Educator Development Program

Educator Development Core (EDC)

The mission of the Educator Development Core (EDC) is to provide educator development initiatives across the VUSM continuum, serving students, residents, fellows, and faculty through UME, GME, and faculty development.

Educator Development Program (EDP)

Educator Development Program
The goal of the Educator Development Program (EDP) is to enhance the medical education knowledge, attitudes, and skills of all Vanderbilt University Medical Center faculty members (physicians, nurses, and scientists), learners (students, residents, and fellows), and other (administrators, department leaders) who teach in the medical graduate, or nursing school environment.

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Brochure imageIn the context of the changing medical environment -- including continuous improvements to the curriculum -- resident teaching skills and faculty development are more important than ever. At Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, we are committed to providing educator development initiatives to assist faculty in their quest to become outstanding, up-to-date, nationally recognized teachers and leaders in medical education.

Participants in the Educator Development Program (EDP) can increase knowledge, enhance teaching skills, challenge attitudes toward teaching, explore learning styles and strengthen their scholarly approach and scholarship.

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EDP Activities and Offerings

  • EDP workshops are designed to be interactive learning experiences. All EDP facilitators have been trained in workshop design and presentation. In EDP workshops, participants gain new knowledge, enhance previous knowledge, practice skills, create projects, and receive mentoring on individual work activities when appropriate. Most EDP workshops are open to Vanderbilt University Medical Center faculty and learners. A small number of workshops are by invitation only.

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    Topics covered range from educational theory to technology in teaching. The chart above shows the seventeen major topic areas covered within the EDP workshop offerings - click the chart to learn more about workshop topics and facilitators. Workshops have limited seating; RSVP is required. See the list below for registration links.

    2024-2025 EDP Workshop Schedule:

    Small Group Teaching 1: Workshop Development
        Charlene Dewey, MD, MEd, MACP and Courtney Tomblinson, MD
        Friday, Aug. 16, 2024, 2-4 PM (CDT)

    Giving and Receiving Feedback in Educational Settings
        Anna Dewan, MD, MHS and Lindsay Pagano, MD
        Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, 2-4 PM (CDT)

    Writing a Teaching Statement/Philosophy
        Maria Gillam-Krakauer, MD, MEd and Marie Martin, PhD, MEd
        Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, 2-4 PM (CDT)

    Simulation in Medical Education
        Arna Banerjee, MD MMHC FCCM and  Keith Obstein, MD, MPH, FASGE, FACG, AGAF
        Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024, 2-4 PM (CST)

    Using Effective Questioning to Advance Learning
        Janice C. Law, MD and Kendra Parekh, MD, MHPE
        Thursday, Feb. 13, 2025, 12-1 PM (CST)

    Small Group Teaching 2: Facilitator Skills
        Charlene Dewey, MD, MEd, MACP 
        Friday, Mar. 14, 2025, 2-4 PM (CST) (rescheduled from Jan 31!)

    Educator Portfolio: Interfolio Training
        Saralyn Williams, MD and Lindsey Patrick-Wright, MLIS
        Tuesday, Mar. 25, 2025, 2-4 PM (CDT)

    Teaching Tools 1: ARS, Audience Engagement, Gamification
        Soha S. Patel, MD, MSPH, FACOG and Kimberly J. Beiting, MD
        Tuesday, Apr. 22, 2025, 2-4 PM (CDT)

    Teaching Tools 2: AI Tools in the Teaching Environment
        Chase Webber, DO, FACP and Joshua Onyango, MD, MEd
        Friday, May 16, 2025, 2-4 PM (CDT)
        --REGISTER HERE--

      

     

  • Request a ConsultThe EDP Team provides consults to improve teaching skills in all teaching environments. All EDP consults require an online submission request. EDP consults are provided based on team availability. To request an EDP consult click on the consult icon.

