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What is the Course Development and Revision Workshop?
The SER Education Committee will sponsor a half day workshop at the 2026 Annual Meeting focused on course development and revision.
Workshop participants will have a chance to work with senior faculty members and with each other on specific topics that they propose during the application to the workshop.
A limited number of applicants will be accepted. Selected individuals will be required to pay a $25 participation fee. No funding/travel support is available for this workshop.
What topics will be addressed?
Topics include (but are not limited to):
- Syllabus development or restructuring (e.g., what topics should be covered at a particular level/as part of a broader course sequence? or are there topics that should be deleted from or added to this course?);
- Course content for a particular subject (e.g., what is the best way to teach confounding to undergraduates? How should I introduce selection bias to masters students?);
- Textbook selection and use (e.g., should I assign one book or selected readings from many books, or eschew textbooks altogether in favor of journal articles?); and
- Student assessments (what assignments are scalable, but authentic assessments?).
❓What information is required to apply
Faculty Members at any career stage who are planning to teach or in the process of teaching a course in epidemiologic methods are eligible to apply.
Please submit a One-page (pdf) document which provides a summary of the following:
The course you are/will be teaching including: course name, objectives, target students (degree level, and number of students), and prerequisites (ie.e, is it part of a sequence?)
The specific problem/goal you hope to address as part of the workshop
Short statement about your teaching experience thus far.
Submission
Opens in November and closes in February. Notices will be sent in March.
Opens November 6