Intensive Weekends

Students will begin their first intensive with an on-site orientation and breakfast followed by a Chicago Campus tour. Students will develop skills from the How Educational Technology Advances curriculum with James Brucker, MSLIS and Chris Puente and explore the Feinberg Active Learning Classroom and Remote Teaching Studio. Rebekah Burns, MD provides the building blocks to health professions education scholarship in the workshop MedEdPORTAL – Scholarship for Curriculum Design. Developing skills gained during the Curriculum Development for Health Professions Educators course, students will work with Course Director Robyn Bockrath, MD, MEd on How to Give an Elevator Pitch.

Pieces begin to fall into place during the second intensive where students will have the opportunity to build skills in Implementation Science with Dennis Li, PhD and Kelli Scott, PhD. In a panel discussion on Building Skills Necessary for Leadership Positions, students will hear from Roopal Kundu, MD, Elizabeth Walters, PA-C, Susan Ehlers, PhD, RN, CHSE, FSSH, and Lucas Bruton, MD on how to translate their experiences into educational leadership roles at their home institutions. With capstone project plans in motion, students will benefit from a full day of Developing Skills in Program Evaluation with Celia O’Brien, PhD.

The final intensive is a culmination of coursework and capstone development. Students will have an in-person opportunity to build on the Diversity, Equity, Inclusivity, and Belonging coursework with Khalilah Gates, MD and Omari Keeles, PhD, MS, MEd, MA, MPH. Participation in the Upstander and Allyship Workshop with Michelle Fletcher, MD will allow students to further hone these skills. Students can present their research in oral presentations to program faculty and students in a poster session with the Health Professions Educator Clinical Scholar program graduates. The weekend ends with a celebration of the graduates at a send-off brunch.