Fall Faculty Development Sessions

Published on Tuesday, August 20, 2024

Fall 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 fall sessions are listed here. These sessions are led by University of Mississippi Medical Center faculty and offered virtually.

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 Robyn Herring.

Quality Improvement in Academic Medicine

Thursday, September 5 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Presented by Dr. Norma Ojeda

Quality improvement involves systematic and continuous actions that lead to measurable improvement. At an academic health center, quality improvement may address health care services, the health status of targeted patient groups, or the practices employed in an educational setting. Quality improvement is critical to enhancing the practices in which faculty and staff engage in educational and clinical settings to increase efficiency, effectiveness, performance, accountability, outcomes or other indicators in services or processes which achieve equity and improve health. Efforts may be for a defined period of time or it may be continuous occurring cyclically over time.

Responding to Student Feedback

Thursday, October 3 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Presented by Dr. Hanna Broome

 Students provide feedback through multiple means including course or clerkship evaluations, national surveys such as the Association of American Medical Colleges Graduation Questionnaire, institutional surveys, and informally through comments and questions that they ask. This feedback can be valuable to continuous quality improvement for learning experiences, curricular materials, and the learning environment. Once student feedback is reviewed and utilized, it is also important to inform students of how their feedback has been used to support improvements.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Academic Medicine

Thursday, November 7 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Presented by Dr. Kristen Alston

The University of Mississippi Medical Center is committed to providing high-quality health care to all of the state’s citizens. It is challenged on multiple fronts including resources and a political context. This session provides insights and strategies for maintaining a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion in academic medicine in the face of challenges.