Mentoring Fellows into Career Educators through a Multispecialty Clinician-Educator Course

Area of Science:

• Medical Education
• Physician Training
• Academic Medicine

Background:

• Limited formal clinician-educator training opportunities exist for subspecialty fellows.
• Individual fellowship programs face challenges implementing dedicated clinician-educator coursework.

Purpose of the Study:

• To develop, implement, and assess a clinician-educator course for fellows across multiple subspecialties.
• To evaluate the course's impact on fellows' knowledge, confidence, and academic productivity.

Main Methods:

• A multispecialty clinician-educator course was conducted from August 2021 to April 2023.
• The curriculum included workshops, mentorship, and a capstone project.
• Pre- and post-course assessments evaluated knowledge and confidence.

Main Results:

• Forty-six fellows participated, showing significant improvement in 16 of 18 clinician-educator skills.
• Statistically significant gains were observed in feedback, lecture slide design, and multimedia design.
• The course stimulated 4 grant submissions, 7 manuscripts, 27 abstracts, and 24 innovations.

Conclusions:

• A multispecialty clinician-educator course is feasible and effective for subspecialty fellows.
• This model overcomes challenges faced by single fellowship programs.
• The course fosters medical education scholarship and improves key teaching competencies.