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Teaching Excellence and Academic Skills (TEXAS) presents professional development workshops and courses to enhance teaching and scholarship at the Health Science Center. TEXAS programs are available without charge.

TEXAS programs are conducted by the division of educational research and development in the department of academic informatics services. The primary professional development program in the fall semester is the UTEC class (UTHSCSA Teaching Excellence Course) that meets Wednesdays from 4 – 6 p.m.

Upcoming UTEC Classes

October 27
Best Practices for Evaluating Learner Performance
4 to 6 p.m.
Room 4.484T in the Dental School
Participants identify barriers to making correct evaluation decisions and learn best practices for learner evaluation. Participants self-assess the degree to which their departments employ best practices in their evaluation system.

November 3
Writing Multiple-Choice Test Questions
4 to 6 p.m.
Room 4.484T in the Dental School
Participants learn strategies for writing bullet-proof (complaint-proof) MCQs including scenario-based questions; critique test questions and identify problems.

November 10
Evaluating Learners in the Clinic
4 to 6 p.m.
Room 4.484T in the Dental School
Design of rating scales; how to write useful comments about student performance; new ideas for evaluating performance.

November 17
What do Effective Clinical Teachers Do?
4 to 6 p.m.
Room 4.484T in the Dental School
Participants learn methods that help student learn in the clinic, self-assess their teaching techniques and critique a teacher “in action.”

December 1
Providing Feedback to Enhance Learning
4 to 6 p.m.
Room 4.484T in the Dental School
Participants learn and practice strategies for using the teacher’s most powerful teaching technique – feedback.