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MCG’s Teaching Development Seminar Series, formerly known as the Teaching Scholars Fellowship, is designed to provide a select group of Augusta University health professions faculty and staff with a guided training experience that broadens their professional identity in education; equips them with new skills, abilities, and knowledge; and prepares them to make scholarly and educational contributions that will enhance or improve health professions education at the Medical College of Georgia and beyond.  Access the application here.

Overview 

MCG’s Teaching Development Seminar Series is designed to advance teachers’ and educators’ understanding of learning principles and teaching approaches supported in the education literature (KNOW), their effectiveness in implementing these principles and approaches (DO), and disseminating them with learners, colleagues and leaders within their own departments and programs (SHOW).  The program has a strong medical education emphasis, but individuals from other health professions will readily relate to session content.  Similarly, MCG faculty with teaching responsibilities have been the primary target audience, but house staff and staff with significant teaching or education roles have benefited greatly from the program.

MCG’s Teaching Development Seminar Series curriculum encompasses a variety of clinical and classroom teaching topics that are common to health sciences education and adopts a blended seminar discussion and practice lab format.  In line with the goals of the program, each session involves participants discussing their teaching assumptions and practices, reflecting on how their perspectives and experiences align with or differ from the educational literature and their peers in the program, implementing and experiencing various teaching approaches in simulated situations, and finally considering how to incorporate into other teaching settings.  The 2020 course syllabus including session topics can be viewed here

If more interested in developing your health sciences educational research knowledge and skills, consider applying for the EII's Education Research Development Program.

The next cohort of MCG’s Teaching Development Seminar Series will begin in February 2022. Applications will be due in the Fall of  2021. 

Expectations

  • 9-month commitment (no meetings in January, July or December)
  • 80% attendance at weekly sessions
      • Fellows from outside Augusta have successfully video-conferenced into weekly sessions in the past and agreed to attend certain sessions in person.
      • Weekly sessions are typically 4:00-5:30PM on Thursdays.  In the past, some cohorts have elected to start slightly earlier or later  
  • Attend other teaching-related events (e.g., Education Grand Rounds, visiting professors talks) as schedules permit
  • Completion of an education-related scholarly project

Funding

Applicants negotiate with their department to have release time to attend weekly training sessions and to develop a project. The department financially supports this release time. 

Eligibility

Priority for fellowship is given to MCG faculty applicants. However, the best cohorts for the program have included participants from a variety of backgrounds, including faculty from various health sciences colleges and coordinators from various clerkships.  Faculty from Summerville campus who have an interest in health sciences-related education would be a welcome addition to the group. 

Key Dates

Call for application: August 15

Applications due: September 15

Notifications: October

Start fellowship: First week in February

Contact Ralph Gillies or 706-721-8982 for additional details about MCG's Teaching Development Seminar Series.

Application Process

Individuals interested in participating in MCG's Teaching Development Seminar Series are asked to complete the application found here and submit by September 15, 2022.  Acceptance is based applicants interests and responsibilities within health professions education and the availability of learner slots within the program.

Current and Past Fellows

2020 TEACHING SCHOLARS FELLOWS

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JR Barrett, MD

  • Emergency Medicine
  • Medical College of Georgia
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Edward Chin, MD

  • Endocrinology
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Justin Eertle, MD

  • Internal Medicine,
  • Medical College of Georgia
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Stephanie Komic, MD

  • Pediatrics,
  • Medical College of Georgia
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Christa Root Martin, MD

  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine,
  • Medical College of Georgia
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Natalee Reese, MLS

  • Nursing Information Librarian,
  • Medical College of Georgia
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Wajeeha Saeed, MBBS

  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine,
  • Medical College of Georgia
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Lachelle Smith

  • Allied Health Sciences Librarian,
  • Robert B. Greenblatt Library

2018 TEACHING SCHOLARS FELLOWS

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Keith Anderson, BA

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Anterpreet Dua, MBBS

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Alexis Ennis, MSMI

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Wanda Jirau-Rosaly, MD

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Gail Kouame, MLIS

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Kathryn McLeod, MD

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Folami Powell, PHD

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Cynthea Wilson, DNP

 

2018 EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH FELLOWS

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Mary Gregory, MD

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Wanda Jirau-Rosaly, MD

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Beth LaClair, PHD

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Frances Purcell, PhD

 

2017 TEACHING SCHOLARS TRACK FELLOWS

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Debra Beazley, PHD, PT, MBA

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Amy Judson, BA

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Anthony Payne, PhD

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Pamela Tipler, DO

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Amanda Zabala-Cliett, BA

 2017 EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH FELLOWS

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Alexa Hryniuk, PhD

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Pamela Tipler, DO

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David Williams, MD

 

2016 TEACHING SCHOLARS FELLOWS

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Jennifer Allen, MD

  • Project: Development and Assessment of a Resident Robotics Curriculum
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Shannon Black, BA

  • Project: Development of MCG Surgery Clerkship Survival Guide
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Chelsea Carson, MD

  • Project: MCG Psychiatry Clerkship – A Quality Improvement Project

Monica Chana, DMD

  • Project: Evaluating Dental School Faculty’s Compliance of Hypertension Protocol in the Dental School Setting: Survey Research
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Gaston Kapuku, MD, PhD

  • Project: Identifying MCG Medical Students Likely to Pursue a Career in Academic Medicine: Survey Research
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Erin Mundy, MPA

  • Project: Volunteer Clinical Faculty: Are They Satisfied?
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Dayna Seymore, BA

  • Project: Development of a 4 Week Elective to Prepare Medical Students to Engage in Research
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Huda Tawfik, PhD

  • Project: Student and Instructor Perspectives on the Effectiveness of Feedback in PBL: A Survey and Focus Group Study
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Mary Lee Gregory, MD, PhD

  • Project: Development of a Neurodevelopmental Online Training Module for Medical Student Education

 

2016 EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH FELLOWS

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Amber McCall, PhD

  • Project: Predictors of Success on Comprehensive Pathophysiology and Pharmacology Exams in a Clinical Nurse Leader Program
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Jake Turrentine, MD

  • Project: Dermatologists’ Perspectives on Full Body Skin Examinations

 

2015 TEACHING SCHOLARS FELLOWS

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Lori Bolgla, PT, PHD, MACC, ATC

  • Project: Predictors of Success on Comprehensive Pathophysiology and Pharmacology Exams in a Clinical Nurse Leader Program
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Nita Maihle, PhD

  • Project: Dermatologists’ Perspectives on Full Body Skin Examinations
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S. Jones Miller, PhD, MD

  • Project: Medicine Pharmacy IPE Activity
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Dale Peeples, MD

  • Project: A Survey Instrument to Improve Feedback for Cinema Education in Psychiatry Training
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Peter Shipman, MLIS

  • Project: Evidence-Based Dentistry Activity between Dental Students and Off-Campus Dental Preceptors
  • pshipman@augusta.edu

 

2015 EDUCATIONAL FELLOWS

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Tanna Boyer, DO, MS

  • Project: How a New Orientation Curriculum with Simulation and Contest Improves Background Knowledge and Clinical Training Experience
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Alexis Rossi, MA, MED

  • Project: A National Training Program in Ovarian Cancer Research: How Are We Doing?
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Michael Russell, PhD

  • Project: Raising Awareness of Thought; the Focused Intervention for Critical Analytical Thinking (FICAT) Workshop