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 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 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
