Category: Career Development
Mentoring Matters: How to Develop a Successful Mentoring Program
Mentoring programs help to increase retention rates of new faculty, enhance personal satisfaction of career choices, improve faculty morale, and even reduce stress and prevent burnout. But how do you go about creating a program in your college or unit? Watch the first session of the three-part Mentoring Matters Series and see how to develop your […]
May 19, 2015
Facilitation Skills in Interprofessional Education
You’ve seen how to integrate IPE into university curricula — now see how to facilitate its usage in classroom learning groups! In this follow-up session, you’ll learn what you’ll need to overcome challenges, identify strategies, and accomplish results through the implementation of interprofessional education. Keynote Speakers Mayumi A. Willgerodt, PhD, MS/MPH, RN Jennifer Danielson, PharmD, MBA, […]
Feb 12, 2015
Ways to Integrate and Evaluate Interprofessional Education in Curricula
It has become apparent that interprofessional collaboration is an integral part of sustaining an effective health care system. However, medical school students who have subsequently become professionals were most likely not given interprofessional education during study. The effects have been startling and include redundancy, teamwork issues, and clinical errors. In this session, you’ll see how […]
Feb 12, 2015
Mentoring and Career Development
Being a mentor or being mentored yourself are effective ways to reach new heights in a professional career. You can help instill the knowledge of your years to those who need some guidance, or you can seek that guidance provided by an accomplished faculty member. Either way, mentoring provides a meaningful platform for personal developmental […]
Jun 5, 2014
Wellness, Stress Management, and You
In the field of professional health care, workers are placed under very unique stressors that are found in almost no other workplace. As such, more and more attention has been placed at identifying their causes, and more importantly, their effects. In such a high-risk, high-stress career such as health care, there needs to be a […]
Apr 4, 2014
Learning From UNMC's Master Teachers: Drs. Donnelly & Gibbs
Seeking steps for becoming a better educator? Take a look at the pros! In this session, you’ll find the first part of the process of improvement is taking a hard look at yourself — what is wrong in your teaching methods? What do you need to do better? What can you change? You’ll be on the […]
Jan 9, 2014
The Art & Style of Interpersonal Communication: Graceful Self-Promotion
Few like a braggart, but there are times you’ll need to get yourself out there and make ideas, discoveries, and accomplishments known. How do you do this if you’re uncomfortable with standing out? Dr. Thorndyke has the solutions to your worries, revealed in her informative session about self-promotion. During the session, you’ll see how to […]
Oct 11, 2013
Learning from UNMC's Master Teachers: Drs. Cuddigan, Dobesh, and Larsen
Seeking tips for becoming a better educator? Take advice from the pros! Several award-winning faculty members share insights on how they developed effective teaching techniques. You’ll learn how to foster a positive learning environment for students, ways introduce engagement processes, and what to put in your teaching toolbox of success. View session slides, resources, and […]
Jan 10, 2013
Thriving Amidst Chaos: Personal Productivity Basics
Keeping life on a steady track can be near impossible with the hectic nature of a career in health science education. Addressing student problems, tending to faculty duties, attending meetings, and coursework planning are just a few day-to-day activities — not to mention the actual teaching! Instead of feeling like you’re in a whirlwind, you […]
Nov 18, 2010
