Office of Education

On behalf of Loeb Selection Committee co-chairs, Dr. Eva Aagaard and Dr. Abby Spencer, we are pleased to announce the call for applications for Loeb Teaching Fellows. Applications will be accepted beginning August 30, 2024 and are due by Sunday, October 13, 2024.

The Loeb Teaching Fellows program was established in 2004 by a generous gift from Mr. and Mrs. Loeb to support faculty who are committed to excellence and innovation in teaching and education. The program provides fellows with the time and opportunity to develop and implement innovative ideas that augment the education of medical students, residents and fellows. All Washington University School of Medicine faculty (including voluntary teaching faculty) at any level are eligible to apply. These prestigious fellowships are the cornerstone of our innovation in education efforts and are critical to helping WUSM grow as a world-class center for educational excellence.

There will be two (2) Loeb Teaching Fellowships available this term, supported jointly by the BJH Foundation and WUSM; the Fellowship term will run two years, beginning July 1, 2025, and ending June 30, 2027. A mid-term review and renewal are required in 2026. Loeb Teaching Fellows will receive $50,000 per year for two years for salary compensation ONLY to enable dedicating a significant portion of his/her time to development and implementation of their project and direct teaching of medical students and/or residents/ fellows.

For additional information on the Loeb Teaching Fellows, including a list of current and past fellows and the  selection committee, please visit the Academy of Educators website.

The online application form can be found HERE.

LEARN MORE & REGISTER FOR EDUCATION DAY 2024 HERE

Remaining Date: Thursdays, August 29
Time: 2:00p - 3:30p
Location: In-Person (Calendar invite sent with location)

Overview: A 2-part workshop series focused on remediation, specifically:
1. Approach to remediation as a concept
2. Remediation strategies based on competencies
3. Documentation strategies and examples

It is RECOMMENDED you attend both sessions as content will build from the first to second session.

Workshop Leaders: Dominique Cosco, MD, FACP & Nichole Zehnder, MD

Audience: Applicable to educators who work with UME, GME, and health professions students

Mentorship Best Practices Series

Location: In-Person (Calendar invites sent with location)
Overview: The Academy of Educators Mentorship Subcommittee is pleased to offer an in-person workshop series on Mentorship Best Practices. This is a 4-part series that will discuss best practices, skill building, culturally responsive mentorship, mentoring across identities, and mentorship challenges. We recommend that participants sign up for all 4 sessions. The series is geared towards clinical faculty who work with learners, and we welcome a diversity of experiences. A certificate of completion is offered to those who attend all 4 workshops.

Debriefing Skills Workshop

Date/ Time: Wednesday, 10.9.24 @ 2:00p - 4:00p
Location: In-Person (Calendar invite sent with location)
Workshop Leads: Alex Croft, MD; Preeta George, MD; Sara Greer, MD

Overview: The Academy of Educators, in collaboration with the Howard and Joyce Wood Simulation Center, is pleased to offer an in-person Debriefing Skills Workshop. This workshop is intended for educators who wish to develop their skills in debriefing strategies, whether applied to simulations, clinical events, observed clinical encounters, or general feedback conversations. The workshop focuses on a technique called Debriefing with Good Judgement, developed at the Harvard Center for Medical Simulation. In order to facilitate skills application and interactivity during the workshop itself, pre-work will be required (30-40 minute review of pre-recorded videos and articles). Please only register if you anticipate being able to complete the pre-work. Registration will be capped at 20 participants. Registration Deadline 9/25/24

A safe SPACE: How educators can support the work-related grief of their trainees of colleagues

Date/ Time: Thursday, 11.14.24 @ 3:00p - 4:30p
Location: In-Person (Calendar invite sent with location)
Workshop Lead: Erin Hickey, MD

Overview: Following this workshop, participants will be able to:

1. Explore key literature on grief experiences of health care providers.
2. Self-identify behavioral and psychologic responses to caring for seriously ill patients.
3. Apply an approach to navigating the grief of your trainees or colleagues.

The Academy of Educators is pleased to announce the call for applications for our faculty development program, Foundations in Teaching Skills (FITS). This certificate course targets junior educators (approximately 1-5 years out of training) as well as faculty who are newly incorporating teaching excellence into their careers. The FITS course focuses on providing instruction in foundational teaching skills and establishing a community of educators with each program cohort. Over the course of the academic year, participants will receive mentorship, as well as feedback on their teaching skills through direct observations.

The Academy of Educators in collaboration with the Medical Education Research Unit (MERU) are excited to announce the Intro to Methods in Education Scholarship call for applications. This is a certificate course for educators who would like to develop their skills for education research and scholarship. The course will equip educators to plan an education research/scholarship project and write a full proposal that can be used to implement the project, apply to the IRB for approval to do research with human participants, and/or apply for an education grant.

To see full workshop descriptions and information click here.

What: CIPE’s Foundational Workshops- IPE 101 & 201

In CIPE’s foundational 101 workshop, learn about the IPE competencies and the emerging CIPE longitudinal curriculum through simulation, role-play, and videos. This experience allows you to gain knowledge about implicit bias, the stereotypes of professions, and the culture of teams, while practicing your facilitation and debriefing skills. In 201 you will explore conflict management styles and role-play various interprofessional team scenarios, debriefing to discuss any challenges faced and how they were addressed.

When: September 5, 2024, 9a-3p (lunch provided with confirmed registration)

Where: Goldfarb School of Nursing (4483 Duncan Ave 63110)

Check out this and all upcoming IPE events here.

After EIGHT years of trying to implement a longitudinal curriculum, CIPE is shifting to a flexible Menu of Activities (MOA) model – an ambitious endeavor as we repurpose what has worked well in the past and discard what did not. The intent is to allow for more flexibility for CIPE programs to engage with CIPE activities. The prerequisite for the MOA is core Foundational Content, which consists of core interprofessional content mirrored after the four Interprofessional Education Collaborative competency domains, taught either within programs uniprofessionally or interprofessionally, and in which no simulated or community facing client/patient is present. Programs can use their own content for the knowledge areas below or utilize the noted resources provided by the CIPE. Students are typically exposed to this content during their first year.  Students can then participate in the CIPE MOA, organized by activity type:  Case-Based, Real or Simulated Client/Patient, and Leadership Development. See our IPE Menu of Activities Overview to see how our MOA fits together and how the Center continues to develop a community of Interprofessional Champions.  More about CIPE’s developments during AY2023-24 can be found in our Annual Report.

Additional CIPE offerings may be found at the
Center for Interprofessional Practice & Education website

You don't have to be a member of the Academy to take advantage of all of our offerings.
Check out our workshops, courses, grant opportunities, and events at the links above
to help you become the best educator & teacher you can be!