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Faculty Development - Rowan-Virtua SOM: Faculty Development Series

Resources for clinical and academic faculty

Upcoming Sessions

Series Name Change (AY23-24)

  • Based on feedback from the Rowan-Virtua SOM Needs Assessment process, starting July 2023, the Rowan-Virtua SOM GME Faculty Development Series will become the Rowan-Virtua SOM Faculty Development Series. With the change of name comes a new day. Sessions will move from the 3rd Tuesday of each month to the 3rd Friday. Same time, 7:00am-8:00am. We will continue to record and make the recordings and materials available.

Upcoming sessions

Session Recordings and Enduring Materials are below.

For those who need verification of viewing the recording of a Faculty Development event, please use the link "Recording (with Verfication; XX:XX)". You will need to view the video in its entirety and submit a survey with the event code provided at the conclusion of the video. You will then receive an email with verification within 24 hours.

Workshops 2024 (Reverse Date Order)

Providing Feedback - Ask-Tell-Ask & What-Why-What
3/15/24, 7am-8am
Presenters:

  • Michele Tartaglia, DO, FACOOG, CS, Assistant Dean of Clinical Education, Rowan-Virtua SOM
  • Steve Garwood, EdD, Director of Faculty Development & Interim Chair, DEI Committee, Rowan-Virtua SOM

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this webinar, attendees will be able to:

  1. Explain the importance of providing actionable formative feedback in clinical settings
  2. Describe the Ask-Tell-Ask & What-Why-What methods of providing feedback.
  3. Utilize the Ask-Tell-Ask & What-Why-What methods to provide meaningful and actionable feedback to students.

Materials:

Assessing Medical School Students on Clerkship Rotations
2/16/24, 7am-8am
Presenters:

  • Pamela Basehore, EdD, MPH, FNAOME, Associate Dean for Assessment, Rowan-Virtua SOM
  • Michele Tartaglia, DO, FACOOG, CS, Assistant Dean of Clinical Education, Rowan-Virtua SOM

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this webinar, attendees will be able to:

  1. Articulate the general principles of student assessment through summative and formative evaluations.
  2. Describe required and recommended assessment methods and practices at Rowan-Virtua SOM.
  3. Utilize the Preceptor Evaluation Form to provide meaningful and actionable feedback to students.

Materials:

Resources to Address Microaggressions
1/19/24, 7am-8am
Presenter:
Steve Garwood, EdD, Director of Faculty Development & Interim Chair, DEI Committee

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this webinar, attendees will be able to:

  1. Define Microaggressions and their impact
  2. List resources to learn more about microaggressions and methods to counteract them
  3. Create a plan to help improve their current environment

Materials:

Workshops 2023 (Reverse Date Order)

Providing Feedback with the Situation-Behavior-Impact (SBI) Framework
12/13/23, 7am-8am
Presenter:
Steve Garwood, EdD, Director of Faculty Development

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this webinar, attendees will be able to:

  1. Describe the qualities of effective feedback.
  2. Explain how to utilize the Situation-Behavior-Impact (SBI) feedback framework in various settings.
  3. Apply the SBI feedback framework.

Materials:

Assessing Residents
11/17/23, 7am-8am
Presenter:
Joanne Kaiser-Smith DO, MACOI, FACP,  Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education, Rowan-Virtua SOM

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this webinar, attendees will be able to:

  1. Articulate the general principles of resident assessment through summative and formative evaluations.
  2. Identify tools and modalities for resident assessment.
  3. Utilize ACGME milestones in the assessment of residents.

Materials

Creating a Culture of Teaching & Learning
10/20/23, 7am-8am
Presenter: Steve Garwood, EdD, Director of Faculty Development, Rowan-Virtua SOM

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:

  1. Articulate critical components of a learning culture, including a growth mindset, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
  2. Summarize common obstacles that hinder the development of a culture of teaching and learning.
  3. Create and implement practical strategies that promote continuous learning.
  4. Formulate a personalized action plan for implementing a culture of teaching and learning within their specific educational context

Materials:

How We Learn Clinical Medicine
9/15/23, 7am-8am
Presenter: Michele Tartaglia, DO, FACOOG, CS, Assistant Dean of Clinical Education, Rowan-Virtua SOM

