Hosted by the Fine Family Academy of Educators, Educator Boot Camp is a specialized, intensive faculty development program designed to optimize teaching, educational leadership, and other academic skills in health sciences education.
These boot camps are intended to encourage Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at Old Dominion University educators to constantly develop their skills inside and outside the classroom.
The event is open to all faculty and educators at Macon & Joan Brock Virginia Health Sciences at 黑料正能量.
Educator Boot Camp 2025
October 23, 2025
Part 1: 11 a.m. -1 pm - From gut instinct to research (the 5-question strategy)
Part 2: 4 - 6 p.m. - Writing tips for qualitative research
Both sessions via Zoom. Space is limited to the first 20 people that register for each session.
Introduction to Qualitative Research Design (2-day course)
Offered by: Dr. Sayra Cristancho, Associate Professor in the Department of Surgery and a Scientist, Centre for Education Research & Innovation (CERI) at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
Purpose
- To understand the key principles of descriptive qualitative research and the key steps for designing interviews and conducting thematic analysis
- To become more informed readers of qualitative research
Outcomes
Participants will leave the course able to:
- Discuss the features of a good research question framed from the perspective of a qualitative study of social phenomena in health professions education
- Describe the key features of a descriptive qualitative study
- Perform, with guidance, a participant research interview
- Analyze an interview, with guidance, using coding strategies for thematic analysis.
- Discuss the key elements for undertaking a qualitative research project and some of the obstacles that you might personally face in trying to design and conduct the study.
