{"id":2048,"date":"2017-12-11T10:48:11","date_gmt":"2017-12-11T15:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/?page_id=2048"},"modified":"2025-12-12T14:59:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T19:59:39","slug":"clinician-educator-track","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/health.uconn.edu\/graduate-medical-education\/internal-medicine-residency-program\/clinician-educator-track\/","title":{"rendered":"Clinician-Educator Track"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-2048\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-2048-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-2048-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-2048-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_black-studio-tinymce widget_black_studio_tinymce panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div class=\"textwidget\"><p>The Clinician-Educator Track at UConn\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>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:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Teach effectively in a variety of educational settings<\/li>\n<li>Set expectations, evaluate and provide meaningful feedback to learners<\/li>\n<li>Design educational curricula and write effective test questions<\/li>\n<li>Participate in educational research to assess the value of curricular elements<\/li>\n<li>Develop the leadership skills necessary to lead group discussions, mentor junior colleagues and advance educational programs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<h3>Outline of Clinician-Educator Track<\/h3>\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>PGY Year<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Summer<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Fall<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Spring<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>PGY1<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>Selected Readings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Theory and Practice of Teaching Medicine<\/li>\n<li>Methods for Teaching Medicine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Facilitate Transition to PGY2 Workshop Sessions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Selected Readings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Teaching in the Hospital<\/li>\n<li>Methods for Teaching\/Evaluation in Classroom; Small Group Facilitation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>PGY2<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>Selected Readings:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Teaching in the Hospital<\/li>\n<li>Leadership in Medical Education<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Educational Research Project<\/li>\n<li>Health Professions Education Course 1<\/li>\n<li>Facilitator for Residents As Teachers Education Half Day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Educational Research Project<\/li>\n<li>Health Professions Education Course 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>PGY3<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Educational Research Project<\/li>\n<li>Health Professions Education Course 3<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Educational Research Project<\/li>\n<li>Facilitator for Residents As Teachers Education Half Day<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<ul>\n<li>Inpatient Preceptor for 3rd Year Medicine Clerkship<\/li>\n<li>MS4 Transition to Residency Bootcamp<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Each resident in the Clinician-Educator Track will be assigned a faculty mentor who will help develop an educational research project.<\/p>\n<p>There will be small group discussions of selected readings with assigned faculty.<\/p>\n<h3>Additional Information<\/h3>\n<p>Residents or candidates interested in learning more about the Clinician-Educator Track within UConn\u2019s Internal Medicine Program should contact the residency Program Director, Dr. Robert Nardino at <a href=\"mailto:nardino@uchc.edu\">nardino@uchc.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Clinician-Educator Track at UConn\u2019s Internal Medicine Program is designed for residents who envision a career in academic medicine. 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