Fellowship in Medical Education
See previous syllabus (2024-25)!
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:
- Apply leadership skills to promote, influence, and sustain educational change.
- 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.
- Develop curriculum and/or instruction that reflect systematic attention to learner needs, program goals, learning objectives, selection of instructional activities, evaluation, and feedback.
- Design and conduct a program evaluation or other scholarly work appropriate for publication in academic journals or presentation at professional meetings.
- Engage in reflective practice for educational improvement and professional development.
To apply, click the application form link below and upload your most updated CV.
*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 (Due Date March 31st, 2025 by 5PM)
Course Directors:
Year 1 |
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Stephanie Corliss, PhD Assistant Dean for Educational Evaluation, Assessment, and Research Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Education Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Psychology |
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 |
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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 |
Gareth Gingell, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Education |
Seminar Topics:
Fall |
Spring |
Topic: |
Topic: |
Learning to Learn Clinician Educator Milestones |
Program Evaluation Methods and Analysis Survey Design |
Theories of Learning |
Curriculum Plan Presentations |
Searching Medical Education Literature |
Scholarship: Formulating Questions & Choosing a Theoretical Framework |
Curriculum Opportunities and Challenges Formulating Research/Evaluation Questions |
Research Study Design |
Curriculum Development and Alignment |
Qualitative Methods & Analysis |
Framework for Good Assessment Instrumentation |
Reflective Practice Clinical Educator Milestones |
Instructional Strategies |
Disseminating Results through Scholarship |
Remediation and Capacity Building |
Study Plan Presentations |
Leading Educational Change: From the Simple to the Complex |
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