Online Certificate in Medical Education

The post-baccalaureate graduate Certificate in Medical Education is a 12-credit-hour program designed for faculty teaching in medicine and health professions to enhance depth and breadth of their expertise in adult learning, curriculum design, instructional strategies and medical education scholarship, as well as to foster development of a cadre of academic leaders who can model best practices in teaching undergraduate, clinical and graduate programs. This program is available in an online format.

Student learning outcomes

1. Demonstrate the ability to articulate a personal philosophy of practice that enables them to facilitate adult learning in medical education and engage in critically reflective practice as an educator
2. Demonstrate the ability to integrate knowledge of adult learning for teaching in medical education to function as educational leaders who model best practices and serve as role models for trainees
3. Demonstrate knowledge of assessment and evaluation strategies that align with goals and objectives and instructional strategies within a curriculum
4. Adopt one or more instructional methods for actively engaging learners in a discovery or inquiry process that incorporates small-group or team-based learning strategies
5. Demonstrate familiarity with a variety of digital media technologies appropriate for use in preclinical and clinical teaching situations
6. Become familiar with the scholarship of teaching and learning by developing a research agenda for inquiry into student and trainee learning to advance the practice of teaching in medicine by making research findings public

The VCU Bulletin is the official source for academic course and program information.

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