Faculty Resources | Office of Medical Education, School of Medicine

This School of Medicine Office of Medical Education (OMED) webpage highlights key faculty development and educational resources available through the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine (UPSOM) and select medical professional organizations (e.g., NBME).

Faculty Development for Medical Educators

Assessment & Clinical Vignette Question Writing

Inclusiveness, Health Equity, and Social Justice

Learning Objectives Writing

Medical Simulation in Education

Recording Studio

Faculty Development for Medical Educators

UPitt-UPMC

Pitt-UPMC Integrated Center for Professional Development – Comprehensive directory of professional development resources available through the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

UPSOM

Academy of Distinguished Medical Educators – Recognizes, supports and advances educators and educational scholarship in the health sciences

Mentorship in Medical Education – Offers mentoring support of University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine medical educators

Medical Education Conference Series from the Academy of Distinguished Medical Educators

Assessment & Clinical Vignette Question Writing

UPSOM	UPSOM Assessment Committee of the Curriculum Committee – Guidance and oversight of standardized assessments across the four year curriculum
NBME	Constructing Written Test Questions for the Basic and Clinical Sciences – Question writing workshops offered through the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) including workshops

Inclusiveness, Health Equity, and Social Justice

UPSOM	Office of the Learning Environment (OLE) recorded tools and training for pre-clerkships educators, for new residents/fellows educators, and small group facilitators
UPSOM	Responding to Bias Incidents, Including Sexual Misconduct – joint module developed by the Office of the Learning Environment and the Office of Civil Rights & Title IX
UPSOM	Educational Series: Racism in Medicine and America by the School of Medicine Office of Faculty Affairs
UPSOM	UPitt Digital Accessibility Policy & Best Practices – text based module. All digital material must be accessible by April 2026, see University of Pittsburgh digital accessibility policy resources

Learning Objectives Writing

UPSOM	Bloom’s Taxonomy Guide provide a structure and organization for differentiating between cognitive skill levels. For support contact Instructional Designer Kathy Senko, EdD (School of Medicine) or the University Center for Teaching and Learning (faculty at large)
UPitt	The University Center for Teaching and Learning provides teaching support, trainings and workshops

Medical Simulation in Education

UPitt Health Sciences	HoloHuman+, HoloPatient, HoloScenarios (AR/Tablet), Insight Heart, Anatomage Tables, First Steps(YR). Contact ETLSupport@pitt.edu
UPitt-UPMC	The WISER Simulation Center supports high-fidelity manikins and state-of-the-art audio visual (AV) technologies in the training and assessment of healthcare professionals and students
PittMed	Standardized/Simulation Patient (SP) Program – Individuals from the community who are specially trained to portray patients in a health care setting as part of support medical student learning and clinical skills excellence

Recording Studio

UPitt Health Sciences

The Media Production Studio of the Health Sciences Information Technology (HSIT) professional-grade equipment, studio space, with expert staff assistance. Contact hsmedia@pitt.edu