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10/18/24 (Update)

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For the next few months, I will be adding an Active Learning Tip in the Teaching & Learning Section below. This initiative is part of my final project for the Resilient Mindsets in Medicine course offered by AACOM and Motivate Labs. Please see below for the first Tip.

All Faculty Focus Newsletter and Update issues are available from the Faculty Focus Archive.

I thank all who help with content curation and those who have shared items with me for distribution.

Thank you, Steve

FACULTY FOCUS UPDATE (10/4/24)

Table of Contents: Announcements | Events | Teaching & Learning | Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Announcements 

  • Dialogue with the Dean Vodcast - New Episode
  • Slido
    • Slido Polling in PowerPoint and Google Slides - Information Sessions
      Tuesday, 10/29, 4pm-5pm OR Friday, 11/1, 12:30pm-1:30pm (Both sessions online via Webex)
      • From announcement: "Slido is an audience engagement tool available to all Rowan Faculty, Staff, and Students. It can be utilized with presentation software such as PowerPoint or Google Slides or can be used directly in Webex or Zoom. In this session we'll focus on getting started with Slido's polling features and integrating them with PowerPoint and Google Slides. For more information on Slido, please see IRT's "Welcome to Slido" Knowledgebase Article" Please register to receive Webex information
    • New Faculty Development Guide: Slido (Audience Engagement)
      • From announcement: "Slido is an audience engagement tool offering Polling, Quizzes, and Q&A that can be integrated into Webex, Zoom, Teams, PowerPoint, or Google Slides. All Rowan Faculty, Staff, and Students can use Slido. The Faculty Development Guide will provide resources from Rowan and Slido to introduce you to the software and demonstrate effective practices for its use."
        Slido (Audience Engagement) Guide
  • New Jersey Health Foundation Grant Programs
    Deadline: 11/8
    • From announcement: "We are pleased to announce a new award cycle for our next New Jersey Health Foundation Grants Program.   We have committed up to $5 million in available funding for grants.   New Jersey Health Foundation awarded more than $3 million in our last cycle and over $68 million through this program since its inception." More information and to apply
  • American Osteopathic Association (AOA) Grants
    Deadline 1/31/25
    • From announcement: "Funding is available for DOs, MDs, PhDs, and osteopathic medical students conducting studies that address the tenets of osteopathic medicine and explore the profession’s patient-centered, empathic approach to care. Key Grant Updates: Project Duration: 24 months (extended from 18 months); Student Project Duration: 12 months; Project Start Date: July 1st (revised from September 1st); Broadened Focus Areas: We have expanded our focus areas to support more projects; Translational Research: We are accepting translational research projects." More information and to apply
  • Association of American Medical Colleges
    • Registration is now open! - Learn, Serve, Lead: The AAMC Annual Meeting
      11/8-12
      • From announcement: "Each year, Learn Serve Lead: The AAMC Annual Meeting brings together the academic medicine community from across the nation to discuss the most pressing issues impacting health and health care. This is the AAMC’s premier learning and networking opportunity, and it is open to all."
        More information and to register
  • International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE)
    • Registration is now open! - IAMSE Virtual Forum: Teaching and Learning in a Virtual/Digital Era
      10/23-25/24
      • From announcement: "The virtual forum is designed for all interested in teaching, designing, and leading health professions sciences curricula. Participants include students & trainees, basic scientists, providers, clinicians, and other faculty from across various healthcare and educational disciplines. We specifically encourage junior faculty, postdocs, and students to participate in the forum."
        More information and to register

Events

Teaching & Learning
Faculty Development Guides

Active Learning Tip

  • Fish bowl – "To encourage participation by all students, a fish bowl is a good approach for discussing dilemmas or debates. Some of the students sit in an inner circle (the fish bowl) and the others are around the edge observing the discussion. Allow the students in the inner circle a time to prepare ideas and questions in advance, while you brief the students who are observing what they should be listening for. The idea is that the participants in the inner circle are more likely to get involved than they would if it was a large group discussion, and the students observing learn from their peers."

LinkedIn Learning

TeachingPhysician (Each week, I’ll be sharing articles from this resource)
(Please email garwoods@rowan.edu for access information)

Article(s)/Book(s)/Website(s)/Podcast(s)/etc.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Rowan-Virtua SOM DEI Website
Faculty Development Guide: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

Rowan University

  • Foundations of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Sessions
    Fall Sessions Now Available!
    More information and to register
  • SJICR - Intercultural Calendar and Religious Holidays
  • BIPOC Panel of Students with Disabilities: Confronting Intersectionality within Your Disabled Identity 10/23, 6pm, Zoom

Article(s)/Book(s)/Website(s)/Podcast(s)/etc.