Faculty Development

Taking time to develop faculty members to be PA educators is essential. The faculty are your greatest resource in a PA program. Anyone who says that faculty are always replaceable is truly fooling him/herself. Faculty members, just like the program, are an investment.  

If you are not aware, the competition to obtain new faculty is high.  Seasoned educators are a rare commodity.  Many programs, even established programs, are hiring new faculty from the clinical arena.  While they may be outstanding clinicians, many are not trained to be educators. Some new faculty are unfamiliar and at times uncomfortable with the higher education environment. Training new faculty is vital to a healthy program. Spending time to on-board new faculty will increase their job satisfaction, confidence, retention, and success of your program.

A program could also have seasoned faculty who may be revitalized with new teaching strategies and methods. Faculty development is a great way to energize the team! The strength of your program rests with your faculty, invest in them.

We have various opportunities for development ranging from a one-hour topic to a new faculty on-boarding program.

Learning the Role of a Faculty Member

Focus is on what it means to be a faculty member. Topics can cover faculty responsibilities, understanding the higher education landscape, working with the program director, collaborating with other faculty, directing courses, comprehending higher education law, knowing the ARC-PA standards, working towards promotion and tenure, etc.

Preparing and Providing Presentations

Focus is on learning how to develop a presentation, using resources, delivering the presentation, controlling the classroom, writing objectives, implementing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL), incorporating active learning, etc.

Writing & Analyzing Examinations

Focus is on developing good written examination questions, constructing written examinations, conducting test-item analyses, and learning to map examinations.

Working with Generation Y/Z Students

Focus is on understanding and motivating Generation Y/Z Students, encouraging and evaluating student professionalism, advising students, etc.

Designing Curricular Activities

Focus is on implementing interprofessional education activities, designing clinical reasoning cases, developing service-learning activities, creating simulation activities and OSCEs, and incorporating cultural inclusion into the curriculum.