Category: Leadership
Getting Past Discomfort: Mitigating Bias to Become Upstanders in Healthcare
Take a Stand Against Bias and Structural RacismBe an Upstander, Not a Bystander You’ve heard the age-old adage, “you can’t understand someone until you’ve walked a mile in their shoes.” The central message is a basic quality of the human experience – empathy. Empathy is key to relating to the feelings or experiences of others. […]
Dec 11, 2020
Constructive Collaboration: Using Student Feedback and Peer Coaching to Improve Teaching
The rapid changes and advancements of today’s world continue to present new challenges in education. Success in 2020 is achieved, in part, by being skilled at adapting and evolving based on the demands of society. Health science education and academic medical centers are not exempt from this reality. Educators must continue to create processes that […]
Feb 14, 2020
Coaching for Executives: Investing in Talent Development
As a faculty member in the upper ranks of the organization, you’ll often be delegating tasks and assignments to your employees. To do so, you’ll need a firm understanding on how to lead, coach, and motivate others toward accomplishing goals. Certified coach Rob Kramer presents the tools needed to be an effective leader and a source of […]
Feb 26, 2018
UNMC Faculty Development is working with Rob Kramer, certified coach and CEO of Kramer Leadership, to provide you with leadership methods that will improve the performance of teams and individuals, as well as help develop future leaders around you. In his book, Stealth Coaching: Everyday Conversations for Extraordinary Results, he gives an in-depth look at […]
Feb 21, 2018
Cultural Competence Education for Students in Medicine and Public Health
With the increasing cultural diversity of the nation, there’s a necessity of updated knowledge, skills, and attitudes for addressing changing health care needs. A new report from the AAMC and the Association of Schools of Public Health, Cultural Competence Education for Students in Medicine and Public Health, presents recommendations for training students from both disciplines on […]
Feb 20, 2018
Shining the Spotlight on Search Committees
Here are some resources regarding recruiting that search committees may find helpful: UNMC Resources Search Committee Guidebook Recruiting video Why UNMC recruiting website The Good and Bad of Fast Brain Thinking: Understanding the Impact of Our Unconscious Biases (past Faculty Development session) AAMC Resources Recruiting: Proven Search and Hiring Practices for the Best Talent website […]
Sep 25, 2017
New Faculty Onboarding: Meet the Deans
The University of Nebraska Medical Center is made up by a large infrastructure of medical colleges, each headed by its respective dean. Here is your chance to get to know the leaders that make up the top ranks of our medical college system. Watch this meet-and-greet and learn about some of our deans and associate […]
Aug 24, 2017
The Good and Bad of Fast Brain Thinking
Understanding the Impact of Our Unconscious Biases Health care providers are specifically trained to make high stakes decisions in fast-paced, life and death situations. Every day, we rely on a host of past experiences and “our gut” to make important decisions. But sometimes these skills and behaviors can lead to unintended consequences for us as […]
Jun 6, 2017
Leading Change in Higher Education Digital Learning
Change is hard, especially in today’s busy world. Watch this engaging seminar that encourages viewers to discover a formula for change that will help you become a leader in higher education during the digital age. Visiting keynote speaker Dr. Lawrence C. Ragan tackles the barrage of forces, inputs, demands and signals of change that leaders face […]
Mar 9, 2017
UNMC used its Premier Education Banquet to bestow awards upon faculty members who have achieved notable successes in their careers and for the university system. Time was taken to honor the recipients, giving each a moment to speak and take pride in their accolades. The rest of the ceremony was used to raise awareness for […]
Aug 16, 2016
