Training to Teach in Medicine
Six Month Online Certificate Program
High-Impact and Evidence-Based Education for Medical Faculty and Health Care Professionals
Training to Teach in Medicine is a six-month, online certificate program taught by distinguished Harvard Medical School faculty for clinician-educators, instructors and faculty. The program’s contemporary learning approach integrates traditional and novel pedagogic methods, skills-based training, two multiday live virtual workshops, online learning modules, individual and team projects, as well as a final capstone project.
The program aims to develop skilled clinical educators who can apply educational theories and teaching best practices to instruct medical students and physicians-in-training across the globe, and thereby meet future medical workforce needs. Participants will graduate with the skills, strategies and techniques required to educate medical students and adult learners in a variety of settings.
Curriculum
The Training to Teach in Medicine program provides essential skill sets while guiding learners in their exploration of modern medical education pedagogy and innovative teaching techniques. Throughout the program, participants will engage in individual and team projects that actively model instruction techniques.
The program’s online curriculum emphasizes real-time skill-based learning. This blended-learning approach includes self-paced online lectures, interactive live webinars, focused symposia, team projects, an individualized capstone project as well as intensive online workshops.
Key Admissions Information
Early Application Deadline: July 30, 2025
Final Application Deadline: October 8, 2025
Workshop 1 Begins: October 6, 2025
Applicants who apply by July 30, 2025, will receive s $1,000 discount off the standard tuition fee. This discount cannot be combined with any tuition assistance awarded.
Please visit our website for more information, and email learn@hms.harvard.edu with any questions. We hope you will consider joining us at Harvard Medical School for the next stage of your career.
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