1. Teaching in Medical Education
(TiME)
Faculty Fellows Program
Developing faculty as medical educators and
scholars in teaching and learning
Teresa (Terry) Carter, EdD
tjcarter@vcu.edu

2. Goals for the Program
Enhance depth and breadth of faculty expertise to support
teaching and learning in medicine.
Foster the development of a cadre of academic leaders who can
model best practices in teaching within
undergraduate, clinical, and graduate programs.
Promote leadership in the scholarship of teaching and learning
(SoTL) through contributions in the medical education literature.

3. How it Works
One or more courses
(2 credit hours each)
or
12 credit hours
to earn a
Certificate in
Medical Education
from the School of
Education at VCU

4. Courses in the TiME Program
Required to earn Electives (Choose
the Certificate two)
Instructional Performance Feedback
Strategies and Simulation
Group and Team
Curriculum Design
Facilitation
Digital Media
Adult Learning
Technologies for
Theory and Practice
Teaching in Medicine
Teaching as
Scholarship in Reflective Practice
Medical Education

5. Course Descriptions
Instructional Strategies Curriculum Design
Provides knowledge and skills in Introduces principles and
teaching large and small groups practices for designing a course
using a variety of active learning or unit of instruction, including
strategies including a rotation experience. Focus is
discussion, team-based on constructing learner-
learning, process-oriented guided centered goals and objectives,
inquiry, case-based teaching and assessment strategies, and
other methods for engaging selection of appropriate
learners. instructional strategies.

6. Course Descriptions
Theory and Practice of Adult Teaching as Scholarship in
Learning Medical Education
An overview of major adult Focuses on the scholarship of
learning theories applicable to teaching and learning (SoTL) in
medical education and how these medical education research
form the basis for practical using qualitative, quantitative,
aspects of teaching and learning and mixed methods study
in medicine, including self- designs. Includes IRB proposal
directed learning and helping preparation and the basics of
novices acquire skills and scholarly writing for
knowledge to build expertise. publication.

7. Elective Options
Performance Feedback and Group and Team
Simulation Facilitation
Introduces use of simulated Explores group and team
learning experiences in preparing facilitation including
healthcare professionals for leadership, member
patient care. Emphasizes roles, group
facilitation skills needed to development, team
provide effective feedback in performance, and methods
small group debrief experiences. for dealing with conflict among
Hands-on experiential course! learners in a team setting.

8. Elective Options
Digital Media Technologies for Reflective Practice in
Teaching in Medicine Medical Education
Introduces faculty to use of Web Explores reflective practice
2.0 digital media technologies including the educator’s role in
that are creating revolutionary developing trainees as
changes in how we think about reflective practitioners and the
teaching and learning in the 21st role of reflection in one’s own
century. Provides an opportunity professional development.
to learn strategies for using Introduces narrative medicine
digital and social media in as a reflective practice.
preclinical and clinical settings.

9. How do you pay for a TiME course?
VCU-paid faculty may use their tuition waiver benefits to cover
the costs of courses.
• Up to two courses per semester (full-time, after one year of
employment).
• If employee withdraws after the deadline / fails to complete the course /
leaves the University / earns an unsatisfactory grade, tuition waiver is
revoked and employee becomes responsible for tuition.
Other faculty who teach for the School of Medicine are
encouraged to seek tuition assistance through their home
institutions.

10. Application Process
Faculty member completes TiME application form and submits a 1-page
letter of interest / reasons for wanting to join the program.
Faculty member obtains a letter of support from department or division
chair.
Faculty member completes University Tuition Waiver form and In-State
tuition form (if needed).
Upon University approval of the Certificate in Medical Education program,
faculty will need to apply to the School of Education to earn the Certificate.

11. Deadlines / Information on
Applying
Submit application materials for the
TiME program to Ms. Katherine
Tucker, 828-9823
kjtucker@vcu.edu.
Request tuition waiver forms and
In-state tuition forms from
Katherine, as well.

12. To schedule a department visit, or for
more information on TiME, contact
Dr. Terry Carter
Associate Dean for Professional Instruction and
Faculty Development
McGlothlin Medical Education Center
tjcarter@vcu.edu
828-3134