Dell Medical School

Fellowship in Medical Education

See tentative syllabus (2025-2026)!

Goals: Given the pervasive climate of change in the continuum of medical education, it is important to have faculty members prepared to take on leadership roles in curriculum planning, evaluation, and educational change. While many faculty members have taken on these roles without special preparation, the Fellowship in Medical Education is intended to enrich the body of knowledge, skills, and attitudes that such faculty bring to bear in making informed educational decisions. The goal of this fellowship is to develop medical educators who lead, create, teach, and evaluate educational initiatives. We will introduce current theories of learning, review recent innovations in medical education, and support the development of skills essential to improving and evaluating educational practices.

Over the two years, participants will develop curriculum and/or instruction using best practices AND design and conduct a program evaluation or other scholarly work appropriate for publication in academic journals or presentation at professional meetings.

Objectives: After completing the fellowship, participants will be able to:

  1. Apply leadership skills to promote, influence, and sustain educational change.
  2. Apply general principles of learning drawn from theoretical perspectives such as cognitive psychology, social constructivism, and motivation to the analysis of teaching and learning situations in medicine.
  3. Develop curriculum and/or instruction that reflect systematic attention to learner needs, program goals, learning objectives, selection of instructional activities, evaluation, and feedback.
  4. Design and conduct a program evaluation or other scholarly work appropriate for publication in academic journals or presentation at professional meetings.
  5. Engage in reflective practice for educational improvement and professional development.

To apply, click the application form link below and upload your most updated CV.

Click here to find Dell Medical School's CV template and guidelines for 2025-26.

*Note: We will send an attestation form to your supervisor to approve your participation in this fellowship and your protected time free from clinical duties to attend Friday seminars and complete project work.

    Application Form

    Please note that the application form is open year-round. Applications are reviewed annually in April, and those accepted into the Fellowship program will be notified in May. New new cohorts run September-May each year.


    Course Directors:

    Year 1

    Stephanie Corliss, PhD

    Assistant Dean for Educational Evaluation, Assessment, and Research

    Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Education

    Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology

    stephanie.corliss@austin.utexas.edu

    LuAnn Wilkerson, EdD

    Associate Dean for Evaluation and Faculty Development and

    Distinguished Teaching Professor, Department of Medical Education

    luann.wilkerson@austin.utexas.edu

    Year 2

    Emily Vinas, EdD

    Associate Chair of Education, Department of Women’s Health

    Assistant Dean of GME and CME

    Associate Professor, Department of

    Women’s Health and Medical Education

    emily.vinas@austin.utexas.edu

    Lisi Wang, PhD

    Evaluation Specialist, Department of Medical Education

    lisi.wang@austin.utexas.edu

    Seminar Topics:

    Fall 2025

    Spring 2026

    Learning to Learn

    Clinician Educator Milestones

    Curriculum Plan Presentations

    Theories of Learning

    Scholarship: Formulating Questions & Choosing a Theoretical Framework

    Searching Medical Education Literature

    Curriculum Innovation Opportunities

    Research Study Design #1

    Curriculum Development and Alignment

    Research Study Design #2

    Framework for Good Assessment

    Instrumentation

    Qualitative Methods & Analysis

    Instructional Strategies

    Disseminating Results through Scholarship

    Program Evaluation Methods and Analysis

    Survey Design

    Leading Educational Change: From the Simple to the Complex

    Instructional Strategies: Teaching with Technology – in person

    Study Plan Presentations

    Remediation and Capacity Building

    Establishing a Community of Practice – in Person

    Faculty Fellows (est. 2020)

    Cohort 1 (2020-2022)

    • Alison Brooks, M.D., Department of Women’s Health
    • Erica Garcia-Pittman, M.D., Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
    • Kelli Martinez, M.D., Department of Pediatrics
    • Kelly Kovaric, M.D., Department of Pediatrics
    • Leigh Romero, M.D., Department of Population Health
    • Rachel Wallace, M.D., Department of Medical Education
    • Valli Annamalai, M.D., Department of Pediatrics

    Cohort 2 (2021-2023)

    • Alexandra Wilson, M.D., Department of Pediatrics
    • Amanda Winter-Greenberg, Ph.D., Department of Neurology
    • Charles Osterberg, M.D., FACS, Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care
    • Eileen Bowden, M.D., Department of Ophthalmology
    • Jennifer Hughes, M.D., FAAP, Department of Pediatrics
    • Joanna Schwartz, M.D., Department of Pediatrics
    • M. Yvette Williams-Brown, M.D., MMSc, Department of Women's Health
    • Mai-Anh Tran Ngoc, D.O., MS, Department of Pediatrics
    • Meghal Mehta, M.D., Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care
    • Melissa Cossey, M.D., Department of Pediatrics

    Cohort 3 (2022-2024)

    • Claire R. Selinger, M.D., Department of Psychiatry
    • Mica Guzman, M.D., Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care
    • Rebecca Cook, M.D., Department of Population Health
    • Rita Tsai, M.D., Department of Women’s Health
    • Sophia Gauthier, M.D., Department of Pediatrics

    Cohort 4 (2023-2025)

    • Christina Meenan, M.D., Department of Pediatrics
    • Christopher Mardy, M.D., Department of Pediatrics
    • Daniel Freedman, M.D., Department of Neurology
    • Isaac Lavie, M.D., Department of Women’s Health
    • Juan Ortega-Barnett, M.D., Department of Neurosurgery
    • Michael Bebbington, M.D., Department of Women's Health
    • Quynh Pham, M.D., Department of Pediatrics
    • Samuel Long, M.D., Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care
    • Vandana Vedanarayanan, M.D., Department of Pediatrics

    Cohort 5 (2024-2026)

    • Ryan Lowery, M.D., Department of Pediatrics
    • Ruby Ranquillo, M.D., Department of Women's Health
    • Antoinieta Rueda, M.D., Department of Population Health
    • Jennifer Travieso, M.D., FACOG, Department of Women's Health

    Cohort 6 (2025-2027)

    • Ananda vigneswari Anebarassou, M.D., Department of Medicine
    • Holly Harper, M.D., Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow
    • Clara Hofman, D.O., Pediatric Hospital Medicine Fellow
    • Taylor Hutton, MBA, Department of Medical Education
    • R. Garrett Key, M.D., Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
    • Sheryl Yanger, M.D., Department of Pediatrics
    • Cat Yee, M.D., Department of Pediatrics