Office of Medical Education Research and Development

Achieving new visions of educational excellence through creativity, collaboration, and scholarship

The Office of Medical Education Research and Development (OMERAD) was established in October 2002 as a School-wide, central resource and consultant center for promoting excellence, innovation, research, and scholarship in teaching and education, broadly defined. In many ways, the OMERAD can be conceived as an internal consulting group in teaching and education provided by the Dean’s Office to the faculty and other members of the School of Medicine academic community.

Through faculty development, scholarly work, and collaboration with faculty and others at LSUHSC-NO and in the professional field, the OMERAD contributes to an academic environment in which educational excellence and scholarship are embraced, valued, and recognized. Within their areas of expertise and drawing upon resources and the expertise of others, the OMERAD faculty and staff consult, network, and collaborate with school leaders, faculty members, staff, and learners across the medical education continuum to facilitate high quality educational programs, services, and scholarship.

The OMERAD Is also the administrative home for the LSUHSC-NO Academy for the Advancement of Educational Scholarship. Established in 2004, the Academy is an innovative health sciences center-wide member organization committed to facilitating and recognizing faculty members’ involvement, ongoing professional development, excellence and engagement in scholarly teaching and educational scholarship.

OMERAD Description

Faculty & Staff

The Academy for the Advancement of Educational Scholarship

Faculty Development Workshops available at multiple locations
(Click on PDFs below for details)

• LSUHSC-NO Academy Teaching Excellence Workshop Series - Main Campus – 6 workshops
• Special series for new faculty/teachers – Essential Elements of Successful Teaching available through the LSUHSC-NO Academy
• Children’s Hospital (co-sponsored with Department of Pediatrics) – 5 workshops
• Ochsner-Kenner (co-sponsored with Department of Family Medicine) – 5 workshops
• EKL – Baton Rouge – 4 workshops
• UMC – Lafayette – 4 workshops

2008-2009 PACE-HOPE Resident Educational Development Series (REDS)

2009-2010 PACE-HOPE Workshop Series

Spring 2009 Webcast Audio Seminar Series

• Innovative Models for Student Assessment and Curriculum Evaluation
• Available through collaboration with the International Association of Medical Sciences Educators (IAMSE)
• Click here for Spring schedule (PDF)
• Archived IAMSE Webcast Audio Seminar Series –
• Access http://www.iamse.org/development/archive.htm to review previous series
• Contact OMERAD at 504-568-2140 or omerad@lsuhsc.edu to access specific sessions/series