Welcome to our new first-time faculty!  You are invited to a year-long development program for first-time Attendings and Basic Health Scientists from 8 am - 12:30 p.m. in MMEC 6-102.

For directions to orientation location: McGlothlin Medical Center (MMEC), visit the MCV Campus map available here: http://www.maps.vcu.edu/pdfs/mcv_map.pdf

Faculty Development Opportunities: Lunchtime Learning Workshops, Required Workshops for New Faculty, and Other Faculty Development Opportunities

Speed Orienting to Get to Know the SOM

Welcome to our new faculty!  All new faculty hired beginning July 1, 2018 and all faculty who have never attended a School of Medicine New Faculty Orientation are invited to attend.  Check-in and registration begin at 2:30 p.m.

For directions to orientation location: McGlothlin Medical Center (MMEC), visit the MCV Campus map available here: http://www.maps.vcu.edu/pdfs/mcv_map.pdf

New Faculty Orientation Agenda

Faculty Development Opportunities: Lunchtime Learning Workshops, Required Workshops for New Faculty, and Other Faculty Development Opportunities

Join us to discuss VCU’s Common Book, “Evicted,” & engage with colleagues!  This hour-long faculty discussion group is repeated on four dates:

• Thursday, July 11, 7:30 a.m. (Facilitator: Emily Hurst)
• Wednesday, July 24, 12 noon (Facilitator: Emily Hurst)
• Tuesday, August 6, 5 p.m. (Facilitator: Erica Brody)
• Friday, August 23, 12 noon (Facilitator: Erica Brody)

If you are interested in facilitating a student discussion group on the VCU Common Book on August 19, please email katherine.henderson@vcuhealth.org for more information.

All members of the VCU community including faculty, fellows, housestaff, Inova and VAMC faculty are invited.

This book is available on Amazon at: https://www.amazon.com/Evicted-Poverty-Profit-American-City-ebook/dp/B010ZXKCAO/

A limited number of copies will be available for loan in the Office of Faculty Affairs.

Refreshments will be provided at each session.

This book read is sponsored by the School of Medicine Office of Faculty Affairs. For questions or to borrow a book, please contact Jean Bailey, jean.bailey@vcuhealth.org, 804-828-3134.

For directions to workshop location, visit the MCV Campus map available here: http://www.maps.vcu.edu/pdfs/mcv_map.pdf 

All members of the VCU community are invited. Lunch provided with RSVP by Friday, August 30. 

As a courtesy and to not waste food, if you need to cancel, please notify us by Monday, September 2 at deborah.stewart@vcuhealth.org.

 By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• identify various styles of conflict and their impact.
• recognize the consequences of conflict in the workplace.
• develop an awareness of conflict management strategies.
• discuss the art of dealing with difficult people and situations.

More details about this Lunchtime Learning will be posted closer to the workshop date.  Sponsored by VCU School of Medicine Office of Faculty Affairs.  For questions, contact deborah.stewart@vcuhealth.org. 

Registration is required.  Dinner provided only with registration.  To get an accurate catering count, please notify us by September 12th if you are not able to attend.

In this workshop, participants will brainstorm research ideas, write, and refine a measurable research question. They will discuss when IRB approval is required for their study. The basics of research design will be discussed and applied to their selected research question. Participants will be able to:

• Write a FINER (feasible, interesting, novel, ethical, relevant) educational research question;
• Specify an educational research area of interest;
• Evaluate whether they need IRB approval for their study;
• Select the correct design for their research question.

Facilitator:

Karen Richardson-Nassif, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine at the University of Vermont College of Medicine

For directions to workshop location, visit the MCV Campus map available at: http://www.maps.vcu.edu/pdfs/mcv_map.pdf.  For additional faculty development resources, visit the iTeach faculty development website at http://go.vcu.edu/iteach.