Fellows as Medical Educators (FAME) Training Track

Learn to Teach with Confidence

Our Fellow Medical Education (FAME) Training Track trains fellows to become effective clinician-teachers and scholars.

The program gives you lifelong transferable skills that will help you move beyond "See one, do one, teach one"—and teach with confidence.

One-hour interactive lectures and panel discussions with respected educators in our department

Personalized meetings with a faculty mentor within or outside your division and who has shared interests

Live feedback of your teaching skills in a variety of settings

Instructional skills in bedside teaching, ambulatory teaching, lectures, small groups, teaching procedures and virtual teaching
Formative and summative feedback
Evidence-based curriculum design and program evaluation
Critical appraisal of medical education literature
Tools for designing, conducting and disseminating a scholarly education project
How to define your teaching philosophy and identify your medical education career goals

Our department also offers several educator resources designed to address the issues and questions that educators confront regularly.

If you join the FAME track, we expect you to:

Attend didactic sessions either in-person or virtually as much as possible
Meet with your mentor at least semi-annually to review progress and discuss next steps in your development
Complete three instances of direct observation and teaching feedback with your mentor