Summer 2024 - SOM Faculty Development Series
Summer Faculty Development Sessions
The Office of Medical Education and the Department of Advanced Biomedical Education are co-hosting a series of faculty development sessions throughout the year. The sessions for May and June are listed here. These sessions are led by University of Mississippi Medical Center faculty and offered virtually with the exception of the June 20 session. The speaker for the June 20 session is Dr. Paul Wallach, a nationally recognized leader in academic medicine and institutional innovation and the executive associate dean for educational affairs and institutional improvement, Dolores and John Read Professor of Medical Education, and Professor of Medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine.
Mark your calendars for these sessions and anticipate calendar invites which will be sent on the SOM listserv. If you would like to be added to the SOM listserv, contact Beth Wilson.
Critical Conversations
Thursday, May 2 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Presented by Dr. Kathryn Schneider
Engaging in and initiating critical conversations is daunting and most people tend to avoid them. Yet, at an academic health center with human life on the line, having critical conversations in a timely manner is vital to maintaining a safe and conducive learning environment. This session provides strategies to enhance your skills and build confidence in having difficult conversations that may involve controversial opinions, constructive feedback, and giving bad news.
Effective Collaboration
Thursday, June 6 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Presented by Dr. Babbette Lamarca
There are various ways of working together. Collaboration involves opportunities to share ideas in order to co-construct concepts, processes, or products. These concepts, processes, or products result from the team’s work and yield benefits of increased communication, a deeper understanding of each team member’s perspective, increased productivity, and increased engagement. Collaboration may be employed in a myriad of ways in an academic health center, and this session equips you to do so effectively.
Enhancing Scholarship and Innovation
Thursday, June 13 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Presented by Dr. Angela Grayson
Faculty engage in various creative activities in which they add to the field’s knowledge, resources, or processes. Peer-reviewed and publicly disseminated creative works and innovations, including research, curricular materials, and educational quality improvement, are a few forms of scholarly activity. The relevant field and its constituents as well as the scholar’s career advancement benefit from scholarly activity and innovation. This session offers strategies to enhance scholarship and innovation and increase scholarly activity.
Medical Education Programs and The Future of Health Care
Thursday, June 20 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Presented by Dr. Paul Wallach - In Person
Undergraduate medical education (UME) lays the foundation for lifelong learning and professional identity formation. This foundation of values and skills acquired during UME shapes the physician, the field of medicine, and the future of health care. This session draws connections between the education we provide today and the future for which it prepares us.
Mentoring
Thursday, June 27 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Presented by Dr. Demondes Haynes
Mentoring relationships provide support to individuals to help them determine and achieve their goals through sustained interactions over a significant period of time. Multiple strategies and configurations of a mentoring relationship, formal or informal, are available to support both personal and professional development. Formal mentoring programs may be employed to advance faculty development and engagement which may result in successes for mentees, satisfaction for the mentor, and a more inclusive environment.