Faculty / Medical Educator Workshops

Sponsored by the University of Minnesota
Provided by the Medical School Office of Education

Our workshops and short courses feature presentations by leaders in medical education, and offer opportunities for skill-building and sharing of ideas among physicians and other medical educators who teach our medical students. They focus on effective, student-centered teaching, whether it is in a large or small group, in the clinic or on the ward. The workshops are designed to foster reflective practice of medical teaching by providing practical guidelines from the medical education literature, using cases and dilemmas as a stimulus for deliberation about teaching, learning, evaluation and scholarship.

Residents are always welcome. In addition to our Faculty/ Medical Educator workshops, the Resident Educator Development (R.E.D.) program offers specific training for chief residents and residents.

Our workshops are free to faculty/educators who teach our students.  They are held on the University of Minnesota's East Bank Campus. CME Credit is available. A schedule of upcoming workshops is posted on this website in September of each academic year.

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Academic Year 2008-09 workshops:

We are in the midst of planning our 2008-09 workshops. They will be held from 7:30-9:00 AM mid-week, dates and locations on the East Bank Campus TBA.

Fall 08 offerings will focus on Professionalism, Best Practices in Medical Teaching, Mentoring, and Technology-enhanced Teaching.

Spring 09 offerings will focus on Program Evaluation, Best Practices in Medical Teaching, Clinical Skills Teaching, Scholarship, and Technology-enhanced Teaching Using the Health Sciences Library's Resources.

Monthly Medical Educator Medley: Munch While Keeping Up on Current Topics!  This is a new series of noon-time brown-bag sessions scheduled in Room B-646 Mayo Building every 3rd Thursday of the month starting September 18, 2008.   Please mark your calendars now and watch for individual session topics which will be posted here this summer.

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Photo of faculty in a workshop.

Participants comments about our workshops:

  • I liked the first hand experiential aspect ("learn by doing").
  • Hearing ideas from other participants, from other environments was useful.
  • Interactive, lively, real life based.
  • Informal, supportive.
  • Session was focused, time conscious.