Innovations in Medical Education: From Idea to Impact
- Continuing Education
A live, one-day virtual course for clinician educators who want to turn good ideas into meaningful change.
Practical workshops • Short, high-yield sessions • Teaching Awards • A community of collaborators
Bring an early idea, an existing curriculum, or a project you want to grow. You’ll leave with practical tools to develop your ideas, use AI strategically, build support, and share your work more widely.
- Live Online
This course is taught online in real time.
Additionally, all sessions will be recorded and made available to participants for on-demand online viewing for 1 day after the end of the course.
$400
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Continuing Education
Earn up to:
7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
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All evaluations and credit claims must be completed within 60 days of the course end date.
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Overview
Innovations in Medical Education is a practical virtual Continuing Medical Education (CME) conference for busy clinician educators who have ideas and want to turn them into meaningful impact.
Through short, high-yield 20–30 minute sessions and interactive exercises, you’ll learn how to:
- Turn an idea into something tangible by rapidly prototyping and testing educational innovations.
- Define what success looks like and identify meaningful ways to measure impact.
- Build the right team to move an idea forward.
- Lead change and navigate the real-world challenges of implementing something new.
- Pitch your idea effectively to colleagues, leaders, and potential collaborators.
- Share and disseminate your work so that good ideas travel beyond your own institution.
- Use AI and emerging technologies thoughtfully to strengthen education without losing sight of the learner.
- Learn from educators around the world through innovation showcases and international networking.
- Connect with collaborators who can help you think differently and move your work forward.
Designed for clinician educators at every stage of the innovation process:
- Have an idea but not sure where to start?
- Have a curriculum that needs to be better?
- Built something that works and wondering how to scale it?
- Want your educational work to reach more learners and have greater impact?
Whether you are developing your first idea or expanding an established innovation, you’ll leave with clearer priorities, practical tools you can use immediately, and a stronger community of collaborators.
Learning Objectives
- Develop a viable educational innovation and create a framework to evaluate its feasibility, success, and potential for scale.
- Deliver a concise elevator pitch for an educational idea and revise it based on feedback.
- Compare strategies for building teams, managing time, and sustaining educational work over time.
- Select dissemination strategies that match their goals, including presentations, scholarship, video, podcasts, social platforms, and professional networking.
- Incorporate AI thoughtfully into medical education workflows while recognizing limitations, ethical concerns, and the need for human oversight.
Developed and Offered By:
Continuing Education courses are developed by faculty from Harvard Medical School's teaching hospitals and accredited by Harvard Medical School. This course is offered by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.
Who Should Participate
Specialty Physicians, Primary Care Physicians, Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, and Nurses
Schedule
All agenda sessions are in Eastern Time.
Friday, February 26, 2027
Introduction
9:00-9:15 am
Plenary: Rapid Design Thinking in Medical Education
9:15-9:55 am
What is your North Star?
9:45-10:15 am
"Is My Idea Good Enough?" What Does Success Look Like
10:15-10:40 am
Elevator Pitch Workshop
10:40-11:10 am
Speed Dating Networking
11:10-11:30 am
Option 1: Academic + Industry Collaborations
11:30 am-12:10 pm
Option2: Funding for Innovation
11:30 am-12:10 pm
Break
12:10-12:20 pm
Building Things That Scale Panel
12:20-1:00 pm
Option 1: Sponsorship
1:00-1:30 pm
Option 2: Publishing Innovations
1:00-1:30 pm
Option 1: (Beginner) How to Avoid Slop: Best Practices in Visualizing Your Message
1:30-2:10 pm
Option 2: Practical Steps to Making Videos for Dissemination
1:30-2:10 pm
Option 3: (Advanced) Websites: Use Cases and Tutorial
1:30-2:10 pm
Option 1: Slides Makeover: AI Workflow for Creating and Saving Time on Pitch Decks / Slides
2:10-2:40 pm
Option 2: (Advanced) Vibe Coding
2:10-2:40 pm
Option 1: Workflows for Frontline Educators
2:40-3:15 pm
Option 2: How to Avoid De-Skilling
2:40-3:15 pm
Option 3: (Advanced) The Agreeable Machine: Interrogating AI Output
2:40-3:15 pm
Show & Tell Networking Rooms
3:15-3:40 pm
5-Year + 1-Year Goal Exercise + Steps for Accountability
3:40-4:15 pm
Failure Stories & Career Reflections
4:15-4:50 pm
Closing Remarks
4:50-5:00 pm
Faculty
Harvard Medical School Continuing Education attracts the best and brightest faculty from all around the world. As a student in this course, you’ll have access to outstanding course directors and faculty.
Course Directors
- Assistant Professor, Harvard Medical School
- Co-Director, Innovations in Media & Education Delivery (iMED)
- Editor-in-Chief, Core IM Podcast
Sara Dong
MD | Course Director
Jonathan Berry, MD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Attending Hematologist/Oncologist, Division of Hematology and Hematologic Malignancies, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Todd Cassese, MD
Shelby Doyle, PhD
Patrick Georgoff, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery and Trauma Medical Director, Duke University
Co-Director, Behind the Knife
Kelly Graham, MD, MPH
Jacqui McLaughlin, PhD
Professor of Educational Innovation & Research
Director of CIPhER - Center for Innovative Pharmacy Education & Research
Associate Dean of Masters and Undergraduate Education, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy
Benjamin Muller, MD
Rahi Patel, MD
Satya Patel, MD
Hospitalist, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, DGSOM at UCLA
Rohan Ramakrishna, MD
Adam Rodman, MD, MPH
David H. Spach, MD
Professor of Medicine, Division of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, University of Washington
Lakshman Swamy, MD, MBA
Alice Tang, MD, MPHE
Elliot Tapper, MD
Joel Topf, MD
George Tran, MD
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Course Fees
Registration Details
You may register through our secure online environment and will receive an email confirmation upon receipt of your payment. Prices include CME credit, electronic syllabus, and access to some recordings for 1 day after the course. At the end of the registration process, a $10 non-refundable processing fee will be added to your registration.
Financial Hardship Discount: Contact kmckinn1@bidmc.harvard.edu to inquire about eligibility for our financial hardship discount.
| Role | Course Fee |
|---|---|
| Physician (MD/DO) | $400 |
| Resident / Fellow | $200 |
Learners may be eligible for a financial hardship discount. Please email kmckinn1@bidmc.harvard.edu to inquire about eligibility.
Accreditation
The Harvard Medical School designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
For the purpose of recertification, the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board and American Nurses Credentialing Center accept AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ issued by organizations accredited by the ACCME (Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education). We would also suggest that learners check with their state licensing board to ensure they accept reciprocity with AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for re-licensure.
The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) states that AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ are acceptable for continuing medical education requirements for recertification. We would also suggest that learners check with their state licensing board to ensure they accept reciprocity with AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ for re-licensure.
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 7.25 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada recognizes conferences and workshops held outside of Canada that are developed by a university, academy, hospital, specialty society or college as accredited group learning activities.
The American Medical Association (AMA) has an agreement of mutual recognition of continuing medical education (CME) credit with the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS). Additional information regarding this agreement may be found on the Union of European Medical Specialists website.