Effective PowerPoint for the Medical Professional

8:30 a.m. to Noon | South Campus Center, Room 316

PowerPoint has become the standard for presentation in the business and medical world.  But all too often it becomes a crutch for bad presentations and mind-numbing lectures.  Effective presenters use tools and techniques to cut through the clutter and present new material in a cogent, memorable way.  Learn to craft your message with the cognitive abilities of your audience in mind. Begin to use your slides as an asset to your lecture rather than a liability.  Join us for a workshop focused on engineering your lecture to be effective, from brainstorming to delivery.

Participants will:

• Learn effective methods for communicating clearly with PowerPoint.
• Develop skills for crafting a memorable message.
• Understand the cognitive constraints of your audience.
• Learn what NOT to include in your presentation.

UW Presenter:

Hakim K. Said, MD, Assistant Professor, Division of Plastic Surgery

Demystifying the Teaching Portfolio

8:30 a.m.to Noon | South Campus Center, Room 316

Although the Teachers Portfolio is an important document in the promotion process for clinician educators, there is little guidance available for clinician educators regarding the content or the preparation of the portfolio.  The purpose of our workshop is to address this problem and to develop a framework that clinician educators can use to enhance the usefulness of their teaching portfolios in the promotions process.  We will discuss the current state of practice and knowledge about the teaching portfolio within the School of Medicine at the University of Washington.  Participants will leave with a portfolio template and enhanced skills in composing and assembling this important part of merit documentation and faculty promotion.

Participants will learn how to:

• Identify the purpose and importance of the teacher’s portfolio.
• Define “educational scholarship” and apply this concept to their portfolio.
• Start constructing their own teacher’s portfolio.
• Craft an effective teaching philosophy statement.

UW Presenters:

Helen Emery, MD, Andrew Luks, MD, Mark Whipple, MD and other select members of the 2006-07 UW “Teaching Scholars” cohort.

Faculty Development Days

8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.| Center for Urban Horticulture

Join us for one or both days of the annual Faculty Development Days, now in its 14^th year. Four half-day programs have been developed and will include a range of topics including how to get promoted, work/life balance and many more.

Take time for yourself and join us for an exciting two days of networking, skill building and rejuvenation!  Don’t miss out on the opportunity to meet colleagues, develop useful skills and learn strategies on how to be successful in your academic career.

Continental breakfasts and box lunches will be provided each day.

To register for this particular workshop, please email Michelle Walter at:

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Presenters:

Invited experts from the UW including faculty, vice deans and consultants.  A full agenda and course faculty list will be sent to faculty by email early November.

The AMIGO3 model: A learner-oriented teaching methodology

8:30 a.m. to Noon | South Campus Center, Room 316

Good instructional design is based on a solid understanding of how people learn.  Recent research on this topic, including how intelligent novices become experts, suggests that many of our traditional teaching models often fail to develop “transfer” - the ability to use newly gained knowledge to solve novel problems across varied domains.

The heart of the AMIGO3 teaching design methodology is the concept of creating skilled life-long learners, regardless of the discipline being taught.  AMIGO3 strives to make the learning process visible to each learner and enables learners to actively develop their metacognitive assessment and strategies.

In this workshop we will:

• Explore the AMIGO3 model with workshop participants taking on the role of active learners.
• Review the “How People Learn” framework upon which AMIGO3 is based.
• Practice designing AMIGO3 modules that might be applicable to each participants teaching domain.

UW Presenter:

David Masuda, MD MSc, Lecturer, Medical Education and Biomedical Informatics.

Audience Response Systems & Digital Professionalism

8:30 a.m. to Noon | South Campus Center, Room 316

Audience Response Systems. (8:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m.): An audience response system (ARS) allows presenters to poll their audience on content questions or controversial topics. The questions can serve to reinforce key concepts and give structure to a presentation. This session will demonstrate basic ARS functions with an emphasis on determining appropriate use of ARS tools and more advanced features.

Digital Professionalism. (10:15 a.m. to noon): Would you friend a patient on Facebook? What if you discovered your “non-smoking” patient smoking in online photos? The boundaries between professional and personal life have become blurred in the age of the Internet and social networking. This session will illustrate social networking guidelines developed by UW medical students with real situations.

Participants will learn:

• How to identify whether audience response is appropriate for their teaching.
• How to make use of basic and advanced ARS features.
• How social media is used in the classroom, clinic, and beyond.
• About cases where social media enabled unprofessional behavior.

UW Presenters:

Michael Campion, MEd., Academic Affairs, Margaret Isaac, MD, Harborview Medical Center, Michael Duyzend, MS3, Jay Conhaim, MS2; Gabriel Wallace, MS4; Alex Farnand, MS3