As health professions educators, we feel a responsibility to provide support to learners who struggle, and at the same time, we have a responsibility to society to graduate learners who are fully competent for the profession. After defining remediation and the trajectories of learners who struggle, we will move through a framework to identify, intervene…
Discussion Boards are a popular way to assess students in an online learning environment. These spaces are designed for conversation among students and faculty alike. Many students have not been taught how to participate in an asynchronous learning environment, this includes creating meaningful discussion posts. This session will cover how to make them more engaging,…
The current landscape of undergraduate medical education provides foundations at varying depths of knowledge that will not only be needed for board examinations but also progressively needed for the clinical years as well. The ongoing challenge of undergraduate medical education is displayed by curriculum calendars and the volumes of content consumed by students and produced…
In this presentation, participants will be introduced to two different types of mapping for organizing concepts: mind mapping and concept mapping. Often used interchangeably, they have two different purposes. Participants will learn the most appropriate use for both types of mapping, and how these tools can be incorporated into the learning process. At the…
Enhance your experience with Concur through knowledge and efficiency. With many travel restrictions lifted, faculty and staff are eager to expand their horizons with university-paid travel plans. Concur allows all University employees to submit reimbursements in one online location, book travel, Air, Hotel & Car Rentals with no out of pocket expense. Whether you need…
This session will assist educators in understanding how mental health difficulties can interfere with student success, both academically and professionally, and provide strategies for preventing and remediating failures attributed to mental illness. Speaker: Michael Redinger, MD, MA, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine
At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, the education system in Canada and around the world received an unexpected shock as schools, colleges and universities closed and people began working and learning from home. As faculty, instructors, students, administrators, policy-makers and funders, we learned a lot. But what can we expect in the future?…
The Institutional Review Board (IRB ) and The Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) has an important role in university research. One of the roles of the IRB is to help to facilitate and process human subject protocol submission for appropriate approval. One of the roles of IACUC is to help to facilitate and…
In this webinar, we will describe how Learning Communities can be used to support struggling students. Learning Communities are intentionally formed groups of students and faculty who actively learn from each other while building relationships that enhance support networks. LC programs can assist struggling students in a multitude of ways and can be easily integrated…
Launched in August 2019, the GGM FLC is a CETL-sponsored project with representation from the College of Dental Medicine, College of Graduate Nursing, College of Health Sciences, College of Optometry, College of Pharmacy, College of Veterinary Medicine, College of Podiatric Medicine, and LEAD. The mission of the FLC is to develop the effective use of…