Faculty Opportunities

The Pathways MD track at Harvard Medical School offers a variety of teaching opportunities for qualified faculty members in the preclerkship curriculum. To meet eligibility requirements for teaching in required HMS courses, individuals must have a Harvard faculty appointment at the level of Lecturer or above, or be a qualified trainee (clinical or research fellow) approved by a faculty course director. Policy information about faculty appointments can be found on the Faculty Affairs website.

Teaching roles and responsibilities vary by course. Opportunities are posted here when available.

HST

Faculty interested in participating in the HST MD curriculum are encouraged to send a copy of their CV and the course(s) in which they are interested to Dr. Richard Mitchell .

Electives

• Proposing an advanced elective course
• Participate in the Honors Thesis process

Mentoring

OSCE Clinical Skills Assessment

The HMS Program in Medical Education (PME) Committee on Assessment has recommended the creation of Core Faculty for Clinical Skills Assessment (CF-CSA), who will be responsible for directly observing and assessing medical students’ clinical skills during standardized patient (SP)/objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) sessions. Specific skills to be assessed include but are not limited to ability to take a history, perform a physical examination, make diagnostic and treatment decisions, and communicate with a patient.

Fellowship Opportunity

The Academy at Harvard Medical School offers the Academy Fellowship in Medical Education and Scholarship which provides rigorous and comprehensive training preparing fellows for an academic career as leaders, innovators and scholars in academic medicine. This two-year fellowship can support up to six fellows.

Participants of this program:

• Develop and enhance teaching skills for classroom and clinical settings
• Gain expertise in curriculum development
• Advance knowledge on educational science and theory
• Acquire knowledge and skills to become educational leaders and change agents within academic communities
• Develop expertise in quantitative and qualitative research
• Complete a scholarly project that supports the HMS mission
• Join a community of HMS educators dedicated to enriching and advancing the field of medical education

Application

The application form includes a request for a brief bio, description of prior and current commitment to medical education, as well as an approximately 500-word description of a proposed project. You will also be asked to upload a cover letter, your HMS CV or NIH biosketch.

The next application cycle will open in the spring of 2026.

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  Improving the Teaching Faculty Experience

  The Dean for Medical Education announced the Teaching Faculty Experience as a priority in 2024. This work is focused on improving the teaching environment, sense of community, professional development, and level of support and recognition for faculty involved in medical student education. The Task Force on Teaching Faculty Experience will be convened and chaired by Tamara Kaplan, MD. The HMS Academy will be reinvigorated as a primary center for community building and professional development among our teaching faculty.

  Steering Group on Generative AI in the HMS MD Curriculum

  As a priority for 2024, a major area of curricular focus will be to integrate generative artificial intelligence (AI) safely and effectively into all aspects of our MD educational program. The Steering Group on Generative AI in the HMS MD Curriculum chaired by Adam Rodman, MD, will address related issues so we can ensure that our medical students and teaching faculty are supported in their use of AI as an educational tool, and we also need to prepare our students to be effective AI-enabled clinical physicians of the future.