The PAEA Faculty Development Institute is introducing a series of webinars designed to bring the FDI's faculty development resources to a wider audience and to add to the range of topics that are covered in FDI workshops. Members will be invited to join these webinars in real time and may also view the archived PowerPoint presentations at their leisure. This is a free service to PAEA member faculty.

Upcoming webinars!

PAEA Education Committee and Research Institute Webinar:

Demystifying the Paper and Poster Submission Process

Please click here to register

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/309401746

When: April 7, 2010, 1 PM, EDT

Moderator: Bettie Coplan, MPAS, PA-C

Presenters:   Scott Massey, PhD, PA-C
                      Cathy C. Ruff, MS, PA-C
                      Meredith Davison, PhD, MPH

Did you know that a paper or poster presentation at national-level conferences usually carries more weight in terms of academic promotion than do lecture-type presentations? The Call for Proposals will open the first week in April for the 2010 PAEA Annual Education Forum, and this webinar will improve your chances of having your paper or poster proposal accepted and also enhance your CV.

The PAEA Education Committee encourages you to submit a paper or poster for this year’s Education Forum and invites you to sign up for this webinar to learn about the submission process. The webinar will focus both on the specific guidelines and criteria for submission along with key suggestions of ways to improve your chances of acceptance. It will also provide and discuss ideas about what you may already be doing in your program that could easily be submitted as a poster or paper proposal.

The webinar will explain a new category of paper and poster presentation, called educational innovations, and the relatively simple methods that you can use to convert classroom action research or “applied pedagogical research” into a platform of scholarship.

As a result of this webinar, participants will feel more comfortable with the submission process and will improve their chances of submitting a successful paper or poster proposal.

Learning Objectives:
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Recognize topics that could qualify as a paper or poster submission
• Identify the required guidelines for the paper and poster submission process
• Identity the criteria upon which each proposal is evaluated
• Differentiate original research from educational innovation submissions
• List ways to increase the likelihood of a proposal being accepted

Scott Massey 
Scott L. Massey, PhD, PA-C, is the dean of the Physician Assistant Studies Program at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences at the Manchester and Worcester campuses. Dr. Massey has been in PA education since 1991. During his tenure in PA education, he has served as an academic coordinator, associate director, program director, and - in combination - program director and dean. Dr. Massey has published in the Journal of Physician Assistant Education and presented at the PAEA Annual Education Form on various topics focusing on learner-centered education, distance education, study skills, and preparation for the PANCE. Dr. Massey has practiced as a clinical PA in family practice, emergency medicine, and geriatrics. After completing his PA degree at Kettering College Medical Arts, he completed his master’s degree in education at the University of Dayton, and his PhD at Andrews University.

Cathy Ruff    
Cathy C. Ruff, MS, PA-C, is the associate director-curriculum at the University of Colorado Denver, Child Health Associate/Physician Assistant Program. She has been on the faculty since 2001 and is currently in the last year of her second term on the PAEA Education Committee. She is involved in the peer-review selection process for all presentation formats, including papers and posters, and more recently participated in revising the poster and paper submission guidelines.

Meredith Davison  
Meredith Davison, PhD, MPH, is the associate dean of academic affairs for the School of Community Medicine in the Office of the Dean and serves as associate director of the PA program at the University of Oklahoma – Tulsa. She earned a PhD from the University of Oklahoma - Oklahoma City. She also participated in a postdoctoral fellowship in pharmacology. Dr. Davison has a master's degree from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, and recently earned a master’s degree in public health at the University of Oklahoma - Tulsa. Dr. Davison’s previous experience includes director of the PA programs at the University of Oklahoma – Tulsa and at Midwestern University and academic appointments in the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois in Chicago, the College of Nursing at Tulsa University, and the College of Osteopathic Medicine at Oklahoma State University.  Dr. Davison currently serves as chair of the PAEA Research Institute and has an extensive background in PA research.