APGO offers several teaching and learning tools for ob-gyn faculty members. APGO members are encouraged to participate in the annual APGO Faculty Development Seminar, the highly-acclaimed scholars programs, and to utilize our online resources designed specifically for faculty development and community-based educators. APGO also has several books and awards available for advancing your teaching career.
Academic Scholars and Leaders (ASL) Program
The Academic Scholars and Leaders program designed to equip faculty with the knowledge and skills needed to be effective educators and leaders. The program also trains participants to take a scholarly approach to education. Graduates of the program will be knowledgeable in:
- Curriculum design
- Instructional formats Instructional/learning theory
- Large and small group instruction
- Clinical instruction
- Evaluation of teaching
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- Assessment of simulated and workplace clinical skills
- Educational research designs
- Management/leadership skills, team building
- Organizational change/conflict
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Career Center
The Career Center provides a listing of current available positions in department of ob-gyn in the US and Canada. APGO members can search the job postings and apply for positions. Only active Department memberships can submit job listings.
Martin L. Stone, MD, Faculty Development Seminar
The annual Faculty Development Seminar offers faculty members innovative educational tools to enhance their teaching techniques.
Grants & Awards
APGO is proud to sponsor award programs that play a major role in the advancement of ob-gyn health care. Over the years, these endowments have helped APGO further faculty development, educational research activities, innovative new curricula, and create an outstanding collection of ob-gyn publications.
Surgical Education Scholars (SES) Program
The goal of the Surgical Education Scholars program is to provide a mechanism, on a national level, that develops confident, professional ob-gyn surgical educators who are able to implement surgical curricula at teaching institutions across the US and Canada. SES graduates will be prepared to fulfill major surgical educational responsibilities and positions within their medical centers as they will be knowledgeable in:
- Conducting needs assessments
- Small team and one-on-one clinical instruction in
low- and high-fidelity surgical settings - Implementing patient safety techniques while teaching
- Employing surgical checklists
| - Assessment of learner performance/knowledge
- Giving constructive feedback to learners
- Small team and one-on-one management and leadership skills
- Conducting surgical education research projects
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Susan M. Cox, MD, Clerkship Directors’ School
APGO's three-part Clerkship Directors' School is essential for all new clerkship directors and offers timely, new insights for experienced directors as well.
