Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Faculty Development Resources

Now linked under “Special Interest Resources” on the DFCM website are the Faculty Development RefShare database and the Research and Resource Base (RDRB).

The RefShare list includes references for books, journal articles, conference proceedings, websites, and more. References are arranged by category; the topics covered include:

· Academic Career Management
· Educational Research
· Gender and Cultural Issues
· Mentoring and Coaching
· Professionalism
· Teaching and Learning
…and many more!

RDRB holds more than 900 listings in the form of journal articles, books, conference proceedings, and reports as suggested and endorsed by staff from the Centre for Faculty Development. The content of the records focuses on many health education topics, including:

· administrative, management and organizational development
· academic career management
· gender and cultural issues
· communication skills
· mentoring and coaching
· professionalism
· teaching and learning - includes resources which relate to audiovisual techniques for teaching, evaluation of students and teaching, teaching skills and strategies, learning styles, and much more.

Check out these excellent resources today!