Office of Medical Student Education

On-line Teaching Resources for Residents at the University of Pittsburgh/UPMC Curriculum

University of Pittsburgh Navigator site Overall Pitt curriculum/schedule, with info on both preclinical and clinical courses. http://navigator.medschool.pitt.edu/

Course Catalogue Included the Pitt elective list, as well as academic calendar info. http://www.medschool.pitt.edu/sa/catalog/introduction.taf

Zone A variety of information about the school, including student handbook, professionalism info, how to get help for students, research opportunities, areas of concentration, etc. http://www.zone.medschool.pitt.edu

Advising

FREIDA database AMA site that has more inclusive data on programs, including sortable/searchable features. http://www.ama-assn.org/ama/pub/category/2997.html

Careers in Medicine (AAMC) CIM helps students decide whether a specialty is right for them, how to pick and get into a residency of choice, etc. The link below takes you to the psychiatry homepage. http://www.aamc.org/students/cim/pub_psychiatry.htm

Teaching Skills

Center for Instructional Development and Distance Education (CIDDE) Pitt center for improving teaching quality. Web-based presentations, documents, links; courses and personal consulting available. http://www.pitt.edu/~ciddeweb/

Resident as Teacher resources UC-Irvine’s wonderful site to help residents become better teachers. Learn your teaching style, view videotapes of sample interactions, review skills. http://www.residentteachers.com/

04/03/2018 1 Medical Education Grand Rounds Pitt offers a grand rounds series on medical education, open to the entire medical center community. Past presentations are archived there, and you can get on an e-mail distribution list. http://www.megr.pitt.edu/

Links to resources Pitt School of Medicine has a links page to medical education resources, one for all teachers, one specifically for residents. http://www.omed.pitt.edu/faculty/web-resources.php http://www.omed.pitt.edu/faculty/residents.php

Academy of Master Educators The Academy of Master Educators offers a seminar series open to the community, with topics like “How to Give a Good Lecture” and “How to Give Feedback.” Some old sessions are archived here. http://www.ame.pitt.edu/seminar-series.php

Research

Faculty Research Interests Program (FRIP) Lists faculty research interests, links to PubMed and e-mail addresses. http://frip.health.pitt.edu/search.jsp

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