It's not too late to sign up for the HCM Teaching Incubator PDW (AOM Session 15597) that will be introduced at this year's AOM meeting in Chicago!
Our PDW will help participants engage in meaningful conversations regarding a variety of issues and questions that are commonly confronted in teaching, and although it will be of value to all levels of experience, we believe it may be of particular interest to doctoral students, post-doctoral fellows, and early career faculty members. Please find more detailed information below and feel free to share this information with those you know who may be interested or benefit from this new PDW!
If you are interested in participating, please go to https://goo.gl/forms/33kYo6RXHakQcr3r1. After completing a brief form that helps identify your areas of interest, you will receive an approval code so that you can then register for the PDW on AOM's online registration system at https://secure.aom.org/PDWReg. Please know that registration is not competitive or exclusionary, but rather it is intended to survey participants' interests so that the session can most effectively target their teaching needs. For this reason, we strongly encourage those who are interested to complete the survey form and registration in advance. Again, please find more detailed information on the PDW provided below.
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The first-ever "HCM Teaching Incubator" is scheduled to take place on Saturday, August 11 from 8:00 to 10:00 AM in the Columbus CD room at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. This session will be conducted as a rotating series of four 20-minute, interactive round table discussions, with participants receiving advice and helpful guidance on teaching challenges and issues confronted in a range of educational settings. Because of this format and a limited session capacity, individuals interested in attending this PDW must pre-register and submit an application form in advance of the annual meeting in order to participate. Information on this application and registration process is discussed below.
In our academic communities, we often stress the importance and value of balancing research and teaching, yet many of us find that our rigorous preparations to become effective researchers and scholars leave little room for meaningful conversations about how to teach effectively. Recognizing this challenge, the HCM Division and its Teaching Committee are pleased to introduce a new PDW that seeks to provide a forum in which health care management scholars can discuss pertinent issues about teaching, from common questions and challenges that educators confront to helpful practices, tips, and ideas to becoming more effective instructors. Similar to the interactive and popular "Research Incubator" PDW that has been well received in the HCM Division for many years, the "Teaching Incubator" PDW will focus on challenges relating to teaching rather than research.
For those who would value feedback, advice, or help with teaching, the "Teaching Incubator" PDW will be of particular interest, offering helpful guidance on issues confronted in a range of educational settings by health care management instructors. Each round table will focus on a specific theme, with designated teaching mentors providing guidance and feedback on topics relating to that table's theme. Participants will be matched to specific round table discussions based on the information they provide in their application form, allowing applicants to note their areas of interest and raise specific teaching-related questions. Possible round table themes may include: aspects of course organization; creative teaching methods; connecting the classroom to the field; developing new courses; instructing online courses; overcoming challenging student issues; teaching doctoral students; teaching international students; and, teaching undergraduate students, among others.
To access the application, go to: https://goo.gl/forms/33kYo6RXHakQcr3r1. After completing the brief application form, you will receive an approval code so that you can then register for the PDW on AOM's online registration system at https://secure.aom.org/PDWReg.
If you have any questions, please contact Patrick Shay at pshay@trinity.edu<mailto:pshay@trinity.edu>, Cheryl Rathert at crathert@vcu.edu<mailto:crathert@vcu.edu>, or Tracy Hopkins Porter at t.h.porter@csuohio.edu<mailto:t.h.porter@csuohio.edu>.