Faculty Development in Teaching

Best Practices in Medical Education Grand Rounds

Speakers from Dell Med and outside universities discuss topics and events relevant to student and resident education.

4th Thursday monthly, 7:30-8:30am via Zoom (except July)

This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Check the Dell Med Events Calendar for more CME events across departments.

Email Jennifer.braham@austin.utexas.edu for calendar invites and Zoom links.

Recordings of previous sessions

Extraordinary Learning & Teaching in the Clinical Setting

This faculty development workshop series occurs weekly with the goal of exploring strategies for teaching. Sessions include peer-to-peer discussion, case studies, simulations, and practice with feedback, drawing on evidence from the medical education literature.

Director: LuAnn Wilkerson, Ed.D., Associate Dean for Evaluation and Faculty Development

Fall 2026

Tuesdays, 5:15 - 6:30 PM via Zoom

Register for one or more sessions here.

Dell Med Educational Innovation, Research, and Awards Symposium 2026

Sponsored by the Sue M. Cox Academy of Distinguished Educators

Monday, September 28, 2026, 4:00-6:30PM in the Health Learning Building

Email jennifer.braham@austin.utexas.edu for details.

Dell Med Awards

Dell Medical School is pleased to sponsor 9 different awards, 6 of which are open for nomination and application, in recognition of outstanding contributions to our educational mission. The nomination process is detailed for each award located on the webpage below.

Please consider nominating yourself, nominating someone else, and encouraging others to self-nominate.

Call for Faculty Awards- click here for more information and to apply.

Award Nominations due by 5:00pm on Monday, July 20, 2026.

Dell Med Posters

Faculty, fellows, residents and medical students are invited to present scholarly work in educational research or innovation in poster format. This can be recent work presented at other meetings, or future work for the purpose of receiving feedback. The Poster Session will use a facilitated discussion format, so presenters are asked to be present for the entire poster session. Examples from past poster include education in communication skills, community engagement, curriculum innovation, feedback & assessment, innovative teaching tools, and interprofessional education.

Call for Dell Med Posters- Click here for submission details.

Poster Abstracts due before 5pm on Monday, July 27, 2026.

View highlights from the 2025 Symposium.

Medical Education Research Office Hours

The Evaluation and Assessment Team provides support for medical education faculty, residents, and students’ research/evaluation design and methodology needs.

Support includes:

• Forming questions/hypotheses
• Choosing the research design and/or methods
• Submitting an IRB proposal
• Preparing a grant proposal
• Analyzing results (either quantitatively or qualitatively)
• Preparing conference presentations and/or journal publications

3rd Thursday monthly 12-1p via Zoom

To receive the invite, please email lisi.wang@austin.utexas.edu

*Unable to attend office hours? Email lisi.wang@austin.utexas.edu to set up an appointment.

Certificate in Clinical Teaching

The Dell Med Certificate in Clinical Teaching is designed to support faculty members in the Education Leadership and/or Clinician Educator track in enhancing their skills in exceptional clinical teaching, mentorship, performance assessment, and outstanding role modeling of person-centered care. Complete 22 hours on faculty development on teaching, along with two hours of peer observation.

Register Here.

Professional Development Speakers Bureau

The Professional Development Speakers Bureau is a list of faculty members at Dell Med who have indicated their willingness to work with programs across the institution to provide presentations that can be tailored to meet a variety of learner needs and time frames, from more formal lectures to workshops or resident conferences.

Please note: The list is restricted to Dell Med employees only. You must have an UT EID to access our speakers list.

Faculty Development Listserv

Stay in the loop with all faculty development events and announcements. Register now for our listserv and receive timely emails to keep you informed. Don't miss out on valuable opportunities to enhance your professional development. Sign up today!

Archives:

Fellowship in Medical Education

Coaching for Performance Improvement

Facilitating Small Group Discussions to Promote Learning

Creating a Culture of Caring

Mobilizing Character

Faculty development resources and programs are designed to assist Dell Medical School faculty members in the continuous quality improvement of their work as teachers and scholars.

We facilitate programs to stimulate innovation, build capacity, promote scholarship, support well-being and help faculty members achieve their academic goals. Many of the programs and resources are available to individuals who have a teaching role in a health care organization or the community — regardless of whether or not they have a faculty appointment.

Members of the Department of Medical Education provide leadership for the program, collaborating with faculty and staff from across Dell Medical School and Seton Healthcare Family in the design, delivery and evaluation of faculty development. Together, they work to expand the knowledge base for how to best support educators.