Classes begin Thursday, September 24th 2026, 5:45-7:15pm on Zoom

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Is medical education an important focus of your career? If you are a faculty member, do you aspire to promotion at HMS on the Teaching and Educational Leadership pathway? For all health sciences educators, do you want to produce high quality scholarship in medical education, but don’t yet have the research skills? If the answer to any of these questions is “yes,” the Shapiro Institute Education Research group is delighted to invite applications for our two-year Medical Education Scholarship Program to support your professional development as a medical or health sciences educator and education researcher. The program runs from September through late April/early May each year (no classes June – August). Program attendees will receive certificates of completion in June.

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What Will I Learn?​​
 

• Formulate meaningful and well-designed research questions

• Identify suitable qualitative and quantitative methods to address medical education research questions

• Design and carry out quantitative and qualitative studies using surveys, focus groups, or interviews

• Describe ethical issues related to conducting medical education research

• Apply best practices for teaching critical thinking and clinical reasoning in the clinical setting

• Write a scholarly paper on medical education

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Who is eligible to apply?

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BIDMC and Mount Auburn Hospital faculty, fellows, residents, nurses, and other hospital staff are eligible. 4th and 5th year HMS students are also welcome to apply. We will select candidates to achieve representation across different training levels, professions, and departments. Your application will take less than 15 minutes to complete.​

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Time Commitment
 

Sessions are held live via Zoom twice each month (once in September) on Thursdays from 5:45-7:15pm, beginning September 24th, 2026 and ending April 29th, 2027; please see specific dates below. Participants will be expected to devote approximately 1.5-2 hours per week to the program, including the 90-minute class on alternate weeks.

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Can I participate in only one part of the program?

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Yes. Applicants can apply either to the full 2-year program or sign up for individual modules (for example, applicants can choose to only select and attend Modules 1 and 3). Certificates of completion will be offered for the full program or for individual modules.

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Program content and schedule

 

​CLICK HERE FOR A FULL SCHEDULE AND COURSE CONTENT

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