This Pre-Conference Workshop is reserved for student attendees and is free of charge. 

Only 44% of US medical schools responding to a national survey offered a formal student-as-teacher professional development program, yet all reported utilizing students as teachers (Soriano et al, 2010). Accreditation bodies worldwide have stated the importance of teaching as a core physician skill, and a main stage presentation at a past AMEE conference highlighted the absence of professional development opportunities for students (Freret et al., 2017; Pihlak 2017). In addition, residents charged with educating medical students and peers may be responsible for about one-third of the education in a clinical setting (Bing-You & Sproul, 1992).

This highly interactive workshop will introduce student participants to a framework for medical education professional development and promote major domains including curricular design, pedagogic strategies and education scholarship. For these three areas, learners will be provided with a short overview of the theory and best practices in the subject area. Students will then break out into facilitated small groups to work on structured worksheet exercises with flipcharts, followed by an opportunity to report back to the main group with discussion. At the conclusion, key themes that integrate these areas will be summarized, discussed, captured and disseminated as a work product.

The primary aim of this workshop is to provide student participants with an introductory, hands-on experience in applying Kern's Six-Step model to design a complete educational activity complete with appropriate pedagogic strategies. A secondary aim with the participants is to explore models of converting curriculum design and development into educational scholarship.

After participating in this session, student attendees should be able to: Describe a framework for medical education professional development Discuss and apply principles and best practices for: Curriculum design and development Pedagogic strategies Educational scholarship Identify and synthesize themes that integrate across major domains of medical education professional development.