The Paul Weber Award: Create a Strong Application and Elevate Your Teaching Vision and Goals to New Heights Kim Boland,MD, FAAP Sara Multerer, MD, FAAP Ronald Fell, PhD, Chair of Biology

Objectives Articulate the Mission, Vision, and Values of your department Identify areas of strength within your department Reflect on your assessment, outreach, and process improvement within these areas of strength Develop a unified message to describe the work within your department Develop a framework for creating a competitive Weber Award application Glean tips for a successful application

Agenda Brief Introductions5 minutes Where do you begin?15 minutes Creating the Application25 minutes Moving Forward5 minutes Questions and Discussion10 minutes

Mission, Vision, Values Mission: Why you exist Vision: Where you want to be Values: What is important

Mission, Vision, Values…For Example PediatricsBiology Mission Excel in the education of future and current physicians Provide enhanced learning opportunities in undergraduate and graduate education Vision Prepare the complete physician of tomorrow Enrich practicing pediatricians of today Enhance student learning experiences from advising to curriculum Values Provide ideal faculty, curriculum, and clinical milieu Constant innovation in teaching Motivating individuals to achieve their highest potential Assess the curriculum Promote evidence based learning strategies Reward individual faculty efforts

Part 1: MVV Take 10 minutes to think about your mission, vision, values Write a brief sentence or phrase to articulate your MVV, focusing on the core elements Take 5 minutes to share these with a colleague or another member of your table

Thinking about the Application Identify areas of strength Innovation Established excellence Assessment – what data do you have to support your good work? Outreach Local, national, global community Collaboration with other departments/schools Reflective Critique How have you positively or creatively handled challenges Taken your assessment data and improved a curriculum Constant evaluation of what you are doing

Application…For Example Area of Strength Assessment/DataOutreachReflective Critique Medical Students Externship program# students going into Pediatrics Students returning to rural areas of the Commonwealth Residents Crisis SimulationQualitative and Quantitive data – surveys, pre- and post-knowledge, behavior during “real” crises Multiple publications, expanded to multi- disciplinary staff, outreach to other hospitals Added difficult communication scenarios and delivering bad news Global HealthLong term: caring for the underserved Ghana, EcuadorSamples of resident reflections Faculty Faculty Development Program Shared model with other departments within SOM

Application… For Example Area of Strength Assessment/DataOutreachReflective Critique Undergraduates Gen. Ed. BA BS AssessmentAssessment Exam Placement Curriculum review Internships Research Ops Annual Faculty Retreat Faculty Meetings Graduate MS PhD Well Organized Regimen DGS Mentor/Student Progress reviews Science Fairs High School Mentors Faculty Great FacultyFaculty Development Teaching Award Student Evaluations Peer Evaluations Community Outreach H.S. Porjects Sustainability Led to Endowments

The Theme Unified message that describes who you are For Pediatrics: Development – one focus of our clinical work as Pediatricians Developmental continuum of the learner compared to that of a child For Biology: Focus was the variety from Advising to Curriculum Probably too broad

Part 2: Create Your Application Identify three to five key areas of strength within your department Think about how you assess these areas of strength? What data do you have to support your work in these areas? Think about how you are reaching beyond your department in these areas. (i.e. outreach in the local or national community, collaboration with other schools or departments) Reflective critique: What are the challenges you face? How have you met previous challenges? Can you think of examples of how your work is a “continuous quality improvement” process? Tie it all together with a unified theme/message

Using the Weber Award to Elevate Good to Great Pediatrics Ultrasound Simulation Expanded online curriculum for our outpatient pediatrics Future directions Biology Enhanced teaching discussions Improved classroom experiences for all More collaborative team

Tips for Success: Part 1 Application Assemble a good team Clear vision with unified theme Be creative Don’t be afraid to brag! Use data as often as possible

Tips for Success: Part 2 Application Observations: Choose wisely and showcase your strengths Use data but a wide range Surveys Samples of written reflections Graphs Evaluations Breadth and depth of your educational impact Show that you are moving forward

Questions and Discussion