VCU School of Medicine, MCV Campus

Faculty Development Opportunities

Academic Year 2007 – 2008 Workshops and Seminars

These School of Medicine (SOM) workshops/seminars are open to all faculty, residents, fellows, postdocs, and interested persons.  For additional information go to http://www.medschool.vcu.edu/ofid/fd.html (Calendar of Events 2007-2008).  For questions, contact:  Debbie Stewart, 828-6591, dstewart@vcu.edu.   

Spring 2008

January 7 (Monday)

WISDM Professional Development Seminar

 

12 - 1:15 pm

MSB 104/105

 

“How Does This Place Work and Who To Go To”

 

Speaker:     Sheldon Retchin, MD, MSPH

                   CEO VCU Health System

                   VCU Vice President for Health Sciences

                   Professor of Internal Medicine

 

January 23 (Wednesday)

Project on Research in Medical Education (PRIME)

8 – 9:30 am

Sanger 1-050

“Designing a Task-Based Elective for Senior Residents that Addresses the ACGME Competencies"

 

Speaker:     Mark T. Nelson, MD

                    Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology

                    Director, VCU Perioperative Echocardiography

                    MEd in Medl Education Pilot Program Student

 

February 27 (Wednesday)

Project on Research in Medical Education (PRIME)

 

8 – 9:30 am

Sanger 1-038

"The Development and Research of an Innovative E-Learning Program: VCU Chronic NonMalignant Pain Management”

 

Speakers:   Leanne Yanni, MD

                   Assistant Professor, General Medicine,VCUHS

                   Sarah Beth Harrington, MD

                   Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, VCUHS

                   Jeanne Schlesinger, MEd

                   Assistant Professor & Director of Instructional

                        Development, Office of Faculty Affairs, SOM

 

March 12 (Wednesday)

Faculty Development Series on Educational Scholarship

9 – 11:30 am

MSB 104/105

“Put a Little Zing into Your Lectures

(Using what we know about interactivity to stimulate learning, reflection, problem solving and discussion.)

 

12 – 1:30 pm

MSB 104/105

“Shortening the Journey from Discovery to Effect”

(A hard, and hopefully helpful, look at the gap between best clinical evidence and its wide application)

 

 

Guest Faculty Speaker:

Dave Davis, MD

Vice President, Continuing Health Care Education

                        and Improvement

 

March 21 (Friday)

7:30 – 2:15 pm

WISDM 16th Annual Pathways to Leadership Conference:  “Every Day, A New Discovery: Discover Resources for You.”

(includes keynote presentation: “Learning to Lead,” seven workshops and five tours, with breakfast and lunch)

 

Keynote Speaker:  PonJola Coney, MD

                               Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs

                               Professor of ObGyn, VCU SOM

 

March 26 (Wed)

8 – 9:30 am

PRIME

April 23 (Wed)

8 – 9:30 am

PRIME

April 14 (Monday)

WISDM Professional Development Seminar

 

12 - 1:15 pm

MSB 104/105

 

“Planning for Promotion and Tenure”

 

Speaker:     PonJola Coney, MD

                   Senior Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs

                   Professor of ObGyn, VCU SOM

 

May 7   (Wed)

9:30 am – 2 pm

Faculty Development “Summit”, Inova

May 14 (Wed)

9 – 12 noon

Course/Clerkship Directors Workshops

May 14 (Wed)

12 – 1:30 pm

Course/Clerkship Directors Workshops

May 28 (Wed)

8 – 9:30 am

PRIME