Program Overview

High-Impact, Evidence-Based Education for Health Care Professionals

To successfully train the next generation of health care professionals, medical educators must utilize innovative teaching strategies and techniques in both classroom and clinical settings. 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 from across the globe. This contemporary program integrates traditional and novel pedagogic methods, skills-based training, two live virtual workshops, online learning modules, individual and team projects, as well as a final capstone project to benefit your home institution. 

Training to Teach in Medicine aims to develop skilled clinical educators who can apply educational theories and teaching best practices to instruct medical students and physicians-in-training, in turn equipping the future medical workforce for career success. Participants will graduate from the program with the skills, strategies, and techniques required to educate medical students and adult learners in a variety of settings.

Upon program completion, participants will:

  1. Master evidence-based justifications for critical clinical education skill sets. Through the study of educational theories, scholars will leave the program with a framework to educate medical learners in practice
  2. Learn and apply practical teaching skills to diverse groups of adult learners in bedside, ambulatory, classroom, and other settings
  3. Accelerate leadership and professional development in medical education pedagogies and teaching techniques
Deadlines
  • Early Application Deadline: July 30, 2025
  • Final Application Deadline: October 8, 2025
Fees
  • Early Deadline Program Fee: $8,250
  • Program Fee: $9,250

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Program Format

This program has two required live online workshops. In between each workshop, participants should expect to spend an average of 7-10 hours per week on other coursework, which can include live webinars, pre-recorded lectures, readings, team work, or capstone related assignments. 

Live Virtual Workshop Dates

Workshop 1: November 6–8, 2025 | Live Virtual
Workshop 2: June 4–June 7, 2026 | Live Virtual

Program Objectives 

Drawing from best practices across Harvard Medical School’s education curriculum and evidence-based methodologies, this program offers you the opportunity to:

  • Gain the skill sets, techniques, and strategies to design a highly engaging, interactive educational curriculum for your home institution
  • Understand the process of adult learning and how it should impact medical education
  • Master small group teaching and case-based collaborative learning
  • Apply the principles of curriculum development to classroom, clinical, and remote-learning settings
  • Recognize and implement the necessary elements for successful curriculum reform
  • Integrate simulation and modern technology to enhance teaching and learning
  • Become a more effective and committed advisor who knows how to guide and inspire others
  • Develop a network of like-minded clinical educators from around the world
  • Optimize evaluations and assessments and provide more productive feedback
  • Apply the core ethical principles of medical education research to classroom and clinical teaching
  • Understand underlying theory from a conceptual perspective, incorporating learning sciences and other justifications for the content
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Accreditation 2025

In support of improving patient care, Harvard Medical School is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physicians

The Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 10.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s) ™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Canadian Accreditation

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada recognizes conferences and workshops held outside of Canada that are developed by a university, academy, hospital, specialty society or college as accredited group learning activities.

European Accreditation

The American Medical Association  (AMA) has an agreement of mutual recognition of continuing medical education (CME) credit with the European Union of Medical Specialties (UEMS). Additional information regarding this agreement may be found on the European Union of Medical Specialties website.

ABMS/ACGME Competencies

This course is designed to meet the following American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS)/Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) competencies:

  • Medical Knowledge  
  • Practice-Based Learning and Improvement
  • Systems-Based Practice
  • Patient Care and Procedural Skills

IOM Competencies

This course is designed to meet the following Institute of Medicine Competencies:

  • Provide Patient-Centered Care
  • Employ Evidence-Based Practice
  • Work in Interdisciplinary Teams

Disclosure Policy

In accordance with the disclosure policy of the Medical School as well as standards set forth by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), course planners, speakers, and content reviewers have been asked to disclose any relationships they have to companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. In addition, faculty have been asked to list any off-label uses of pharmaceuticals and/or devices for investigational or non-FDA approved purposes that they plan to discuss

Disclaimer

CME activities accredited by Harvard Medical School are offered solely for educational purposes and do not constitute any form of certification of competency. Practitioners should always consult additional sources of information and exercise their best professional judgment before making clinical decisions of any kind.

Note: AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ is calculated based on submission of a preliminary agenda and may be subject to change.

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The 2025–2026 Training to Teach in Medicine Program

Building on current and prior Training to Teachers programs in India, Mongolia, China, and Egypt, this Training to Teach in Medicine program utilizes an innovative active learning approach that emphasizes the traditional tutorial system that features live workshops, video tutorials, seminars, and symposia. Anchored by two online workshops, you'll benefit from additional recorded online lectures on core concepts. 

Training to Teach in Medicine program curriculum emphasizes team-based learning with scholars working in groups to examine issues, apply taught concepts, and problem-solve with input from peers. In addition, scholars will have ample access to program faculty throughout the program for ongoing guidance and support.

Upon fulfilling the program requirements, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. You will also become eligible to become an Associate Member of the Harvard Medical School and Harvard University Alumni Associations.