Program for Post-Graduate Trainees: Future Academic Clinician-Educators

THE APPLICATION PERIOD FOR THE 2024 PROGRAM IS NOW CLOSED.

There will be three components to the application, detailed below. Your application will not be complete until all three documents have been received.

1. BRIEF BIO-SKETCH

There are 3 fields available in the online application that will make up your one-page bio-sketch (3300 characters max). In the Education and Professional Experience section, describe any relevant health sciences education experience (teacher, preceptor, course/curriculum designer). In the Scholarly Interest section, describe your future intended academic goals. In the Personal Background section, provide any brief personal information you would like to share with the faculty and fellow scholars in the program.

2. AN EDUCATIONAL PROJECT

The project will be the concrete vehicle to support your learning & application of new concepts throughout the program. The project fields in the application have been divided into 5 sections. You will be asked to answer all the questions as they apply to your project: 1) Focus of Project, 2) Education Issue, 3) Positive Impact on education/enhanced learning/and-or patient care, 4) Supporting Literature, 5) Project Evaluation.

3. A MENTOR LETTER OF SUPPORT

This letter should detail the applicant’s academic background and potential as a clinician-educator. It should explain how the project will further the educational goals of the program/department/institution or applicant’s professional development as an educator. It should also highlight the mentor’s commitment, including meeting availability, guidance, networking, and resource access.  Mentors should include their contact information. Letters are able to be uploaded at the end of the application or emailed to the PGME Team at medicaleducation@childrens.harvard.edu.

The proposed health professions education project supports the scholar’s learning and application of new concepts throughout the 3-day program. Participants can choose a project in any phase of development, provided it is supported by a relevant literature search and information related to the project’s educational impact on learners.

Although the trainee participant will be responsible for the project work and management, the faculty mentor will serve a critical role in the implementation and success of the project at the home institution. Faculty mentors are invited and strongly encouraged to attend the project report-out on the afternoon of Day 3 (virtually, by phone, or in-person).

The course will be held December 7 – 9 , 2024 at Boston Children’s Hospital Landmark Center. Attendance in-person is required for all three days. The program begins at 8:00 am the first day and ends at 5:00 pm on the last day. Scholars must plan accordingly.

Tuition for the course is $2,000 per trainee participant–faculty mentor team, due by August 25, 2024.

Participants who are accepted but cancel at least 30 days prior to the course will be refunded their tuition, less an administrative fee. Tuition is non-refundable if cancellation occurs within 30 days of the course. Deferral to the following year will not be offered. Scholars will have to re-apply in the next cycle.

Download & Share the PGME Brochure.

Questions can be directed to the PGME team at medicaleducation@childrens.harvard.edu.