Tomorrow’s Educators and Clinicians in Healthcare (TEACH)

The Tomorrow’s Educators and Clinicians in Healthcare (TEACH) is a four-year extensive curriculum which incorporates didactics, experiential learning, mentorship, and leadership to cultivate and develop proficiencies that will lead to a successful career in academic radiology with a focus on clinical education.

Enrolled residents kick off their didactics by attending the two week-long Medical Education Leadership Track (MELT), an immersive course covering topics from adult learning theory to effective lecturing to creating a professional social media presence, hosted by the Penn Internal Medicine Residency Program. Additional TEACH track didactics include monthly small group lunch lectures and workshops.

Experiential learning involves an individually tailored combination of practicums (TEACH resident-created and/or executed educational projects such as lectures, online modules, and oral/poster presentations) and workstation teaching sessions (small radiology topic reviews created by the TEACH residents and given to junior residents in the reading room), culminating in a capstone project.

Each TEACH resident will have a faculty mentor to meet with regularly throughout their experience. TEACH residents in their last year of radiology residency will serve as mentors to junior TEACH residents. Throughout their four years of training, TEACH residents also serve as co-leaders of multiple residency educational programs, encouraging application of their curriculum development skills and creativity.

Resident Deliverables

By the end of the program TEACH residents will:

1. Complete at least 6 practicums (including 3 observed TEACH led sessions and one 45-minute resident lecture)
2. Complete a Capstone project
3. Complete the TEACH Reading list
4. Demonstrate competency in creating and giving a lecture to adult learners, workstation teaching, giving feedback, providing mentorship, and engaging in educational writing or curriculum development
   1. These will be assessed by TEACH faculty over the resident’s longitudinal experience.

TEACH Curriculum Overview

R1	R2	R3	R4
	Medical Education Boot Camp at Penn (10 days) §	Additional conference of choice §
Monthly didactic workshops
Bi-monthly readings
Consider co-leading ITR, HTBAR+	Consider co-leading ED readiness+		Resident Leader of TEACH track+
	6 Practicums
	3 Workstation Teaching Sessions
	Decide Capstone project**	Capstone project**	Complete Capstone project**
			Attend PEC meetings §
Bi-annual Mentorship by TEACH Attending^
	Mentorship of a junior TEACH resident and/or other trainee^

KEY:

Didactics

Experiential Learning

Advanced Projects **

Leadership +

Mentorship ^

Conferences §

TEACH Small Group Session 2021-2022 Curriculum 

TEACH track residents and faculty meet monthly for small group sessions (“monthly didactic sessions”). These small group sessions are a combination of interactive didactics/workshops on a range of medical education topics (see list below), workstation teaching practice by a TEACH member with subsequent feedback from the group, and other TEACH project brainstorming, updates, and presentations.

Topics of prior Small Group Sessions Include:

• Adult Learning Theory
• Creating Content for Adult Learners
• How to Give an Effective Presentation
• Leading a Small Group
• Feedback & Creating an Effective Learning Environment
• MedEd Curriculum Development
• How to Write a Great Multiple Choice Question
• How to write a MedEd Abstract
• Educational Research
• How to Write a Letter of Recommendation

TEACH Track Members

Current Members

Sarah Berg, MD

Class of 2026

I’m excited to be joining the Penn Radiology TEACH track. Medical education has always been an interest of mine and I’m looking forward to further strengthening my skills as a clinician educator. TEACH provides such a unique opportunity to do just that through longitudinal mentorship and collaboration. Can’t wait to get started!

Non-TEACH Activities: crafting, baking, reading, and drinking coffee

Nicole Curnes, MD

Class of 2025

I am thrilled to be a part of TEACH as it will allow me to improve my teaching skills through the combination of didactics, practicums, and mentorship. TEACH is an incredibly unique opportunity in that I will be able to practice my skills with other co-residents focused on education and be supported with top-notch mentorship for any educational endeavors or projects.

Non-TEACH Activities: I love scuba diving, running, hiking, and cooking – especially making homemade manicotti (nicknamed Nana-cotti) with my Italian grandmother.

Noah Wasserman, MD

Class of 2025

Teaching was one of the main reasons I got into radiology in the first place so what better opportunity to hone my teaching skills than TEACH track? I can’t wait to work with other like-minded residents and attendings to become a better clinician educator.

Non-TEACH Activities: cooking, eating, lifting weights, petting my dog

Maeva Nyandjo, MD

Class of 2024

I’m a current R3 and TEACH track resident with a special interest in Body Imaging who will be joining the Nuclear Radiology fellowship next year. In the past year through TEACH, I have been able to engage in teaching sessions involving graduate students on and off campus, and my own junior co-residents through involvement in the ED Readiness Course!

Capstone Project: My current project involves the development and delivery of a series of lectures designed to help supplement an educational gap in advanced practice provider radiology education. In this series of four targeted lectures, I intend to review indications for the most commonly ordered imaging studies, familiarize providers with frameworks for clinical decision making, review basic critical imaging findings (including appropriate positioning of support devices), and discuss the safe use of contrast in CT and MR imaging. The intended goal is to improve ordering practices and continue to strengthen the relationship between clinical providers and clinical radiologists. Outcomes will be measured by surveys and quizzes to assess for learning.