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:

  1. Articulate the Dreyfus model of skill acquisition
  2. Diagnose a clinical learner's stage within the Dreyfus model
  3. Apply techniques to assist the troubled clinical learner

Materials:

Balancing Teaching & Clinical Duties
8/18/23, 7am-8am
Presenter: Michele Tartaglia, DO, FACOOG, CS, Assistant Dean of Clinical Education, Rowan-Virtua SOM

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:

  1. Develop strategies to incorporate medical students into the outpatient setting with minimal disruption to patient scheduling
  2. Organize their inpatient learner teams to maximize productivity and education
  3. Integrate evidence-based teaching methods at the bedside that were developed for busy clinicians

Materials:

Providing Effective Feedback – Reflecting On Your Practice
7/21/23, 7am-8am
Presenter: Steve Garwood, EdD, Rowan-Virtua SOM, Director, Faculty Development

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:

  1. Articulate qualities of effective feedback
  2. Evaluate their feedback practices and processes
  3. Formulate methods to improve the feedback they provide

Materials:

Presentation Design for Usability, Accessibility, and Inclusion
5/16/23, 7am-8am
Presenter: Steve Garwood, EdD,
Director of Faculty Development, Rowan-Virtua SOM

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this webinar, attendees will be able to:

  1. Explain the benefits of incorporating design techniques that focus on Usability and Accessibility to further Inclusion.
  2. Increase the Usability and Accessibility of presentation documents.
  3. Identify resources for further exploration

Materials:

Helping Residents - Warning Signs of Mental Health Difficulty and How to Intervene
4/18/23, 7am-8am
Presenter: Denise C. Golonka, MA, LPC, LCADC, CEAP; Mental Health Clinician II; Rutgers Health EAP/SWP

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this webinar, attendees will be able to:

  1. Identify what qualities increase/contribute to stress and burnout
  2. Identify warning signs that a resident is struggling
  3. Develop a plan of how to address concerns with a resident

Materials:

Achieving Equity for our Limited English Proficiency Community
3/21/23, 7am-8am
Presenter: Cindy Hou, DO, MA, MBA, CIC, CPHQ, CPPS, FACOI, FACP, FIDSA

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this webinar, attendees will be able to:

  1. Review the importance of utilizing certified medical interpreters
  2. Incorporate culturally and linguistically appropriate standards
  3. Delve into the social vulnerability index and create a disparity impact statement
  4. Utilize technology to create a patient-centered experience for those with LEP

Materials:

Creating a Professional Research Poster
2/21/23, 7am-8am
Presenter: Lisa Price, MSLIS, Research Librarian, Rowan-Virtua SOM Health Sciences Library

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this webinar, attendees will be able to:

  1. Describe elements of a successful poster
  2. Explain the Serial Position Effect and its importance in poster design
  3. Identify where to get and how to use Rowan logos appropriately

Materials:

Grant Basics
1/17/23, 7am-8am
Presenter: Ken Stagliano, PhD, Program Administrator/Grant Writer, Rowan-Virtua SOM

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:

  • Describe the difference between investigator-initiated and agency-initiated grant opportunities.
  • List the common components of grant applications and the time commitment for their creation.
  • Explain the key components of proposal narratives and what reviewers look for.

Materials:

Workshops 2022 (Reverse Date Order)

Providing Effective Feedback – Reflecting On Your Practice
12/20/22, 7am-8am
Presenter: Steve Garwood, EdD, Rowan-Virtua SOM, Director, Faculty Development

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:

  1. Describe qualities of effective feedback
  2. Review their feedback practices and processes
  3. Formulate methods to improve the feedback they provide

Materials:

Delivering and Receiving Feedback (GME Grand Rounds)
12/13/22, 7am-8am
Presenter: Steve Garwood, EdD, Rowan-Virtua SOM, Director, Faculty Development

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:

  1. Summarize qualities of effective feedback
  2. Identify barriers and triggers which make feedback challenging to receive
  3. Implement practices for managing triggers and positively receiving and discussing feedback
  4. Describe practices for delivering feedback for growth and learning

Materials:

Research in Clinical Settings - Statistics
11/15/22, 7am-8am
Presenter: Robert A. Steer, EdD. Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Rowan-Virtua SOM

