The University of Maryland School of Graduate Studies (UMSGS) Research Colloquium provides faculty with an ongoing platform to share their research endeavors with the UMSGS and UMB communities. With the goal of fostering a supportive environment and advancing interprofessional collaboration, each virtual monthly session will include a faculty presentation followed by an opportunity for questions and feedback.
Date: Nov. 17
Time: 12 p.m.
Location: https://bit.ly/FALLcoll2026
November Presenters
Sol Roberts-Lieb, EdD, assistant professor and faculty director for the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, Health Professions Education and Workforce Innovation
RISE: Impact of Faculty Development Experience on Teaching Self-Efficacy
How do faculty perceive that their experiences in professional development programs impact their teaching self-efficacy? This presentation will present the accepted proposal for an 18-month study to see what faculty development experiences are the most worthwhile for improving faculty self-effacy in teaching.
Aaron Jacob, MSHS, PA-C, assistant professor, Physician Assistant Program
Deconstructing Empathy: A Four-Step Framework for Instructional Design
How can empathy be operationalized as a teachable competency rather than an innate trait? This presentation synthesizes empirical and classical ethical scholarship to propose a sequential instructional framework comprising cognitive, regulatory, affective, and motivational components, with implications for curriculum design and professionalism assessment in health professions education.