The department of pediatrics’ faculty development program strives to develop a culture that promotes faculty growth and skills in the following areas: (1) educational/teaching skills, (2) leadership skills, (3) skills necessary to engage in scholarly activities and (4) personal development (Wellness and vitality). The DoP Lunch & Learn series provides faculty the opportunity to meet and network with their colleagues across campus and learn about resources to support and enhance teaching and creative activities while enjoying lunch. Lunch will be provided at these informal sessions where facilitated discussions encourage open conversation amongst all participants
Monthly Lunch and Learn Series
Time: Noon to 1pm
When: 3rd Tuesday of every month
Venue: Nabholz Hickman Conference Room, 4th floor, office building
LUNCH is provided!!!
| Topic | Speakers | |
| Sept 18, 2018 | How to develop your people and manage problems in Leadership | Jeff Risinger, MBA (Associate vice chancellor for human resources) and Becky Harwell (Director of Organizational Development) |
| October 16, 2018 | The Pediatrics Faculty Mentoring Program: How it works for successful Promotion | Joan Cranmer, Ph.D., Director: Mentoring, Promotion and Tenure in the DoP |
| Nov 20, 2018 | Professional Wellness | Puru Thapa, M.D. |
| Dec 18, 2018 | The Importance of Oral Health in Primary Care. | Jennifer Stane, RDH; Ashley McMillan, DDS; Melissa Efurd, Ed.D., RDH |
| January 15, 2019 | Turning your everyday work into scholarship | Yuri Zarate, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Medical Genetics |
| Thursday
Feb 21, 2019 |
Preparing for P&T Review
Venue: Dungan Cath Lab, 2nd Floor, Main Hospital. Opposite Faculty Lounge |
Joan Cranmer, Ph.D.
Director: Mentoring, Promotion and Tenure in the DoP |
| March 19, 2019 | Spring Break. No sessions | |
| April 16, 2019 | Epic for Scholarship: The Slicer Dicer Tool | Feliciano “Pele” Yu, Jr., M.D.
Chief Medical Information Officer, ACH Professor of Pediatrics and Biomedical Informatics |
| May 21, 2019 | Introduction to Cultural Humility: Building a new framework for better social solutions | Amber Booth and Veronica Guydon – UAMS Center for Diversity Affairs |
| June 18, 2019 | Clinical Literature Resources to Enhance your Scholarly Activities | Lindsay Blake, MLIS, AHIP Clinical Services Librarian |
- Annual Professional Development Day. Theme: Emotional Intelligence in the clinical setting
- Speaker: Elaine Fielder, M.D. (Texas Childrens)
- Date: Tuesday September 11, 2018
- Venue: Chairman’s Hall, ACH
- Time: Noon to 4:30pm (Starting with grand rounds at noon)
- Cultural Humility Workshop
- Date: Tuesday January 16, 2018
- Venue: Nabholz-Hickman Conference Room, 4th floor, Office building – ACH
- Time: noon to 2:30pm (lunch is provided)
- Facilitators: Amber Booth and Veronica Guydon – UAMS Center for Diversity Affairs
USEFUL RESOURCES
- Fair Play
- Implicit bias test
- Implicit Association Test
- Data from NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
- Hone your research mentoring skills
- Date: Thursday June 22nd, 2017
- Venue: Reynolds Institute on Aging, Room 1190 – UAMS.
- Time: 8:30am – 3:30pm
- Facilitators: Mary Aitken, M.D., MPH; Beatrice Boateng, Ph.D.
Contact Faculty Development.
If you would like more information about scheduling a faculty development workshop for your team or leading one of your own, let us know.
Beatrice Boateng, Ph.D.: Associate Professor of Pediatrics. (501) 364-1874
“Faculty development has a critical role to play in promoting academic excellence and innovation.”
(Wilkerson and Irby, Academic Medicine, 73(4), 1998).
