New Faculty Virtual Orientation

GETTING ACCLIMATED – Your 1st Month on the Job ... Getting Ready to Teach

There are several sections to the Getting Acclimated Section. You may wish to jump ahead to the area of most interest to you. If you need information on medical education continue here with Getting Ready to Teach. Or for those of you needing information on research, please jump ahead to Getting Ready for Research. Patient Care orientation responsibilities are left to the Clinical Department Chairs. However, for an overview of Patient Care at KUMC, see...http://www.kumc.edu/patients.html

ACADEMIC SERVICES is an overview of the basic academic support office on campus for issues related to preparing to teach for the first time on the KUMC campus. (For Wichita)

TEACHING RESOURCES
offers links to the logistics involved in teaching on the KUMC campus. As you will see there are many opportunities on campus to explore new teaching techniques, develop instructional materials, practice presentation skills, and explore various experiential learning opportunities such as service-learning and residentially based courses.

RESOURCES FOR EDUCATORS offers significant additional links to resources (both on campus and elsewhere on the Internet) necessary or helpful for improving and enhancing your skills as an educator

Academic Services

Four Offices are good places to start depending on the rank of your "students:" The Office of Graduate Medical Education, The Office of Medical Education, The Office of Student Affairs and Teaching and Learning Technologies.

THE OFFICE OF GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION (GME)
Timothy L. Bennett, MD
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education

tbennett@kumc.edu
1022A Wescoe Pavilion
(913) 588-5446
Full Staff Listing

GME prepares physicians for practice in a medical specialty. The single most important focus of the GME Office is to provide residents and fellows in programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) with organized educational support, guidance, and supervision in order to ensure their professional and personal growth while also ensuring safe and appropriate patient care. The quality of the GME Office is directly related to the quality of patient care.

Currently, the University Of Kansas School Of Medicine, Graduate Medical Education Office, oversees programs accredited by the ACGME. To see the list which enables you to click a link directly into each program go the GME’s Homepage.

The services/links you will find on the GME website includes but is not limited to the following information:

• Applicant Information
• Current Resident & Fellow Information
• Duty Hour Reporting
• Online Evaluations
• Policies and Procedures
• Committees & Resident Members
• Seminars & Conferences
• Resident Stipends & Benefits
• Licensing Resources & Links
• Visiting Residents
• Verifications

THE OFFICE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION (OME)
Giulia Bonaminio, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Medical Education, the Director of the Office of Medical Education
http://www.kumc.edu/som/bonaminio.html

gbonamin@kumc.edu
3022 Murphy Administration Building
(913) 588-8220
Full Staff Listing

The services of the OME include:

• Coordinate the undergraduate medical curriculum.
• Coordinate the Introduction to Clinical Medicine (ICM) courses.
• Coordinate the Standardized Patient Program.
• Evaluate the curriculum and provide Evaluation Services for courses.
• Consult with faculty and staff concerning educational research and statistics.
• Consult with agencies and institutions concerning survey design, data collection and analysis.

For more information see the OME’s Website.

THE OFFICE OF STUDENT AFFAIRS
Mark Meyer, MD.
Associate Dean For Student Affairs

mmeyer@kumc.edu
3040 Murphy Administration Building
(913) 588-5261 or (913) 588-1483
Fax (913) 588-5259
Full staff listing

The Office of Student Affairs is dedicated to educating and assisting our medical students in their personal, academic and professional development.

The Student Affairs office includes:

• Academic Calendar and Curriculum Information
• Academic Development
• Career/Professional Development
• Forms, Manuals, Publications, & Protocols
• MED SOS
• Residency Information

For more information see the Office of Student and Academic Affair’s Website.

TEACHING AND LEARNING TECHNOLOGIES
Mr. David (Dave) Antonacci, Director
G010 Wahl Hall West
(913) 588-7144
dantonacci@kumc.edu

Teaching and Learning Technologies (TLT) services are no cost to KUMC faculty and staff for credit-based courses and work-related training. Help is also purchased through hourly fees for grant funded projects and by others wishing to utilize our services. These services include:

• consulting with faculty on generating materials for entire courses or for course modules such as lectures, demonstrations, and labs;
• consulting with faculty on the design, delivery, and analysis of online tests and surveys;
• training and assistance for ANGEL online courses;
• training and support for online testing;
• supporting the design and delivery of synchronous web delivered events;
• assisting schools and faculty in designing and creating student ePortfolios.
• developing curricular-support materials including digitized images, digitized sound, animation, graphic illustrations, and digitized video;
• providing instructional video development services in conjunction with Instructional Services;
• participating in grants and educational research; and
• presenting at various seminars and workshops as needed.

TLT is a support unit within Information Resources that consults with faculty on the design and delivery of curriculum, learning activities and assessments. TLT assists faculty in design and delivery of online courses and content within ANGEL. To learn more about TLT or to request assistance, please contact Mr. Cheney at extension 8-3678. Or, for more information see the Teaching and Learning Technologies web site.

Move to the next sections:
Getting Acclimated – Your 1st Month on the Job...Getting Ready to Teach
   Teaching Resources, or
   Getting Ready to Research

If you know of web resources that would be helpful to other faculty members, please email us with the URL.