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2023-2024 COMLS Faculty Development sessions

sponsored by the Office of Faculty Affairs and Development

Date	Session Title	Location	Presenter
Monthly: Aug 2023 – May 2024	Academy of Mentors	Mulford 320	Cohort-based mentor training for 10 selected faculty (written application reviewed by Promotion Mentoring Committee). Sessions cover topics such as effective communication, aligning expectations, assessing understanding, equity and inclusion, fostering independence, professional development, etc. Dr. Huntley leads each session, based on U. Wisconsin CIMER curricula
10-26-2023	Hussain Visiting Lecture in Medical Humanities - Narrative Power in Health: Inquiry, Equity, and Care	HEB 110	Rita Charon, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Professor and Chair of Medical Humanities & Ethics at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
11-8-2023	Advancing Healthcare Professional Well-Being: An organizational strategic model and an initiative to guide your approach	HEB 103	Gaurava Agarwal, Director of Physician Well-Being for Northwestern Medical Group and Associate Professor of Medical Education and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University
12-1-2023	COMLS Medical Education Symposium	Simulation Center	Breakout session 3: Using Emotional Intelligence to Cultivate Constructive Communication in Education – Jason Huntley; Breakout session 6: Prioritizing Work and Life Commitments – Jason Huntley
12-11-2023	Financial Wellness	Dowling 2315	Eric Roberts, Financial consultant/retirement solutions with TIAA
1-17-2024	Work-Life Integration	Virtual for Promedica Internal Medicine	Jason Huntley (Faculty Affairs and Development) and Deepa Mukundan (Pediatrics)
2-6-2024 to 2-8-2024	Mid-Career Faculty Development Bootcamp	Virtual	Faculty Affairs and Development sponsored 10 COMLS faculty to attend this three-day, 3-hour per day, bootcamp on topics such as work-life balance, conflict resolution, resilience, efficiency tactics, leadership presence, difficult conversations, etc.
2-6-2024	State Teachers Retirement System (STRS)	HEB 105	Tamla Cole, Assistant Director for Member Engagement and Outreach, STRS Ohio
3-27-2024	Promotion and Tenure Workshop – 5pm session	HEB 105	Jason Huntley and Wafaa Hanna, COMLS Office of Faculty Affairs and Development
3-28-2024	Promotion and Tenure Workshop – noon session	Collier 1210	Jason Huntley and Wafaa Hanna, COMLS Office of Faculty Affairs and Development
4-16-2024	Team Building	HEB105	Steven Kniffley, Senior Associate Dean-DEI, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

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April 16, 2024

"Team Building"

Steven Kniffley
Senior Associate Dean for DEI
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience

Suggested Reading: 

 

Suggested Viewing:
Meeting in the Middle | Julie L. Williams & Steven Kniffley | TEDxDayton

 

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March 28, 2024 & March 28, 2024

"Promotion and Tenure Workshop"

Jason Huntley, Ph.D.
Associate Dean
Office of Faculty Affairs and Development

Wafaa Hanna, MBA
Director
Office of Faculty Affairs and Development

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February 6, 2024

"STRS"

Ms. Tamla Cole, Assistant Director for Member Engagement and Outreach, State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio, Tuesday, February 6, 2024, 12 pm, Health Education Building, Room 105 and WebEx.

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December 11, 2023

"Financial Wellness" 

Mr. Eric Roberts, Financial Consultant/Retirement Solutions with TIAA, Monday, December 11, 2023, 12 p.m. Dowling Hall, Room 2315 and WebEx. 

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Nov. 8, 2023

"Advancing Healthcare Professional Well-Being: An organizational strategic model and an initiative to guide your approach"

Dr. Gaurava Agarwal, Director of Physician Well-Being for Northwestern Medical Group and Associate Professor of Medical Education and Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University, Wednesday, November 8, 2023, 8 a.m., Health Education Building (HEB) Room 103 and WebEx.

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October 26, 2023

"Narrative Power in Health: Inquiry, Equity, and Care" 

Rita Charon, M.D., Ph.D.

S. Amjad Hussain invited Lecturer in Medical Humanities

Dr. Charon is the Bernard Schoenberg Professor of Social Medicine, the founding chair of the Department of Medical Humanities and Ethics, and Professor of Medicine at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians & Surgeons. She is the Executive Director of Columbia Narrative Medicine. At CUIMC, she directs the Apgar Academy for Medical Educators, Columbia Commons Interprofessional Education, and the Narrative and Social Medicine Track of the Scholarly Projects. She completed the M.D. at Harvard and the Ph.D. in English at Columbia.

