University of Nebraska Medical Center
University of Nebraska Medical Center

Author: Faculty Development

Leading Engaging Meetings

Don’t count your meetings. Make your meetings count. Tired of meetings that could’ve been emails?Learn simple, effective strategies to lead meetings that are focused, relevant, and energizing. Boost your skill in setting meaningful agendas, fostering real engagement, and transforming meetings into powerful tools for progress.

Oct 3, 2025

Leading Engaging Meetings

Interprofessional Education (IPE) for Today

Your work in the larger healthcare ecosystem. Are patients experiencing your work as one piece disjointed from the whole? IPE activities aim to promote collaborative practice across all of healthcare. Gather ideas, resources, and collaborations to not reinvent the wheel and to boost the relevancy of your interprofessional education activities today. Compiled Resources relating to […]

Sep 10, 2025

IPE for Today

Promotion & Tenure Planner

Use this guide to activate and make progress toward your promotion journey. The guidebook is based on the most up-to-date P&T Requirements for the College of Medicine, though could be applied broadly to other Colleges. Always know the full details of your specific College/Department’s promotion requirements and processes. Watch a recording of the latest Faculty […]

Aug 1, 2025

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Empowering Educators: Accessibility & AI Tech Bootcamp

Get the most out of the tech at your fingertips Leverage new tools, ensure ADA Title II Compliance, and get the support you need.

Jul 31, 2025

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Faculty Retirement Guide

A diverse array of current and retired faculty shared perspectives at a retirement-focused panel on April 18, 2024.

Oct 1, 2024

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Beyond Active Learning

Teaching to Foster Meaningful Student Engagement The importance of student engagement is clear. Engaged students show more persistence, effort, initiative and cognitive processing skills, which result in increased learning and satisfaction. Simply put, students learn best when actively and meaningfully engaged in the learning experience. Yet, despite the clear benefits, many students struggle to stay […]

Feb 27, 2023

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REframe Series: Humanize Your Modality

Tips for Creating Human-Centric Learning Experiences Creating learning experiences that are more humanized is become ever-critical. Many faculty, staff, and students are eager to implement and discover new approaches to learning.  By creating a more connected course experience for students, you are establishing a sense of care and community that will inspire and enable more students […]

Mar 29, 2022

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HELP! Series: Teaching Online

One major takeaway from the COVID-19 crisis is that remote teaching is increasingly, and vitally, important. Educators should be ready at the helm to teach from a distance. Embracing the opportunity to improve will only help your students succeed. If you feel like you need help developing your skills, you aren’t alone. It has been difficult […]

Aug 14, 2020

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Constructive Collaboration: Using Student Feedback and Peer Coaching to Improve Teaching

The rapid changes and advancements of today’s world continue to present new challenges in education. Success in 2020 is achieved, in part, by being skilled at adapting and evolving based on the demands of society. Health science education and academic medical centers are not exempt from this reality. Educators must continue to create processes that […]

Feb 14, 2020

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Making Time for Active Learning

Active learning is the hallmark of quality education and sustained learning in modern higher education. The science of learning, diverse learning environments, and teaching technology have opened pathways for educators questing to advance beyond modes of passive learning, like lectures. Likewise, accrediting bodies are well-versed in the solid evidence base supporting the use of active […]

Nov 15, 2019

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