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University of Nebraska Medical Center

Author: Linda Love

10 Habits for Career Success in Health Professions Education

The start of the academic year is the perfect time to re-evaluate and re-scope our career goals. Work on one of the following tasks every month throughout the school year, or use them as a guide to engage with a peer mentoring group to push everyone further, faster. What are you doing to re-evaluate and […]

Sep 28, 2020

What to look for in employees successful at flex work schedules

In modern health science education and academic medical centers, often not all the work is done at the work place. Technology and video conferencing have made remote working much more reliable, efficient and productive. But, not all employees or jobs are well-suited for working remotely. Leading organizations however, are developing creative and flexible work situations […]

Feb 18, 2018

Performance Reviews: Try the GROW Coaching Model

Performance review season is coming up and leaders may benefit from using COACHING techniques for better outcomes. The GROW model is outlined below with some sample coaching questions to incorporate into the dialogue. Goal(s) What would you like to get out of this discussion? What would be the most helpful for you to take away […]

Feb 15, 2018

Coaching: Developing Faculty and Academic Talent

COACHING for peak professional performance is making a strong appearance in academic health science organizations. But, use of the word coaching can be confusing with so many applications including life coaching, academic coaching, and peer coaching. The following infographic offers a snapshot of the defining features of TALENT DEVELOPMENT COACHING. Talent coaching is an investment in […]

Oct 10, 2017

Google Forms How-To

Make life easier!  Google Forms can make a huge difference when trying to use formative feedback data for learning, and/or surveying or collaborating with other professionals. A 20 minute guide by Teacher’s Tech will show you how to: Select questions formats Customize your form look Insert media into your form Review form responses And more!

Jun 5, 2017

Create a YouTube Channel – Here’s Help

Contemporary teaching strategies often involve using videos in Canvas courses, quick phone or tablet videos, and/or MP4 videos made with PowerPoint.  A YouTube channel can help collect and manage your teaching assets. Teacher’s Tech offers you a step-by-step video tutorial on how the create a YouTube channel to share with learners, residents, or other professionals.  This  video will […]

May 20, 2017

Use Canva to add Pizzazz to Twitter

People ask me all the time how to make cool graphic elements for Twitter to enhance your 280 characters of text.  Use Canva!  Canva makes it so easy with their own learning, branding, and design videos all available for free and accessible 24/7. Use Canva to add pizzazz to your course’s social media discussions, your themed Twitter […]

May 15, 2017

7 Sensational Graphic Design Resources

It’s getting easier and easier to add great graphics to your learning and networking platforms.  Here are some you can check out for FREE! Canva: https://www.canva.com/ Adobe Spark: https://spark.adobe.com Snappa: https://snappa.com/ Pixlr: https://pixlr.com/ Photopea: https://www.photopea.com/ PicMonkey: https://www.picmonkey.com/ Vectr: https://vectr.com/ Teacher’s Tech can help you get started with this quick start (15 min.) video: 5/5 (1) […]

May 10, 2017

Wednesday Wisdom: Enhancing Learning Using Interleaving Techniques (part 6 in education series)

This is part 6 in our 6 part education series and covers enhancing learning using interleaving techniques. What are interleaving techniques? Interleaving is a method that arranges and recalls information in a noncontiguous manner, making learning “systems” more efficient and reliable. Interleaving helps learners establish and use brain files for better retrieval. It benefits both instructors […]

May 3, 2017

Wednesday Wisdom

Try the new Prezi Next

Teacher’s Tech offers you this quick start video on using the new Prezi Next. Prezi Next offers you the ability to adapt your presentation based on what the audience wants or needs. With this new Prezi tool, you do not need to present in a linear fashion and can easily move to different topics and subtopics. Topics will […]

May 1, 2017