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:

  1. List at least two reasons why there is a replication crisis in academic medical research
  2. Explain why a priori power analyses are stressed as crucial for reliable academic medical research
  3. Identify possible statistical approaches for analyzing different types of research data
  4. Describe methods for choosing clinically meaningful effect sizes and using them in power analyses to estimate sample sizes

Materials:

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Milestones - Creation of a Tool to Evaluate Graduate Medical Education Programs
10/18/22, 7am-8am
Presenter: Paul Ravenna, MD, Northwestern Medicine

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:

  1. Summarize the rationale behind the creation of the DEI Milestones to evaluate GME Programs
  2. Explain the individual Milestones
  3. Utilize the Milestones as an evaluation tool in their GME program

Materials:

Staying Current: Medical Database Auto-Alerts and Saved Searches
9/20/22, 7am-8am
Presenter: Charles Greenberg, MLS, MEd
Director, Rowan-Virtua SOM Health Sciences Library

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:

  1. Register for a no-cost personal NCBI and OVID Medline account
  2. Save search strategies for future use in either PubMed or OVID Medline
  3. Create an auto-alert in either PubMed or OVID Medline, which periodically mails new results matching your search strategy.

Materials:

Using a Smartphone in Clinical Practice - Information Mastery Web App
8/16/22, 7am-8am
Presenter: Adarsh Gupta, DO MS FACOFP
Professor, Family Medicine, Rowan-Virtua SOM

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:

  1. Identify the features of Smartphones useful for clinicians
  2. Articulate the concept of Integrated Clinical Informatics
  3. Recognize the information needs of a clinician
  4. Appraise a clinical query effectively
  5. Choose the appropriate high-quality, evidence-based medical resources in practice

Materials:

Clinical Teaching with Just in Time (JIT) Learning (Just in Time Teaching App)
7/19/22, 7am-8am
Presenter: Alice Fornari, edD, FAMEE, RDN
Associate Dean, Educational Skills Development, ZuckerSOM at Hofstra/Northwell

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:

  1. Describe a "push-pull" learning loop with microlearning
  2. Introduce and describe the JiTT Infographic App as a faculty and trainee development tool
  3. Integrate the JiTT App into busy clinical environments to support teaching and learning

Materials:

GME Faculty Development Seminar
6/10/22, 7:30am-10:30am

  • Providing Effective Feedback – Reflecting On Your Practice
    Presenter: Steve Garwood, EdD, Rowan-Virtua SOM, Director, Faculty Development
  • How Our Brains Learn Clinical Medicine
    Presenter: Michele Tartaglia, DO, FACOOG, CS, Rowan-Virtua SOM, Assistant Dean for Clinical Education
  • Cultivating Belonging for GME Trainees
    Presenter: Yvonne Ortiz, MEd, Rowan-Virtua SOM, Director, Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Welcoming and Orienting Medical School Students
5/17/22, 7am-8am
Presenter: Michele Tartaglia, DO
Assistant Dean for Clinical Education, Rowan-Virtua SOM

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:

  1. Identify critical components for successfully orienting medical school students to their practice
  2. Incorporate elements to establish an inclusive and rigorous learning environment.
  3. Implement methods to ensure your practice runs smoothly and efficiently while working with medical school students.

Materials:

Meditation, Mindfulness, and Wellness
4/19/22, 7am-8am
Presenter: Niel Rosen, JD, PhD

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:

  1. Define mindfulness
  2. Describe the benefits of meditation, mindfulness, and wellness
  3. Practice several meditation techniques
  4. Share those meditation techniques with others

Materials:
Note: No presentation for this session

Strategies for Managing Communication & Conflict
3/15/22, 7am-8am
Presenter: Veronica Allonardo, Human Resources Specialist
Rowan University HR Training & Development team

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:

  1. Recognize the common sources of workplace conflicts and the barriers to resolving them.
  2. Identify their own conflict management style and how that can impact the way conflicts are resolved.
  3. Describe why conflict is necessary and how it can benefit the work environment.
  4. Implement useful techniques for dealing with conflict

Materials:

Compassionomics
2/15/22, 7am-8am
Presenter: Anthony Mazzarelli, MD, JD, MBE
Co-President/CEO of Cooper University Health Care and the Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs at Cooper Medical School of Rowan University

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:

  1. Summarize the evidence of a compassion crisis in healthcare.
  2. Describe how compassionate care is associated with measurable patient benefits.
  3. Implement techniques to increase compassionate care.
  4. Explain the quantifiable benefits of compassionate care for healthcare systems.
  5. Apply compassion to reduce burnout among healthcare workers.

