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Emory at Grady Faculty Development Program for Clinical Educators

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Course Overview

The School of Medicine is pleased to offer a career development course designed especially for clinical teachers. This course is brought to you by two Stanford-trained facilitators, Reena Hemrajani and Richard Pittman. The Stanford Faculty Development Clinical Teaching program is a validated, internationally recognized method of training for medical teachers to enhance their skills to be more effective in any medical educational setting.

Applications for this course are currently closed. 

Learning Objectives

  • Enhance teacher versatility
  • Provide educators with an opportunity to analyze teaching and foster collegial exchange
  • Achieve outcomes of increased faculty confidence and effectiveness, the building of an educational community with a shared mental model and institutional change
  • Engage multiple learning modalities including mini-lecture, video review, role play individual and institutional goal setting

Eligibility

All faculty in the School of Medicine who teach in a clinical setting.

Content

  • Learning Climate
  • Control of Session
  • Communication of Goals
  • Promotion of Understanding and Retention
  • Evaluation
  • Feedback

Time Commitment

The course encompasses five sessions to be held from March 11 to April 15, 2025. Sessions will meet on Tuesday evenings from 5:30-7:30 PM. Dinner will be served. All of the sessions will be held in-person at the Grady Faculty Office Building. Faculty accepted into the program are expected to attend at least 4 of 5 sessions. 

March 11, 2025
March 18, 2025
March 25, 2025 
April 1, 2025 
April 15, 2025


How to Apply

The application window is closed. Please check back in Fall 2025 for the next application cycle.

All interested candidates must submit an application form and CV. There is no limit to the number of applications from a department, but final selections will be made to ensure diverse representation across the School of Medicine and will be limited to 20 individuals. The highly interactive nature of this course necessitates a smaller group size with limited slots. Please apply early. The application form consists of three parts:

  1. Candidate information
  2. Candidate statement (required for all applications)
  3. Candidate CV
Contact Monique Rainey with questions.

Course Directors Information

Reena Hemrajani, MD

Associate Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine
Program Director, J. Willis Hurst Internal Medicine Residency Program

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Richard Pittman, MD

Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Clerkship Director, Internal Medicine

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