WHAT WE DO
Our Faculty Development program provides education and training focused in the areas of teaching, academic leadership, and scholarship & research to health profession educators throughout the MHS. We provide workshops and classes for credit in the USU Faculty Development Certificate Program for educators in the USU School of Medicine, School of Nursing, Postgraduate Dental College, and at over 20 Military Treatment Facilities across the country. The program also sponsors multi-day meetings to bring tri-service Graduate Medical Education leaders from across the country together to provide academic leadership training, and to build an academic leadership cadre to shape the future of Faculty Development in the Military Health System.
We offer faculty and leadership development seminars throughout the year, tailored programs to support faculty with specific needs - including junior, mid-career, and senior faculty, those new to the School of Medicine, and those navigating the promotion and tenure process, as well as individual consultation to faculty members and Dean's Annual Faculty Teaching Awards to recognize our best faculty.
USU SEMINARS
Held in various locations on USU’s Bethesda Campus, seminars are open to all those who can attend. Past Seminar topics have included: Go Ahead, Make My Day...Keeping on the Right Side of Copyright and Fair Use, Leveraging Social Media to Transform your Academic Career, A Toolbox for Teaching Empathy.
UPCOMING SEMINARS:
To see upcoming opportunities, login to the Faculty Development Self Service Site at http://fac-dev.usuhs.edu/.
CERTIFICATE PROGRAM
The Certificate Program provides recognition to USU Faculty who devote their time to improving their academic scholarship and skills as teachers. The certificate has three individual tracks of study: teaching, academic leadership, and scholarship & research, technology, and simulation, and includes all faculty in the Military Health System or it’s affiliated programs, who are actively teaching health professionals in the MHS. Annually, our program averages more than 600 workshops across the University and teaching hospitals.
Contact
Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
jessica.servey@usuhs.edu
301-295-9470
Assistant Dean for Faculty Development
gayle.haischer-rollo@usuhs.edu
301-295-1497
Faculty Affairs Program Specialist
thomas.mcfate@usuhs.edu
301-295-3814
Education Specialist
irene.chi.ctr@usuhs.edu
301-295-3494
WHO THIS IS FOR
ANY Faculty Teaching Health Professionals in the MHS
- Junior & Senior Faculty
- Basic & Clinical Science Faculty
- USU Appointed Faculty
- Active Duty & Civilian
- Physicians, Dentists, Nurses, Pharmacists, Scientists, Psychologists, etc
WHAT IT TAKES TO EARN A CERTIFICATE
- The Teaching, Academic Leadership, and Scholarship & Research certificates each require 30 class hours in different classes in the designated track.
- The Advanced Teaching certificate 60 Teaching class hours, 3 Peer Observations, and 1 Reflective Writing. Click here for more details.
- The Technology certificate 30 class hours in the Technology track and 1 reflective writing. Required classes: Introduction to Technology for Teaching and Learning, Digital Literacy, Classroom Assessment Techniques with Technology.
- The Simulation certificate requires 24 class hours in the Simulation track and 1 peer observation/simulation debrief.
CERTIFICATE TRACKS AND EXAMPLE CLASSES
Simulation (5000 series)
- 5001 Foundations of Simulation
Technology (6000 series)
- 6001 Introduction to Technology for Teaching and Learning
- 6002 Introduction to AI in Education: Navigating the Future of Learning
Teaching (7000 series)
- 7001 Feedback Basics in Medical Education
- 7014 Learners In Trouble
- 7053 Asking Effective Questions
Academic Leadership (8000 series)
- 8002 Remediation in Medical Education
- 8013 Strategies to Run an Effective Meeting
Scholarship & Research (9000 series)
- 9002 Abstract Writing
- 9011 Writing a Case Report
- 9015 Introduction to Survey Design