A., Director of Institutional Studies, Office of the Dean, University of Virginia School of Medicine
November 16, 2007 (Friday)
Time: TBD, Location: TBD
NBME Visit
December 7, 2007 (Friday)
8:30am – 1:00pm, MSB 104/105
Basic Teaching Skills Works
for new faculty or faculty new to teaching
