Annual Med Ed Forum: Innovations in Medical & Biosciences Education

The Stanford Department of Pediatrics hosts an annual half day event that highlights creating safe and inclusive learning environments, innovations in medical and bioscience education, and provide tools and strategies to be effective teachers, mentors, educators, and leaders.  

Target Audience: Educational faculty, fellows, residents, postdoctoral scholars, students, and staff. 

Stanford Pediatrics ENGAGE Teaching Fundamentals

Utilize best practices in teaching and feedback to improve effectiveness as an educator.

The Stanford Pediatrics ENGAGE program is designed to promote the development of knowledge and skills for faculty and staff in teaching fundamentals, leadership, and educational scholarship to become more effective educators and to advance their careers. Sessions are offered monthly with CME credit available on topics related to Teaching Fundamentals, Leadership, and Educational Scholarship Works in Progress. Guest speakers lead interactive discussions and workshops on topics designed to build skills and competence in faculty and staff. Educational Scholarship Works in Progress sessions will allow participants to give feedback on active educational scholarship projects.

Target Audience: All Faculty & Staff in the Department

Clinical Teaching Seminar Series (CTSS)

The Clinical Teaching Seminar Series (CTSS) is a year-long faculty development program in medical education, designed to introduce clinical educators to fundamental concepts in education. The seminars are high-yield, relevant, and interactive, providing practical tips for bedside teaching, curriculum development, and education research.

It's HONORS CERTIFICATE PROGRAM is meant to recognize participants with a dedication to medical education, who regularly attend the seminars and complete a scholarly project in medical education. The Honors Program is a multi-disciplinary program open to all medical students, residents, fellows, staff, and faculty with an interest in medical education.

Stanford Medicine Teaching & Mentoring Academy (TMA)

The Stanford Medicine Teaching and Mentoring Academy is an inclusive, school-wide entity available to all those who teach and mentor our trainees – MD students, PhD students, residents, fellows, postdoctoral scholars and faculty. The Academy is a unique organization that spans the spectrum of education and advances the mission of the School of Medicine at all levels including education, research, and clinical care.

Stanford Pediatrics ENGAGE Leadership

Identify your personal leadership style and utilize leadership techniques to promote change.

The Stanford Pediatrics ENGAGE program is designed to promote the development of knowledge and skills for faculty and staff in teaching fundamentals, leadership, and educational scholarship to become more effective educators and to advance their careers. Sessions are offered monthly with CME credit available on topics related to Teaching Fundamentals, Leadership, and Educational Scholarship Works in Progress. Guest speakers lead interactive discussions and workshops on topics designed to build skills and competence in faculty and staff. Educational Scholarship Works in Progress sessions will allow participants to give feedback on active educational scholarship projects.

Target Audience: All Faculty & Staff in the Department

TEAM Academy

Stanford Pediatrics TEAM Academy is a 6-month professional development program for new and newly emerging managers in the Department of Pediatrics. This program is designed to equip staff with the skills needed to be effective managers, leaders, mentors, and coaches for their staff teams. The program includes a combination of skill building workshops, HR fundamentals, and mentored conversations with experienced managers.

Participants will stay together as a cohort for the 6 months of the program in order to build connections across the department and to develop support networks that will last beyond the end of TEAM Academy.

Target Audience: Staff Managers in the Department

Stanford Pediatrics ENGAGE Med Ed Scholarship Club

Discuss educational scholarship, works-in-progress, participate in practice sessions, and receive feedback on educational scholarship projects.

The Stanford Pediatrics ENGAGE program is designed to promote the development of knowledge and skills for faculty and staff in teaching fundamentals, leadership, and educational scholarship to become more effective educators and to advance their careers. Sessions are offered monthly with CME credit available on topics related to Teaching Fundamentals, Leadership, and Educational Scholarship Works in Progress. Guest speakers lead interactive discussions and workshops on topics designed to build skills and competence in faculty and staff. Educational Scholarship Works in Progress sessions will allow participants to give feedback on active educational scholarship projects.

Target Audience: All Faculty & Staff in the Department

Clinical Teaching Seminar Series (CTSS)

The Clinical Teaching Seminar Series (CTSS) is a year-long faculty development program in medical education, designed to introduce clinical educators to fundamental concepts in education. The seminars are high-yield, relevant, and interactive, providing practical tips for bedside teaching, curriculum development, and education research.

It's HONORS CERTIFICATE PROGRAM is meant to recognize participants with a dedication to medical education, who regularly attend the seminars and complete a scholarly project in medical education. The Honors Program is a multi-disciplinary program open to all medical students, residents, fellows, staff, and faculty with an interest in medical education.

Pediatric Peer Scholarship Communities

The goal of this program is to promote academic efforts among junior pediatric faculty. The program will consist of peer scholarship communities of 8-10 junior faculty in specific interest areas (Advocacy/ Community Engagement, Clinical Research, Medical Education, Global Health, Health Services Research, and Quality Improvement), facilitated by experienced Senior Scholarly Mentors.

Pediatrics Promoting Opportunities and Diversity (pPODs)

The Stanford Department of Pediatrics pPODs program for staff is a small co-ed peer groups of 6-10 participants from various Department of Pediatrics functions who come together monthly to support each other in making big things happen for themselves and others in their lives. This program promotes innovation and creativity around real-life situations by connecting you to peers from job functions with whom you might not typically interact, and to create meaningful connections beyond title/function by offering a safe space to be authentic and experiment.

Target Audience: Staff in the Department

Pediatric Coaching and Mentoring Program (PCAMP)

Our mentoring program is dedicated to the academic enrichment, satisfaction, and success of early career faculty in the Department of Pediatrics. Our mission is to foster the professional development of early career faculty in Pediatrics at Stanford through a formal mentorship program and creation of the stable of mentors. 

The Pediatric Coaching and Mentoring Program (PCAMP) connects junior faculty with a mentor from our stable of mentors to provide guidance, counsel, and education. Program expectation is that you meet with your mentor at least twice per academic year and that the mentor is outside your division.

Target Audience: Junior Faculty in the Department

Stanford Medicine Staff Mentorship Program

The staff mentorship program is a unique opportunity for individuals working at Stanford’s School of Medicine (SOM). Whether you work in a lab or an office or have been a part of the SOM for one year or twenty, there is much you can gain and contribute to this program. This program has offered the ability for staff to connect and network with driven, ambitious, and diverse individuals across the School of Medicine interested in growing their knowledge and expanding their abilities.

Through this program, experienced staff members serve as mentors to staff interested in professional development, networking, learning and enhancing their leadership skills, and navigating career paths within the School of Medicine. Participation as either a mentor or mentee will provide you with the opportunity to build connections and community, support others, and better understand your role within your division, department, and the SoM.

Stanford School of Medicine values the diversity in our workforce and want to continue to build on Stanford’s IDEAL principles through our mentoring sphere.

Target Audience: Staff in the School of Medicine