Programs

Forum Theater

The Department of Medical Education in collaboration with the Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics and Trinity University offer opportunities for unique educational experiences exploring more challenging topics such as Trauma Informed Care, Cultural Humility, Learner mistreatment. The unique modality of Forum Theater allows us to present scenarios to participants, who subsequently can act in the play to alter the outcome of the scenario. The participants are called “Spect-Actors”. This type of theater was introduced by a Brazilian Drama theorist named Augusto Boal in the early 1970’s and used to effect social justice change.

ACGME/Texas Regional Hub

The Regional Hub was a collaborative faculty development effort between UT Health San Antonio, SAUSHEC and UT Dell Medical school and the ACGME. UT Health San Antonio hosted the inaugural program in November 2019.

Introduction to Leadership

The Introduction to Leadership is a 4-part series of talks, activities, and workshops sponsored by the Long School of Medicine, Department of Medical Education, in collaboration with the Office for Faculty at UT Health San Antonio. The goal of this course is to provide tools, skills, and resources to empower participants to lead effectively in their context.

Faculty Development Resources

The Department of Medical Education provides educational faculty development opportunities for individuals, divisions, departments, institutions and regional collaboratives. We specialize in clinical supervision and educational best practices in the clinical setting.

Peer Observation Program

Deliberate practice has been shown to achieve mastery in performance for those who would like to work towards continuous improvement and mastery in clinical teaching. The Department of Medical Education offers a peer observation program in clinical.