Scholars in Medical Education
The SME (Scholars in Medical Education) residency pathway is an exciting, unique opportunity for residents interested in seeking careers as clinician-educators.
Mission Statement
The SME (Scholars in Medical Education) residency pathway is an exciting, unique opportunity for residents interested in seeking careers as clinician-educators. In this pathway, residents will gain knowledge of key principles underlying educational theory and pedagogy, and adopt a scholarly approach to education. The pathway provides a foundation for residents whose career focus includes curriculum design, scholarship, administration and leadership in medical education. Its overall aim is to develop skills that residents will use to become agents of educational change. While the focus is not solely teaching-skills development, observation of teaching with structured debriefing will be one of its core elements.
Goals & Objectives
Goals
This pathway will:
- Prepare residents for future roles as leaders and scholars in medical education
- Train residents in the evidence and principles that underlie effective approaches to teaching, learning, and assessment
- Stimulate residents to adopt a scholarly approach to teaching, curriculum design and improvement, and educational research
- Contribute to the educational mission of the Department of Medicine through individual and group projects in curriculum design and improvement as well as educational scholarship
- Form a community of educators to study, define, and apply best practices in education within the department, hospital and the medical school
As a result of training in this pathway, residents will:
- Contribute to an ongoing, longitudinal group project to enhance the educational mission of the Department of Medicine by identifying areas for educational improvement, implementing changes, and assessing their impact
- Employ rigorous quantitative and qualitative methodology to curriculum design, assessment, program evaluation and educational research
Identify a peer group as well as faculty mentors who will support a career in medical education - Define best practices in learner-centered teaching, teaching critical thinking and reflective practice, and be prepared to use this understanding to advance the field of medical education
- Describe the learning theory and / or educational framework behind their teaching
- Compare and contrast educational philosophies and practices in medicine with those of other disciplines to incorporate best practices from other fields into medical education
- Identify areas in improvement in their own teaching and implement these changes through structured mentoring and feedback
- Gain the essential knowledge and skills to assume future educational leadership roles