ACGME-VUMC Faculty Development Course

What: The Accreditation Council on Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) are collaborating to co-sponsor a faculty development course promoting and enhancing faculty skills in the clinical assessment of residents in the workplace.  

Based off the successful six-day course by the same name, this three-day course will explore competency-based or outcomes-based medical education with hands-on activities to develop faculty competencies in assessment. Participants will employ multiple assessment tools and strategies, including an experiential component developing skills in feedback, coaching and direct observation. There will be short theory bursts and then small group discussion activities to apply the material as it is presented.

The intent of the course is to focus on faculty skill development and to have the opportunity to practice applying all the concepts presented and discussed within the course.

When: Wednesday afternoon, 1 p.m. Sept. 16, 2026 through Saturday noon, Sept. 19, 2026

Where: Scarritt Bennett Educational Center and CELA simulation Center, VUMC - Nashville

Cost: $875 (includes Eric Holmboe’s textbook, Evaluation of Clinical Competence, a link to a folder of all course materials, hard copies of worksheet, 3 breakfasts, 2 lunches, and a welcome dinner).

Target Audience: Faculty of any specialty/subspecialty involved in residency/fellowship education, including but not limited to core faculty, program directors, associate program directors, and any other interested faculty.

Outline of Agenda

Wednesday 
1-5 p.m.

• Intro/Triz Exercise
• CBME Theory to Practice
• Speaking the Same Language
• Medical Educator Competencies

6-8 p.m. - Welcome Dinner

Thursday 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

• What Does Good Assessment Look Like?
• Master Adaptive Learners
• Assessment tools & Assess Your Assessment System
• Direct observation
• Providing Effective Feedback

Friday 7 a.m.-4 p.m.

• Simulation/experiential learning session (getting “feedback on your feedback”)
• Resident Remediation
• Legal/ institutional level issues with remediation/ Q&A

Saturday 8  a.m.-12:30 p.m.

• Individualized Learning Plans
• Action plans- Take Home Plans
• Peer consults – Troika style

Course Director: Sandi Moutsios, MD, Internal Medicine-Pediatrics, Vanderbilt; Faculty Development, ACGME

Faculty

• Christina Bailey, MD, Surgery Vice Chair for Education, Vanderbilt
• Bill Cutrer, MD, Associate Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education, Vanderbilt
• Chris Lee, MD, Neurology Vice Chair for Education, Vanderbilt
• Ashley Karpinos, MD, Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Program Director, Vanderbilt
• Sandi Moutsios, MD, Associate Director, Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program, Vanderbilt
• John McPherson, MD, Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Vanderbilt
• Kevin Mitchell, MD, Internal Medicine, Vanderbilt
• Beth Ann Yakes, MD, Associate Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program, Vanderbilt

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