Packed with information for faculty, the Loma Linda University 15th annual Faculty Development Showcase will offer sessions, workshops and seminars on the theme "Engaging Students" Feb. 25 through Feb. 28. All faculty are invited to participate in the conference, including the plenary session, workshops presented by University faculty and other guests, poster sessions--which is still accepting proposals--and the post-conference seminar.
In addition, the winner of the fourth Kinzer-Rice Award for Excellence in University Teaching will be announced during the showcase.
Dr. Elizabeth Barkley, noted author and speaker, will speak twice: On Thursday evening her keynote address is titled "Terms of Engagement: Understanding What Engaged Learning Means for Today's Health Professional Student." Her presentation on Friday morning is a workshop titled "Strategies and Techniques for Engaging Today's Health Professional Student." Her presentations will describe a model of student engagement that will aid faculty's efforts to create more stimulating and effective learning environments.
Dr. Barkley earned a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, as well as master's and bachelor's degrees from the University of California, Riverside. She has worked closely with Berkeley's American Cultures Center in pioneering the study of American music from a multicultural perspective.
Two of Dr. Barkley's books are on reserve at the Del E. Webb Memorial Library:
- "Collaborative Learning Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty" by Elizabeth F. Barkley, K. Patricia Cross and Claire Howell Major. LB 1032 B37 2005
- "Student Engagement Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty" by Elizabeth F. Barkley. LB 2342.92 B37 2010
Dr. Barkley's books will be available for purchase and signing at the conference.
Another highlight of the showcase is a presentation designed to help practicing clinicians and clinical researchers synthesize research into useful evidence through systematic reviews.
Tara Horváth, managing editor of the Cochrane HIV/AIDS Group based at the University of California, San Francisco, will address the core methods for conducting systematic reviews of scientific literature, focusing on the reviews produced by the Cochrane Collaboration. Cochrane systematic reviews help clinicians, public health practitioners, policy makers and consumers make evidence-based health care decisions.
Established in 1992, the Cochrane Collaboration is a network of more than 30,000 volunteer researchers from more than 120 countries committed to developing and maintaining comprehensive systematic reviews of health care interventions. These systematic reviews are published online in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, the primary component of the Cochrane Library.
The Library provides access to the Cochrane Library, which, in addition to containing over 5,000 Cochrane systematic reviews, also includes the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials (CENTRAL). CENTRAL is a bibliographic database with reports of randomized controlled trials. Although many records in CENTRAL have been identified through systematic searches of MEDLINE and EMBASE, CENTRAL also includes reports that are not indexed anywhere else or difficult to access.
The Cochrane Library is one of several evidence-based resources available at the Library. For more evidence-based resources, visit llu.edu/webapps/univ_library/index.php/databases or call the reference desk at ext. 44588.
For more information about systematic reviews, Ms. Horváth's presentation or to request an event brochure, call Nelia Caan at ext. 47535.
For a full schedule of Faculty Development Showcase events, visit llu.edu/assets/alliedhealth/documents/misc/showcaseschedule14.pdf.