The Clinician-Educator Track at UConn’s Internal Medicine Program is designed for residents who envision a career in academic medicine. It provides future educators with the opportunity to develop the skills required to become clinician-educators, role models and mentors for younger generations of physician.

In addition to participating in the standard teaching opportunities offered by the residency program, residents in the clinician-educator track will get advanced training in educational methodologies so that they will be able to:

• Teach effectively in a variety of educational settings
• Set expectations, evaluate and provide meaningful feedback to learners
• Design educational curricula and write effective test questions
• Participate in educational research to assess the value of curricular elements
• Develop the leadership skills necessary to lead group discussions, mentor junior colleagues and advance educational programs

A variety of educational experiences create a dynamic and innovative educational opportunity for residents in the clinician-educator track. There will be interactive small group sessions to review the key elements teaching; one-on-one mentorship with a master educator who will provide ongoing guidance and feedback to each resident in the track; use of an electronic portfolio for self-reflection and journaling of experiences; videotaped review of teaching sessions with feedback.

Outline of Clinician-Educator Track

Each resident in the Clinician-Educator Track will be assigned a faculty mentor who will help develop an educational research project.

There will be small group discussions of selected readings with assigned faculty.

Additional Information

Residents or candidates interested in learning more about the Clinician-Educator Track within UConn’s Internal Medicine Program should contact the residency Program Director, Dr. Robert Nardino at nardino@uchc.edu