Seventeen HMS faculty members and clinical educators have been awarded fellowships in medical education in 2011-2012. Their training is made possible by three fellowship programs: the Rabkin Fellowship at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, the Mount Auburn Fellowship and the HMS Academy Fellowship.
“These fellowships provide dedicated time to further develop the expertise and skills needed to launch or advance academic careers in medical education,” said Lori Newman, HMS teaching associate in medicine, who co-directs the Rabkin fellowship with Christopher Smith, HMS associate professor of medicine.
The fellowships aim to help junior and mid-career physicians and educators to develop as teachers, as well as to provide an opportunity to conduct mentored research or a project in an important area in medical education. The Mount Auburn fellowship is open to all clinical educators, while the Rabkin and Academy fellowships require an academic appointment at HMS. Qualified applicants from any HMS affiliate may apply for any of the three fellowships.
“Our evaluation study of the fellowships showed that they foster graduates’ sense of identity as medical educators as well as the skills necessary to enhance their professional development,” said Beth Lown, associate professor of medicine and director of faculty development and the Mount Auburn medical education fellowship.
“Historically, we have assumed that because people are good clinicians or good researchers, they are good teachers—and some are,” said Charles Hatem, the Harold Amos Academy -Professor of Medicine and director of medical education at Mount Auburn Hospital, who began spearheading the fellowships in 1998. “But teaching is a skill that can be studied and learned.”
Fellows meet two to four times a month to discuss principles of adult learning, curriculum development and assessment as well as to master concepts in medical education research and study design. Fellows present their findings each fall at HMS Medical Education Day.
Graduates have led significant curricular and programmatic changes and served as education leaders in the HMS community and around the world. “Each of the fellows’ projects has the potential to make a real impact on the continuous improvement of teaching and learning at HMS and our affiliated hospitals,” said Edward Hundert, the new director of the HMS -Academy Center for Teaching and Learning and a senior lecturer in medical ethics in the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine.
Academy Fellows in Medical Education
Cynthia Cooper
Curtis Prout Fellow
Instructor in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital
Student-Initiated Feedback
Amin Sabet
Morgan-Zinsser Fellow
Instructor in Medicine, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Impact of Progress and Cumulative Achievement Testing on Medical Student Stress and Readiness for the USMLE Step 1 Examination
Kathleen Wittels
Morgan-Zinsser Fellow
Instructor in Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine Brigham and Women’s Hospital
A Simulation-Based Assessment Tool to Measure Emergency Medicine Resident Competency
Karen Wood
Curtis Prout Fellow
Assistant Clinical Professor of Population Medicine, Department of Medicine, Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
Designing a Curriculum for Patient Safety in the Ambulatory Setting
Recipients are at Mt. Auburn Hospital unless noted.
Susan Abookire
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Chair, Department of Quality and Patient Safety
Developing Mount Auburn as a Primary Site for the Newly Created HMS Fellowship in Quality and Patient Safety
Patrick Aquino
Instructor in Psychiatry and Director of Consultation and Emergency Services, Department of Psychiatry
Psychiatry Curriculum for Primary Care Residents in a Patient-Centered Medical Home
Eileen Dillon
Executive Director, Department of Quality and Patient Safety
Introduction to Principles and Concepts of Quality and Patient Safety for Nurses
Laila Khalid
Instructor in Medicine, Chief Resident, Deptartment of Medicine
Enhancing the Teaching Skills of Medical Residents
Pooja Rutberg
Instructor in Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, Cambridge Health Alliance
Preparing Residents with Practical Tools for Establishing a Career in Pediatrics
Shaida Sharifi
Medical Director of Cytology and Microbiology, Department of Pathology
The Utility of a Secured Web-based Application as an Educational Tool in Gynecologic Cytology
Bhargavi Yalamarti
Clinical Fellow in Medicine and Hospitalist, Department of Medicine
Enhancing Residents’ Communication Skills in Family Meeting
Mary Buss
Assistant Professor of Medicine and Medical Oncologist and Palliative Care Consultant, Department of Medicine
Making the Most of the MOLST (Medical Orders for Life-Sustaining Treatment) — Improving Communication Around Goals of Care
Jonathan Crocker
Instructor in Medicine and Attending Physician, Department of Medicine
Filling the Global Health Training Gap: A Resident Curriculum Introducing a Social, Economic, Political and Ethical Framework for Global Health Practice
Alok Gupta
Instructor in Surgery and Attending Trauma Surgeon, Surgical Intensivist, General Surgeon, Department of Surgery
Prospective Randomized Study of High-Fidelity Simulation in Resident Trauma Training
Carolyn Kloek
Instructor in Opthalmology and Assistant in Surgery, Department of Ophthalmology and Clinical Associate, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary
Creation of a Standardized, Case-Based Ophthalmology Curriculum for Medical Students
Jeremy Richards
Instructor in Medicine and Attending Physician, Department of Medicine
Developing a Curriculum to Promote Curiosity in Third-Year Medical Students
Anita Vanka
Instructor in Medicine and Attending Physician, Department of Medicine
Transitions in Care Curriculum
