Howard Adams, Ph.D., National Institutes of Health professional development consultant, will present two lectures on Wednesday, Feb. 16. The lectures are sponsored by the division of educational research and development in the department of academic informatics services.
Dr. Adams is a leading expert on mentoring and mentorship program development and has written, lectured, and consulted extensively on mentoring as an effective strategy for professional, educational, and personal development. He has spoken at more than 500 colleges and universities and numerous national conferences. He has also conducted training for a number of Fortune 500 companies.
The lectures will be videoconferenced from the Regional Academic Health Center, Harlingen, to the main campus.
“The Faculty’s Role in Enabling a Learning Climate”Time: Noon-2 p.m.
Location: Nursing School, Room 1.463
Key topics include: Meeting students informational needs, using enabling communication, mentoring within the content of student development, program planning around goals/expectations and faculty functioning from a position of ‘I will do no harm.’
If interested in registering for this lecture, please click on the link:
erdweb.uthscsa.edu/register/prog.asp?Prog=24“Mentoring: A Proven Strategy for Developing Students”Time: 6 - 8 p.m.
Location: Medical School, Room 444B
Key topics include: Roles and responsibilities of the mentor/protégé, forming workable mentoring alliances, recognizing and solving common mentoring alliance problems, and moving the mentoring alliance beyond race and gender.
If interested in registering for this lecture, please click on the link:
erdweb.uthscsa.edu/register/prog.asp?Prog=25Faculty that attend these professional development workshops will receive a certificate of completion.
