The Center for Teaching and Learning (CT&L) at UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry advances excellence in dental education. As one of the first centers of its kind in the nation, the CT&L supports new and experienced faculty through workshops, seminars, and consultations that strengthen teaching, mentoring, leadership, and scholarship.
Key Responsibilities and Areas of Focus
- Professional Development in Classroom Teaching: Offers evidence-based strategies for course design, assessment, academic integrity, and engaging diverse learners.
- Clinical Teaching Excellence: Provides training in evaluation methods, adult learning frameworks, and techniques to guide students in patient care and decision-making.
- Building Scholarly Portfolios: Assists faculty with case reports, abstracts, teaching philosophies, publications, and the use of electronic health records (EHRs) in research and education.
- Evidence-Based Dentistry: Delivers tools and training to evaluate clinical evidence, strengthen research literacy, and integrate best practices into dental education.
Supporting the Mission
Through professional development, scholarship, and evidence-based practice, the CT&L fosters teaching excellence that directly supports the School of Dentistry’s mission to improve human health through high-quality education, patient care, service, and research. By equipping educators with the skills to inspire and lead, the center helps shape the future of oral health education and care.
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Classroom Teaching
- The College Student: A Portrait of Today's Learner
- Getting Started: Course Preparation
- Teaching Academically Diverse Students
- Effective Teaching Strategies
- Classroom Teaching: The Essentials Assessment Development & Analysis
- Evaluating Your Teaching Effectiveness
- Creating a Syllabus for Learner-Centered Teaching
- Critiquing a Syllabus for Learner-Centered Teaching
- Introduction to Educational Technology
- ExamSoft 101
- Crafting Your Teaching Persona
- Teacher Power
- Course Design for Large Classes: A Learning-Centered Approach
- Active Learning Strategies for Large Classes
- Promoting Civility in Large Classes
- Managing Academic Integrity in Large Classes
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Clinical Teaching
- Dimensions of Clinical Teaching
- Assessing the Clinical Student
- Clinical Teaching Strategies and Techniques
- The Evaluation Process
- Career Development as a Clinical Faculty Member
- An Adult Learning Framework for Clinical Education
- Facilitating Learning in Clinical Settings
- Learning to Make Clinical Decisions
- Learning Issues in Clinical Education
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Building Your Scholarly Portfolio
- Case Reports: Clinical Scholarship
- MedEdPORTAL: Impact Dental Education beyond the Classroom
- Preparing an Abstract for ADEA Annual Session: What Do the Reviewers Want?
- What Makes a Good Educational Project?
- Developing and Writing Your Teaching Philosophy Workshop
- Teaching Philosophy Peer Review Workshop
- Unlocking EHR Data for Clinical, Educational and Quality Improvement Research
- Hands-on Training: Using EHR Data for Research
- Writing Papers for Publication
- Getting Started in Clinical Research
- What Drives the Electronic Health Record?
- EHR: Treatment Codes - The Route to Successful Utilization
- EHR: Diagnostic Terms - The Roadmap of Diagnostic Terms
- Mastering the Terms and Codes: Being in the Drive's Seat
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Evidence-Based Dentistry
- Evidence-Based Dentistry: How to Find High Quality Answers to Your Clinical Questions in Five Minutes or Less
- EBD - Searching Skills: Finding the Evidence
- EBD - How to Easily and Efficiently Avoid Bogus Papers and Bad Research
- Teaching EBD at UT School of Dentistry at Houston
- What Is the Role of Clinical Expertise in Dental Education?
