What's New
New Approaches to Faculty Development
A number of websites have recently been brought to our attention which highlight some new approaches to faculty development including the use of distance-learning and web-based instruction strategies.
· The Medical College of Wisconsin has developed a series of online modules for physicians to enhance their clinical teaching skills in the ambulatory setting. The modules feature case scenarios, discussion questions and downloadable printouts for use today in your clinical teaching on subjects as feedback, orienting the learner and teaching in the presence of the patient. A resource module provides links to other sites of medical and educational interest. Both AAFP and CME credit is available. The orientation module contains instructions on course navigation. The link to their community preceptor modules is: http://topclass.family.mcw.edu/Topclass/default.htm
· You might also like to check out the faculty development website at the Medical College of Wisconsin at: http://www.mcw.edu/edserv/facdev/index.html
· The Faculty Development Home Page for the Faculty Development Fellowship at the Department of Family Practice, Madigan Army Medical Center invites you to take a virtual tour of the program and curriculum archives. Their purpose is to promote and assist physicians as teachers and leaders in their respective fields. This site contains information about the fellowship program, past and current fellows, and their projects. In addition, their Faculty Development Resource Center is a repository of curriculum materials developed and/or revised and presented by the fellows to a variety of audiences over the last two years. The fellowship invites you to make use of these resources as you seek to: 1) develop your own skills as a teacher of medicine or 2) provide similar education to your peers and trainees. Visit: http://www.mamc.amedd.army.mil/famprac/fellow_curr/index.htm
· To view information about a web-based course on Evidence Based Medicine developed for the primary care faculty development program at Michigan State University check out: http://www.familypractice.msu.edu/InfoMastery
· The website sponsored by the National Center of Leadership in Academic Medicine, MCP Hahnemann University, contains useful information for junior faculty on things like professional development, career development, and mentoring resources on the web. View their site at: http://www.mcphu.edu/col
· You might also find useful a site that grew out of the research that Jane Westberg and Neal Whitman did for an article on resource materials for faculty development published in the special issue of Family Medicine (April 1997, vol. 29, no. 4) devoted to faculty development. The site, at http://www.uchsc.edu/CIS, provides an annotated list of resources for faculty development in the health professions. (Note: "CIS" must be in caps.) There are also some materials that can be downloaded for use in faculty development programs plus links to other sites that list faculty development resources, such as those created by STFM, the Association of American Medical Colleges, the Educational Clearinghouse for Internal Medicine, and the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC). The site was created and is maintained by Hilliard Jason.
Resources for Evaluating Scholarship
You may find a number of publications from the American Association of Higher Education to be useful for evaluating scholarship. More information is available on their website at: http://www.aahe.org/
· Making Teaching Community Property: A Menu for Peer Collaboration and Peer Review by Pat Hutchings, 1996. Draws on the work of a 12-campus national project on the peer review of teaching. Describes strategies through which faculty can document and go public" with their teaching be it for purposes of improvement or evaluation. Each of nine chapters features a different strategy from the fairly simple, low-risk teaching circle, "to course portfolios," to more formal departmental occasions such as faculty hiring with reports by faculty who have actually tried each strategy, guidelines for good practice, and an annotated list of resources. The introduction and conclusion lay out larger issues, and point to lessons campuses can use to create more effective systems for the formal evaluation and reward of teaching (128 pp.). AAHE reference number: TI9601.
· From Idea to Prototype: The Peer Review of Teaching (A Project Workbook), 1995. A comprehensive 3-ring binder of reproducible materials, including exercises, handouts, actual samples of a "course portfolio," guidelines and checklists, and articles. An inside look at the project, plus all the resources you need to mount your own effort (150 pp.). AAHE reference number: TI9501.
· The Teaching Portfolio: Capturing the Scholarship in Teaching by Russell Edgerton, Pat Hutchings, and Kathleen Quinlan, 1991. Suggests one model, in which faculty assemble a collection of carefully selected "work samples" accompanied by reflective commentary about them. Covers the what, why, and how, including eight actual sample portfolio entries (72 pp.). AAHE reference number: TI9102.
· Campus Use of the Teaching Portfolio, 1993. Describes what 25 campuses are doing with and learning about portfolios, plus an essay synthesizing nine lessons learned (120 pp.). AAHE reference number: TI9301.
· Using Cases to Improve College Teaching: A Guide to More Reflective Practice, 1993. Explores the use of cases about teaching and learning to prompt collaborative discussion and reflection about pedagogical issues. Covers the what, why, and how of the "case," including seven to duplicate and use (100 pp.). AAHE reference number: TI9302.
· Making the Case for Professional Service by Ernest Lynton, 1995. What professional service is, why it is needed, and how it can be documented and evaluated (120 pp.). AAHE reference number: FR9501.
Please check with AAHE for information on a companion book to the one above on documenting professional service through portfolios.
Additional Resources in This Area
· Educator's Portfolio by Deborah E. Simpson, Anne C. Beecher, Janet C. Lindemann, and Jeffrey A. Murzinsk, 2nd edition, 1993. This resource is a must for schools seeking to develop methods for evaluating teaching scholarship. To order, contact: Center for Ambulatory Teaching Excellence, Dept. of Family & Community Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, P.O. Box 26509, Milwaukee, WI 53226-0509; phone: (414) 456-4231; e-mail: mlourich@post.its.mcw.edu Cost: $20 plus shipping and handling.
· Administrator's Portfolio by David B. Schubot and Russell G. Robertson, 1996.This major resource clearly delineates the types of activity a teaching faculty with administrative responsibilities might put forth to encompass applied scholarship in these areas. To order, contact: Center for Ambulatory Teaching Excellence, Dept. of Family & Community Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, P.O. Box 26509, Milwaukee, WI 53226-0509; phone: (414) 456-4231; e-mail: mlourich@post.its.mcw.edu Cost: $20 plus shipping and handling.
· A Faculty Guide for Relating Public Service to the Promotion and Tenure Review Process, 1993. This provides a very clear description about guiding a faculty member in how to develop scholarship out of outreach activities. To order, contact: Office for Continuing Education and Public Service, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne, IL 61820 or visit http://www.provost.uiuc.edu
· Points of Distinction: A Guidebook for Planning and Evaluating Quality Outreach, 1996. These are very useful workbooks for considering an outreach effort in view of scholarship, and how to document that effort as scholarship.Contact: Dr. Lorilee R. Sandmann, Director of Community Outreach, Michigan State University, 56 Kellogg Center, East Lansing, MI 48824-1022; phone: (517)355-4589. To order, contact: MSU Bulletin Office, 10-B Agriculture Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1039.
