The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) Center for Global Engagement (CGE) has selected the fellows for the inaugural UMB/Costa Rica Faculty Development Institute, an immersive faculty development program in Costa Rica for a select cohort of UMB faculty members to globalize their courses, modules, tracks, or clinical electives.
In January, faculty members will engage in a series of interactive workshops on topics such as learning design and assessment, strategies to globalize curricula, ethical global engagement, incorporating active learning, inclusive classroom practice, and other topics. The fellows will become part of a growing interprofessional network of faculty members who are bringing global ideas into UMB classrooms and developing international experiences for students.
- Dr. Eleanor Fleming, assistant dean of equity, diversity, and inclusion in the University of Maryland School of Dentistry, will conduct a critical gap analysis of the dental school pre-doctoral curriculum, identify places where global learning outcomes can be strengthened, and propose a course that addresses a gap in the curriculum.
- Shani Fleming, associate professor and chief equity, diversity, and inclusion officer in the University of Maryland Graduate School, will incorporate comparative content on health systems into the Improving Quality of Care in Health Systems course that she teaches.
- Dr. Emily Heil, associate professor in the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy (UMSOP), will incorporate content regarding the World Health Organization’s One Health approach into the PharmD curriculum and develop an elective advanced pharmacy practice experience with the University of Zambia School of Pharmacy focused on international antimicrobial stewardship.
- Dr. Linda Horn, assistant professor and director of academic affairs in the University of Maryland School of Medicine's (UMSOM) Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, participated in the GLOBALtimore Teaching Fellows program in the 2021-2022 academic year, where she incorporated content regarding global health into the first-year Professional Issues II block. In Costa Rica, Horn will build upon this start by infusing global health content into the later years of the Physical Therapy curriculum.
- Dr. Marik Moen, assistant professor in the University of Maryland School of Nursing (UMSON), will develop a Global Health Track in the Doctor of Nursing Practice program.
- Dr. Melissa Murfin, incoming program director of the Physician Assistant program in the Graduate School, will develop a clinical elective for PA students in Zambia.
- Dr. Danya Qato, associate professor and graduate program director of the Pharmaceutical Health Services Research program in UMSOP, will incorporate global content into a Health Policy and Systems course, as well as incorporate critical perspectives on the history of epidemiology in the Principles of Epidemiology course.
- Dr. David Riedel, associate professor in UMSOM, will develop a curriculum for an annual interprofessional elective program and incorporate more opportunities for student learning and reflection about the history of global health, colonization, and decolonization.
- Dr. Scott Riley, an instructor in UMSOP, will incorporate global content and big data into his Intro to Data Analytics course.
- B. Elias Snyder, director of the Office of Global Health in UMSON, will review and revise the curriculum of the UMSON Global Health Certificate program, with a focus on developing collaborations with other UMB schools.
- Dr. Niya Werts, associate professor and graduate program director of the MS in Health Science in the Graduate School, will integrate content regarding global community-based health practices from an asset-based lens in her Issues and Trends and Health Care course.