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

December 7 – 9, 2024
Boston, MA

Application Deadline: July 15, 2024

December 7 – 9, 2024
Boston, MA

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The Program for Postgraduate Trainees: Future Academic Clinician Educators is sponsored by BCH and ISMMS, and affiliated with the Harvard Macy Institute.

Course Overview

Program Description

This 3-day intensive program is focused on post-graduate trainees (residents and fellows) who seek to enhance their teaching skills and scholarship in medical education as future academic clinician- educators. Participants will engage in small group project work and problem-solving, interactive small group activities with individualized feedback, and large group case-based discussions. Faculty members are committed educators who bring extensive experience and expertise in health professions education.

Participants are encouraged to apply in trainee-faculty mentor teams, with explicit project support expected from the faculty mentor. The course learning is built around the scholars’ educational project development. Therefore, scholars must apply with a medical/health professions education project that is of interest to the scholar and of benefit to the current or future training program in which they work or teach.

Target Audience

This course is geared toward post-graduate trainees from any specialty who are strongly committed to an academic health professions education career and have at least one year of post-graduate training experience.

Participants are required to identify a faculty mentor for project support.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the course, participants will:

  • Discuss and apply theories of learning to their own teaching practice
  • Adapt their teaching practices to further the achievement of intended learning objectives
  • Use feedback for both teaching and learning improvement
  • Reflect on their own and others’ work in medical education with a scholarly focus
  • Use a scholarly approach to educational project development
  • Broaden their own community of clinician-educators within medical education.

Additional Information

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.

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Testimonials

“The course not only gave us a chance to practice specific skills for teaching and get feedback, but also helped to build a community of peers. Both the microteaching and project group sessions were transformational in terms of helping me to think about my project in new ways.”
Galina Gheihman, MD
Galina Gheihman, MD2022 Scholar, Mass General Brigham
Thank you so much for creating an incredible experience for us. It felt so nice to reflect on my core values, and it was inspiring to envision what my future academic life might look like when I finish training.”
Leora Lieberman, MD
Leora Lieberman, MD 2021 Scholar Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
“Being surrounded by peers with similar passions for medical education, from all different backgrounds, perspectives, and paths, and being able to leverage that collective energy, vision, and expertise is the most special part of PGME and is what I'll carry with me moving forward!”
Michael Fishman, MD 2023 Scholar, Boston Children’s Hospital
"It was a privilege to engage with so many bright, like minded physicians. The program was an invaluable experience that helped me both sharpen my project and shape the image of the future academician I hope to become.”
Randy Sorge, MDIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
"I feel this course is essential for anyone who plans to work in an academic center.”
Sarah Al Ghamdi, MBBSUniversity of Toronto
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Course Directors

Susan Farrell, MD, EdM

Associate Dean for Assessment and Evaluation,
Harvard Medical School

Reena Karani, MD, MHPE

Director, Institute of Medical Education, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Alan Leichtner, MD, MSHPEd

Associate Medical Officer for Education, Co-Director, Center for Educational Excellence & Innovation, Boston Children's Hospital

Course Directors

Susan Farrell, MD, EdM

Associate Dean of Assessment and Evaluation Harvard Medical School

Reena Kavani, MD, MHPE

Director for Institute of Medical Education Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Alan Leichtner, MD, MSHPEd

Associate Medical Officer for Education, Co-Director, Center for Educational Excellence & Innovation, Boston Children's Hospital