our story
Welcome To IMEP
The International Medical Educators Program (IMEP) at University of Chicago began as a result of the overwhelming number of requests for training whenever we visited China. Due to the recent standardization of residency training across China and need for innovation and quality control, there has been great demand for faculty development in education.
IMEP provides a 2-week intensive course in Chicago every summer where participants experience the best of University of Chicago and of the city as well. Medical education is like cooking – we train participants in the skills necessary to transform educational ingredients into nutritious courses for their learners. Our philosophy is to focus on quality over quantity and to train small groups of core faculty at key partner institutions in China.
Thank you for taking time to learn about our program!
Jonathan Lio, Renslow Sherer, Barrett Fromme Co-Directors of IMEP
only the best
Meet the educators who are involved in teaching and facilitating the program
Curriculum Development
Learn about Kern’s 6 steps of curriculum development: problem identification and general needs assessment, targeted needs assessment, goals and objectives, educational strategies, implementation, evaluation and feedback
Community Building
Trainees build relationships with other participants from their hospital and other institutions across China through group projects, recognizing that education occurs through social networks of people that share common values and experiences
Project Mentorship
Participants bring an education project that they would like to implement to the training program and receive feedback as they refine it through Kern’s 6 steps of curriculum development, as well as a site visit by Chicago faculty after the program
Observation
Although the majority of the 2-week program consists of facilitated sessions, there will be an opportunity to observe how teaching occurs in the wards on a normal day at the University of Chicago Medical Center
Teaching Skills
Our nationally recognized teachers spend time with trainees to go over the One Minute Preceptor, giving feedback, promoting understanding and retention, presenting lectures, facilitating small group discussions, role modeling, and reflection
OSTE
Trainees have the opportunity to participate in an objective structured teaching exercise (OSTE) as learners and see how OSTEs can be used to train teachers in concrete skills or evaluate the effects of training programs