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Using Faculty Needs Assessment To Guide Faculty Development Programming, Melinda Turner, Chloe Ruff

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Developing relevant and engaging faculty development (FD) is a difficult but essential task in medical education. Through FD, faculty are aided in adapting their teaching styles and strategies to meet changing educational environments and student needs.

The Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine (LMU-DCOM) is home to Osteopathic Medicine, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Anatomy PhD, and Master of Science programs. The Office of Assessment and Faculty Development is challenged to create FD relevant to multiple programs and accessible to multiple campus locations. Annual needs assessments developed after a review of literature to determine best practices, strong lines of …

Adult Learning Theories: The Science Of How Your Students Learn, Melinda Turner

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Before we can discuss the science of how your students learn, we need to discuss how you teach. Do you lecture only? If you engage students in the learning, how do you engage them? We will answer these questions as we dive into adult learning theories and the concept of andragogy (learning outcomes). An understanding of different adult learning theories helped faculty select the best instructional strategies, learning objectives, and assessment approaches (Mukhalalati & Taylor, 2019). Being able to draw on learning theories to explain the impact of individual student differences on their learning outcomes helped faculty understand the student …