Clinical Faculty Workshop:
Roles, Responsibilities, Resources, Realities, and Relationships
An active two-day workshop for new and novice clinical nursing faculty across Maryland
Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 20 and 21, 2025
8 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Virtual/Zoom
Overview
This 2-day workshop is designed to provide foundational information for nurses who are planning to seek, or have recently accepted, positions as faculty teaching nursing students in clinical settings.
- Morning sessions deal with general content essential for the role.
- Afternoon workshop sessions offer "hands-on" opportunities to apply what is learned in the morning as well as work with live "standardized students."
Objectives
By the end of this workshop, participants will:
- discuss a philosophy of clinical teaching as a contextual factor affecting teaching and learning;
- describe the process of clinical teaching;
- compare and contrast effective teaching strategies within the context of the clinical environment;
- discuss aspects of assessing learners’ clinical performance;
- define a personal philosophy of clinical teaching and learning;
- discuss key elements of learner and faculty preparation;
- align learner and course objectives with clinical learning opportunities;
- communicate learner performance through verbal techniques;
- apply feedback techniques to clinical learning situations;
- compare methods for formative and summative evaluation of clinical performance; and
- identify legal and ethical aspects of the clinical instructor role.
Registration and Fees
Reserve your spot today!
This program is funded in part by NSPII Grant #22-111 and offered at no cost to Maryland clinical faculty.
For more information, or to register, email the Institute for Educators.
CE for Nurses
Nurses may receive 13.5 contact hours for participating and completing the evaluation of this educational activity. Partial credit is not provided. Participants receive a certificate via email from UMSON Office of Professional Education approximately two to four weeks after submitting their completed evaluation form. All requests must be received within 30 days of the event.
The University of Maryland School of Nursing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.