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A hands-on comparative physiology-based faculty development program aimed to equip clinician educators with the confidence and ability to integrate physiology and mechanistic thinking into their daily clinical teaching and medical decision making.
Applications due by July 21, 2015
Goals
- To inspire clinician educators to teach physiology on the wards and incorporate mechanistic thinking into their clinical decision making.
- To give clinician educators the time and the space to re-familiarize themselves with basic concepts of physiology applicable to the internal medicine wards using hands on comparative physiology experiments.
- To give clinician educators durable tools and resources so that they are able to locate and review the physiology and mechanisms of disease processes in their ongoing clinical and teaching roles.
Target Audience: Teaching Hospitalists and General Internal Medicine Inpatient Educators
Faculty development sessions interspersed throughout the course will enhance participants’ ability to translate new knowledge into effective teaching.
Tuition
$4,700: includes all course materials, laboratory supplies, meals, lodging, activities
$500: non-refundable deposit due by August 1, 2015
Full Tuition due by September 1, 2015
If an attendee cancels, their home institution can send another individual without incurring extra cost or forfeiting the deposit.
Partner

Course Directors
- Stephanie A. Call, M.D., M.S.P.H.Associate Chair for Education, Program Director; Professor of MedicineDivision of General Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University
- Deborah J. DeWaay, M.D., FACPVice Dean - Educational Affairs, College of Medicine Office of Educational Affairs Associate; Dean, Undergraduate Medical EducationDepartment of Medicine Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida
- Shoshana J. Herzig, M.D., M.P.H.Director of Hospital Medicine Research, Hospitalist Physician; Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical SchoolDepartment of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
- Mark Zeidel, M.D.Herman Ludwig Blumgart Professor of MedicineBeth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Faculty
- Robert Centor, M.D.Associate Dean, Huntsville Regional Medical Center; Professor of MedicineDivision of General Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Attendees are expected to arrive no later than 6:00 pm on Sunday, September 27. This course will conclude at 12:00 pm on Friday, October 2. Attendees are expected to stay for entire course.
Day 1 | Sunday, September 27 |
2:00 – 6:00p | Arrival, introductions, welcome, registration |
6:00 – 7:00p | Dinner |
7:00 – 8:00p | Keynote Address – Robert Centor, M.D. |
8:00 – 9:00p | Orientation |
Day 2 | Monday, September 28 |
Morning | Small group teaching practice – Module 1 |
Afternoon | Completion of small group experiments – Module 1 |
Evening | Faculty development seminar |
Day 3 | Tuesday, September 29 |
Morning | Small group teaching preparation and presentations-Module 1 |
Late Morning | Faculty development seminar |
Afternoon | Faculty development sessions then activity |
Evening | Dinner |
Day 4 | Wednesday, September 30 |
Morning | Small group experiments – Module 2 |
Afternoon | Completion of small group experiments – Module 2 |
Evening | Faculty development seminar |
Day 5 | Thursday, October 1 |
Morning | Small group teaching preparation and presentations – Module 2 |
Late morning | Faculty development seminar |
Afternoon | Faculty development sessions then activity |
Evening | Dinner |
Day 6 | Friday, October 2 |
Morning | Faculty development sessions |
Late morning | Clinical application activities; Feedback, goal setting |
Noon | Course Concludes |
On-Campus Housing
Included in tuition. Housing is assigned. Please call 207-288-9880 ext 102 if you have any questions. Subject to availability.
Dormitory style cottage accommodations are available with double occupancy and single rooms, shared bathrooms, kitchenettes, common room, high speed wireless internet, and parking.
Our on-campus housing is within walking distance of all campus facilities (Note: campus grounds include wooded terrain).
Please visit our Housing Website to view our accommodations. Campus Map