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Office of Educator Development


The Office of Educator Development in the Department of Medical Education at the Morsani College of Medicine offers a variety of resources, and programming to support educator development, educational research, coaching, mentorships, assessment, leadership, and scholarship.

Vision: To create a community of educators and medical education scholars across the continuum of teaching and learning.

Mission: To provide a host of relevant, timely, efficient, and faculty-focused resources that fosters engagement and satisfaction. While building capacity and sustainability as we empower faculty, educators, and scholars our focus is to enhance teaching and learning opportunities as part of the academic mission.

Promotion Curious? Connect with USF ASCEND!

ASCEND: Advanced Scholars’ Collaborative for Educational Nurturing and Development 

Start building your educator promotion pathway—early and strategically!

Get mentorship from our Academy of Distinguished Educators. 

Who is ASCEND for?

  • MCOM faculty with teaching as a primary or secondary focus
  • Assistant or Associate rank
  • Faculty interested in promotion—early engagement encouraged

How does ASCEND support you

  • Understand promotion metrics
  • Strengthen the education section of your CV
  • Build and advance your educator portfolio
  • Translate your work into a compelling promotion narrative
  • Develop your educator biography and professional identity

Where you’ll see ASCEND

New Faculty Orientation • Promotion & Tenure Workshops • Individual Consults

Ready to get started?

📩 mcom-officeofeducatordev@usf.edu

Office of Educator Development Events

In-Person Events

Microsoft Copilot Hackathon Pt 2

Stanford for Clinical Educators

April 23-24, 2026

Register for Event

Fellows and Residents as Teachers

May 15, 2026

Register for Event

 

CELS Series

CELS Early Career: Written Feedback/Evaluation

Tues March 24th 

5:00pm-6:30pm

Meeting Link

  • Target Audience:  Early career educators, Clinical Core Faculty, Residents, Fellows 
  • Please note there is no registration for this event. Click on the meeting link above to join on the day

Attendees will leave this workshop being able to:

  • Recognize early "signals" of struggle utilizing multisource data
  • Use an educational "differential diagnosis" to pinpoint deficit domains
  • Facilitate R2C2-structured feedback conversations
  • Design targeted improvement plans

 

 

March 24 CELS event flyer

Meet the Team

  • Shanu Gupta, MD
    Shanu Gupta, MD
    Director of Faculty Development

Programs We Coordinate

  • Take TEN: Practical Teaching Wisdom—In Just 10 Minutes

    Big impact. Small time commitment.

    Take TEN is a curated video series that delivers timely, practical insights for busy health professions educators—one focused topic at a time. Designed for learning in the flow of work, each video gives you something you can use today in your teaching, feedback, assessment, or leadership practice.

    Watch one. Apply it today. Come back for more.

  • The Academy of Distinguished Educators honors exemplary educators of students (UME and GME), physicians, physician assistants, physical therapists, athletic trainers and scientists amongst our faculty. Inductees are awarded the title of 'Distinguished Educator'. 

    Nominations are submitted each January, with selections and inductions in Spring. 

    For more information, visit Academy of Distinguished Educators.

  • This is a one-day workshop to prepare residents and fellows to be effective clinical educators. This is provided to USF and HCA/GME programs. A certificate is provided upon completion.

    If you would like our office to provide this workshop to your program, please email us.