     

    • EDP Curriculum design and evaluation
    • EDP Educator peer review and coaching
    • EDP Medical education research project
    • EDP Workshop development
    • EDP RATL™ - Residents as Teachers and Leaders
    • EDP Educator career mentoring session
    • EDP Development of enduring educational materials
    • EDP Scholars Program - Information Session

  • EDP Scholars ProgramThe EDP Scholars program is a 2-year faculty development, career development program that develops future leaders within the field of medical education. The program promotes career development, scholarly work (educational materials and teaching activities) and scholarship (posters, publications and presentations). The Curriculum Design and Evaluation Track focuses on designing, implementing and evaluating medical education curricula for any level of learning (students, residents/fellows, and faculty) across all specialties.

     

     

    For a summary of the program click on the EDP Scholars Program Picture

    The EDP Announces and Welcomes Four New EDP Scholars

    in July 2023

    Scholars 23-25

     

     

     

  • The Residents as Teachers and Leaders (RATL ™) Program is a blended learning program consisting of web-based, self-learning modules and an interactive hands-on learning workshop. The purpose is to improve students, residents, fellows, and faculty members clinical teaching skills. RATL™ is currently available to all residency programs at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine.

    Fall 2025 RATL Program details coming soon

    Information about registering for the Educator Development Program Fall 2025 RATL Modules and Workshops will be posted here when available. Note that in order to receive the RATL Program Certificate, you must attend all four in-person sessions:

    • Session 1: Professional Identity 
    • Session 2: Teaching Models 101
    • Session 3: Teaching Physical Exams and Psychomotor Skills
    • Session 4: Evaluation and Feedback

     

    Request a ConsultPlease use the EDP Consult request form if you would like to request RATL™ for your training program. Please email us to request access as an individual: edp@vumc.org. Students can sign up for MS-RATL™ during the capstone course.

     

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    16th Annual HPERD

    The 16th Annual Gerald S. Gotterer Health Professions Education Research Day (HPERD) was held December 13, 2024, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. 

    Watch this space for announcements about our 17th annual HPERD beginning in Summer 2025. 

    At that time we will share the 

    • Submission, Review, and Acceptance Timeline
    • Instructions for Submitting an Abstract
    • Additional Resources

     

  • Sign up to receive updates from EDP!

    The EDP newsletter announces upcoming and important educator events and activities. Please join our mailing list to receive the newsletter as well as special announcements.

    CLICK TO JOIN THE EDP MAILING LIST

     

  • The EDP Resource Library consists of a catalog of previous EDP workshops and materials for self-learning. All content is in Canvas. To request access, email us at edp@vumc.org. If you already have access to Canvas, click each course logo below to open: 

     

     

          

Sponsorship

All EDP activities are sponsored by Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Medical Education and Administration, the Office of Health Science Education, and the Office for Continuous Professional Development.

Accreditation and Credit Designation: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Vanderbilt University School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 10.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

It is the policy of the ACCME and Vanderbilt University School of Medicine to require disclosure of financial relationships from individuals in a position to control of a CME activity; to identify and resolve conflicts of interest conflicts of interest related to those relationships; and to make disclosure information available to the audience prior to the CME activity. Presenters are required to disclose discussion of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentations.

Our Team

   

Charlene M. Dewey, MD, MEd, MACP
Assistant Dean, Educator Development
Director, Educator Development Core and Educator Development Program
Director, Center for Professional Health and Chair, Faculty Wellness Committee
Professor of Medical Education and Administration
Professor of Medicine and Public Health

   

   

 

Mario Davidson, PhD
Team Leader, Classroom Peer Review
Assistant Professor of Biostatistics 

   

   

 

Janice Law, MD
Team Leader, Clinical Peer Review
Director for Medical Student Education
Associate Professor of Ophthalmology

   

 

Aidan Hoyal, MSIS, MA
Program Manager
Office for Continuous Professional Development

 

Founders: Charlene Dewey, Sally Santen, and the Educator Vision Team