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Faculty Development Teaching & Education

Residents as Teachers

About the Program

The Office of Graduate Medical Education has partnered with the Office of Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development to offer the Residents as Teachers (RAT) program a structured initiative designed to train medical residents in essential educational, leadership, and feedback skills. Addressing the fact that residents spend approximately 20% of their time teaching without formal training, this program equips participants with techniques to effectively teach medical students, peers, and patients. The curriculum focuses on adult learning theory, bedside teaching, providing constructive feedback, and improving clinical mentorship skills—enhancing the ability of residents to teach while improving patient care and educational outcomes.

For more information, contact Amanda Arnold at akarnold@southalabama.edu

Articial Intelligence in Medical Education

About the Program

Artificial Intelligence in Medical Education IconReady to revolutionize your teaching with artificial intelligence? The Office of Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development offers a comprehensive workshop series designed for health professions educators who want to harness the power of AI tools while maintaining ethical teaching practices.

Whether you're completely new to AI or already experimenting with these emerging technologies, this hands-on series will provide you with practical skills and ethical frameworks to enhance your teaching effectiveness. Moving beyond theoretical discussions, you'll gain real experience with AI tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Bing Copilot to create compelling educational content, generate assessments, and develop clinical scenarios all while navigating the important ethical considerations of integrating AI into medical education.

Throughout the series, you'll explore AI fundamentals and their applications in medical education, experiment with various AI tools in hands-on labs, develop policies for ethical AI use, practice AI-human teaching simulations, and ultimately design your own custom AI-enhanced teaching activity that you can immediately implement in your courses.

This workshop is particularly valuable for faculty looking to enhance teaching efficiency, stay current with educational technology trends, and develop responsible frameworks for AI integration.

CME Credit: Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits are currently being applied for to support your professional development.

For more information, contact Amanda Arnold at akarnold@southalabama.edu

Learning Launch Pad (Coming Soon)

About the Program

The Learning Launch Pad is an online library where faculty can access previously recorded programming and newly developed content to earn CME credits at their convenience. This flexible resource allows you to explore a wide range of professional development topics from grant writing and coaching skills to educational research, teaching techniques, and AI integration in medical education, all on your own schedule.

Whether you missed a live session or want to revisit key concepts, the Learning Launch Pad provides on-demand access to high-quality faculty development programming. Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits are provided for completed courses.  Then we need to have a way to take them to that page- once it is developed.

CME Credit: Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits are provided for completed courses.

For more information, contact Amanda Arnold at akarnold@southalabama.edu

Faculty Development Grand Rounds

About the Program

The Office of Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development hosts monthly Faculty Development Grand Rounds 1-hour virtual sessions on varying topics designed to support your professional growth and development. These engaging sessions provide valuable insights, practical strategies, and opportunities to connect with colleagues across diverse areas of academic medicine. Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits are provided.

CME Credit: Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits are provided for completed courses.

Register: Join us for our next session via Zoom. Registration is required. Register here: https://southalabama.zoom.us/meeting/register/xFsnboSfQUunCOAbbyMDsg

For more information, contact Dr. Emily Wilson at emilyw@southalabama.edu