Medical Education

FACET

The UCSD Pediatrics Fellow as Clinician Educator Track is a longitudinal track that provides training in medical education methods, scholarship, and career mentorship to our pediatric fellows. It is open to all UCSD Pediatric fellows who have at least 2 years of fellowship left on July 1 on the year of their application.

Goals: This 24-month track will support pediatric fellows to gain the knowledge and skills necessary to become successful medical educators and prepare them for careers as medical education scholars.

Objectives: Upon completion of FACET, fellows will be able to:

• Apply teaching methods for different situations, such as small groups, bedside teaching, lectures, etc.
• Develop a curriculum
• Design an educational scholarly project

Outcome: Upon completion of FACET, fellows will be awarded a certificate of completion and graduate from fellowship with a distinction in Medical Education.

Components of FACET:

• Core Curriculum
  • Once a month in person group didactics and workshops on:
    • Teaching (small group, bedside, lectures)
    • Curriculum development
    • Medical education scholarly work
    • Career advancement in medical education, etc.

• Experiential Learning
  • Shadowing Master Clinicians (Programs (ucsd.edu))
  • Medical student teaching (co-teaching ESS and PBL)
  • Resident teaching (AM report, Intern BP, resident school, noon conference, etc.)

• Observed Teaching Sessions with Feedback
  • Expert clinician educators and peers will observe teaching sessions and provide feedback on teaching methods using a standardized feedback form

• Scholarly Project (optional)
  • Medical Education mentorship will be provided
  • Must be approved by each fellow’s Scholarship Oversight Committee as this may serve as your fellowship scholarly work
  • Local or national presentation

Application Process:

Part I:

Personal statement describing why you would like to participate in FACET, your interest in Medical Education, your education experience, and your expected goals and outcomes. No more than 1 page.

Part II (optional):

If applying to participate in the scholarly work component of FACET, please describe your proposal for your medical education research project including project title, aims, and proposed mentor (if you have one in mind). No more than one page.

Part III:

Please include your CV or bio sketch. 

Part IV:

A brief letter of support from your Program Director. The letter should indicate support for the fellow’s participation in the Medical Education track including protected time for participation and the division’s support for the $1500 fee/participating fellow. Please have your Program Director email their letter of support to Dr. Jennifer Yu at jyu@rchsd.org.

Please submit your application as one PDF (except the letter of support) no later than March 11, 2024, to Dr. Jennifer Yu at jyu@rchsd.org.   Link to application form:  Application Information

Current Fellows