PRESENTATION

https://www.knowledgestream.org/presentations/narrative-powers-toward-medicines-ideals

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2022-2023 COMLS Faculty Development sessions

sponsored by the Office of Faculty Affairs and Development

Date	Session Title	Location	Presenter
10/19/22	Women's Mentoring Network	Woodlands Plaza by Marriott, UToledo HSC	Valerie Simmons-Walston, Deborah Hendricks, Kimberly Jenkins, Andrea Masters, University of Toledo
10/25/22	Equity Priorities	Collier 1000B and WebEx	Dilip Das, Ph.D., Vice President for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, University of Toledo
11/8/22	Trying to Teach Clinical knowledge and Technical Skills When you are Overextended and Underpaid	IISC Auditorium	Roy Phitayakorn, M.D., General and Endocrine Surgery, Vice Chair of Education, The Massachusetts General Hospital
1/24/23	Writing Successful IRB Protocols	HEB 105 and WebEx	Susan Pocotte, Ph.D., Professor, College of Nursing; Chair Biomedical IRB, University of Toledo
2/21/23	Study Design, Power Analysis and Statistics	HEB 105 and WebEx	Sadik Khuder, D.D.S., M.P.H, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Toledo
3/7/23	Technology Transfer: Anatomy of an Invention Disclosure Form	HEB 105 and WebEx	Katherine Pollard, M.B.A., C.I.P, Sr. Licensing Associate, University of Toledo
3/29/23	Faculty APT Workshop	HEB 103	Jason Huntley and Wafaa Hanna, Office of Faculty Affairs and Development
3/30/23	Faculty APT Workshop	Collier 1200	Jason Huntley and Wafaa Hanna, Office of Faculty Affairs and Development
4/18/23	Starting to Unravel the Mysteries of Feedback	HEB 105 and WebEx	Laura Hopson, M.D., Associate Chair for Education, University of Michigan
5/16/23	Writing Case Reports	HEB 105 and WebEx	Mohamed Osman, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Surgery and Vithal Shendge, M.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedics
6/15/23	Demystifying Grant Budgets: A Beginner's Guide for Researchers	Zoom	Riana Coetsee, Research Management and Training Consultant

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May 19, 2023

"Understanding and Effectively Addressing Inequities in Health"

Dr. David R. Williams
2023 Commencement Speaker and Honorary Degree Recipient

Dr. Williams is the Florence and Laura Norman Professor of Public Health and Chair, Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He is also a Professor of African and African American Studies and Sociology at Harvard University.  Previously, he served on the faculty of Yale University (6 years) and the University of Michigan (14 years). He holds an M.P.H. from Loma Linda University and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Michigan.

Dr. Williams is an internationally recognized authority on social influences on health.

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May 16, 2023

"Writing Case Reports"

Mohamed Osman, M.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toledo

Vithal Shendge, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopedics, University of Toledo

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April 18, 2023

"Starting to Unravel the Mysteries of Feedback"
Dr. Laura R. Hopson
Associate Chair for Education and professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Michigan

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March 7, 2023

"Technology Transfer: Anatomy of an Invention Disclosure Form"
Katherine Pollard, M.B.A., C.L.P.
Senior Licensing Associate Research and Sponsored Programs Technology Transfer

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February 21, 2023

"Using Statistics in Research and Clinical Practice"
Sadik Khuder, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Medicine

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January 24, 2023

"Tips to Prepare an IRB Protocol for a Timely Approval"
Dr. Susan L. Pocotte, professor in the College of Nursing and chair of the UToledo Biomedical IRB

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October 25, 2022

"Equity Priorities"
Dilip Das, Ph.D., Vice President for Diversity, Equity and inclusion

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October 19, 2022

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February 20, 2020

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November 19, 2019

August 15, 2019

Commitment to Excellence "Library Resources"
Margaret Hoogland, MLS, AHIP

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May 16, 2019

Commitment to Excellence "Time Management"
Sally Schmall, MSW, SPHR - University of Michigan

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 February 21, 2019

Commitment to Excellence "What Makes for Effective Leadership"
Clint Longenecker, Ph.D., M.B.A.

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2018

Faculty Research Mixer "With a little help from my friends: Creating effective collaborations" by Jack Schultz 
at Phoenicia, Student Union, Main Campus

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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2018

Commitment to Excellence How to write an original research manuscript”
Bina Joe, Ph.D.

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2018

Faculty Research Mixer "Funding the humanities: Knockin' on heaven's door" 
by Ohio Humanities Council and David Merkowitz
at Phoenicia, Student Union, Main Campus

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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2018

1-3 p.m. HEB 103
"Commitment to Excellence: How to write a book, and yes, you can do"
Phillip Robinson, M.D.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2018

1-3 p.m. HEB 103
Commitment to Excellence How to write a chapter and a textbook"
Francis Charles Brunicardi, M.D.

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Thursday, APRIL 19, 2018

8-10 a.m. HEB 105
"Commitment ot Excellence: How to write clinical publications: case reports, case series and original articles"
John Nemunaitis, M.D.

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MARCH 15, 2018

8-10 a.m. HEB 105
Commitment to Excellence How to write a compelling abstract
Christopher J. Cooper, M.D.
Presentation (PDF)