On Oct. 5, the division of educational research and development and the department of distributed learning completed the first annual Video Conference Certification course. The course required completion of two separate areas: 1.) four hours of didactic sessions related to video conference technology and teaching techniques and 2.) developing and completing an independent video conference presentation.
Those that successfully completed the Video Conference Certification course were:
•Irene Bober-Moken, D.M.D., M.P.H., assistant professor of community dentistry
•Jennifer Brackett, M.S., social science research associate of geriatrics
•Eugenia Bryan, M.D., assistant professor of pathology
•Leonid Bunegin, B.S., associate professor of anesthesiology
•Ana Cawthon, community education specialist in the department of general dentistry, Dental Hispanic Center of Excellence
•Jay Collins, C.P.A., administrator in the department of ophthalmology
•Magda de la Torre, R.D.H., M.P.H., assistant professor of dental hygiene
•Miguel Fernández, M.D., associate professor of surgery, emergency medicine, South Texas Poison Center
•Darlene Gilcreast, R.N., Ph.D., assistant professor of chronic nursing
•Brenda Johnson, M.Ed., director of continuing medical education
•Shawn Komorn, assistant professor of emergency health sciences
•Josep Peralba, Ph.D., Institute of Biotechnology
•Courtney Pollard, R.D.H., M.P.H., dental hygiene
•Patti Ruffin, academic coordinator in the department of surgery
•Clint Thane, computer support specialist in the department of surgery
