Teaching Scholars Lecture Series

John H. Littlefield, Ph.D.

Why Is It So Hard to Communicate about a Student's Marginal Clinical Performance?

This presentation will describe a three-year project to improve the quality of resident performance assessments in two General Surgery residency programs.  The intervention we used is applicable to on-the-job clinical performance assessment in most health professions educational programs.

January 26, 2005
College of Public Health Auditorium G225
4:00-5:00 pm

All UAMS faculty invited
One Hour CME Credit

John Littlefield is Director of Academic Informatics Services (AIS), an educational and research support department at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA).  He is also Director of the Academic Center for Excellence in Teaching, an interdisciplinary unit that provides leadership, direction, and resources to advance excellence in teaching at UTHSCSA.  Dr. Littlefield's research has focused on teaching and evaluating students in clinical settings.  He has conducted numerous faculty development workshops and has published or presented over 100 peer reviewed articles, book chapters, and professional presentations. 

He received a Ph.D. in Educational Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin.

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Anna S. Moses, M.Ed.
Office of Educational Development
mosesannas@uams.edu
1.501.526.4848

Diane Heestand, Ed.D.
Office of Educational Development
Heestanddianee@uams.edu
1.501.686.8346

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