All are welcome to attend/audit our seminar series: faculty, fellows, residents, students, and staff with an interest in medical education. This is an interdisciplinary medical education community for those in and around Stanford to support scholarship and curricula relating to the clinical environment. We are pleased to offer those affiliated with Stanford for free; paid options are available to external applicants. 

The SHaPES Honors Scholars Certificate Program recognizes participants with a dedication to medical education who regularly attend the seminars and complete a scholarly project. The Honors Scholars Certificate Program is a multi-disciplinary program open to all medical students, residents, fellows, staff, and faculty with an interest in medical education. 

Please submit the following in your application. The link for the application is at the top of this page and in the right side bar.

Project Statement/Proposal
The Project Statement/Proposal should be no more than ONE double-spaced page and include the following topics:

• Describe your Honors Project in as much detail as possible.  
• Who is the target population for the curriculum or research (such as UME, GME, faculty, inter-professional)?  
• Is the project research scholarship, curriculum development, or a needs assessment? 
• What is your research question and/or hypotheses (if applicable), what data have you collected or do you intend to collect, and how will you analyze your data and disseminate the findings?
  
  

Current CV or Educator's Portfolio
Please provide a current CV or educator's portfolio highlighting your education and experience in medical education, research, scholarly publications or presentations, and teaching and mentoring experiences. 

Chief/Program Director/Advisor/Supervisor Endorsement
Applications from students, residents, and fellows require an endorsement by the department chair, division chief, fellowship director, program director, advisor, or supervisor. This form is to ensure that you will be given the necessary support and sufficient time to complete the requirements for the Honors Certificate Program. Have your chief/director/advisor/supervisor read, pledge support, and sign. The form is available for download below:

After submission and acceptance of the Honors Scholar application, requirements for attaining a honors certificate are:

1. Attend at least 7 seminars within one year (or 10 seminars if completing the program over two years)
   
   
2. Complete a scholarly project in medical education.  Scholarly projects can be one of the following:
   1. Curricular development (the curriculum must be implemented with evaluation data available)
   2. Research in medical education (data)
   3. A rigorous needs assessment (again with initial survey data)
   4. A systematic review
      
      
3. Present the scholarly project at one of the following:
   1. Stanford Innovations in Medical Education Conference (SIMEC IX) held annually, typically in the Fall
   2. The last SHAPES session, typically held in early June

Seminars are held from 5:15-6:15pm PDT, usually on the 1st Wednesday of the month.

SHAPES Director
Sarah Williams MD, MHPE

SHAPES Associate Director
Rebecca Blankenburg, MD, MPH

Steering Committee Members
Kiran Brar, Director of Evaluation and Assessment, Office of Medical Education
Marianne Chen, Clinical Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
Adam Hain, Director of Learning Design & Production, Educational Technology
Sylvia Bereknyei Merrell, Research Scholar, Stanford School of Medicine
Lars Osterberg, Professor of Medicine, Primary Care & Population Health
Stefanie Sebok-Syer, Instructor, Emergency Medicine
Malathi Srinivasan, Clinical Professor, Medicine, Primary Care & Population Health
Pedro Tanaka, Clincal Professor, Anesthesiology