Concentrated Learning in an Intimate Setting
This six-day intensive course is designed to provide surgeons with the knowledge and skills to enhance their abilities as teachers and administrators of surgical education programs.
The course emphasizes the needs of adult learners and the techniques necessary to develop an effective learning environment for medical students, surgical residents, colleagues, and others in the health profession. The maximum class size of 32 allows highly interactive sessions.
The course will address the following topics:
Teaching Skills: Broaden understanding of various teaching methods and technologies and enhance the application of these methods to maximize learning.
Curriculum Development: Plan and document an instructional unit (for example, a clerkship or residency rotation) using an organized instructional design framework.
Educational Administration and Leadership: Apply leadership and management skills in the administration of an educational program including motivating faculty, implementing change, managing conflict, and career development.
Performance and Program Evaluation: Develop a sound system for assessing the performance of learners and teachers and the efficacy of curricula at the undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education levels.
Intended Participants
The course is intended for full-time faculty members who are interested in acquiring or honing skills in curriculum development, teaching, performance and program evaluation, and program administration as well as faculty who have direct teaching responsibilities for medical students or residents.
Participants are expected to free themselves from all work obligations during the course. The intensive nature of the program requires that evenings be kept free for preparation and other course activities. Participants are discouraged from bringing family members with them.
Location
The course will be held at the Emory Conference Center Hotel, 1615 Clifton Rd., Atlanta, GA, 15 miles from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. This premier hotel and conference center is set on the campus of Emory University and is surrounded by 26 acres of forest preserve. Hotel amenities include a fitness center, complimentary wireless high-speed Internet access and parking, an indoor swimming pool, and hiking and biking trails. For additional information, please contact the conference center at 404-712-6000 or visit their website, www.emoryconferencecenter.com.
Course Fee
The course fee is comprehensive and includes the following:
Tuition
All course materials, including course syllabus and supplementary materials
Six nights of deluxe lodging at the Emory Conference Center Hotel
Daily meals, including breakfast, lunch, dinner, and morning and afternoon refreshments
Welcome reception on Saturday afternoon
Evening group activity