BON SECOURS MEMORIAL COLLEGE OF NURSING

Faculty Development Committee

Meeting Agenda/Minutes

Date: 8/8/2019
Time 1:30pm
Leader/Facilitator: Christine Turner Recorder: Kimberly Brownie
Attending: Rani Sangha, Kimberly Brownie, Julie Marsh, Christine Turner, JeanMarie Digges, Melissa Roberson, Michelle Hence, Karen Mellott, Diane Smith,
Ashley Cavanna
Absent: Teri Tench and Kathleen Buckley
Purpose of Meeting/Desired Outcomes: Plan professional development activities for AY 19-20

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Call to Order Christine 1m Meeting called to order at 1:30pm
Turner
Reflection Christine 2m
Turner
Praise and Recognition All members 5 m Julie Marsh thanks Christine Turner for a great Weebly session this morning,
Christine Turner thanks everyone for a great 2018-2019 AY
Approval of minutes Christine 1m Review minutes from May on Sharepoint. Minutes approved with corrections
Turner
Agenda Topics/Outcomes
Welcome new members Christine 10 m Roundtable introductions
Turner
Strategic Planning Christine Strategic Plan to make updates and adjustments as needed for AY 2019-20.
Turner and  Keep monthly Professional Development time: first Monday at 1pm-
all members 2:30pm; classroom 5
 Look at academic calendar and plan possible dates/months for sessions
 Solicit speakers for topics
Development Sessions – dual sessions if possible and CE
 September – No meeting, Labor Day Holiday
 October - Teaching
o Recitation activities – CE - (Lead by Melissa Roberson, discuss
various activities for recitation) Paperwork provided to Melissa, to
be completed by September 16th.
o Post conference activities – CE- (Lead by Rani Sangha discuss
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various ways of holding post-conference)
 November – Both sessions lead by Julie Marsh (CE paperwork will need to
be completed by October 21st)
o Presentation Skills – classroom (November) CE
o Continuation of Poll Everywhere –part 2 – CE
 December – No meeting Final Exam Week
 January – Scholarship – Lead by Karen Mellott
o Featured Faculty Scholars presentations
o How to develop/ create a poster (December) CE (Christine and
Karen to collaborate)
 February – Tech Drop In
o Weebly, Google Docs, Kahoot – Julie Marsh will lead.
 March – Inter-professional education (Lead by Christine Turner and Ashley
Cavanna; Karen Mellott and Diane Smith will assist) CE
 April - Medical Marijuana (Robin Whelpley and Wendi Liverman)
o CE paperwork
Other topics of interest:
 Inter-professional Education (SOMI, Rani Sangha suggested a MD) – how do
we incorporate this into the program, this needs to align with the strategic
plan.
o Start with basic education on incorporating this into the program
o What does it mean to take care of a patient from an
interdisciplinary standpoint?
o Survey faculty, what do you know about inter-professional
collaboration?
o Building empowerment and confidence in the students.
o Learning how to give a professional report using SBAR
o Look at the literature to see what how other schools are
incorporating inter-professional education into the schools.
 Simulation
 Featured Faculty Scholars presentations CE
o Teri and Julie (Fall and Spring?)
 Webinars for faculty who teach online Julie Marsh leading this as an on-
going option
 Presentations on the General Education courses available – discussed as a
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group and suggestion made by Julie Marsh to take this idea for presentation
at Faculty Org and to place in the suggestion box.
 Incivility training
 Possibly send out information through The Pulse newsletter, videos
relevant to specific topics such as incivility.
 How to spot the student that could lead to violence in the school/
workplace
 CCNE Standards for Program Committee Chairs to prepare for SPOE review
cycles; help with understanding elements and standards

Journal Club Karen 5m Continuing conversation and open discussion

Mellott and  Karen Mellott talked with Chrissie Perkins and Barbara Sorbello about the
Rani Sangha journal club.
 Wine and Cheese event held last AY

Closure Meeting was adjourned at: 3:06pm Next Meeting is scheduled for: October 7th at
2:45pm