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Are student evaluations of teaching (SETs) biased?
March 9, 2020Around the proverbial water cooler of many colleges and universities, you will often hear faculty discussing their student evaluations of teaching (SETs). Faculty may feel that SETs do not adequately represent the quality of their teaching, and in some aspects,…
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Summerlin Report – March 2020
March 4, 2020The coming month will bring more than just the start of spring to the Summerlin campus, because on March 16 we will welcome the new Director of Philanthropy for the College of Medicine, Ms. Amy Wiles. Amy has an extensive…
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Henrietta Lacks: Remembering the Unsung Hero of Medical Research
February 5, 2020Thanks to the efforts of authors (Rebecca Skloot, HBO films and others) resolute to tell the story of Henrietta Lacks, and what her HeLa cells mean to medicine, the world is starting to know the origin story for many of…
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Writing Good Assessment Questions
January 7, 2020One Friday I was approached by a teacher from another institution who asked me how things were going. When I told him I’d just gotten out of a somewhat stressful assessment, he nodded understandingly and replied that he had heard…
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Motivational Interviewing in the Classroom
November 4, 2019What is motivational interviewing (MI)? It was originally developed back in the 1980s as a method to treat addiction. A counselor named Bill Miller discovered that patients’ openness to behavior change depended on how they were spoken to by a…
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Accountability, Emotional Intelligence, and the Lifelong Colleague Commitment
October 4, 2019Many people may have heard the term ‘Emotional Intelligence’, but few understand its full meaning and application. One misunderstanding is that Emotional Intelligence simply means “being nice”. Another misconception is that Emotional Intelligence is just a term used to describe…
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Practical Tips for Using Canvas
October 2, 2019On September 10, 2019, Dr. Dustin Christensen-Grant of the Roseman College of Pharmacy gave an excellent presentation on practical ways faculty can improve their use of the many features of the Canvas learning management system. A video of his presentation…
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Spotlight on Childhood Cancer & Dr. Alan Ikeda
September 4, 2019This September, families, caregivers, non-profits, and researchers across the U.S. observe Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. In the U.S, over 15,000 children a year under the age of 21 are diagnosed with cancer and approximately 12 percent of them will not…
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Domestic Violence: Recognize, Respond, Refer
September 3, 2019What are the chances a student you precept or mentor will experience domestic violence? According to an August 29, 2019 presentation to South Jordan faculty by Abbey Summers and Tiffany Perry from the prevention and education arm of South Valley…
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Delegation, Emotional Intelligence, and the Lifelong Colleague Commitment
September 2, 2019One of the most difficult things to do in life is to delegate to others, especially when you know you are very good at the task. Non-delegators generally believe it is easier and more efficient to complete a task themselves…