The academic informatics services department recently held a six-week course that was designed to provide health professions educators with a system for managing the performance and development of learners. Fifteen faculty members completed the course that ended Aug. 23.
This course was organized around the GO FAR process of performance management:
Goal Setting,
Observation,
Feedback,
Appraisal,
Reinforcement and Coaching. It combines goal-setting, observations, feedback, assessment and reinforcement to correct performance problems. Specific guidelines addressed tailoring the performance management process to the developmental needs of the individual or team of learners. The course was a combination of both didactic and interactive activities.
Congratulations to the following faculty members, pictured above:
(Front row L-R): Meeney Dhir, M.D., assistant professor of cardiology; Susan Stattmiller, D.D.S., M.P.H., faculty associate in geriatrics; Mary Partida, D.D.S., assistant professor of dentistry; Sharon L. Barbieri, assistant professor of dental hygiene; Lina Cardenas, D.D.S., assistant professor of pediatric dentistry; and Kimatha Grice, M.O.T., associate professor of occupational therapy.
(Back row L-R): Renee Brown, senior lecturer of microbiology; Ed Funk, D.D.S., associate professor of dentistry; Catherine Ortega, Ed.D., assistant professor of physical therapy; Evie M. Harness, adjunct assistant professor of occupational therapy; Edward Wright, D.D.S., assistant professor of restorative dentistry; and Gale Haradon, Ph.D., associate professor and chair of occupational therapy.
Not pictured – Umesh Arora, M.D., assistant professor of cardiology; Monica Horton, M.D., assistant professor of geriatrics; and Martha Tuller, R.N., clinical instructor of acute nursing.
