The Clinician Educator Program (CEP) is a longitudinal training track for psychiatry residents who are passionate about teaching, mentorship, and medical education. Designed for residents interested in academic psychiatry or those who aspire to become exceptional educators, the CEP provides structured training, individualized mentorship, and meaningful opportunities to develop as teachers, mentors, and educational scholars.
Through a longitudinal curriculum, participants build practical skills in clinical teaching, curriculum development, educational scholarship, and mentorship while creating an educator portfolio aligned with their career goals. Residents also gain experience designing educational innovations, leading teaching sessions, and contributing to the education of medical students and junior residents.
Program highlights
Participants benefit from:
- A longitudinal curriculum in medical education
- Individual mentorship from experienced clinician educators
- Diverse teaching opportunities across undergraduate and graduate medical education
- An educational innovation or scholarly project
- Career development and networking within academic medicine
Curriculum
Monthly interactive workshops provide a practical foundation in medical education, covering topics such as teaching strategies, feedback, curriculum development, educational assessment, mentorship, educational scholarship, and career development. Sessions emphasize small group work, real-time practice, peer feedback, discussion, and reflection.
Teaching and mentorship
CEP participants engage in a variety of teaching experiences throughout residency, including clinical teaching, small-group facilitation, clerkship education, and mentorship of junior residents and medical students. Each resident is paired with a faculty mentor who provides individualized guidance in teaching, educational scholarship, project development, and career planning.
Educational scholarship
Residents are encouraged to develop an educational project under faculty mentorship. Projects may include curriculum development, educational innovations, assessment strategies, or medical education research, with opportunities to present work at regional and national meetings and pursue publication.
Eligibility
The Clinician Educator Program is open to PGY-3 and PGY-4 residents, and fellows. Interested PGY-1 and PGY-2 residents are welcome to attend monthly workshops on a drop-in basis as clinical schedules permit.