Course Development and Revision Workshop

The SER Education Committee will sponsor a half day workshop at the 2024 Annual Meeting focused on course development and revision. This workshop is open to faculty members at any career stage who are planning to teach or in the process of teaching a course in epidemiologic methods.

Workshop participants should have a specific course targeted for revision, and be committed to making revisions to their course in response to the workshop. 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, which may 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?).

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.

Eligibility: Faculty members who are planning or in the process of teaching a course in epidemiologic methods will be considered.