ChatGPT. A must read!

AI (artificial intelligence).  We all (sort of) knew it was coming.  Well, it has arrived and created quite a stir within education.  If you haven’t heard about ChatGPT, you need to explore it and perhaps have discussions at the program and institutional level about what this...

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Work-Life Balance

As another year comes to a close, it seems like a good time to revisit the concept that we hear about so much: work-life balance.  Many of you were likely drawn to your position in education because of the promise of or perceived notion that working in education would provide the work-life...

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One Curriculum, One Faculty

One aspect I frequently encounter in PA programs is a divide between the didactic and clinical phases of the program.  This divide includes faculty members, as most programs designate faculty as either didactic or clinical phase based.  The reality is PA programs have only one...

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Grading Attendance and Participation – A good thing?

When I am reviewing a program’s syllabi, I often notice that part of the grading for the course includes attendance and/or participation.  It is important to note that neither of these is truly an assessment.  Attendance does not evaluate a student’s knowledge or skills....

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Are requiring GREs helping or hurting our admissions?

Many PA programs require the GRE as part of the admission requirements.  Recently, I entered into a conversation with a member of leadership that challenged the value of requiring a GRE.  So I went to the literature to better educate myself.  What I learned may be helpful to you.

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Who does more of the work in your class – you or your students?

I recently found an interesting article by Jeremy A. Rentz as part of The Best of 2021Teaching Professor Conference. He asked the simple question, who does more work during class time, you or the students? Think it about for a moment. Over a semester course, who is doing more work? I would bet...

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FERPA – The “HIPAA” in Education: Protecting Student Privacy and Ways to Avoid Common Violations

With the pandemic and navigating student illness which may be related to COVID, it seemed like a good idea to revisit FERPA and to include its role in relation to COVID. FERPA or the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 is education’s version of the Health Insurance Portability...

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Test Anxiety: What we can do to help

A common issue I repeatedly see, especially at a heightened level these days, is anxiety in our students.  Even though we returned to the classroom, the anxiety does not seem to be abating for the most part.  Given the nature of our educational program and requirements coupled with a...

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Tips for increasing the likelihood students will watch your recorded videos

With many of us returning to remote teaching, we are back to live and recorded lectures. So, I decided to reprise an article about recording videos.  In my travels, I have noticed that recorded lectures don’t take into account giving students breaks, as we do when we are in person....

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Getting Students to Read Your Syllabus

You don’t have to be teaching for very long to realize students don’t read. In particular, despite all the energy and effort you may put into your syllabus for your course, we know students don’t read those either.

A colleague recently sent me a link to an article that really...

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