Faculty Development
From the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning to webinars on Academic Leadership, the TLC is invested in improving the professional lives of our faculty in and out of the classroom.
This resource page has been broken into additional sub-categories to provide more in-depth resources to help faculty with their continued pursuit of knowledge, evidence-based best practices, and scholarship.
Podcasts: Podcasts are a great way to quickly explore topics related to teaching in the health sciences and are great for on-the-go.
Videos: The TLC Learning Channel Playlist contains past seminars as well as additional helpful content related to all areas of faculty development
Journals and Blogs: Use these journals to stay up to date or as a resource when you are considering publishing your educational research.
General Resources
- Academies CollaborativeA national forum for health professions teaching academies and similar organizations.
- Academy of Medical EducatorsA multiprofessional organization. It is the professional organization for all those involved in medical education - the education and training of students and practitioners in medicine, dentistry and veterinary science.
- HEAL (IAMSE's digital library)A digital repository that allows medical educators to discover, download, and re-use over 22,000 medical education resources.
- Journal Venues for Clinician-EducatorsA comprehensive guide to various journals available for educational scholarship in the health professions.
- MedEdPortalA free peer-reviewed publication service and repository for medical and oral health teaching materials, assessment tools, and faculty development resources.
- Medical EducationAn online medical education wiki that contains a variety of resources and allows you to contribute.
Videos
TLC Learning Channel Playlist
To browse videos, select the playlist button 
at the top right of the video to see all titles.
External Podcasts
Top 8 External Podcast
- Airwaves & EducatorsAirwaves and Educators is a medical education podcast with a unique focus on physician assistant (PA) education. Simply put we are four PA educators for PA educators.
- Educator’s PodcastWe meet health professional educators around the globe to discuss various educational approaches.
- EdufiInstructional design and development podcast from Mayo Clinic eLearning Center
- FacDev4meFacDev4me is the faculty development podcast series that will bring you brief interview-style episodes on a wide range of topics pertinent to faculty in a health professions education setting.
- Faculty Factory PodcastFaculty Factory aims to build and support a community of leaders in faculty development who share tools, resources, wisdom, and encouragement in service to our faculty members, schools, and institutions.
- KeyLiME PodcastThis podcast offers the main points of a medical education article in under half an hour! Articles that are important, innovative, or will impact your educational practice are discussed.
- Medical EducationPodcasts from the journal Medical Education
- The Oyster and the PearlThis podcast is designed to be a high quality faculty development resource for clinical emergency medicine physicians who are involved in the education of residents and medical students. All episodes are clinical relevant, concise (aim to be under 20 min), and will hopefully stimulate conversation with your co-workers.
Journal and Blog Recommendations
Top 5 Journals and Blogs
Check out the following recommendations for literature related to health professions education. For a complete list check out the Venues for Clinician Educators.
- Advances in health science and educationA forum for scholarly and
state-of-the art research into all aspects of health sciences education. - Advances in Physiology EducationAdvances in Physiology Education promotes and disseminates educational scholarship in order to enhance teaching and learning of physiology, neuroscience and pathophysiology.
- EducauseEducause is a community of IT leaders and professionals working together to tackle challenges and leverage opportunities that are constantly evolving within higher education.
- MedEdPORTALMedEdPORTAL is a MEDLINE-indexed, open-access journal of teaching and learning resources in the health professions published by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), in partnership with the American Dental Education Association.
- Medical TeacherProvides accounts of new teaching methods, guidance on structuring courses and assessing achievement, and serves as a forum for communication between medical teachers and those involved in general education.
Bibliography
Bibliography
Peterson, D. (2019). 5 Principles for the Teacher of Adults. ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/principles-for-the-teacher-of-adults-31638
Turner, T., Palazzi, D. & Ward, M. (2014). The clinician-educator's handbook. Baylor College of Medicine https://media.bcm.edu/documents/2014/84/clinicianedhandbook.pdf
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