Formal Teaching

Formal Teaching Drop Lists

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On the Formal Teaching home page the user can select:

Location, that is, Within Current Institution, Outside of Current Institution, or All from the Location drop list, and
Type from the Formal Teaching Type drop list.

The user clicks Search and based on the selections, the Formal Teaching summary page will be refreshed with applicable records.

Entering Formal Teaching Data for Multiple Dates:

Faculty may teach the same course or conduct the same training program more than once. The system allows faculty to enter a course/program and related data once and enter term(s) and date(s) each time the same course is taught.

To Enter Course/Program Data:

1. Click Add on either of the green title bars (see screen print above).

The Add Formal Teaching screen will be displayed.

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2. Enter course/program data.

3. Click Save.

The Add Course/Program Dates screen will be displayed.

To Enter Term(s) and Date(s):

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1. Enter Term, Start Date and End Date.

2. Click Save.

You will return to the summary page.

3. To enter additional dates, click Course/Program Date link.

Formal Teaching Type Drop List Values

Formal Teaching Type
Drop List Value	Description	Examples
Courses Taught	Didactic courses taught at institutions of higher learning within or outside the current Institution
Training Programs	Educational training programs conducted within or outside the current institution	Postdoctoral clinical or research fellowship training program
Other Formal Teaching	Any formal teaching that does not fit the criteria of the two types described above	Institutional Grand Rounds – may be entered here or under Conferences and Symposia, but not under both sections

Formal Teaching Data Fields and Examples

The following is a list of data fields for all formal teaching types. No description or examples are provided for self-explanatory data fields; not all data fields apply to every formal teaching type.

Courses Taught, Training Programs, Other Formal Teaching
Data Field	Description	Examples
Formal Teaching Type	Select from above list of formal teaching types.
Role	Role of the faculty member in a committee or teaching capacity.	Lecturer
Course/Program Name	Name as it appears in a teaching institution catalogue or course/ program listing.	Division of Medicine Medical Oncology Fellowship Lecture Series: Optimizing the sequencing of Surgery, Chemotherapy, and Radiation in Breast Cancer
Course Number	Course number as it appears in a teaching institution catalogue or course/ program listing.
Course Type
Location	Within Current Institution · MDACC · GSBS · SHS Outside of Current Institution · UTHSC · Baylor	Within Current Institution
Teaching Institution	Full name of teaching institution.	The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Course Hours

Courses Taught, Training Programs, Other Formal Teaching
Data Field	Description	Examples
Term	Applies only to didactic courses. Do not enter month/year for term.	Spring, Summer, First Quarter
Start Date	If only one date is given, enter it in Start Date. Only year is required for start date.	03/1999 or 1999
End Date

Formal Teaching Examples

Four examples are provided of faculty serving in a variety of formal teaching roles in various teaching modes.

Courses Taught, Training Programs, Other Formal Teaching
Data Field	Example 1	Example 2	Example 3	Example 4
Formal Teaching Type	Courses Taught	Courses Taught	Other Formal Teaching	Training Programs
Course/Program Name	Elementary Mathematical Methods for the Bio-scientist	Medical Dosimetry Program: Research Design and Statistics II	Division of Radiation Oncology Resident Lectures: Management of Spinal Cord Compression – Unusual Case Presentations	Clinical trials, Office of Protocol Research Training Program for research nurses/data managers
Course Number		MD4306
Role	Instructor	Instructor	Lecturer	Lecturer
Location	Within Current Institution	Within Current Institution	Within Current Institution	Within Current Institution
Teaching Institution	Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences	The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center	The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center	The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
Course Type
Term	Winter	Summer
Start Date	2/1983		1999	2001
End Date	5/1983			2003
Course Hours	3	3