Faculty Development

Welcome to the Faculty Development page!

The Faculty Development Committee of the Academy of Medical Educators is dedicated to helping ALL UCSF faculty members improve their teaching skills, enjoy more fruitful and rewarding teaching experiences, and further develop their career paths as educators.

TIP-TOP: The Academy's peer observation Teaching Improvement Program (TIP) and Teaching Observation Program (TOP).

Sign up now to observe a master teacher in action (TIP), or to request observation of your own teaching activity (TOP) by a peer observer.

If you participate in TIP-TOP, you can list this as a Faculty Development activity in your Teaching Portfolio. The AME will also send you a letter documenting your participation (sample letter), which is copied to your department chair.

TIP: To initiate the Teaching Improvement Program (TIP).

TOP: To initiate the Teaching Observation Program (TOP).

Excellence in Teaching Awards

The Teaching Awards program was established in 2005. These are peer-nominated awards for UCSF teaching faculty, intended to highlight outstanding front-line teachers of medical students and residents at all UCSF teaching sites who might otherwise go unrecognized.

Guidelines for 2008
Nomination Form

2007 Awardees
2006 Awardees
2005 Awardees

Marvellous Mentors: Find One, Be One
Faculty Development Workshop
Handouts and presentations from the workshop available.v

Resource to Improve your "Educator Skills"

Practical teaching: great presentations every time
David M. Irby, PhD

Practical teaching: How to lead effective group discussions
Jessica Muller, PhD and David M. Irby, PhD

Time-efficient strategies for learning and performance
David M. Irby, PhD

Teaching Tips for small groups (from Students)

Teaching Tips (Anatomy Lab example)

Other Faculty Development Websites:

The UCSF Center for Instructional Technology
http://cit.ucsf.edu/
The CIT offers courses and workshops for faculty and others in a variety of topics, including how to design courses in WebCT and how to make the most of technology in developing online courses. Faculty development is a major component of the CIT's mission.

Office of Medical Education Faculty Development Workshops
http://medschool.ucsf.edu/workshops/index.aspx
The Office of Medical Education supports the educational programs of the School of Medicine and promotes innovation and excellence across the continuum of medical education through evaluation and research, faculty development, educational innovations, and legal consultation.

Preparing Future Faculty
http://www.ucsf.edu/pff/
To aid graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in developing their teaching skills, to build an awareness of the diversity of careers in academia, and to provide them with the tools to competitively approach the academic job search.

Mentoring Facilitators Toolkit
Presented by Dr. Mitch Feldman, please visit the Academic Affairs website

• Individual Development Plan for UCSF Faculty
• Individual Development Plan for Graduate Student and Postdoctoral Trainees

Contact us:
Kathleen Land at Landk@medsch.ucsf.edu
Gurpreet Dhaliwal at Gurpreet.Dhaliwal@va.gov
Andrew Goldberg at agoldberg@ohns.ucsf.edu