About the Program
As a resident, you serve a vital role assisting in the training of Baylor medical students. Medical students consistently rate residents as influential and valuable clinical teachers.
Being an effective clinical teacher takes training. All Baylor residents receive education on basic teaching topics, beginning with orientation and continuing through out residency training.
Curriculum
To develop your skills as a clinical teacher, Baylor offers a core “Resident as Teacher” curriculum to all residents. All residents will complete four modules during training with the goal to build foundations of teaching skills that can be applied in clinical rotations. An overview of these sessions include:
- Session 1: Begins at the Baylor GME Orientation with “Hello from the other side: Teaching to a medical student’s needs”
Session 2-4 are online modules completed during your residency:
- Session 2: Growth Mindset and Coaching
- Session 3: Asking questions and promoting critical thinking
- Session 4: Teaching and leading as a supervisory resident
View medical student clinical curriculum and additional resources for information that will support your training as an educator.
How Do Residents Teach?
- By giving feedback to learners
- By supervising clinically
- By teaching at the bedside
Academy of Resident and Fellow Educators
The Graduate Medical Education Office received the Josiah Macy Jr. President's Grant to create an Academy of Resident and Fellow Educators.
The Academy of Resident and Fellow Educators has the following objectives:
- Promote professional development, innovation and excellence in GME trainees in the areas of education, well-being, engagement, and leadership.
- Recognize outstanding contributions of individual residents and fellows in education, well-being, engagement, and leadership.
- Foster leadership and a collaborative community of practice.
Leslie Appleton M.D. MPH, PGY5
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
Ashlyn Brown M.D. MBA MS, PGY3
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Mary Jenkins M.D. M.Ed., PGY6
Pediatric Cardiology
Laura Kenyon M.D., PGY4
Psychiatry
Victoria Mitre M.D., PGY6
Academic General Pediatrics
Matthew Mitts DO, PGY4
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Ronak Patel M.D., PGY4
Diagnostic & Interventional Radiology
Sophia Williams-Perez M.D., PGY4
General Surgery
Benjamin Yu M.D., PGY4
Urology
Faculty Advisors
Ronald Cotton M.D.
General Surgery Program Director
Bani Ratan M.D. EdD
OBGYN
Associate Program Director
Teri Turner M.D. MPH M.Ed.
Pediatrics
Assistant Dean GME
Resident Teaching Quotes
"I desire no other epitaph...than the statement that I taught medical students on the wards, as I regard this as by far the most useful and important work I have been called upon to do." - Sir William Osler, 1905
It is reported that approximately 1/3 of medical student knowledge comes from resident clinical teaching. Students spend more time learning from residents than attendings. Approximately 25 percent of resident activities are related to teaching. - Bing-You and Sproul, 1992