Materials:

Steps to Create Rigorous and Inclusive Mentoring and Training Systems
1/18/22, 7am-8am
Presenter: William McDade, MD, PhD
Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer, ACGME

Learning Objectives: 
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:

  1. Apply new changes in ACGME program requirements to the expansion of workforce diversity and development of inclusive learning environments in their GME programs.
  2. Describe the link between workforce diversity and health disparities elimination and the significance of patient-physician racial and ethnic concordance in health care interactions.
  3. Identify the relationship between microaggressions, well-being, and performance in GME and the need to create learning environments that promote belongingness for all learners and mitigate harmful bias and discriminatory behaviors

Materials:

Workshops 2020-2021 (Reverse Date Order)

Delivering Engaging Presentations
12/28/21, 7am-8am
Presenter: Steve Garwood, EdD
Director of Faculty Development, Rowan-Virtua SOM

Learning Objectives: 
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:

  1. Identify factors that contribute to audience engagement
  2. Describe techniques to incorporate interaction and improve engagement
  3. Address common engagement challenges

Materials:

Developing Emotional Intelligence
11/16/21, 7am-8:30am
Presenter: Susan Cavanaugh, MS, MPH
Director, CMSRU Library

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:

  1. Describe the concept of emotional intelligence
  2. Define the EI competencies and domains
  3. Demonstrate a set of self-awareness exercises

Materials:

Rowan-Virtua SOM Health Sciences Library: Updates & Key Services
10/19/21, 7am-8am
Presenter: Charles Greenberg, MLS, MEd
Director, Rowan-Virtua SOM Health Sciences Library

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:

  1. Describe how to set up automatic database notifications that provide emerging published research that you define.
  2. Install a citation management application (no cost) that makes citing literature for publication very efficient and straightforward.
  3. Locate curriculum refined at other medical schools that is intentionally shared for teaching and learning.
  4. Identify which Library staff can improve the appearance of your conference poster or paper presentation.
  5. Share an NCBI personal collection of article citations with a public URL that anyone can access.

Materials:

Leveling Up: Creating a Culture of Mentorship, Sponsorship, and Professionalism
9/21/21, 7am-8am
Presenter: Meagan Vermeulen, MD, FAAFP
Founding Program Director, Inspira Family Medicine Residency Program, Mullica Hill
Medical Director, Rowan Family Medicine Sewell
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:

  1. Define and Differentiate Mentorship, Sponsorship, and Professionalism
  2. Develop Strategies for Effective Mentoring Programs
  3. Identify Tools for Fostering Professionalism
  4. Develop Tools for Encouraging Teammates to “Level Up” in their Work Environments

Materials:

Providing and Receiving Feedback
8/17/2021, 7am-8am
Presenter:
Steve Garwood, EdD,
Director of Faculty Development, Rowan-Virtua SOM

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:

  1. Summarize qualities of effective feedback
  2. Describe practices for delivering feedback for growth and learning
  3. Identify frameworks/models for providing feedback
  4. Formulate methods to achieve greater quality and consistency of feedback
  5. Describe practices for seeking and positively receiving feedback

Materials:

Developing Learning Objectives
6/15/21, 7:00am-8:00am
Presenter:
Steve Garwood, EdD
Director, Faculty Development, Rowan-Virtua SOM

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:

  1. Recognize the educational value of writing meaningful learning objectives
  2. Develop SMART learning objectives for a range of activities and audiences
  3. Utilize frameworks such as Bloom’s Taxonomy, the ABCD method, and Miller’s Pyramid to align objectives with goals and assessments
  4. Review instructional materials and approaches to ensure objectives are adequately addressed

Materials:

