Description
Principles of Medical Education: Maximizing Your Teaching Skills
A comprehensive recorded program for medical educators and clinical faculty focused on effective teaching, adult learning, bedside instruction, clinical reasoning, learner assessment, feedback, mentoring, curriculum design, educational leadership and AI in medical education.
Practical teaching strategies for today’s clinical educator.
The March 2026 edition brings together evidence-based educational methods, modern learning science and practical techniques for teaching medicine in clinical and classroom settings.
Principles of Medical Education: Maximizing Your Teaching Skills is designed for physicians and other healthcare professionals who teach, mentor, assess or supervise learners.
The program reviews bedside teaching, small-group teaching, engaging lectures, professionalism, clinical reasoning, learner assessment, simulation, mentoring, feedback, curriculum development, implicit bias, well-being and change leadership.
The 2026 curriculum also addresses the growing role of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies in medical education, helping educators use new tools while preserving critical thinking and meaningful learner engagement.
Why educators choose this program
Build stronger teaching, mentoring and educational leadership skills.
The course spans the core competencies needed to educate learners effectively across bedside, ambulatory, classroom and interprofessional settings.
Teaching & Learner Engagement
Science of learning, bedside teaching, small groups, interactive lecturing, professionalism and active learning strategies.
Assessment & Feedback
Competency assessment, learner evaluation, feedback techniques, clinical reasoning and strategies that motivate meaningful improvement.
AI & Educational Technology
Artificial intelligence, digital tools, simulation and new technologies that are reshaping health professions education.
Mentoring, Curriculum & Leadership
Mentoring, coaching, educator well-being, curriculum design, implementation, evaluation and sustainable change in medical education.
Meet the official Harvard course leadership.
Harvard Medical School lists four Course Directors for Principles of Medical Education: K. Meredith Atkins, Margaret “Molly” Hayes, David Roberts and Richard M. Schwartzstein.
K. Meredith Atkins, MD
Assistant Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Biology
Associate Dean for Curriculum, Harvard Medical School
Margaret “Molly” Hayes, MD, ATSF
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Director, Medical Intensive Care Unit
David H. Roberts, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Dean for External Education, Harvard Medical School
Richard M. Schwartzstein, MD
Professor of Medicine and Medical Education, Harvard Medical School
Director, Carl J. Shapiro Institute for Education and Research
Selected Faculty
Three focused days of modern medical-education practice.
A concise curriculum overview based on the March 24–26, 2026 Harvard program and the recorded package available on this page.
Teaching Foundations, Bedside Education & Clinical Reasoning
- Effective teaching: setting the stage
- Science of learning in the 21st century
- Clinical bedside teaching
- Teaching professionalism
- Critical thinking and clinical reasoning
- Small-group teaching strategies
- Strategies to reduce implicit bias
AI, Lecturing, Mentoring, Assessment & Simulation
- Medical education in the age of AI
- Designing more effective lectures
- Mentoring to combat burnout and attrition
- Interprofessional teaching
- Assessment of learning and competence
- Simulation in the clinical environment
- Coaching for trainee and educator well-being
Curriculum Design, Feedback & Educational Change
- Curriculum design and implementation
- Powerful, efficient feedback
- Leading effective change in medical education
- Embedding new teaching skills in daily practice
- Practical teaching take-home strategies
- Concept mapping and learner-engagement techniques
High-Impact Educator Competencies
- Interactive lecturing
- Bedside teaching
- Effective mentoring
- Impactful feedback
- Developing curricula
- Assessing learners
- Teaching critical thinking and maintaining wellness
Who should take this course?
Built for healthcare professionals who teach, supervise, mentor or assess learners in academic and clinical environments.
Course Package
Complete recorded March 2026 materials organized for self-paced review.
MP4 Videos
Recorded teaching and medical-education sessions.
VTT Subtitles
English subtitle files supporting easier lecture review.
PDF Resources
Downloadable presentation and learning materials.
Complete Package
Recorded course materials with lifetime access after purchase.
Before you download.
Clear answers to common buyer questions.
Is this the March 2026 edition?
Yes. This page is for the March 2026 edition of Principles of Medical Education: Maximizing Your Teaching Skills.
Is this a live course?
No. This product contains recorded, on-demand educational materials for independent study.
What is included in the package?
The package includes 22 MP4 videos, 22 VTT subtitle files and 34 PDF resources, totaling approximately 5.97 GB.
Does the course cover AI in medical education?
Yes. The curriculum includes the role of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies in modern medical education.
Who is this course designed for?
It is designed for medical educators, clinical faculty and healthcare professionals involved in teaching, mentoring, assessment or curriculum development.
Does course access expire?
No. Lifetime access is included with the purchased recorded course materials.
Does this recorded package include CME/CE credit or an official certificate?
No. CME/CE credit and an official certificate are not included with this recorded course package.
Strengthen the way you teach, mentor and develop clinical learners.
Review modern learning science, bedside teaching, clinical reasoning, assessment, feedback, mentoring, AI, curriculum design and educational leadership at your own pace.
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