The Medical Educator (Med Ed) Track at The University of Connecticut Infectious Diseases Fellowship Program is designed for fellows who envision a career in academic medicine and/or teaching. It provides future educators with the skills to become effective educators, role models and mentors for students and trainees.

In addition to participating in the fellowship program teaching programs , fellows in the Med Ed track will get advanced training in educational methodologies so that they will be able to:

• Use different strategies to teach effectively in a variety of educational settings
• Set expectations, provide meaningful feedback, and assess learners
• Design educational curricula around learning objectives and competencies
• Consider assessment methods, such as writing effective test questions
• Understand types of educationl research, including educational program evaluation
• Develop the leadership skills for group discussions, mentoring junior colleagues, and initiating educational programs

A variety of educational experiences create a dynamic and innovative educational program for Med Ed track fellows. These include interactive small group sessions; one-on-one mentorship with a master educator* who will provide ongoing guidance and feedback to each fellow in the track; and educational scholarship project(s).

OUTLINE OF MEDICAL-EDUCATOR TRACK

PGY Year	Summer	Fall	Spring
PGY4	Selected Readings: -ACP Teaching Medicine series -Journal of Graduate Medical Education Theory and Practice of Teaching Medicine Methods for Teaching Medicine Methods for Teaching/Evaluation in Classroom; Small Group Facilitation Teaching in the Hospital Leadership in Medical Education Shaping a Career as a Clinician Educator Toolkit for Med Ed Scholarship	DoCC Precepting Health Professions Education Course 1 Microbiology Lab Precepting CoRE teaching Academic Leadership Skills course (Fri AM)	DoCC Precepting Educational Research Project Health Professions Education Course 2 CoRE teaching Inpatient Preceptor for 3rd Year Medicine Clerkship Academic Leadership Skills course (Fri AM)
PGY5	Educational Research Project Health Professions Education Course 1 (Thu PM)@	Educational Research Project DoCC Precepting Microbiology Lab Precepting CoRE teaching Inpatient Preceptor for 3rd Year Medicine Clerkship Health Professions Education Course 2 (Thu PM)	Educational Research Project DoCC Precepting CoRE teaching Inpatient Preceptor for 3rd Year Medicine Clerkship Health Professions Education Course 3 (Thu PM)#

DoCC: Delivery of Clinical Care, a clinical reasoning and clinical skills course for first- and second-year medical students. Fellows will be paired with an experienced attending physician co-preceptor half day per week during elective blocks.

CoRE: Case Oriented Essentials, the primary content course threaded through Stage 1 of the SOM curriculum, with certain weeks focusing on ID topics, such as HIV.

* Master Educators: Robert Nardino, Steven Angus, Rebecca Andrews, Christopher Steele, Gail Sullivan, Eric Mortensen, Doug D’Andrea, David Ozimek, Jennifer Ozimek (all in the Department of Medicine), Marie Eugene-Mbewe (Neurology).

^# Fellows who successfully complete 3 semesters of the Health Professions Education Course will receive a Certificate in Health Professions Education.

^@ Health Professions Education Online Graduate Certificate.