Teaching Excellence Course (UTEC)
This professional development program is a long-standing tradition at UT Health Science Center at San Antonio. More than 700 faculty from all schools on campus have completed UTEC since its inception in 1976.
Schedule: UTEC is typically conducted once a week beginning in early September and continuing through the first or second week in December.
Format: UTEC is conducted in workshop format to encourage exchange of perspectives about educational issues, allow participants to practice several types of teaching and acquire experience with important teacher tasks such as evaluating student performance, presenting lectures, planning courses, teaching psychomotor skills, intervening with students who are challenging (difficult) and developing web-based courses. Enrollment: Due to the workshop format, hands-on learning and practice teaching opportunities, UTEC enrollment is limited to approximately 30 participants. Registrations are accepted on a first submitted-first enrolled basis.
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2008 UTEC Details
All Faculty, Staff, Academic Administrator Announcement – UTEC 2008
The Academic Center for Excellence in Teaching (ACET) will conduct the 32nd annual UT Health Science Center Teaching Excellence Course (UTEC). Over 1,000 faculty members from all schools on campus have completed UTEC since 1976. UTEC’s goal is to help health professions educators develop teaching skills that will enhance the quality of their interactions with students and make teaching more effective and enjoyable. The course provides a forum to learn about best practices in teaching and to share teaching experiences.
This year’s UTEC is divided into two mini-courses. The first course (Series A) is four weekly workshops, occurring September 18th through October 16th, that focus on improving basic skills required for giving a lecture in the classroom. The second course (Series B) is four weekly workshops, occurring October 23rd through November 13th, focused on teaching skills required to plan, deliver, and evaluate learning in a clinical setting. A synopsis 2008 UTEC is provided below.
UTHSCSA Teaching Excellence Course (UTEC)
Series A: Teaching skills required to plan, present and evaluate learning in a classroom
- Writing Course Goals: Led by Drs. Sara L. Gill, Family Nursing, and John Littlefield, ACET, participants will learn practical steps for developing course goals and objectives that are linked to teaching and assessment methods. September 18th; Collaboratory Room 4.075, 4th Floor, Briscoe Library, 4-6pm
- Developing Instructional Materials: Led by Drs. Ernest Valdez, Oral and Maxillo-facial Surgery, and Roberta Ambrosino, ACET, participants will review instructional materials for different learning styles and engage in group exercises that demonstrate using audience response systems (ARS) technologies. September 25th; Howe Conference Room, 5th Floor, Briscoe Library, 4-6pm
- Designing and Presenting Presentations: Led by Dr. Ross Willis, Surgery, participants will review guidelines for developing an effective presentation and practice techniques for creating and using PowerPoint slides, Flash programming and other instructional technologies. October 9th, Howe Conference Room, 5th Floor, Briscoe Library, 4-6pm
- Evaluating Learning Outcomes:Led byDrs. Linda Johnson, Cellular and Structural Biology, John Littlefield, ACET, participants will review strengths and weaknesses of multiple-choice testing and practice test planning and item writing. October 16th, Howe Conference Room, 5th Floor, Briscoe Library, 4-6pm
Series B: Teaching skills required to plan, deliver, and evaluate learning in a clinical setting
- Designing Competency Based Courses: Led by Donna D. Gardner, Respiratory Care, participants will learn how to develop core competencies for a course conducted in a clinical setting. October 23rd, Howe Conference Room, 5th Floor, Briscoe Library, 4-6pm
- Developing Clinical Teaching Skills: Led Dr. James W. Tysinger, Family and Community Medicine, participants will gain insight into on different clinical teaching methodologies and different ways to engage students in clinical learning settings. Participants will engage in an interactive review of aspects of clinical teaching. October 30th, Howe Conference Room, 5th Floor, Briscoe Library, 4-6pm
- Giving Effective Feedback: Led byDrs. Glen Medellin, Pediatrics, and Jennifer Peel, Graduate Medical Education, participants will learn the rules of effective feedback and engage in a role play exercise to practice editing written feedback. November 6th, Howe Conference Room, 5th Floor, Briscoe Library, 4-6pm
- Assessing Clinical Competence: Led by Diane Ferguson, Clinical Skills Center, and Dr. John Littlefield, ACET, participants will learn how to plan and conduct an objective structured clinical exam (OSCE) to assess clinical competence using standardized patients. November 13th, Howe Conference Room, 5th Floor, Briscoe Library, 4-6pm
How to Enroll:
Step 1: Go to the UT Health Science Center home page and click on the “Knowledge Center” at the bottom of the page then login to Knowledge Center (KC). Note: If this is your first time logging into the KC follow the directions on the ‘How to login?’ link on the login site.
Step 2: Click on ‘Course Catalog’ in the center of the screen.
Step 3: Click the blue (+) symbol to the left of the ‘Academics’ heading.
Step 4: Locate the ‘UTEC 08 Classroom Teaching’ or ‘UTEC 08 Clinical Teaching’ titles and click the blue
( i ) icon to its left to view more information.
Step 5: Click on the ‘Enroll’ button to the right of the ‘UTEC08 Classroom Teaching’ course or the ‘UTEC08 Clinical Teaching’ course. You will receive a confirmation email.