ADEA
weTeach® originated from the work of the ADEA Council of Faculties
(ADEA COF). The ADEA COF sought to improve online access to high quality
teaching and learning resources for dental, allied dental and other health care
faculty. ADEA weTeach was developed to provide practical “how to” information
and best practices for teaching, learning and assessment, with an emphasis on
helping new educators.
In June of 2014, the ADEA Board of Directors approved funding
for the ADEA weTeach initiative. A consultant, Marcia M. Ditmyer, Ph.D., M.S.,
M.B.A., with AAL, was hired to help determine appropriate content areas and to
draft a design for potential web pages. The most effective approach to maximize
the impact and distribution of ADEA weTeach was to expand ADEA’s existing
relationship with the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC)
MedEdPORTAL® site.
In July 2015, Michelle Wheater, Ph.D., was named ADEA weTeach
Associate Editor, and later that year the ADEA weTeach Advisory Group was
established with representation from the ADEA Council of Faculties, ADEA Council
of Allied Dental Program Directors and ADEA Council of Hospital and Advanced
Education Programs. On March 11, 2016, the ADEA weTeach website officially
opened and has been serving health educators ever since.
