Professional Development in Medical Education
Fostering the development of our faculty as exemplary medical educators is paramount to the BIDMC academic mission. The Office of Professional Development in Medical Education works to enhance the educational expertise and skills of faculty so they may provide the best educational experiences possible for learners across the medical education continuum. The Office is committed to the cultivation of faculty as teachers, mentors, and scholars. It works to enhance the faculty’s knowledge and skills in teaching and strives to promote and recognize the faculty's excellence and innovation in medical education and scholarship through a wide array of professional development programs and offerings. These include:
- teaching skill development workshops and conferences
- a yearlong medical education fellowship
- department-specific programs of professional development
- opportunities to collaborate and seek assistance from professionally-trained medical educators
- individualized designed teaching consultations
- assistance with development of innovative curricula
- mentoring in academic medicine
- medical education grand rounds
- teaching award ceremonies
- engagement in medical education research
- national CME conference on fundamentals of medical education
- participation in a community of clinician-educators who strive for excellence in academic medicine
