Become a BCH Academy Member

October 1, 2025 – September 30, 2026 Academy Year

The Request for Applications has closed. Please check back in Spring 2026

The goals of the Academy are to enhance teaching across the hospital, foster scholarship in education, and support career development for health professions’ educators.  We are an interprofessional and inclusive learning community that promotes educational collaboration through seminars, workshops, and networking.

We welcome applications from all educators of health professionals who want to improve their clinical teaching, develop educational leadership skills, or pursue scholarly projects in education.

Please direct all inquiries to BCHAcademy@childrens.harvard.edu

Membership Categories

Academy for Teaching and Educational Innovation and Scholarship

Membership Categories

Category

Eligibility

Benefits

Maintenance Requirements

Standard Member
  • Have a clinical teaching and/or educational role at BCH
  • Access to all programming, including Academy Retreats
  • Professional development seminar series
  • Teaching consultation
  1. Participation in a minimum of 6 hours of Academy activities, annually. Activities can include the following:
  • attend or lead Academy seminars/retreats
  • participate in peer observation of teaching
  • mentor academy members on educational projects/ education research/curriculum development
  • serve as a teaching coach
  • review CEEI grants and CME/CE proposals

2. Completion of Academy seminar
feedback surveys

3. Submission of Annual Report

Scholar Member
  • Have a clinical teaching and/or educational role at BCH
  • Commitment to pursue a scholarly project or educational research (must have a project idea)
  • Access to all Academy programming
  • Participation in a project group for guidance and support
  • Research design assistance
  • Project consultation assistance

1. Participation in a minimum of 6 hrs of activities annually, including:

  • Attendance at >4 project group meetings

The additional2 (or more) hours can include the following:

  • attend or lead Academy seminars/retreats
  • attend special scholar member seminars

2. All scholars are encouraged to present a work-in-progress to their scholar project group every year

3. Submission of annual report

Trainee Member* *May opt to become a Standard or Scholar member. Scholar membership requires >3 scholar group meetings.
  • Interest in pursuing health professions education as part of one’s career
  • Access to all programming, including Academy Retreats
  • Professional development seminar series
  • 6 hours of participation per year (can include health professions education programming in residency or fellowship)

 

Why Become a Scholar Member

BCH Academy

BCHacademy@childrens.harvard.edu
617-919-9908