MERITS

The MERITS (Medical Education Research, Innovation, Teaching, and Scholarship) Fellowship & Training Programs in Medical Education provides participants with the conceptual and practical skills required for successful future careers as medical education scholars and leaders. MERITS fellows participate in a curriculum drawn from the various fields to develop innovative teaching methods and undertake successful program implementation and evaluation. The goal of MERITS is to develop educational leaders and scholars through participation in a focused curriculum, research in medical education workshops, mentored projects, and active engagement with a rich network of colleagues and faculty in an environment of collaborative learning and support. MERITS was instituted in 2010, and since then many members of the Section of Hospital Medicine have participated in the program, and several have gone on to become leaders within it.  

The MERITS program consists of biweekly seminars covering a variety of topics in medical education, including curriculum development and evaluation, scholarship and current issues in medical education, and theory and practice of medical education. Fellows also attend the monthly RIME (Research and Innovation in Medical Education) conference, an opportunity to showcase ongoing work in medical education across the University and receive constructive and informative feedback and suggestions. Fellows additionally attend the AAMC Learn Serve Lead Annual Meeting each year. Finally, the capstone of the MERITS fellowship is development and completion of an individual mentored scholarly project in medical education.  

MERITS can be completed concurrently with the Hospitalists Scholars program, as a Clinical Associate or School of Medicine faculty member. Applications are competitive, and typically due in March of the academic year preceding participating.