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Advancing Your Career in Medical Education

Find an Education Mentor

MISSION STATEMENT: To encourage teaching excellence through a program targeted to and tailored for the specific needs of individual faculty, and to nurture and cultivate these faculty to become the next generation of academic educators.

  • The program links a faculty member wishing to further develop a career in medical education with a  colleague in the Academy of Master Teachers who will serve as mentor
  • Contact the director of the CODE program, Dr. Bernard Karnath, to enroll (bmkarnat@utmb.edu)

Join Scholars in Education

Scholars in Education is a 20-month faculty development program with a 24-year history of connecting, cultivating, and inspiring. What to expect:

  • Monthly, 3-hour active learning workshops on the second Tuesday evening of each month
  • Topics include: conducting educational research, innovative curriculum design, and teaching methods that work
  • Microlearning and distributed practice between sessions to reinforce retention of learning
  • Community of practice where you connect & build relationships with your academic peers at UTMB
  • Completion of mentored capstone project to be disseminated among academic community
  • Contact Drs. Marconi Monteiro or Judy Aronson, Directors,  for more information.
  • See here: https://www.utmb.edu/som/som-educational-affairs/office-of-educational-development-(oed)/faculty-development/scholars-in-education

Take Steps to Start a Career as a Medical Educator

  1. Learn more about a course by serving on the committee
  2. Facilitate a small group
  3. Give a lecture in the course
  4. Participate in course workshops

Reflect on your career goal and consider

Opportunities for Scholarly Activities

  • Possible journal article topics
  • Educational research opportunities
  • Conference opportunities for posters and abstracts

Additional Teaching Opportunities

  • Course Committee
  • Facilitator Opportunities

Leadership Opportunities

  • Course Director
  • Program Director

Faculty Development Programs

  • Scholars in Education
  • National Leadership Programs

The Academy of Master Teachers

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