Overview
Do you enjoy teaching, are interested in medical education, and consider academic medicine as a career path?
The Zucker School of Medicine (ZSOM) Medical Education Scholarly Concentration is a longitudinal program that focuses on teaching and learning, curriculum development, instructional strategies, medical education research methods, and evaluation and assessment. The program introduces these concepts to medical students through a variety of methodologies, including an eight-week-long summer experience, longitudinal mentoring, workshops, participatory teaching within the medical school environment, and a capstone research seminar.
Program Goals
The ZSOM Medical Education Scholarly Concentration offers a formalized approach and an opportunity to focus on teaching and learning knowledge and skills to foster clinician-educator careers and lifelong learning. Students begin the path of educational research with the preparation to become leaders in graduate medical education programs.
Program Structure
Summer Project in the MS1 Year
Branching off from the initial introductions at the summer research experience,students take on a medical education research project and showcase their work in a poster presented at the Zucker School of Medicine’s annual Scholarship Day. Students also attend workshops and small group sessions with mentors.
Longitudinal Mentoring
Through their summer immersion experiences, students can identify longitudinal mentors who work with students throughout their time in the educational program.
Workshops, Seminars, and Lectures
Students attend workshops and seminars on medical education topics given by ZSOM and Northwell Health faculty.
Fourth-Year Electives
During their fourth year, students participate in the Medical Education Elective – including predetermined participatory teaching – and develop and present a medical education research capstone project. Based on the depth of the project, candidates may apply for the Graduation with Distinction in Research designation.
Application
Interested students in good academic standing must submit an application after an informational meeting in their MS1 year. Accepted participants will be notified by late January.
Contact information and to apply:
Alice Fornari, EdD, RD, FAMEE
Associate Dean of Educational Skills Development,
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Email | Bio
Tiffany Jordan, MHEA
Director, Curricular Initiatives
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Email | Bio
Caitlin Duffy, PHD, MA
Assistant Professor, Senior Instructional Designer
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
Domenick Acquista, MD, MBA, MS
Assistant Professor
Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell
For questions about scholarly concentrations in general, please contact Tiffany.M.Jordan@hofstra.edu