The Medical College of Wisconsin offers a range of faculty development opportunities, which are typically available at no charge to our volunteer clinical faculty. Most of these opportunities focus on clinical teaching skills and occur throughout the year as part of clerkship or residency program sponsored activities. The Office of Educational Services, which provides freestanding programs, often co-sponsors these workshops. In addition to on-going programs, faculty development activities can be customized if you have a group of volunteer faculty at a single site. We have provided programs varying in length from 45-minute sessions to 3-hour workshops with simulations enabling for volunteer faculty to practice clinical teaching skills and receive feedback. The workshop can be provided at the requesting group's clinical practice site, or at MCW, whichever is more convenient. Illustrative topics include:
Orienting the learner to your practice site Effective and efficient clinical teaching methods for ambulatory settings Feedback and evaluation of learner performance Research findings on the differences between expert and novice clinical teachers Uses of technology in clinical teaching
MCW also offers free on-line clinical teaching skill development with CME credit. If you are interested in this, see the next page for more details.
MCW Faculty Development web site ExCEED Faculty Development web site for Family Medicine, General Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
If you're interested in faculty development opportunities, contact either the clerkship director or residency program director of the department in which you hold your clinical faculty appointment, or the Office of Educational Services, 414-456-4332 or dsimpson@mail.mcw.edu.