Workstation Teaching Example: Characterization of Solid Pancreatic Masses on CT

Non-TEACH Activities: I enjoy reading and writing, as well as trying to pull off international dishes in my kitchen.

Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions about TEACH or peer medical education in general, enjoy fairy tale and horror podcasts or need to figure out how to reverse engineer a recipe!

Meng (Cathy) Hao, MD

Class of 2023

It has been an honor to train at Penn Radiology, an institution and program that truly values and supports excellent teaching and medical education. It has been incredibly rewarding to work with co-residents who share my passion for teaching and learn from attendings who are invested in helping us become effective educators. TEACH has enriched my radiology training with networking opportunities, valued mentor-mentee relationships, unique curriculum and conferences, and exciting educational projects. It has left me with skills I know I will incorporate in my career as a physician educator.

Practicum Examples: Chest & Pelvic Anatomy Lectures and Small Groups, COVID-19 Chest CT Module, Intro to Radiology Lecturer at University of Sciences, Barium Lab, Thyroid Ultrasound Small Group

Workstation Teaching Example: Ovarian Lesions on MRI

Leadership: ED Readiness Course

Capstone Project: Breast Biopsy Simulation

Non-TEACH Activities: Competitive ballroom dancer. Upside down yogi. Inner Dora the Explorer.

Future Plans: I am currently finishing my radiology residency with a mini fellowship in women’s oncologic imaging and will be training at Stanford for my Breast Imaging Fellowship next year!

Neil Chatterjee, MD, PhD

What can I say? I love to teach and TEACH lets me do it and helps me do it better. Can't wait to learn from the best, and super excited to be in a program that gives me the time to hone my teaching skills.

Non-TEACH Activities: Physics/math/comp-sci nerd. Skiing, skiing, and more skiing (it's a small miracle I still have both my ACLs, which hopefully will still be true by the time you read this). Huge Warriors and 49ers fan.

 

TEACH Alumni

Class of 2022

Ali Dhanaliwala, MD, PhD

Body Imaging Fellow
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

I’ve always struggled with sit still slide deck lectures. TEACH gave me the 10,000 ft view to help me understand how to make real changes in medical education.

Practicum Examples: Pulmonary embolism educational module, Guided interpretation of chest CTs for diagnosing ILD

Workstation Teaching Example: Cholecystitis – everything you need to know for call

Capstone Project Idea: Part of the Physics Task Force to update the RSNA Physics Modules

Non-TEACH Activities: Research on augmented reality for improving interventional procedures. Loves cats.

Daniel DePietro, MD

Interventional Radiology Resident, PGY-6
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

The TEACH program provided me amazing opportunities to work with motivated and like-minded individuals interested in medical education. My TEACH experience allowed me to build upon my teaching skills, learn new educational strategies, identify mentors, and set myself up for an academic career with a focus on medical education. My involvement in the program led to apply to the Measey Medical Education Fellowship at Penn, which I am now enjoying immensely. TEACH was truly one of the highlights of my training at Penn and I hope to remain involved in the future!

Practicum Examples: Development of pre-clinical medical student small group sessions regarding GI anatomy, pulmonary embolism, and thyroid ultrasound

Workstation Teaching Example: IVC filter evaluation and complications on CT

Capstone Project:

• COVID-19 module available on the Society of Thoracic Radiology website
• Creation of a virtual medical student IR elective – published in Academic Radiology
• Development of pre-clinical medical school small groups sessions on PE and thyroid ultrasound

Non-TEACH Activities: Any home project I can get my hands on, BBQing, gardening, running, being outdoors.

Future Plans: I am currently finishing my final PGY-6 year in the integrated Interventional Radiology residency while participating in the Measey Medical Education Fellowship. I look forward to staying on at Penn and continuing to improve medical student education."

Class of 2021

Sophia O'Brien, MD

Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
Nuclear Medicine & Molecular Imaging | Breast Imaging
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania

I was one of the co-founders and the first graduate of TEACH and am so proud of what we have created. TEACH supports your own passion and interests in medical education but also does so much more. The faculty, your co-residents, and the curriculum push you to learn new skills, think in new ways, and grow leaps and bounds beyond what you could have ever imagined. TEACH was truly a formative experience for me and now that I’ve become an attending myself, I can confirm that my experiences in TEACH provided a strong foundation and practical skills that have prepared me to excel in an academic radiology environment.

Practicum Examples: Member of the Radiographics Peer Review 18-month Mentorship Program, MRI In-Service Technologist Lecture on Breast MRI in lactating patients, CHOP Nuclear Medicine GI Imaging lecture, updated the Pulmonary Embolism Educational Module for Penn residents and fellows

Workstation Teaching Example: Acute Scrotal US – preparing for call

Capstone Project: RSNA educational exhibit “Teaching How to Teach: Creating a Radiology Residency Medical Education Track” (currently being turned into a manuscript)

Non-TEACH Activities: Mom of two magical little girls, Penn Women in Radiology leader, lover of all things food and homemade cocktails, yoga, science fiction

Things I’ve done after TEACH:

I started my dream academic radiology job as faculty at Penn in Nuclear Medicine and Breast Imaging in July 2022. I am the Program Education Committee representative for Nuclear Medicine and in charge of residency education in the Nuclear Medicine division. I will be starting my Medical Education Masters (MSEd) at Penn this Fall which is an executive-style two-year program specifically for physician educators. And I will be one of the faculty leaders of TEACH!