Resources for Teaching

Educator Roles at VUSM AY25-26

Faculty Educator Roles and Conflict Management Policy

Educator Role Matrix (revised June 2026)

VUSM Curriculum Overview

• Foundations of Medical Knowledge (year 1)
• Foundations of Clinical Care (year 2)
• Immersion Phase (years 3 and 4)
• Course Learning Objectives
• Medical Education Program Objectives (MEPOs)

Calendar of Educator Events

Best Practices for Providing Student Feedback

General Resources for Course Directors

• How to Write Learning Objectives
• How to get to VSTAR Help (or browse Help articles)

• Procedure for Course-Director Developed Evaluation Surveys

• Immersion Phase
  • Immersion Faculty Information
  • Immersion Faculty FAQ
  • ACE Director Handbook
  • AE Director Handbook
  • AI Director Handbook
  • ISC Director Handbook

Assessment Resources for Course Directors

• Assessment Policies
• Competencies and Milestones for All Phases AY 2026-27 and Beyond
• Understanding Changes to the Assessment of the Professionalism Domain: A Message from Dean Cutrer and Dean Chastain
• Archived Competencies and Milestones with Target Levels
• Assessing Professionalism: Changing from Competency Milestones to Dichotomous Assessments for Course Directors
•  Recorded Overview of Assessing Professionalism: Changing from Competency Milestones to Dichotomous Assessments for Course Directors
• VUSM Assessing Professionalism: Changing from Competency Milestones to Dichotomous Assessments for Course Directors
•  VUSM Summative Assessment of Professionalism Case Examples for Course Directors 

Academic Resources

• Academic Calendar

Additional Resources for Teaching

• VUMC Educator Development Program
• VUMC Academy for Excellence in Education
• Institute for the Advancement of Higher Education (AdvancED)

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