1. Educational Seminar Sessions (20-25 hours, session plus prep)
The faculty directors of the FACE Program organize and direct monthly seminars on topics relevant to enhancing teaching and educational skills. Seminars will be interactive rather than didactic, allowing participants to discuss and apply educational concepts and techniques presented. Each seminar will be held one Thursday of each month from 1:00-2:30 pm beginning in September every year. For most sessions, there will be assignments to be completed prior to the seminar. Participants can miss no more than 3 sessions in order to receive credit for participating in the program and earn a FACE certificate. Participants must inform Denise Floerchinger prior to missing a session. Appendix 1 outlines specific topics and objectives for sessions during the course.

2. Application and Reflection (part of prep)
FACE participants will be given specific application homework assignments of the skills covered in each session. For example, participants will identify specific teaching skills from the sessions and practice using them with their learners or observe others using these skills. Participants will reflect upon their experience in applying these skills to their teaching and come prepared to discuss at the next FACE session.

3. Evaluations FACE participants will complete pre- and post- evaluations of the course.

Teaching Portfolio & Teaching Philosophy

• Template for a teaching portfolio
• Provost’s website with the policies for promotion
• Documentation Systems for Educators Seeking Academic Promotion in US Medical Schools. Deborah Simpson, PhD, Janet Hafler, EdD, Diane Brownand, LuAnn Wilkerson, EdD.
• Faculty Development: The Educator’s Portfolio: Its Preparation, Uses, and Value in Academic Medicine. Gloria J. Kuhn, DO.

Projected Visuals

• Creating Teaching Materials, Richard Farrow

Effective and Efficient Clinical Teaching in the Ambulatory Setting

• One to One Teaching and Feedback, Jill Gordon

Educational Innovations and Scholarship:

• Developing Scholarly Projects in Education, Beckman and Cook

Test Question Development and Evaluation of Learners:

• Education Techniques for Lifelong Learning, Jannette Collins, MD, MEd. 

Faculty and Fellows are strongly encouraged to participate in at least one supplemental teaching activity as part of their involvement in the FACE Program. These activities will allow particiants the opportunity to test and hone their teaching skills during a time when they are actively reflecting upon and learning about approaches to teaching through the FACE Program. Participating in supplemental teaching activities will also provide FACE participants with formal teaching evaluations from learners that are an important component of any teaching portfolio.

1. Patient Based Clinical Reasoning
Activity Description: Clinician facilitators meet with a group of 3-4 M2/PA2 students 5 times during the semester in sessions that are both small group experiences as well as interactive patient encounters. During the encounters, students will meet with patients (hospitalized, simulated, and volunteer) provided by the program to obtain a history and perform a physical exam. Facilitators will provide general oversight, assisting students in refining their history taking and physical exam skills. After the patient experience, students will prepare a case summary, identify a problem list and delineate an assessment and plan which is presented to the group. Facilitators assist students in presenting coherent and focused oral presentations, critique skills in writing a complete history and facilitate developing skills in integrating patient information for problem-solving.

Faculty Responsibility: Facilitators will observe students during patient encounters to identify specific areas for improvement, assist them in improving their skills, provide feedback on oral and written presentations, and assist students in developing clinical reasoning skills. Faculty attend 21 hours of small group sessions (including the final feedback session), a 1-hour orientation/training session, plus complete approximately 8 hours of reviewing student materials outside of the group session time for a total of 30 contact hours.

2. Division Specific Teaching
Division and Fellowship Directors should provide (and encourage) teaching opportunities for their faculty and fellows participating in the FACE Program. Division and Fellowship Directors should expect the faculty and fellows to lead seminars, give lectures, present research findings, or find other opportunities to practice teaching and presentation skills.

3. Educational Research or Curriculum Development Project
Each participant has the option to devote substantial time to the development and/or implementation of an educational project. Faculty and fellows may consider two options for this project:

• Participating in a Faculty-Led Educational Research Project
  Several faculty members in the Department of Medicine have or will start educational research projects. Particiants will learn about conducting educational research by working with faculty on various aspects of a research project (design, data collection, analysis, and write-up).  Participation in a research project will result in the opportunity to present at a professional meeting and/or co-author a publication.
• Curriculum Development
  FACE Program faculty will guide participants through a stepwise process to develop an exportable curriculum on a topic of the participant’s choice. Participants will learn to conduct a needs assessment, write goals and objectives, and choose educational strategies and evaluation strategies. Participation in this activity will result in a curriculum that can be part of the faculty and fellows teaching portfolio and be available to be implemented at their current or future academic institution.