School Hosts Summer Symposium for Advancing Leadership and Learning in Public Health

The Office of Academic Affairs wishes to thank all participants in the Mailman School’s inaugural Summer Symposium for Advancing Leadership and Learning in Public Health, held on Thursday, June 24th.

The “day of education” was led by some of the School’s outstanding teachers and education experts from across campus, and featured a plenary session by Ken Bain, PhD, author of What the Best College Teachers Do (Harvard University Press, 2004).

The Summer Symposium provided a forum for lively and substantive dialogue about a wide range of teaching and learning issues within the context of public health education, for faculty, doctoral students (the “future professoriate”), and staff. All seminars were interactive, solidly grounded in research on teaching and learning, and offered practical suggestions that instructors could incorporate into their classrooms.

The complete event schedule can be found below:

8:30-9:00

Breakfast

9:00-9:05

Opening Remarks:
Ian Lapp, PhD, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Education

9:00-10:00

The Heart of the Matter: Strengthening the Core Ideas of Your Teaching
James Colgrove, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences

Sharon Schwartz, PhD, MS
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology

Roger Vaughan, DrPH, MS
Professor of Clinical Biostatistics

Respondent:
Melissa Begg, ScD
Associate Dean for Interdisciplinary Programs and
Professor of Clinical Biostatistics

10:00-10:15

Coffee Break

10:15-10:45	The Takeaway: Using Overarching Questions to Structure Lectures Amy Fairchild, PhD, MPH Chair and Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences Margaret Kruk, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management
11:00-12:00	Facilitating Learning In Small Groups Marita Murrman, EdD, Clinical Associate Professor of Sociomedical Sciences Martina Pavlicova, PhD Assistant Professor of Biostatistics Mary Beth Terry, PhD Associate Professor of Epidemiology
12:00-12:45	Lunch
1:00-2:00	Breakout sessions (choose one) Promoting Critical Thinking and Academic Rigor Peter A. Muennig, MD, MPH Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management Kimberley R. Isett, PhD, MPA Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management Encouraging Deep Comprehension with Diverse Texts Leah Hooper, MST Director of Educational Initiatives Extending Learning Outside of the Classroom: Edblogs, Wikispaces, and more Daniel Beeby Associate Director of Services Columbia Center for New Media Teaching and Learning The Check-up: Tools for Assessing Student Performance Dorene Balmer, PhD Director of Evaluation, Center for Education Research in Evaluation Aubrie Swan Sein, PhD Evaluation Specialist, Center for Education Research in Evaluation
3:00-4:00	Plenary Speaker Ken Bain, PhD, author of What the Best College Teachers Do (Harvard University Press, 2004)

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