Workshops and Consultations

Tailored faculty development, delivered where your team is.

The Faculty Development Center (FDC) at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM), UNT Health Fort Worth, offers on-demand workshops and consultations for residency programs, program directors, program coordinators, faculty, preceptors, and residents. Every session is tailored to your program's goals and delivered on-site, virtually, or in a hybrid format. Texas Family Medicine residency programs and TCOM affiliated GME programs receive up to four workshops per year with no workshop fee.

Request a workshop or email fdc@unthealth.edu.

Most-requested workshops

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Feedback in clinical education

Built around the ARCH model, this workshop gives faculty and residents a practical framework for delivering meaningful, actionable feedback.

Request the feedback workshop
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Residents as Teachers

Equips residents with foundational teaching skills for their roles as educators, including how to give feedback, lead bedside teaching, and support junior learners.

Request the Residents as Teachers workshop
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Professionalism and professional identity formation

Supports faculty and residents in understanding and modeling professional identity across the continuum of medical education. Content is tailored to your audience and institutional context.

Request the professionalism workshop

Workshop topics

Choose from the topics below, or contact us to design a session around your program's needs.

Teaching and clinical skills

  • Clinical teaching
  • Feedback and evaluation skills for faculty
  • Preceptor roles: advisor, coach, and mentor
  • Presentation skills

Professional development

  • Professional academic development
  • Building your educator's portfolio
  • Time management
  • MBTI

Resident focused

  • Resident scholarly activity curriculum
  • Resident wellness
  • Burnout and fatigue mitigation
  • Intern professionalism and orientation

Team and communication

  • Interpersonal communication skills
  • Team building
  • Stress management

Who we serve

  • Program directors and associate program directors
  • Program coordinators
  • Core faculty and preceptors
  • Residents and chief residents
  • GME and department leadership

How to request a workshop

  1. Submit a request. Complete the FDC Workshop Request form with your program name, audience, topic, preferred format, and possible dates. You can also email fdc@unthealth.edu.
  2. Plan together. We will schedule a short planning call to tailor the session to your learners.
  3. We deliver. Your session is held on-site, on Zoom, or in a hybrid format.

Fees and scheduling

Texas Family Medicine residency programs and TCOM affiliated GME programs receive up to four workshops per year:

  • Workshops 1 and 2: completely free, with no travel costs.
  • Workshops 3 and 4: no workshop fee. Your program reimburses only our travel and lodging.
  • Beyond four workshops: $500 per half day, plus travel and lodging reimbursed by your program.

For all other programs, the standard fee is $500 per half day, plus travel and lodging. Lengthy ongoing consultations, such as the Resident Scholarly Activity Curriculum, are individually negotiated based on staff time and on-site visits required.

Workshop scheduling depends on lead time and staff availability, so please contact us early to secure your preferred dates.

Request a workshop or call 817-735-2383.

Frequently asked questions

The Faculty Development Center (FDC) at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, UNT Health Fort Worth, has supported health professions educators for more than 45 years. The FDC offers workshops and consultations, the Graduate Certificate in Academic Medicine, leadership conferences, and the TCOM Academy of Medical Educators in GME.

Yes. Workshops can be delivered on-site at your program, virtually on Zoom, or in a hybrid format.

Texas Family Medicine residency programs and TCOM affiliated GME programs receive their first two workshops each year completely free, and workshops 3 and 4 with no workshop fee.

Yes. Every workshop is tailored to your audience, goals, and institutional context during a planning call with the FDC team.

Yes. Contact us with your program's needs and we will work with you to design a session that fits.

As early as possible. Scheduling depends on lead time and staff availability.