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 open until November 28, 2025.
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 six sessions to be held from February 24 to April 14, 2026. 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 6 sessions.
- February 24, 2026
- March 10, 2026
- March 17, 2026
- March 24, 2026
- March 31, 2026
- April 14, 2026
How to Apply
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:
- Candidate information
- Candidate statement (required for all applications)
- Candidate CV
Course Directors Information
Associate Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine
Program Director, J. Willis Hurst Internal Medicine Residency Program
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Clerkship Director, Internal Medicine