Practice-Based Learning & Improvement
5/18/21, 7:30am-8:30am
Presenter:
Adarsh Gupta, DO, MS, FACOFP
Director, Center for Information Mastery
Professor, Family Medicine
Chair, Rowan-Virtua SOM IRB

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:

  1. Learn about the components of Practice-Based Learning and Improvement (PBL-I)
  2. Understand Quality Improvement
  3. Learn PDSA cycle
  4. Apply Continuous Improvement to the Practice of Medicine

Materials:

Helping Residents – Warning Signs of Difficulty and How to Intervene
4/20/2021, 7:30am-8:30am
Presenter:
Denise Golonka, MA, LPC, LCADC (Rutgers Health EAP/SWP)

Materials:

Osteopathic Principles and Practice (OPP)
3/16/21, 7:00am-8:00am
Presenters:
David Abend, DO & Danielle Cooley, DO
Neuromusculoskeletal Institute -NMI

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:

  1. Explain the ACGME requirements for Osteopathic Recognition
  2. Identify ways to incorporate OPP into a variety of different residency programs
  3. Recognize resources to support osteopathic graduate medical education

Materials:

Connecting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to Medical Education and Practice
2/16/21, 7:00am-8:00am
Presenter: 
Yvonne Ortiz, MEd.
Director, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Rowan-Virtua SOM)

Program Description: Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) are terms frequently used, but erroneously understood in the context of American higher education and medicine.  In this interactive professional learning, participants will learn DEI concepts to develop a shared language and its relevance to enhance working environments and patient care.  Topics include:  how race and racism has permeated American medicine, a basic understanding of implicit bias and microaggressions, and how these concepts impact health disparities and apply to a medical education setting.

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:

  1. Define the terms diversity, equity, inclusion in the context of a medical setting;
  2. Explain how conceptions of race and racism in medicine helped shaped distrust among disenfranchised communities;
  3. Describe how Black, indigenous, people of color (BIPOC), people with disabilities, and LGBTQIA+ colleagues and patients experience implicit bias and microaggressions when seeking care; and
  4. Identify next steps to build professional competency in diversity, equity, and inclusion to better serve diverse patients.

Materials:

Preparing and Delivering Effective Presentations
1/26/21, 7:30am-9:00am
Presenters:
Meagan Vermeulen, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Steve Garwood, EdD, Director, Faculty Development

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:

  1. Utilize the ADDIE model to develop a presentation
  2. Create concise, observable, and measurable learning objectives
  3. Describe elements of presentation design (e.g. PPT, Google Slides) for didactic instruction
  4. Plan strategies and activities to enhance audience engagement
  5. Explain the Kirkpatrick model of evaluation

Materials:

Faculty Engagement and the Patient Experience
12/15/20, 7:00am-8:00am
Presenter:
Adam Holzberg, DO
Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Director of Physician Engagement, Rowan Medicine

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:

  1. Summarize Engagement and the Patient Experience and its effects on clinical outcomes
  2. Recognize the value of Provider Communication
  3. Describe methods to communicate with your patient

Materials:

Strategies for the Effective Assessment of Your New Resident
11/17/20, 7:30am-9am
Presenters:
Pamela Basehore, Ed.D, MPH, FNAOME, Associate Dean for Assessment
& Nils Brolis, DO, Medical Director, Simulation Center

Expectations/Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:

  1. Describe common challenges and factors important to a successful transition to residency
  2. Explain a framework and critical components of an effective assessment program
  3. Differentiate between varied assessment tools
  4. Utilize best “fit” concepts to the use of assessment strategies/tools
  5. Identify Resident Readiness and Remediation Resources to support program needs 

Materials:

Providing and Receiving Feedback (Please see Providing and Receiving Feedback 8/17/21 above for the most up-to-date materials)
10/6/20, 7am-8am
Presenter:
Steve Garwood, EdD, Director of Faculty Development, Rowan-Virtua SOM

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this session, attendees will be able to:

  1. Summarize qualities of effective feedback
  2. Describe practices for delivering feedback for growth and learning
  3. Identify frameworks/models for providing feedback
  4. Formulate methods to achieve greater quality and consistency of feedback
  5. Describe practices for seeking and positively receiving feedback

Materials:

*Recording created immediately following the workshop (actual event not recorded)

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